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ON GOOD FRIDAY YOU EAT HOT CROSS BUNS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: CA00001970
WEAR MY PINK PAJAMAS IN THE SUMMER WHEN IT'S HOT
WEAR MY FLANNEL NIGHTIE IN THE WINTER WHEN IT'S NOT
SOMETIMES IN THE SPRINGTIME
SOMETIMES IN THE FALL
JUMP RIGHT IN BETWEEN THE SHEETS WITH NOTHIN' ON AT ALL!
GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH
GLORY, GLORY, HALLELJIAH
GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH
WITH NOTHING ON AT ALL.
Submitter comment:
SUNG TO THE TUNE OF "GLORY, GLORY HALLELUJAH."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 11-00-1972
CHRISTMAS IS A BELOVED HOLIDAY FOR POLISH PEOPLE. BEGINNING AT
SUNDOWN THE FAMILY SITS DOWN TO THE EVENING MEAL. THIS MEAL IS
MEATLESS AND CONSISTS OF NINE COURSES. WHEN THE FIRST EVENING
STAR APPEARS THE MEAL BEGINS. STRAW IS PLACED UNDERNEATH
A WHITE TABLECLOTH TO SIGNIFY CHRIST'S BIRTH IN A MANGER. A
CHRISTMAS WAFER CALLED "OPLATEK" IS SHARED WITH EACH MEMBER
OF THE FAMILY BEGINNING WITH THE FATHER. GOOD HEALTH, GOD'S
BLESSINGS AND JOY IS EXTENDED TO ALL. THIS COMPLETED, THE MEAL
BEGINS. THE SOUP IS CREAMED MUSHROOM. FOLLOWING WE HAVE PIEROGI
(DUMPLINGS) WITH CABBAGE OR POTATO AND CHEESE. WE ALSO HAVE A
VARIETY OF FISH. COLD HERRING, FISH IN GELATIN (GALARECIE),
BAKED FISH, RYE BREAD AND SAUR KRAUT (SAUERKRAUT) PREPARED WITH
MUSHROOMS. COFFEE AND BABKA FOR DESERT. AFTER THE PEOPLE RETURN
FROM MIDNIGHT MASS THEY BRING OUT THE BAKED HAM AND HOMEMADE
KIELBASA WHICH EVERY GOOD POLACK MAKES HIMSELF AND THEY EAT, DRINK
AND MAKE MERRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT ; FOOD CUSTOM
Date learned: 11-10-1971
BELIEF (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; HUMAN BEINGS NAD THEIR ACTIVITIES (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
IF YOUR LEFT EYE TWITCHES, IT MEANS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARED THIS FROM HIS WIFE.
Where learned: SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.2 |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
IT IS BAD LUCK TO HAVE THIRTEEN AT THE DINNER TABLE AND IF YOU DO,
THE NEXT TIME THAT GROUP MEETS, ONE OF THEM WILL BE MISSING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
FOLK CURE
FOR A BURN, PLACE MUSTARD ON IT.
THE MUSTARD TAKES THE STING OUT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SWAERS BY THIS CURE,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
CHSEMM. STANDS FOR; COME HOLY SPIRIT, ENLIGHTEN MY MIND.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TAUGHT THIS IN HER PAROCHIAL GRADESCHOOL AND PUTS IT
AT THE TOP OF IMPORTANT EXAMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): ACRONYM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: CA00001977
FAILING TO EAT BIRTHDAY CAKE AT A CHILD'S BIRTHDAY PARTY WILL CAUSE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
IF YOU PUT MILK INTO A THERMOS AND THEN COFFEE, THE MILK WILL SOUR,
BUT IF YOU PUT COFFEE AND THEN MILK INTO A THERMOS THE MILK WILL
NOT SOUR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Drink from animal product Milk |
Date learned: 02-17-1980
IF YOU SHAKE MILK IT WILL SOUR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER BELIEVED THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Drink from animal product Milk |
Date learned: 02-17-1980
NO WOMEN ARE ALLOWED ON A SHIP BECAUSE THEY BRING BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS A PRACTICED CUSTOM WHEN INFORMANT WAS IN THE NAVY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-17-1980
IN EUROPE, NO PREGNANT WOMEN WERE ALLOWED IN A BREWERY BECAUSE THEY
WERE BELIEVED TO SPOIL THE BEER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-17-1980
QUESTION: WHY WAS THE ELEPHANT SITTING SO CAREFULLY ON THE
MARSHMALLOW? ANSWER: BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO FALL IN THE HOT
CHOCOLATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): MARSHMALLOW CHOCOLATE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-19-1980
WHEN CAMPING AND A LIGHTENING STORM IS FIRST STARTING, PUT YOUR MILK
IN THE RIVER, IF YOU ARE NEAR ONE, TO PREVENT IT FROM SOURING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): PRESERVATION OF FOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 02-17-1980
CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN
CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN, SITTING ON A FENCE,
TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR OUT OF 55 CENTS.
HE MISSED, HE MISSED, HE MISSED LIKE THIS.
Submitter comment:
THIS GAME IS PLAYED WHILE STANDING. THE PLAYERS GATHER AROUND ONE
ANOTHER AND ALTERNATELY CROSS AND UNCROSS THEIR LEGS WITH EVERY
BEAT OF THE VERSE. AT THE END OF THE VERSE , THE CHILD OR CHILDREN
STANDING WITH THEIR LEGS CROSSED LOSE THAT ROUND. THE GAME CONTIN-
UES THROUGH SEVERAL ROUNDS WITH NO APPARENT WINNER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: CA00001968
BIRDIE, BIRDIE, IN THE SKY, DROPPING WHITEWASH IN MY EYE,
NOW I KNOW WHY ELEPHANTS CAN'T FLY, CAN YOU SEE WHY?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: CA00001970
WHAT A LIFE WITHOUT A WIFE AND TWENTY-NINE KIDS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WOULD KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE AND SAY THIS HOPING TO GET A
LAUGH FROM HIS CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number P686.1.29 PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: CA00001977
STAY SINGLE AND RAISE YOUR KIDS THE SAME WAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S GRANDFATHER SAID THIS WHENEVER THE SUBJECT OF MARRIAGE
CAME UP OR WHEN HE JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING FUNNY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: CA00001977
PLANT DURING A FULL MOON FOR A BETTER GARDEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 03-19-1980
AFTER A SIGNATURE IN AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK: R.M.A. AND I.R.Y.
Submitter comment: THESE INITIALS STAND FOR, REMEMBER ME ALWAYS AND I'LL REMEMBER YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Z210 |