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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST THAT YOU CAN,
AND THE BEST WILL COME BACK TO YOU.
Where learned: QUESTIONNAIRE PASSED OUT TO INFORMANT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-26-1971
SAYING
A GLASS OF WINE MAKES AN OLD MAN A YOUTH.
Where learned: SENT UPON REQUEST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
GAME VERSE
PEEK A BOO, I SEE YOU,
HIDING THERE BEHIND THE CHAIR.
Where learned: OHIO ; YOUNGSTOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: 00001950S AND 00001960S
IT'S TIME FOR ME TO PREACH WHAT I'VE BEEN PRACTICING.
Where learned: DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATER
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
RECIPE--(PASSED DOWN VERBALLY)
TEA CAKES OR SUGAR COOKIES, ONCE EATEN WITH HOT TEA:
1 EGG
1 1/2 CUP OF SUGAR
1 TEASPOON OF SODA
1/2 CUP OF FRESH BUTTERMILK
1/2 CUP OF LARD
1 TEASPOON OF VANILLA
2 TEASPOON OF BAKING POWDER
1 PINCH OF SALT
Submitter comment:
ALL THE RECIPES RECORDED FROM THIS INFORMANT HAVE BEEN HANDED
DOWN BY HER MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER AND ARE WRITTEN NOW FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BELFAST
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Kind of Food and Its Preparation |
Date learned: 06-24-1972
CAR FOR SALE
A PERSON BOUGHT THAT CAR AND EVERY TIME HE CLOSED THE WINDOWS
THE STENCH INSIDE THE CAR WOULD BE SO STRONG YOU COULDN'T GET IN
THE CAR--LIKE ON A WARM DAY. THIS STILL HAPPENED YEARS AFTERWARDS.
Submitter comment:
I, THE COLLECTOR, TOLD THEM ABOUT THE CAR WHICH THE OWNER COULD NOT
SELL BECAUSE A PERSON WHO HAD DIED IN IT WAS LEFT IN IT FOR SOME
TIME AND THE ODOR REMAINED. IT PROMPTED THE FOLLOWING:
HEARD THIS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Vehicle propelled by mechanical or other force on land BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
CAR FOR SALE
A PERSON BOUGHT THAT CAR AND EVERY TIME HE CLOSED THE WINDOWS
THE STENCH INSIDE THE CAR WOULD BE SO STRONG YOU COULDN'T GET IN
THE CAR--LIKE ON A WARM DAY. THIS STILL HAPPENED YEARS AFTERWARDS.
Submitter comment:
I, THE COLLECTOR, TOLD THEM ABOUT THE CAR WHICH THE OWNER COULD NOT
SELL BECAUSE A PERSON WHO HAD DIED IN IT WAS LEFT IN IT FOR SOME
TIME AND THE ODOR REMAINED. IT PROMPTED THE FOLLOWING:
HEARD THIS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Vehicle propelled by mechanical or other force on land BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
TO SEE A SHOOTING STAR IS TO BE WARNED OF DEATH IN THE
FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WINCHESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Celestial Body BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHRISTMAS BELIEF
YOUR FIRST GUEST ON CHRISTMAS DAY
SHOULD BE A MAN, THAT MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT SEEMED TO BELIEVE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
06151958
MY MOTHER YOUR MOTHER LIV%S ACROSS THE STREET,
1819 BROADWAY STREET,
EVERY NIGHT THEY HAVE A FIGHT AND MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER
RIGHT IN THE NOSE,
HOW MANY PUNCHES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3,...
Submitter comment:
MY COUSIN TOLD ME THIS JUMP ROPE RHYME WHEN I WAS VISITING HER.
