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BELIEF-DAILY LIFE
DON'T TELL A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST OR IT WILL COME TRUE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
ITALIAN AND FRENCH SUPERSTITION
NEVER CROSS YOUR FORK AND KNIFE AFTER A MEAL OR TERRIBLE
FORTUNE WILL COME YOUR WAY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED WHILE TRAVELLING IN EUROPE 1959-1961.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; JAMAICA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 12-24-1963
IF A GIRL TAKES THE LAST PORTION FROM A SERVING BOWL
OR PLATTER, SHE WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; SPINSTER ; TABLE MANNERS
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Number Last events: the last person to the table... |
Date learned: 10-25-1968
IF TWO KNIVES ARE PUT INTO ONE PLACE SETTING, THERE
WILL SOON BE A WEDDING OF SOMEONE YOU KNOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALPENA
Date learned: 10-05-1970
CHANGE YOUR PLACE AT THE TABLE, AND YOU'LL CHANGE
YOUR BOARDING HOUSE.
Where learned: LETTER
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; THREAT?
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 01-30-1970
IF YOU ARE EATING SOMETHING AND IT DROPS OFF YOUR
SPOON OR FORK, IT MEANS THAT YOU DIDN'T DESERVE IT
OR DIDN'T EARN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Use of Object Food |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
IF YOU TAKE A PIECE OF BREAD WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE A
PIECE, THAT MEANS SOMEONE HUNGRY IS COMING TO YOUR HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
James Callow Keyword(s): TABLE MANNERS
Date learned: 03-24-1970
LUCK
NEVER SIT A BABY ON THE EDGE OF A TABLE TO FEED HIM BECAUSE IT
WILL CAUSE HIM TO TEETH HARD.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: CA11001973
IF YOU HAVE A GOOD DREAM AND WANT IT TO COME TRUE TELL IT BEFORE
BREAKFAST
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 09-08-1972
SALT
IN IRISH SUPERSTITON: WHEN EATING AT A TABLE AND SOMEONE ASKS
FOR THE SALT, YOU MUST FIRST SET IT DOWN NEXT TO THE PERSON AND
LET HIM PICK IT UP.. IF YOU SHOULD PASS IT TO HIM IT IS SAID THAT
THE TWO WILL GET INTO A FIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE
Date learned: 10-05-1972
TEA BELIEF
IF YOU PICK UP THE BUBBLES IN A CUP OF TEA BEFORE YOU
DRINK IT, YOU WILL GET RICH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
SEX OF UNBORN CHILD
IF YOU EAT TWIN BANANAS YOU WILL HAVE TWIN BABIES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1.2 BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
FOOD TABOO
IF A PERSON WERE PREGNANT THEN SHE CANNOT EAT MUSTARD GREENS
OR DRINK BUTTERMILK.
Submitter comment:
WHEN I ASKED INFORMANT WHY THIS WAS THE CASE, SHE THOUGHT
MUSTARD GREENS AND BUTTERMILK CAUSE GAS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
CUSTOM
EATING THE DESSERT FIRST AT ANY MEAL IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANTS FATHER USED TO PRACTICE THIS CUSTOM. HE BROUGHT IT WITH
HIM FROM A GERMAN SETTLEMENT AROUND PITTSBURGH.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
Date learned: 10-00-1976
BELIEF (CUSTOM)
IF YOU EAT BLESSED FOOD AFTER SUNDOWN YOU'LL COME DOWN WITH
NIGHT BLINDNESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5678 TARNOW ST
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
SALT
AN IRISH SUPERSTITION: WHEN EATING AT A TABLE AND SOMEONE ASKS FOR THE SALT, YOU MUST FIRST SET IT DOWN NEXT TO THE PERSON AND LET HIM PICK IT UP. IF YOU SHOULD PASS IT TO HIM, IT IS SAID THAT THE TWO WILL GET INTO A FIGHT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE
Date learned: 10-05-1972
SUPERSTITION
DON'T EAT A LOT OF RAISINS AND THEN DRINK WATER. IF YOU DO THE
RAISINS WILL SWELL UP INSIDE YOU.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER. SHE DOESN'T REALLY BELIEVE
IT AND ISN'T SURE WHETHER HER MOTHER DID. SHE SUSPECTS THAT HER
MOTHER TOLD IT TO HER SO THAT SHE WOULDN'T EAT ALL OF THE RAISINS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT.
FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: CA00001929
BAD LUCK
WHEN EATING A GUAVA WITH SALT, NEVER SIT UNDER ANOTHER FRUIT TREE,
BECAUSE IT WILL STOP BEARING OR BEAR LESS FRUIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
BELIEF
IF YOU SING WHILE YOU EAT, YOU WILL HAVE A CRAZY (MAN OR
WOMAN) FOR A (HUSBAND OR WIFE).
Submitter comment:
SINGING AND EATING IS AN UNUSUAL COMBINATION,
THEREFORE, SOMETHING UNUSUAL SHOULD HAPPEN TO THE
ONE PERFORMING THE ACTS TOGETHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
BELIEF
EATING A LARGE MEAL BEFORE BED CAUSES NIGHTMARES.
Submitter comment:
THERE MANY OTHER EXAMPLES OF HOW FOOD IS SUPPOSED TO AFFECT YOUR
SLEEP LIFE. THESE WOULD DWELL MORE ON SPECIFIC FOODS HOWEVER.
I SUSPECT THEY WERE PROBABLY STARTED BY SOMEBODY'S PARENTS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
Keyword(s): BODY ; DREAMS ; FOOD ; FUNCTION ; Nightmares ; SLEEP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1979