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FINNISH SPEECH TO HAVE NEIGHBOR CALL IN HIS DOG.
HOLLER YOUR DOG IN, HE'S RUNNING THE ALLEY UP AND DOWN.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
IF YOU SPILL SALT, YOU MUST TOSS SOME SALT OVER
YOUR LEFT SHOULDER, OTHERWISE YOU WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK.
Submitter comment: MISS MAYER LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions |
PREGNANCY SUPERSTITION
A PREGNANT WOMAN MUST EAT FOR TWO.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
A MOTHER MUST LOSE A TOOTH FOR EACH CHILD SHE BRINGS
INTO THIS WORLD.
BABIES BORN TO PARENTS OF MATURE YEARS, ARE MORE
LIKELY TO HAVE BRILLIANT MINDS.
Submitter comment: FROM NEIGHBOR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
UNWED GIRL THROWS BALL OF YARN AT MIDNIGHT THROUGH
WINDOW AND PULLS IT IN, WHOEVER IS AT THE END, IS HER
FUTURE HUSBAND.
Submitter comment: FROM NEIGHBORS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 10-24-1967
FRIDAY-BAD LUCK
NEVER START A PROJECT ON A FRIDAY. EITHER YOU WILL
NEVER FINISH IT OR IT WILL END IN DISASTER.
Submitter comment:
TOBY LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD FROM HER HUNGARIAN
MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Bad luck |
IF YOUR RIGHT EAR RINGS, SOMEONE IS SAYING SOMETHING
NICE ABOUT YOU; IF YOUR LEFT EAR RINGS, SOMEONE IS
SAYING SOMETHING BAD ABOUT YOU.
Submitter comment: MRS. D. LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU ARE GOING TO KISS A FOOL.
Submitter comment: MRS. D. LEARNED THIS AS A YOUNG GIRL.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE, AND THERE WILL BE A
DEATH. MM
IF THERE IS ONE DEATH IN THE FAMILY, TWO MORE WILL
FOLLOW WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD.
Submitter comment: MRS. COLEMAN LEARNED THIS IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
IF A SPIDER DROPS DOWN ON YOUR TABLE WHILE DINNER
IS BEING SERVED, IT MEANS THAT YOU WILL HAVE COMPANY
FOR THE NEXT MEAL.
Submitter comment: MRS. D. LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
IF YOU WEAR YOUR RUBBERS IN SCHOOL, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR
EYESIGHT.
Submitter comment: MRS. D. LEARNED THIS BELIEF AS A CHILD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
IF THE HEM OF YOUR SKIRT IS TURNED UP, YOU WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: MRS. D. LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
IF YOU POUT, YOUR LIP WILL REMAIN THAT WAY.
Submitter comment: MRS. D. LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER, AS A CHILD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
IF YOU TURN A STAMP UPSIDE DOWN ON A LETTER, IT
MEANS LOVE.
Submitter comment: MRS. D. LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
"LAUGH AND GROW FAT," IS AN OLD SUPERSTITIOUS SAYING,
WHICH HAS LED MANY TO BELIEVE THAT FAT PEOPLE ARE
ALWAYS HAPPY.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quantity or weight PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
ITALIAN SANTA CLAUS
THE BEFANA IS AN OLD WOMAN WHO WAS SWEEPING OUT
HER HOUSE ONE DAY WHEN THE THREE WISE MEN PASSED BY ON THEIR
WAY TO SEE THE CHRIST CHILD. SHE TOLD THEM TO WAIT UNTIL
SHE FINISHED HER SWEEPING SO THAT SHE COULD GO WITH THEM.
SHE FINISHED THE WORK AND GOT TOGETHER SOME FRUIT AND
CANDY BUT WHEN SHE WENT OUTSIDE THE MEN WERE ALREADY GONE.
AND NOW SHE ROAMS THE EARTH ON EVERY LITTLE CHRISTMAS LOOKING
FOR THE CHRIST CHILD AND GIVING FRUIT AND CANDY TO ALL LITTLE
CHILDREN ON THAT NIGHT. BAD CHILDREN RECEIVE COAL IN THEIR
STOCKING.
MY MOTHER SAYS THAT IN HER FAMILY THE BEFANA WOULD
COME AND THROW NUTS DOWN THE CHIMNEY TO WARN THE
KIDS TO BE GOOD BECAUSE SHE WAS COMING. THEN STOCKINGS WOULD
BE HUNG AND THE NEXT MORNING, THEY WOULD BE FILLED WITH
FRUIT AND COOKIES.
IN OTHER FAMILIES, THE CHILDREN WOULD ALL KNEEL AROUND
THE FIREPLACE AND PRAY WITH THEIR WHOLE HEART AND SOUL FOR
THE BEFANA TO COME. AND ONE BY ONE BASKERS FULL OF FRUIT
AND CANDY WITH EACH CHILD'S NAME IN IT WOULD COME DOWN.
IN THESE FAMILIES, THERE WERE NO STOCKINGS THEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED AT HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus BELIEF -- Prayer P642.64 |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
AS PART OF THE BLACK FUNERAL RITE, THE HUSBAND ,
UPON THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE, WILL NOT HAVE A BOUQUET OF
FLOWERS PLACED BESIDE HER CASKET IN HONOR OF HER,
BUT A HEART SHAPED CENTER PIECE DONE IN WHITE
CARNATIONS AND FROM THE TOP LEFT (DIAGONALLY)
TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT, WILL BE A STREAM OF RED ROSES.
THIS IS CALLED THE "BLEEDING HEART."
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY OF DETROIT, EACH FRIDAY NIGHT
A CABARET IS THROWN. IT CAN BE AT A HALL (PREFERABLY)
OR A HOUSE. ONE PERSON THROWS IT AND ANYONE CAN
COME. IT IS OPEN TO ALL AND ADVERTISED BY WORD OF
MOUTH. ICE AND MUSIC ARE SUPPLIED, JUST BRING
THE LIQUOR AND FRIENDS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour |
Date learned: 10-15-1972
THE JAIN (?) WRITING VERY BAD!
THE JAIN, A COMMUNITY IN INDIA, ALWAYS EAT BEFORE
SUNSET.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 10-24-1968
AN OLD CUSTOM AT HER FAMILY IS TO HAVE THE
YOUNGEST CHILD SAY THE PRAYER BEFORE THE MEAL.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 02-14-1971