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CUSTOM
A THAI VALUE WHICH IS CLOSELY AKIN TO THE CHINESE CONCEPT OF
"SAVING FACE" IS THAT OF PRING CHAI, THE DESIRE TO BE HUMBLE,
RESPECTFUL AND CONSIDERATE. THIS CUSTOM IS VERY STRONG IN
THAILAND.
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
IF YOU HEAR A KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR AND YOU GO TO
ANSWER IT BUT NOBODY IS THERE, THIS MEANS DEATH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS CUSTOM IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR SHADOW AND CANNOT SEE THE SHADOW OF YOUR
HEAD YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
THE SPIRIT WATCHES
IN SMALL VILLAGES OF THAILAND, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE SPIRIT
OF SOME NATIVE OF THAT TOWN STILL WATCHES OVER IT, PROTECTING
THE TOWN FROM EVIL, THE SPIRIT MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN BY
APPEARING TO A FEW OF THE VILLAGERS, MAKING HIS AUTHENTICITY BY
TELLING THE VILLAGERS THEIR LIFE HISTORY IN ITS' ENTIRETY.
THIS HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN MANY CASES, AND NO EXPLANATION
CAN BE GIVEN OF A NATURAL SORT.
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THAI PROVERB
NEVER TRUST A COBRA, AN ELEPHANT IN HEAT, OR A LOVING WIFE
Where learned: THAILAND
Keyword(s): EPIGRAMS
James Callow Keyword(s): REPTILE ANIMALS ; SUSPICION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
INDEX OF TAPE 750002, SIDE A
PRONUNCIATION OF NAME
WHERE I LIVE IN THAILAND
GAMES
COUNTING OUT
HIDE AND SEEK
CAN'T PLAY AT NIGHT (TABU)
MEASURING AND COUNTING TIME
ONOMATOPEIA
FEEDING MONKS
MORE ABOUT TIME
GAMES AGAIN
COPS AND ROBBERS
GOALS
HIDING OBJECTS
KITE' FLYING AND KITE FIGHTS
HIDING THE DOLL LIKE A TISKET-A-TRASKET
Where learned: THAILAND
Date learned: 00001960S
INDEX OF TAPE 750002 SIDE B
BROOM
LUCK
THE NUMBER 9 AND 3
OMEN
DREAMS
THROWING TEETH AND BURYING TEETH TO MAKE THEM GROW
LEFT AND RIGHT
LENGTH OF TOES AS OMENS OF PARENTS' DEATH
FINGERS THAT RINGS ARE WORN ON
WIZARDS
BLACK CAT
ONOMATOPOETIC
FLOATING THE WATER LILY FESTIVAL, SEPTEMBER 22 OF EVERY YEAR
Where learned: THAILAND
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC FOR TEETH AND TOES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- September 22 ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress HandsFeet BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia |
INDEX OF 7-INCH REEL OF THAI FESTIVALS AND CUSTOMS
FLOATING WATER LILY FESTIVAL, THAI NEW YEAR CELEBRATION (APRIL 13)
BURPING AFTER MEALS IN NORTHERN THAILAND
THAI HARVEST FESTIVAL (ONE-SART)
RAINING SEASON FESTIVAL (BUDDHIST LENT,
ACTUALLY MORE LIKE MARDI GRAS)
EATING HABITS IN THAILAND, CELEBRATION OF BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES,
WEDDINGS, AND FUNERALS IN THAILAND
Where learned: THAILAND
Date learned: 00001960S
CAT TROUBLE
IN THAILAND, WHEN A BLACK CAT CROSSES ONES'S PATH, IT IS AN
INDICATION THAT THE PERSON IS GOING TO MEET UP WITH A GHOST.
