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SUPERSTITION
IF A GIRL STANDS BEFORE A MIRROR IN A DARK ROOM
ON HALLOWEEN AND BRUSHES HER HAIR, AN IMAGE OF THE
MAN SHE WILL MARRY WILL APPEAR IN HER HAIR.
HOWEVER, IF SHE TURNS AROUND, THE LIKENESS WILL
DISAPPEAR; AND SHE WILL REMAIN AN OLD MAID.
Submitter comment:
I COLLECTED THIS FROM MY SISTER, MARGARET,
WHO DOES NOT RECALL WHERE SHE HEARD IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-00-1963
A FORMULA TO KEEP AWAY THE EVIL EYE
PULL OUT A HAIR FROM YOUR HEAD, MUTTER CERTAIN INCANTATIONS OVER IT,
AND THEN BURN IT TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE EVIL EYE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 9299 BOLEYN
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye |
Date learned: 09-24-1969
PREVENT EVIL EYE
WHEN SOMEONE PRAISES YOU HE SHOULD SAY "GOD BLESS YOU"
OR "CHIDE, CHIDE" WHICH MEANS "BLIND, BLIND".
OTHERWISE THE ONE PRAISED MIGHT BE PUT UNDER A SPELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
CHARMS AGAINST GHOSTS
CANDLE LIGHT IS A POWERFUL PROTECTION AGAINST GHOSTS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Uffner, Judy ; 11321 Wormer
Keyword(s): CHARMS ; GHOST ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL ; Ward
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
CHURCH BELLS OR BANGING ON POTS AND PANS MAKE GHOSTS APPEAR.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Uffner, Judy ; 11321 Wormer
Keyword(s): Bells ; GHOST ; SIGN ; Sound ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
BLOODY MARY
MARK TOLD ME ABOUT HIS FRIEND PAUL ANDERSON WHO CLAIMS HE SAW AND
FELT BLOODY MARY. ONE DAY AS PAUL WAS WALKING ALONE HE STOPPED AND
PRESSED HIS HEAD TO A TREE. HE CLOSED HIS EYES AND COUNTED TO FIFTEEN
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS HEAD.
HE SAID IT FELT LIKE A KNIFE STABBING THROUGH HIS HEAD.
WHEN HE OPENED UP HIS EYES HE SAW BLOODY MARY STANDING THERE WITH A
KNIFE STUCK THROUGH HER HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT HIS HOME ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
ITALIANS WEAR A RED HORN FOR PROTECTION OR GOOD LUCK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 02-09-1979
GOOD LUCK CHARM
I WEAR A SMALL, GOLDEN HAND ON A CHAIN AROUND MY NECK, WITH A PIECE
OF TURQUOISE ON IT. IT WILL KEEP ME FROM EVIL. THIS HAND WAS GIVEN
TO ME BY MY GRANDMOTHER WHEN I WAS BORN--I HAVE IT ALWAYS WITH ME.
IT HAS MUCH POWER BECAUSE IT WAS MADE IN PALESTINE, ABOUT 1916.
Submitter comment:
THE HAND IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE HAND OF FATIMA, DAUGHTER OF THE
PROPHET MOHAMMED. IF THERE IS A TINY STONE SET INTO THE HAND, IT
REPRESENTS AN EYE--IT WILL THROW THE CURSE BACK DOUBLY ON ITS
ORIGINATOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
LOVE SPELL
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SOMEONE FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU, USE EITHER A RED
OR PINK CANDLE. THESE COLORS REPRESENT LOVE; IT'S USUALLY BETTER TO
USE A PINK CANDLE, BECAUSE IF YOU USE RED, YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO
GET RID OF YOUR INTENDED LOVER, EVEN IF YOU WANT TO. SIT COMFORTABLY
IN A QUIET PLACE THAT HAS GOOD ENERGY FOR YOU. PIERCE THE CANDLE
ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY DOWN WITH THREE STRAIGHT PINS, SO
THAT THEY GO AROUND THE CANDLE. PUSH THEM IN ONLY FAR ENOUGH SO THAT
THEY STAY IN PLACE. TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AND LIGHT THE CANDLE.
