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A POLISH SONG: BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS, BEYOND THE WOODS.
BEYOND THE HILLS, BEYOND THE WOODS,
BEYOND THE VALLEYS,
TWO MOUNTAINEERS WERE FIGHTING
WITH THEIR ALPENSTACKS
CHORUS
HEY THERE MOUNTAIN BOYS.
DON'T FIGHT.
THE GIRL HAS TWO BRAIDS
WHICH SHE'LL DIVIDE BETWEEN YOU TWO.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A POPULAR MOUNTAINEER SONG. THESE ARE THE WORDS I REMEMBER
FROM MY CHILDHOOD, AS I LEARNED FROM MY FAMILY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN MAKING HOME MADE BUTTER IN IRELAND AND A VISITOR COMES IN WHILE
THE BUTTER IS BEING TURNED, THE VISITOR MUST ALWAYS HELP THEM
AWHILE, OTHERWISE THE BUTTER WOULD NOT COME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank Food Drink -- Animal product Butter |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
NAMING A RIVER
THE RIVRE ROUGE WAS NAMED BY THE FRENCH EXPLORER LASALLE
IN THE 17 TH CENTURY. AS HE WAS PASSING THROUGH THE AREA
LASALLE NOTICED THE NUMBER OF RED BERRY BUSHES ALONG THE
RIVERS EDGE. THE SUNS RAYS PASSED THROUGH THE BUSHES AND
ON TO THE WATER'S SURFACE. THIS CAUSED THE
WATER TO HAVE A REDDISH OR ROUGE GLOW, THUS THE RIVER RECEIVED
ITS NAME.
Submitter comment:
MR. BARRY PICKED THIS UP DURING HIS MANY YEARS AS A ROUGE PLANT
WITH FORD MOTOR.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): 17th Century ; ETYMOLOGY ; Explorer ; FRENCH ; Lasalle ; Legend ; Origin ; River Rouge ; Rouge
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: SUMMER 1963
NAMING A RIVER
THE RIVRE ROUGE WHICH RUNS THROUGH DEARBORN GOT ITS NAME
FROM THE FRENCH EXPLORER LASALLE. HE NOTICED THAT THE RIVER
WAS A DEFINITE RED IN SOME PARTS, INQUIRING INTO THE MATTER,
HE FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS BLOOD WHICH WAS COMING FROM UPSTREAM
AREAS WHERE THE INDIANS AND THE FRENCH WERE FIGHTING. THUS
HE NAMED THE DISCOVERY RIVRE ROUGE.
Submitter comment:
MR. BARRYS SOURCES ARE TRADITIONAL AND OCCUR
IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIS JOB AS A GUIDE THROUGH THE FORD
ROUGE PLANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Explanation of a name |
THE LAKE THAT DOESN'T GIVE UP ITS DEAD
LAKE SUPERIOR IS KNOWN AS THE LAKE THAT DOES NOT GIVE UP ITS
DEAD. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT BECAUSE THE LAKE IS SO COLD,
THE BODIES DON'T DECOMPOSE AND RISE TO THE SURFACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Still water Small body. |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE LEGEND OF PIAST AND RZEPICHA
IT IS SAID THAT IN PAGAN TIMES IN POLAND UNDER THE RULE OF
POPIEL II, ABOUT 840, THERE LIVED A WHEELWRIGHT AND HIS WIFE
RZEPICHA. THEY HAD A SON. AT THE AGE OF SEVEN, AS THE CUSTOM
WAS, HE WAS TO HAVE HIS HAIR CUT FOR THE FIRST TIME. A FEAST
USUALLY FOLLOWED THIS CEREMONY. SINCE THE COUPLE WAS POOR, THEY
ONLY HAD ONE PIG AND A PITCHER OF BEER TO SERVE. TO THEIR DOOR
CAME TWO PILGRIMS SEEKING REFUGE. THESE PILGRIMS HAD JUST
BEEN REFUSED AT THE CASTLE OF THE WICKED RULER, POPIEL. THE POOR
COUPLE INVITED THEM GRACIOUSLY. THE WIFE FEARED THAT THERE WASN'T
ENOUGH FOOD, BUT, IT IS SAID, THAT THE TWO MEN BLESSED THE FOOD
AND MULTIPLIED IT TO AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT. THE NEWS OF THIS
