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SLOVAK CHRISTMAS-EVE CUSTOM
BEFORE A FARMER SAT DOWN TO EAT, HE WENT OUT TO THE
BARN AND GAVE HIS LIVESTOCK GARLIC SO THAT THEY MAY
BE HEALTHY DURING THE COMING YEAR. HE ALSO SPRINKLED
THEM WITH HOLY WATER.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
AMONG POLISH NEIGHBORHOODS, IT IS CUSTOMARY AT THE
FUNERAL OF A CHILD TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE BODY IN
THE COFFIN AND THEN TURN THEM BACKWARDS IN THE
FAMILY ALBUM.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-00-1963
THE SEX OF AN UNBORN CHILD CAN BE DETERMINED BY TIEING
A STRING TO THE MOTHER'S WEDDING RING AND HOLDING IT
ABOVE THE STOMACH; IF IT SWINGS IN A CIRCLE--A BOY--
BACK AND FORTH--A GIRL.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
RUBBING A SMALL AMOUNT OF PAREGORIC ACID ON BABY'S GUMS WOULD
EASE THE TEETHING PAIN.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
OLD PEOPLE TAKE A TEASPOON OF LEMON JUICE IN A CUP
OF HOT WATER FOR THE SHAKES.
Submitter comment: SHAKES=SHIVERS
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 10-14-1984
WHEN MY SISTER WAS LITTLE, MY MOTHER STUCK HER IN A BIG BAG
OF ONIONS TO CURE HER OF PNEUMONIA.
MY MOTHER STUCK MY SISTER IN A TWENTY-FIVE OR FIFTY POUND BAG
AND LOOSELY PULLED THE DRAWSTRING AROUND HER NECK.
THE ONIONS DREW HER FEVER OUT.
Submitter comment: LITTLE MEANS YOUNGER
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001920S ; 00001930S
EVERY MONDAY MORNING, MY NEIGHBOR IN CLEVELAND SPRINKLED
SALT ON HER PORCH THEN SWEPT IT AWAY BECAUSE THIS WOULD
KEEP A WOMAN FROM ENTERING HER HOUSE BEFORE NOON.
Submitter comment:
SWEEPING IS STRONG "MEDICINE."
MAGIC
CURSE
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 00001950S
CRACKLIN' BREAD
TAKE THE SKIN FROM A PIG, BAKE IT CRISP, CRUMB IT, MIX IT
INTO THE BATTER OF CORNBREAD, THEN BAKE IT.
Submitter comment:
CRUMB=BREAK INTO TINY PIECES
MY INFORMANT HATES CRACKLIN' BREAD.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Food Drink -- Meat Bred animal |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 00001940S ; 10-12-1984
IF YOU LOSE SOMETHING, STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING IMMEDIATELY;
SAY A PRAYER TO ST. ANTHONY AND YOU WILL SOON FIND WHAT
YOU HAD LOST.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
EAT A TABLESPOON OF SUGAR TO CURE THE HICCOUGHS
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1938
ON GOOD FRIDAY, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 12:00-3:00,
YOU SHOULD SIT DOWN AND PRAY BECAUSE THESE ARE THE HOURS
THAT JESUS WAS HANGING ON THE CROSS.
CO[ EVERY GOOD FRIDAY UNTIL I REACHED THE AGE OF 10, MY
Submitter comment: EVERY GOOD FRIDAY UNTIL I REACHED THE AGE OF 10, MY
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: 00-00-1920
DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING FROM YOUR CHILDREN AND YOU
WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.
Submitter comment:
MY FATHER WOULD ALWAYS MAKE THIS COMMENT TO MY MOTHER
TO JOKINGLY SUGGEST HIS DISGUST FOR HIS CHILDREN.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1938
"YOU BECOME LIKE THOSE YOU RUN WITH."
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A COMMENT THAT MY MOTHER WOULD MAKE
TO ANY OF HER CHILDREN IF SHE DIDN'T APPROVE OF
THE CROWD THAT HE/SHE HUNG AROUND WITH. THIS
CAN BE SEEN AS A VARIATION OF "BIRDS OF A
FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
HOW TO FIND SOMETHING YOU LOST
IF YOU LOSE SOMETHING IN YOUR HOUSE, YOU SHOULD TAKE AN EMPTY
GLASS, AND IT MUST BE GLASS, AND TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN NEAR
RUNNING WATER (A SINK, ETC.). LEAVE THE GLASS THERE UNTIL YOU
FIND WHAT YOU LOST. YOU WILL FIND IT, AS LONG AS IT IS IN THE
HOUSE. THIS ALWAYS WORKS.
Submitter comment:
MR. SNIDER LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER IN OHIO WHO IS NOT THE
LEAST BIT SURPRISED WHEN SOMEBODY FINDS SOMETHING BY EMPLOYING
THIS METHOD. IT IS TAKEN FOR GRANTED THAT THIS WORKS.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Ammonia will kill paint odor.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): HOUSEHOLD HINT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
No black: We celebrate the dead and heaven one's life by wearing
color.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
Cake candles resisting "blow out" are years until wish comes
true.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
Wedding ring inscriptions are a secret until wedding. My
husband and I were surprised to find we had ordered the same:
"Forever."
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
Herring is eaten for good luck.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
I want to buy a brassier she said flatly.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): Pun on flat-chested
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 00-00-1958