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
CUSTOM
IF A THAI ARRIVES AS A GUEST IN THE HOME, HE FIRST ASKS THE SPIRIT
FOR PERMISSION AND PROTECTION BEFORE HE CAN SLEEP IN THE HOME. IF
HE DOES NOT FOLLOW THIS TRADITION IT IS BELIEVED THAT HIS SLEEP WILL
BE DISTURBED WITH NIGHTMARES, WHILE THE SPIRIT SITS ON HIS CHEST AND
MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR THE SLEEPER TO BREATHE. IN THE MORNING
THE GUEST VISITS THE SPIRIT HOUSE TO ASK FOR A SAFE JOURNEY.
Where learned: THAILAND
Keyword(s): HOST GUEST ; INCUBUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Supernatural Being |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
CUSTOM
PROTOCOL IS IMPORTANT IN THAILAND. ONE STANDARD PRACTICE IS MEN
FIRST AND LADIES LAST.
Where learned: WHILE STATIONED IN THAILAND
Keyword(s): THAILAND PROTOCOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
THAI SAYING
THREE DAYS FROM " NOREE " THERE WILL BE
ANOTHER (IMPLICATION OF THE FICKLE NATURE OF WOMEN).
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
THAIS ARE TAUGHT TO CONSIDER CERTAIN PARTS OF THE BODY AS MORE SACRED
THAN OTHERS. THE FEET ARE THE LEAST SACRED AND IT IS NOT COURTEOUS
TO SPRAWLOR SIT WITH LEGS ELEVATED AND POINTED AT A THAI.
Submitter comment:
PERHAPS THE GREATEST INSULT THAT A PERSON CAN DIRECT TO A THAI
IS TO POINT HIS FOOT AT A THAI'S HEAD.
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
CUSTOMS
THE THAI BELIEVE THAT THE HUMAN HEAD IS A SACRED PART OF THE BODY.
IT IS THE DWELLING PLACE OF THE "KHWAN" OR SOUL.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO NOT
TOUCH THE HEAD OR SHOULDERS OF A THAI.
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
THE SPIRIT WATCHES
IN SMALL VILLAGES OF THAILAND, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE SPIRIT
OF SOME NATIVE OF THAT TOWN WHO HAD DIED LONG AGO STILL WATCHES OVER
THE TOWN, PROTECTING IT FROM EVIL. THE SPIRIT OF THIS PERSON MAKES
HIMSELF KNOWN BY APPEARING TO A FEW OF THE VILLAGERS, PROVING HIS
AUTHENTICITY BY TELLING PEOPLE
THEIR LIFE HISTORY IN ITS ENTIRETY.
THIS HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN MANY CASES, AND NO EXPLANATION
CAN BE GIVEN OF A NATURAL SORT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: THAILAND
Keyword(s): Legend ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION ; THAILAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
FLOAT YOUR BAD LUCK AWAY (COLLECTOR,S TITLE) ; CONVERSION; FLOATING FESTIVAL (CLASSIFIER,S TITLE)
IN THAILAND, WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE GOING WRONG FOR A PERSON,
HE MAKES A LITTLE BOAT OUT OF BANANA SKIN INTO WHICH HE STANDS
A CANDLE.
WHEN HE PUTS THIS LITTLE BOAT INTO THE RIVER, HE ASKS THAT
ALL THE BAD LUCK HE HAS SEEMED TO HAVE ACQUIRED BE CARRIED BY THIS
BOAT TO THE OCEAN.
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Conversions P883.1 |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THAI OMEN
IN THAILAND IT IS CONSIDERED A GOOD OMEN IF A
GUEST ARRIVES ON A RAINY DAY.
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
In Thailand it is custom to save your cooked rice
in a special container. When using it some
should always be left on the bottom for a rainy
day, meaning that your family would never go
hungry.
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00001960S
Fireworks were invented and used in Thailand to
bring rain. The louder and bigger the fireworks
were, the more rain the gods were supposed to
send them.
Submitter comment:
This is still very much believed by the people
and still practiced.
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001960S
When you're eating a whole fish that still has
the bone in it, you should only pick the meat
from one side. To get at the other side you
should break the bone, remove it, and then
continue eating. If you flip the fish over to
get at the other side, your boat will flip the
next time you go fishing.
Where learned: THAILAND
Date learned: 00001960S