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POLISH DRAGON LEGEND
A LONG TIME AGO IN POLAND THERE WAS A TERRIBLE DRAGON, AND
EVERY MONTH HE FORCED THE PEOPLE TO BRING HIM A YOUNG GIRL TO
EAT. THE PEOPLE WERE VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS AND SO THEY WENT TO THEIR
KING KRAKUS AND ASKED HIM TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS DRAGON. KRAKUS
THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME AND
FINALLY HE KILLED A SHEEP AND FILLED IT WITH TAR AND SULPHUR. HE
PUT THE SHEEP IN FRONT OF THE CAVE WHERE THE DRAGON LIVED AND
THE DRAGON CAME OUT AND BEGAN TO DEVOUR THE SHEEP, BUT THE TAR AND
SULPHUR BURNED TERRIBLE AND MADE HIM VERY THIRSTY. AND SO HE RAN TO
THE RIVER WISTA AND BEGAN TO DRINK, HE DRANK SO MUCH THAT HE
BECAME VERY HEAVY, FELL INTO THE WATER AND WAS DROWNED.
AND THE PEOPLE PROCLAIMED KRAKUS AS THEIR HERO, AND BUILT
A MONUMENT OUT OF EARTH IN HIS HONOR.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM PAN (PAM?) NOWAK WHO TAUGHT HER POLISH
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
MYTH
MALTESE PEOPLE BELIEVE IN SPIRITS. THEY TAKE THE FORM OF A LITTLE
COLORED GENIE CALLED HARAS. A WOMAN FOUND MONEY EVERY DAY ON THE
DRESSER UNTIL ONE DAY SHE REVEALED HER SECRET TO HER NEIGHBOR. THE
FOLLOWING MORNING SHE WOKE UP SEVERELY BEATEN.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
THIS DAY WE FASHION DESTINY.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ONE OF MY GRANDFATHER'S FAVORITE PROVERBS, AND
REFLECTS HIS BASIC PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE.
Where learned: HOME ; MINNESOTA ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
VAMPIRE
YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL A VAMPIRE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO REFLECTION IN THE
MIRROR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
VAMPIRE
THE ONLY WAY TO SCARE A VAMPIRE OFF AT NIGHT IS TO MAKE SIGN OF THE
CROSS.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE MANY STORIES LIKE THIS ONE ON ORIGINAL 5X8 CARDS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
VAMPIRE
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN KILL A VAMPIRE IS BY DRIVING A WOODEN STAKE
THROUGH HIS HEART WHILE HE SLEEPS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
WEREWOLF
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN KILL A REAL WEREWOLF IS WITH SILVER BULLETS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
(AS HE TOLD IT)
TO HIS COFFIN BEFORE DAWN-BREAK, THAT'S WHAT HE LIVES IN, YOU KNOW.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING' IS THAT HE CAN STILL GET BACK AND DIE HIS EVIL
DEATH. SEE IF HE GETS BACK AND SOMEONE HAS GOT AWAY WITH HIS DIRT
HE IS DONE IN. YOU SEE HE LIVES IN DIRT FROM HIS HOMELAND AND
NO OTHER AND SO IF IT AIN'T THE RIGHT DIRT HE'S DONE FOR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
STORY
THERE WAS A GIRL WHO WENT TO WESTERN ONTARIO COLLEGE AND HER BOY
FRIEND CAME TO PICK HER UP FOR A FORMAL DANCE. HE WAS SITTING
IN THE LIVING ROOM WHICH WAS DIVIDED BY A STAIRWAY. THE PARENTS
COULDN'T SEE THEIR DAUGHTER AS SHE BEGAN COMING DOWN THE STAIRS.
THE GIRL'S SHOE CAUGHT IN HER DRESS AND PULLED IT DOWN TO HER WAIST.
HER DATE SAW THIS AND HER PARENTS DIDN'T AND SO TO DISTRACT
ATTENTION FROM THE GIRL, HE SAID, "OH, LOOK OUT ON THE LAWN. THE
PARENTS LOOKED OUT ON THE LAWN AND THERE WERE TWO DOGS ENGAGED
IN "HANKEY-PANKEY." THE FATHER DIDN'T WANT THIS KIND OF A BOY
TAKING OUT HIS DAUGHTER, THEREFORE FORBAD HIS DAUGHTER GOING OUT
WITH HIM. BUT THE GIRL CALLED HER MOTHER UPSTAIRS AND EXPLAINED
WHAT HAD HAPPENED. EVERYTHING WAS STRAIGHTENED OUT.
Submitter comment: SUSAN LEARNED THE STORY FROM HER GIRL FRIEND LAST YEAR.