HAPPENING IMMEDIATELY SPREAD IN THE VILLAGE. EVERYONE CAME TO SEE
THE TWO MEN IN AWE. PIAST GAVE THEM THE HONOR OF CUTTING HIS
SON'S HAIR. THEY NAMED THE BOY ZIEMOWIT, MEANING "ONE WHO
WILL RULE ON EARTH." THE NAME WAS QUITE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IN
TIME THE RULER, POPIEL, DIED AND PIAST WAS UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED
RULER. HE LIVED NEARLY 120 YEARS, IT IS SAID, AND DURING THIS
TIME HE LET HIS SON TAKE OVER. ZIEMOWIT SUCCEEDED TO UNITE
MANY SLOVIC TRIBES TO FORM A LARGE POLAND. HE HELD A FRIENDLY
CONTACT WITH THE CZECHS AND THUS PERMITTED THE SPREAD OF
CHRISTIANITY INTO HIS KINGDOM. SAINTS CYRIL AND METHADIAIS
ARE SAID TO HAVE TAUGHT AND CONVERTED AT THIS TIME. ZIEMOWIT'S
SON DID MORE TO FURTHER UNITE AND ENLARGE POLAND UP TO THE BALTIC
SEA. HIS GRANDSON, MIESZKO, WAS BORN BLIND. IT IS SAID THAT
AT MIESZKO'S SEVENTH BIRTHDAY, WHEN HIS HAIR WAS CUT, HE SAW
FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE PAGAN PRIESTS INTERPRETED THIS HAPPENING
AS AN OMEN THAT POLAND WOULD SOON SEE A NEW RAY OF LIGHT. UNDER
THE REIGN OF MIESZKO, POLAND THUS DID SEE A NEW RAY OF LIGHT,
AS THE NATION ACCEPTED CHRISTIANITY OFFICIALLY AND ENTERED THE
HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
Submitter comment:
THIS INFORMANTION AND LEGEND I'VE KNOWN SINCE CHILDHOOD FROM
MY PARENTS AND MY POLISH HISTORY INSTRUCTOR, MRS HELEN
CHOMIELEWSKI OF DETROIT.
Data entry tech comment: JESUS' BREAD AND FISH MIRACLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
BEFORE MEAL PRAYER
RUB-A-DUB, DUB,/THANKS FOR THE GRUB,/YEH GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): CHEER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
TALE
A FEW YEARS AGO, SOMEPLACE IN MICHIGAN, A BOY AND A GIRL WERE PARKED
OUT NEAR A DESERTED FARM HOUSE. WHILE THEY WERE LISTENING TO THE
RADIO THE NEWS FLASH ANNOUNCED THAT A DESPERATE KILLER HAD ESCAPED
FROM A NEARBY PENITENTIARY. ONE OF THE ITEMS IN HIS DESCRIPTION WAS
THAT HE HAD A HOOK FOR A RIGHT HAND. THE GIRL GOT SCARED AND THEY
LEFT FOR HOME. WHEN THE BOY WENT TO LET THE GIRL OUT AT HOME HE
FOUND THE HOOK ON THE DOOR HANDLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
OUT SOMEWHERE IN MICHIGAN IS A DESERTED FIELD, A BOY AND A GIRL
WERE PARKED. THEY BOTH HEARD A GIRL SCREAM AND THE BOY TOLD THE
GIRL TO LOCK HERSELF IN THE CAR AND HE WOULD GO AND SEE
WHAT HAPPENED.
HE LOOKED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND FOUND NOTHING, THEN HE HEARD
HIS GIRLFRIEND SCREAMING AND HE RAN BACK. HE SAW A FLASH OF A
GLOWING FORMLESS MASS DISAPPEAR INTO THE WOODS BEFORE HE COULD
GET ANYWHERE NEAR IT. HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS HYSTERICAL AND HAS NOT
AS YET SPOKEN OR BEEN COMPLETELY SANE.
Data entry tech comment: THE KEYPUNCHER HAS CORRECTED THE COLLECTOR'S SPELLING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): HARMFULL LIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
A GRANDFATHER AND HIS GRANDSON WERE PLAYING CARDS LATE ONE NIGHT
WITH TWO OLD FRIENDS. BOTH THE GRANDFATHER AND THE GRANDSON SWEAR
THE STORY IS TRUE. THE GRANDFATHER KNOW HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE
OUT LATE AT NIGHT BECAUSE HIS WIFE WAS AT HOME WORRYING ABOUT HIM.