THE GIRLS WOULD USE THIS RHYME WHILE JUMPING ROPE IN 1958.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; HAZELTON
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
WHEN ERECTING A NEW BUILDING IN GERMANY, THEY PLACE A SPRIG
OF PINE OR SPRUCE, OR FIR TREE AT THE TOP OF THE POLE
AND IT STAYS THERE FOR ONE YEAR AFTER COMPLETION. THIS
IS FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: HE ACTUALLY SAW THIS IN GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; GERMANY ; DETROIT ; DEARBORN ; TV STUDIO
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Foundation rite Laying of cornerstone BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 09-28-1970
HE FLOATS ON AN INCH OF WATER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ; TOLD AT ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): PHRASE METAPHOR OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-06-1970
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION:
THAT WHEN I'M BLUE
I'LL THINK OF YOU,
'TWILL GIVE THE WORLD
A ROSY HUE}
Where learned: VERSE FROM HIS POSTCARD COLLECTION
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP. ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.0101 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 12-29-1919
THANKSGIVING PUDDING, PIE & CAKE
MAY THANKSGIVING BRING YOU PLEASURE
SOME PUDDING, PIE AND CAKE
IN EQUAL HAPPY MEASURE
" LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE. "
Where learned: VERSE FROM HIS POSTCARD COLLECTION
Keyword(s): GOOD WISHES. ; RHYME ABAB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 11-14-1923
YULE-TIDE GREETINGS
YULE-TIDE GREETINGS
I WISH YOU HAPPINESS TO-DAY
AND EACH CHRISTMAS WHEN
JOY-BELLS CHIME}
THE PASSING YEARS ALL GOLDEN BEADS
IN THE ENDLESS ROSARY OF TIME.
Where learned: VERSE FROM HIS POSTCARD COLLECTION
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCDC
James Callow Keyword(s): GOOD WISHES ; RELIGIOUS METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1225 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Greetings, wishes, prayers, cards |
CLOSE THE DOOR TO CARE AND WORRY.
CLOSE THE DOOR TO CARE AND WORRY,
FLING IT WIDE TO MIRTH AND CHEER,
WITH GLADNESS MAY YOU GREET THE YULETIDE,
AND USHER IN A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Where learned: VERSE FROM HIS POSTCARD COLLECTION
Keyword(s): GOOD WISHES ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Greetings, wishes, prayers, cards |
ON CHRISTMAS EVE THE BRIGHT STAR TO THE NORTH IS SHINING OVER THE
STABLE AT BETHLEHEM.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.4 |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR
LENTEN CUSTOM
ON HOLY SATURDAY, THERE IS A POLISH FAMILY TRADITION
WHERE THEY THANK GOD FOR HIS BLESSINGS BY BRINGING
A BASKET WITH HAM (A PIECE), A RING OF KIELBASA,
BEETS, HARD BOILED EGGS, SALT AND PEPPER, BREAD AND
A BUTTER LAMB, AND CHOCOLATE EGGS TO THE CHURCH AND
THE PRIEST BLESSES THE BASKETS. IT SYMBOLIZES THAT
YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE FOOD TO EAT ALL YEAR AND THE
BASKET IS NOT EATEN UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT MASS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; PORT CHESTER
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ROOSTERS CROWING--WEATHER CHANGES
IF YOU HEAR ROOSTERS CROWING AT NIGHT, IT MEANS A CHANGE
IN THE WEATHER--A STORM APPROACHING.
AND THUNDER AND LIGHTNING IN THE WINTER MEANS AN ICE
STORM OR FREEZING RAIN.
WHEN YOU HEARD A FROG CROAK, IT MEANT SPRING. BUT AFTER
THE FIRST CROAK, THERE WERE 3 MORE FREEZES BEFORE
SPRING ARRIVED FOR GOOD. BOTH HAD BELIEVED THIS IN
POPULAR TRADITION IN THEIR HOMES IN GLOUCESTER AND
HOLLISTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; DETROIT ; GLOUCESTER ; HOLLISTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
SEPERATION OF FRIENDS
IF YOU ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH SOMEONE AND YOU SEPERATE
TO GO AROUND A POLE OR OBSTACLE, YOU ARE GOING TO FIGHT.
Submitter comment: COULDN'T REMEMBER WHERE SHE HAD LEARNED THIS.
Data entry tech comment:
THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AND A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS NO LONGER
SPEAKING TO ME BECAUSE OF A FIGHT. WE WERE SEPERATED BY A PARKED
CAR, AND THIS COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CAUSE OF OUR FIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |