Good morning, Joanne. I was born in Fall River.lots of family still around
that area...Rhode Island and Wesport, Mass. I am just beginning to work on my
Azorean genealogy. I was very excited to see Meredith Vieira from the Today
Show in Faial...my maternal grandmother - Conceicao Vieira -
Hi Pat,
Just curious as to where in Rhode Island you are from. I'm in Fall River and
Pereira was my grandparent's name.
Joanne Souza
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From: Patricia Butcher <[
In a message dated 9/7/2008 2:55:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> So definitely not bad luck to have birds in our house. The only thing
> we had for luck was a porcelin elephant figure my mom brought with her
> from S. Miguel. She said every house had to have one, but th
I find this all very interesting, it just goes to show that within the
same culture there are varying beliefs.
My parents were both from Sao Miguel and were not very superstitious.
My dad raised pigeons in Villa Franca and when I was a child
in Illinois my dad was always saving and raising injured
My grandparents were from Pico and Faial. While growing up, I lived next
door to them. we were never allowed to bring a bird into the house. It was
considered very bad luck. If a wild bird flew into the house or tried to
enter by flying into the glass window it was a very bad omen. It
tricia Butcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bird Superstitions
To: Azores@googlegroups.com
Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 1:49 PM
Growing up in RI and now living in the desert, I miss the early morning
sound of the crowing roosters. My Uncle, Joe Perry, raised chicke
Growing up in RI and now living in the desert, I miss the early
morning sound of the crowing roosters. My Uncle, Joe Perry, raised
chickens and I was surrounded by them as a kid. He was very bonded to
his roosters and when he was ill and didn't have long to live, his
nephew brought his favorite
icester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Guida Leicester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bird Superstitions
To: Azores@googlegroups.com
Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 1:04 PM
Yes, it is interesting.
What is the symbolism of the rooster? I see a lot of cera
at brought bad luck to the
home, as if it were a curse.
Maria Sousa
--- On Sat, 9/6/08, Emanuel Teixeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Emanuel Teixeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bird Superstitions
To: Azores@googlegroups.com
Date: Saturday, September 6
Yes, it is interesting.
What is the symbolism of the rooster? I see a lot of ceramic roosters at
Portuguese festivals. In fact, I have one sitting on my desk here at
home--what is the story behind the rooster?
Guida
--- On Sat, 9/6/08, Laura Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Laur
It's not going to be an "Azorean thing". It sounds more like a
village/area specific tradition. My family is from Terceira (they were
born there), and we have had various parakeets as pets in the home. My
father raised pigeons, and just about everything in my parents house and
my aunts and
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