THEN THERE WAS A KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND A STRANGER TO ALL ENTERED AND
A STRANGER TO ALL ENTERED AND SPOKE TO THE OLD MAN, " YOU BETTER
GET HOME BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE" AS THE STRANGER LEFT THEY ALL
NOTICED THAT HE HAD NO SHOES AND HOOFS FOR FEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): DEVIL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
PRACTICE
A LAY PERSON CAN BAPTIZE A BABY WITH REGULAR WATER AND MAKING THE
SIGN OF THE CROSS BEFORE THE ACTUAL BAPTISM BY A PRIEST TO PROTECT
THE CHILD FROM EVIL. ALSO A LAY PERSON CAN ADMINISTER BAPTISM TO
A PERSON WHO IS DYING AND HAS NEVER BEEN BAPTIZED BEFORE IF A
PRIEST CANNOT GET THERE IN TIME. REGULAR WATER OR EVEN A PERSON,S
SPIT CAN BE USED IF HOLY WATER IS UNATTAINABLE. SINCERITY OF THE
PERSON IS THE IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THIS ACTION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite |
Date learned: 11-00-1977
RED MAN
I REMEMBER AT OUR FAMILY PICNIC IN DEARBORN IN 1974,
MY UNCLE TOLD ME THE STORY ABOUT NAIN ROUGE. NAIN ROUGE WAS
A LITTLE RED FACED MIDGET WHO PATROLED THE BANKS OF THE ROUGE
RIVER FOR HUMANS. IF HE FOUND ANY HE WOULD CUT OFF THEIR HEADS
AND POUR THEIR BLOOD INTO THE RIVER. THAT IS WHY TO THIS DAY
THE ROUGE RIVER IS RED IN COLOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Abnormal in size BELIEF -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Running water Large current. |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
WEDDINGS
IN CHURCH ON THE DAY OF THE WEDDING WHOEVER STEPS ON THE OTHER'S
FOOT WILL BE THE DOMINANT ONE IN THE MARRIAGE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage Ceremony |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
ENGAGEMENT
IF ONE LOSES AN ENGAGEMENT RING THAT RELATIONSHIP WILL SUFFER
EITHER BY BREAKING UP OR HAVING A LARGE FIGHT
Submitter comment: THIS PERSON HAD THIS HAPPEN TO HER AND BELIEVES IN IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Engagement ring |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
SEPARATION BETWEEN FRIENDS
IF YOU GIVE SOMEONE A HANDKERCHIEF IT WILL CAUSE A LONG SEPARATION
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT DOESN'T BELIEVE THIS
BUT SHE HAS A CLOSE FRIEND THAT DOES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
LUCK AND GOOD FORTUNE
THE NAILS OF A NEWBORN ARE CUT AND PUT INTO A POUCH AND THEN IF
KEPT IN THE POCKET OF THE FATHER'S WILL BRING GOOD LUCK
THE INFORMANT BELIEVED THIS BUT HER HUSBAND DIDN'T SO SHE HAD TO SLIP
IT IN TO HIS BACK POCKET AT NIGHT. SHE DIDN'T SAY IF IT WORKED.
FINGERNAILS
Submitter comment:
GIFTGIVING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
LUCK AND GOOD FORTUNE
CLIPPING NAILS AT NIGHT WILL BRING BAD LUCK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
MENTAL TELAPATHY
WHEN YOUR EAR RINGS IT MEANS SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
IT WILL STOP IF YOU SAY THE NAME OF THE PERSON IS WHO IS TALKING
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THIS HAPPENS TO HER QUITE A LOT AND THINKS IT
COULD BE SOMEONE FROM TURKEY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
HOUSE PLANTS
IF YOU HAVE A SPIDER PLANT AND IT GROWS TO BE A METER LONG YOU WILL
BUY A NEW HOME
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMER HAD A SPIDER PLANT BEFORE SHE VISITED THE U.S.A. AND
DECIDED TO BUY A NEW HOME TO LIVE HERE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
MAGIC
(IN TURKEY) IF YOU SEE A BLACK PERSON YOU'LL SEE SOMEONE YOU HAVEN'T
SEEN FOR A LONG TIME BUT YOU HAVE TO SQUEEZE THE BLACK'S ARM AND SAY
THIRTEEN AND A HALF
Submitter comment: THERE AREN'T TOO MANY BLACKS IN TURKEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described Observation SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-00-1977