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VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC "LUCY"
LUCY MET THE TRAIN
THE TRAIN MET LUCY
THE TRACK WAS JUICY
THE JUICE WAS LUCY
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS ; EUPHEMISM ; FEMININE RHYME ; FINAL ITERATION ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABBC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
WELSH SUPERSTITION
THE WELSH BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST PERSON TO COME INTO THE HOUSE
RIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE TELLS OR PREDICTS THE LUCK
THE HOUSEHOLD WILL HAVE. IF A MAN COMES IN, THE HOUSE WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK. A WOMAN MEANS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THE REASON HE KNOWS OF THIS CUSTOM IS BECAUSE A LADY ASKS HIM TO
WALK INTO HER HOUSE EVERY YEAR AT MIDNIGHT SO THAT SHE WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK.
Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM ; SEXISM
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
MY DAD SAID WHEN HE WAS YOUNG HE HAD TO DO
KNEEL DOWN AND SAY A PRAYER BEFORE THEY WOULD GET A GIFT.
DOWN AND SAY A PRAYER BEFORE THEY GOT A GIFT. IF
YOU DIDN'T SAY A PRAYER YOU GOT STRAPPED BY HIS
BELT ACROSS THE REAR.
Submitter comment: 1930'S
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
FESTIVAL
WHEN SANTA CAME AT CHRISTMAS THEY WERE MADE TO
KNELL DOWN AND SAY A PRAYER BEFORE THEY WOULD GET A GIFT.
IF YOU DIDN'T SAY A PRAYER YOU WOULD GET STRAPPED BY HIS BELT.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
OPTATKE (CHRISTMAS WAFER) [OPLATKI]
A POLISH CHRISTMAS TRADITION. ON THE VIGIL OF CHRISTMAS AT DINNER
THAT EVENING, THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTES BREAD-LIKE WAFERS
(OPTATKE) [OPLATKI], MADE BY SISTERS OF THE CHURCH. THEY ARE MADE LIKE THE
COMMUNION WAFER, AND BLESSED BY THE PRIEST. EACH MEMBER OF THE
FAMILY RECEIVES ONE, AND THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD SAYS A PRAYER
AND ASKS FOR GOD'S BLESSING. HE BREAKS HIS WAFER WITH EACH MEMBER,
AND THEY IN TURN BREAK IT WITH EACH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname.
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Church |
Date learned: 09-30-1968
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
IT IS A POLISH CHRISTMAS CUSTOM TO WRITE KMB OVER THE DOORWAY IN YOUR
HOUSE UNTIL AFTER THE THREE KINGS' DAY. A SPECIAL CHALK WAS BLESSED
ON THE FEAST OF THE THREE KINGS AND THEN USED TO PRINT KMB AND THE
YEAR ABOVE EACH DOORWAY IN THE HOUSE.
Keyword(s): EPIPHANY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
SILVERWARE
IF YOU DROP SILVERWARE PEOPLE WILL COME VISIT YOU.
I DROPPED A WHOLE SET OF SILVERWARE AND WE HAD
A LARGE GROUP OF UNEXPECTED VISITORS COME.
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
PROVERB
FEW OF US CAN STAND PROSPERITY... ANOTHER MAN,S, I MEAN.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-00-1965
YOUR NAME FOREVER
HERE IS ONE LEAF RESERVED FOR ME,
FROM ALL THY SWEET MEMORIALS FREE,
AND HERE MY SIMPLE SONG MIGHT TELL
THE FEELINGS THOU MUST GUESS SO WELL
BUT COULD I THUS WITHIN MY MIND,
ONE LITTLE CORNER FIND,
WHERE NO IMPRESSION YET IS SEEN
WHERE NO MEMORIAL YET HAS BEEN
OH, IT SHOULD BE MY SWEETEST CARE
TO WRITE YOUR NAME FOREVER THERE.
Submitter comment: FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF THE LATE CLARA MATHES, ENTRIES 1880
Data entry tech comment: ADDED COMMAS WHERE NEEDED AS WELL AS TITLE FOR VERSE.
