Proverbs (whistling)

[Jimm G GoodTracks]

I was going through some old EM's, and came to your responce below.  I
would be interested in a list of these "sayings" from the older Ponca in
White Eagle.  I wonder how many I would recognize, and how similar/
different they may be from Otoe-Missouria, Ioways and Pawnees?
Jimm GoodTracks

On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 10:26:28 -0600 "TLeonard-tulsa.com"
<tleonard at prodigy.net> writes:
>  JEK wrote:
>  I seem to recall a comparable warning for either Dakota or Omaha along
the
> lines of "Don't whistle, you sound like a ghost."  Presumably sounding
like
> a ghost is bad because one either becomes one or summons one.
>
>  I've heard similar admonishments from older Ponca folks around White
Eagle,
> Oklahoma. The one I always heard was: "Don't whistle while your outside
at
> night. You'll attract ghosts."
>  The one I always loved was: "Don't eat too much fish. They'll make
your
> hair  grey."
>
>  Have recordings of these and others in Ponca.
>  TML