Where learned: SUSANS HOME
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 12-25-1964
ST. PAUL'S GROTTO
UNDER A CHURCH IN RABAT, IS A GROTTO IN WHICH ST. PAUL AND HIS
COMPANIONS ARE SAID TO HAVE LIVED WHILE IN MALTA. LOCAL LEGEND
CLAIMS THAT WHATEVER AMOUNT OF STONE IS REMOVED FROM THIS GROTTO,
THE DIMENSIONS REMAIN THE SAME.
Where learned: HOME
Date learned: 11-11-1967
RED ROBIN
THE ROBIN GOT HIS BREAST RED WHEN HE PULLED A THORN OUT FROM
CHRIST'S HEAD WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIBLICAL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Characteristics of Animals |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
GRANDMA'S ICEMAN CAME BY ONCE A WEEK IN HIS HORSE AND
WAGON. SHE USED TO PUT A SIGN IN THE WINDOW SO HE KNEW
HOW MANY POUNDS TO BRING IN. IN THOSE DAYS GRANDMA STILL
COULD NOT AFFORD AN ELECTRIC FREEZER. ANYHOW, THE
ICEMAN WOULD CUT THE BLOCKS OUT IN THE STREET, AND US
KIDS WOULD RUN OUT AND EAT THE BROKEN CHIPS; AS LONG
AS THE HORSE HADN'T POOPED! THE ICEMAN TOLD US THAT HIS
ICE CAME STRAIGHT FROM SANTA CLAUS AT THE NORTH POLE.
WE BELIEVED HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; GRANDMAS HOME
Keyword(s): DELIVERYMAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Secular hero BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00001940S
THE HUNCHBACK
AN IRISH WOMAN WAS BAKING BREAD. HER HUSBAND CAME HOME ON NIGHT
AND STATED THAT SHE WOULDN'T FINISH HER TASK BY 12 MIDNIGHT. SHE
SAID, IF THE DEVIL COMES AND STANDS IN THIS DOOR, I'M GOING TO
FINISH THIS BREAD TONIGHT} WHILE SHE WAS BAKING, A LOG FROM THE
FIREPLACE FLEW OUT AND HIT HER ON HER BACK. THAT IS HOW THE
HUNCHED BACK CAME TO BE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Process BELIEF -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 03-15-1970
AN UNDERTAKING PROVERB
AN UNDERTAKER IS A FELLOW WHO NEVER SUCCEEDS IN BURYING HIMSELF
IN HIS WORK.
Submitter comment: HE HEARD IT IN SCHOOL.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): DEDICATION TO JOB ; DEFINITION ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 08-06-1964
BLASON POPULAIRE
USING A FINE ITALIAN HAND.
Submitter comment:
PROFESSOR'S QUERY: HANDWRITING?
COLLECTOR'S ANSWER: ESPECIALLY APPLIED TO COOKING.
Where learned: HIS HOME
Keyword(s): COOKING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
EVIL EYE DISTRACTION
TO PREVENT A CHILD FROM BEING OVERCOME BY THE
EVIL EYE THE PEOPLE FROM INDIA PUT A BLACK
SPOT ON THE FOREHEAD OF THE CHILD,
THUS DISTRACTING FROM IT'S BEAUTY AND
KEEPING THE EVIL EYE AWAY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST QUAD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
JULAFTON IS THE SWEDISH CHRISTMAS EVE FESTIVITY. THE ENTIRE FAMILY
SPENT THIS EVENING TOGETHER IN THEIR OWN HOME FEASTING ON SOME OF THE
DELECTABLE FOODS WHICH HAD BEEN PREPARED IN FORMER DAYS . OFTEN THE
FAMILY GATHERED FOR CHRISTMAS CAROLS AFTERWARD.
Submitter comment:
JULAFTON FOR THE INFORMANT WAS THE HAPPIEST OF ALL THE SWEDISH
TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS.
Where learned: HOME ; ROUTE 1 ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Songs, caroling |
Date learned: 03-28-1970
TONGUE TWISTER
OATEN DOTEN, LITTEN DITTEN,
IITTEN LOTEN, DITTEN LITTEN
ET-SPEE-LEE-OAT, WHA-DAT-
AND CHEW
Submitter comment: TONGUE TWISTER TO INITIATE SOMEONE IN THE GROUP.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; CAMP ; WESTLAND
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 12-02-1971
IN LOVE, THERE IS ALWAYS ONE WHO KISSES AND ONE WHO OFFERS THE CHEEK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): METAPHOR ; OBSERVATION ; REPETITION
James Callow Keyword(s): LEADING AND FOLLOWING AMONG LOVERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-05-1971
UNCLE DING-DONG
Submitter comment:
WHEN INFORMANT WAS IN HIS EARLY TWENTIES, HE DROVE A
STREET-CAR ON A STREET WHICH WAS PRIMARILY TRAVELLED
BY CHILDREN. WHENEVER HE WOULD PASS BY CHILDREN HE WOULD
RING THE STREET-CAR BELL, AND SO IN THAT SMALL TOWN HE
BECAME KNOWN AS "UNCLE DING-DONG".
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 02-08-1970