Keyword(s): RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 11-21-1965
NARRATIVE
A LADY WAS SUPPOSEDLY TO HAVE GIVEN BIRTH TO A FREAK CHILD THAT
RESEMBLED A TYPE OF FISH OR FROG. IT WAS BORN WITH SLIMY, SCALY
SKIN. THE DOCTOR WAS DECIDELY NOT GOING TO SHOW THE CHILD TO HER
FOR FEAR TI WOULD HARM HER. THE CHILD ONLY LIVED FOR A DAY.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
NARRATIVE
MY MOTHER HEARD AN INTERVIEW OF MISS BETTY HOO BY
JOHN D. JEST OVER WMGS RADIO IN BOWLING GREEN, OHIO.
SHE WAS AN ORPHAN AT 5, ABUSED UNTIL 16, WHEN SHE
DECIDED TO BE A MISSIONARY. SHE HAS MOTHERED OVER
3000 YOUNGSTERS IN CHINA SO FAR. SHE WAS TELLING
THIS STORY:
SHE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES ON MISSION WORK AND
STEPPED OFF THE TRAIN. THE PORTER ASKED IF HE
COULD HELP HER WITH THE "GRIP." SHE SAID, "I
DIDN'T BRING IT WITH ME. MY MOTHER STILL HAS IT
AND IS SICK IN BED." LATER SHE FOUND OUT WHAT THE
OTHER MEANING OF "GRIP" WAS AND SHE WAS EMBARRASSED.
James Callow Keyword(s): GRIPPE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 09-17-1965
POLISH CHILDREN HAD TO KISS THEIR PARENTS HANDS AND
ASK FOR FORGIVENESS BEFORE GOING TO CONFESSION UNTIL
THEY WERE OUT OF EIGHTH GRADE. 1930S.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
HOLY WATER
WHEN YOU BLESS YOURSELF WITH HOLY WATER, YOU SHOULD
SPRINKLE SOME ON THE FLOOR TO SAVE THE SOULS
IN PURGATORY.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK. THIS IS A NAME GIVEN TO
ANYONE WHO SECOND-GUESSES AN EVENT, DECISION, ETC.
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GIFTS BETWEEN PARENTS AND CHILDREN ARE NEVER EXCHANGED.
Data entry tech comment: CHRISTMAS?
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE JEWS WHO DIE BEFORE 11 A.M. MUST BE BURIED BY
SUNSET AND THE BODY MUST PASS OVER WATER ON THE
WAY TO THE CEMETERY.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-07-1965
SATURDAY BATH
SATURDAY NIGHT WAS BATH NIGHT. WATER WAS CARRIED
IN BUCKETS AND HEATED ON THE OLD WOOD STOVE. THE
WASH TUB WAS BROUGHT INTO THE KITCHEN. THE
CLEANEST ONE GOT TO TAKE HIS BATH FIRST AND ON DOWN
THE LINE, AS THE SAME WATER WAS USED. THEN STANDING
UP YOU GOT RINSED WITH A FEW DIPPERS OF CLEAN
WATER.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
SEWING
EVERY STITCH YOU SEW ON SUNDAY YOU WILL HAVE TO PULL
OUT IN HELL.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
THIS IS A POLISH CUSTOM. ON THE FIRST BIRTHDAY OF A BABY
THE CHILD WAS TO SELECT FROM A WHISKEY GLASS, A DOLLAR
BILL, A ROSARY, AND A BOOK. WHATEVER HE OR SHE SELECTED
THAT WOULD INDICATE WHAT THE CHILD WOULD BE IN THE FUTURE.
Submitter comment:
MY DAD CHOSE THE DOLLAR BILL. HE ISN'T RICH BY ANY
MEANS BUT HE IS MONEY CONSCIOUS.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
SMART-ALECK RHYME
IT'S RAINING, IT'S POURING,
THE OLD MAN'S SNORING.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.464 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN