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PLANT LEGEND
THERE IS A TREE BY THE TWO OCEANS WHICH PUTS YOU TO SLEEP WHEN
YOU SIT UNDER IT. UPON AWAKENING, YOU ARE COVERED WITH HIVES
AND THE ONLY CURE IS TO WASH IN THE OCEANS--SALT WATER REMOVES
THE HIVES.
Submitter comment:
MISS ZITZEWITZ LEARNED OF THIS FROM HER MOTHER AS A CHILD.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Botanical ; HIVES ; Legend ; Ocean ; PLANT ; Tree
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Water BELIEF -- Earth |
MYSTERY SPOT-WATER
THIS IS AT ST. IGNACE, MICHIGAN, IN THE U.P. AT THIS PARK WATER
RUNS UPHILL BECAUSE A GHOST HAUNTS THE WHOLE PARK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): UPPER PENINSULA=U.P.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Earth BELIEF -- Water |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
MYSTERY SPOT-GRAVITY
THIS IS A SPOT AT ST. IGNACE MICHIGAN IN THE U.P. WHERE BECAUSE
OF A GHOST HAUNTING THE PARK, THE GRAVITY IS EXTRA-STRONG, AND
YOU CAN STAND ON THE WALL OF A CABIN AND NOT FALL BECAUSE OF THIS
GRAVITY ABNORMAL FORCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-GRAVITY ; UPPER PENINSULA=U.P.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Universe BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Earth |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
MYSTERY SPOT-WATER
AT THIS PARK WATER RUNS UPHILL BECAUSE A GHOST HAUNTS THE WHOLE PARK.
THIS IS AT ST. IGNACE, MICHIGAN, IN THE U.P.
Data entry tech comment:
"U.P." IS MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16860 FREELAND ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): UPPER PENINSULA = U.P.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Earth BELIEF -- Water |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
MYSTERY SPOT-GRAVITY
THIS IS A PARK AT ST. IGNACE, MICHIGAN, IN THE U.P. WHERE, BECAUSE OF A GHOST HAUNTING IT, THE GRAVITY IS EXTRA-STRONG, AND YOU CAN STAND ON THE WALL OF A CABIN AND NOT FALL BECAUSE OF THIS
GRAVITATIONAL FORCE.
Data entry tech comment:
"U.P." IS MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16860 FREELAND ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-GRAVITY ; UPPER PENINSULA = U.P.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Universe BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Earth BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
ASEFETIDA
WHEN MS. BOW'S MOTHER WAS A CHILD SHE HAD TO WEAR A BAG OF
ASAFETIDA AROUND HER NECK TO KEEP HER FROM GETTING SICK. MS. BOW
SAID THAT THIS WAS A MIXTURE OF SCIENCE AND FOLK TALES.
Submitter comment:
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THESE FOLK REMEDIES BUT I DECIDED TO
CONCENTRATE ON OTHER SEGMENTS OF FOLKLORE FOR MY COLLECTION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Earth |
Date learned: 04-02-1982
ASPIRIN AND COKE
THERE IS A STORY THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER TAKE ASPIRIN WITH
COCA-COLA, BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU HIGH.
Submitter comment:
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE, BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN TRIED MORE
THAN ONCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Earth |
Date learned: 00001960S
Enemies
A woman who practices "who-do" told her this when she visited
relatives in Chester County, Tennessee. To get rid of someone
that is no longer welcomed in your home, one should pour salt on
the doorway when the person leaves and sweep the salt out on the
ground.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing
James Callow Keyword(s): Hoodoo
Date learned: 02-10-1992
THERE IS A PARK AT ST. IGNACE, MICHIGAN IN THE UPPER
PENINSULA WHERE, BECAUSE OF A GHOST HAUNTING IT, THE
GRAVITY IS EXTRA STRONG, AND YOU CAN STAND ON THE WALL
OF A CABIN AND NOT FALL BECAUSE OF THIS GRAVITATIONAL
FORCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Earth BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
PEOPLE USED TO SAY THAT IT WAS STATED IN THE BIBLE THAT IN THE
LAST DAYS (OF THE WORLD) THAT THE ONLY WAY PEOPLE COULD TELL
THAT IT WAS SPRING, WOULD BE BY THE BUDDING OF TREES AND
THE BLOOMING OF FLOWERS. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO SUCH
SCRIPTURE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Earth BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Measure of time Spring BELIEF -- Magic Book |
Date learned: 05-03-1969
COLD SHIVERS INDICATE THAT SOMEONE IS WALKING OVER THE
GROUND THAT WILL BE YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Earth BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Chills, shivering |
PLANT LEGEND
THERE IS A TREE BY THE TWO OCEANS WHICH PUTS YOU TO SLEEP WHEN
YOU SIT UNDER IT. UPON AWAKENING, YOU ARE COVERED WITH HIVES
AND THE ONLY CURE IS TO WASH IN THE OCEANS--SALT WATER REMOVES
THE HIVES.
Submitter comment:
MISS ZITZEWITZ LEARNED OF THIS FROM HER MOTHER AS A CHILD.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Botanical ; HIVES ; Legend ; Ocean ; PLANTS ; Tree
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Water BELIEF -- Earth |
Date learned: 10-01-1963
PLANT LEGEND
THERE IS A TREE BY THE TWO OCEANS WHICH PUTS YOU TO SLEEP WHEN
YOU SIT UNDER IT. UPON AWAKENING, YOU ARE COVERED WITH HIVES
AND THE ONLY CURE IS TO WASH IN THE OCEANS--SALT WATER REMOVES
THE HIVES.
Submitter comment:
MISS ZITZEWITZ LEARNED OF THIS FROM HER MOTHER AS A CHILD.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Botany ; HIVES ; Legend ; Ocean ; PLANT ; Tree
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Water BELIEF -- Earth |
Date learned: 10-01-1963