CONCENTRATE STRONGLY ON THE PERSON YOU HAVE IN MIND--USE MIND-
PICTURES AND SOUNDS. IMAGINE CONVERSATIONS, SITUATIONS, ANY KIND OF
INTERACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIS PERSON. CONTINUE UNTIL ALL THREE OF
THE PINS FALL AWAY FROM THE CANDLE. THIS SPELL SHOULD BE CAST WHEN
THE MOON IS WAXING.
Submitter comment: I'VE USED THIS SPELL SUCCESSFULLY.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Color |
MARY WORTH
STAND IN THE BATHROOM WITH THE DOOR CLOSED AND THE LIGHTS OFF,
LOOK DIRECTLY IN THE MIRROR AND REPEAT THREE TIMES
"I BELIEVE IN MARY WORTH"
THE FACE OF THE FAMOUS SALEM WITCH, MARY WORTH, IS SUPPOSED TO APPEAR
IN THE MIRROR.
IN THE MIRROR
Submitter comment:
THERE WERE ALL SORTS OF STORIES ABOUT GIRLS THAT DID THIS AND
CAME OUT OF THE BATHROOM WITH BURNS AND SCRATCHES ON THEIR FACES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): CONJURATION
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 00001970S
COMPUTER ROOM GOOD LUCK CONVERSION
WHEN YOU ARE READING YOUR CARDS INTO THE COMPUTER YOU SHOULD RUB THE
CARD READER AND CALL IT POOH POOH. THIS WILL MAKE THE COMPUTER LIKE
YOU AND THE CARDS WILL BE READ IN WITHOUT A HITCH AND YOUR JOB WILL
BE PROCESSED QUICKLY.
Submitter comment:
WHILE NOT MANY PEOPLE MAY OPENLY PROFESS TO THE BELIEF THAT THE
COMPUTER CAN LIKE YOU, IT MAY NEVERTHELESS BE WIDESPREAD.
I HAVE ONLY NOTICED THREE PEOPLE DOING THIS, INCLUDING MYSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
James Callow Keyword(s): MODERN FOLKLORE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 11-23-1979
SUPERSTITION
MY GRANDFATHER SAID THAT IT WAS A BELIEF OF HIS OWN GRANDPARENTS
THAT A ROSARY IN THE ROOM WOULD WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS. HE SAID THE
PRACTICE WAS HIGHLY DESIRABLE AND THAT HE, TOO,
WISHED TO CONTINUE IT,
INSISTING THAT A DISPLAYED ROSARY WOULD WARD OFF EVIL AND THAT WE
WOULD BE MIRACUOLOUSLY PROTECTED FROM HARM OR DANGER.
HE ENCOURAGED US TO DO THE SAME IN OUR HOMES AND IN OUR AUTOMOBILES.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): AMULET
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
YUGOSLAVIAN CUSTOM
WHEN A BABY IS YOUNG, A BLACK PEARL IS HUNG AROUND ITS
NECK. THIS PROVIDES PROTECTION FROM AN EVIL EYE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-10-1967
CONJURATION BELIEF
IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES IN A DARK ROOM, STAND IN FRONT OF A
MIRROR AND REPEAT "I BELIEVE IN BLOODY MARY" 99 TIMES AND THEN
ON THE 100TH REPETITION CHANGE THE STATEMENT TO "I DON'T BELIEVE
IN BLOODY MARY" SIMULTANEOUSLY OPENING YOUR EYES, BLOODY MARY
WILL EMERGE FROM THE MIRROR, CLAW YOUR FACE AND YOU WILL DIE OF
FRIGHT. IT IS UNKNOWN WHO BLOODY MARY IS OR WHY SHE CAN BE
CONJURED IN THIS WAY. WHEN I FIRST HEARD OF THIS I SCOFFED
AT IT, BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD THE NERVE TO TEST IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration Favorites |
WITCH BELIEF
WHILE LIVING IN ITALY, THE INFORMANT'S GRANDFATHER USED TO SEE
A CERTAIN HORSE CROSSING A CERTAIN CREEK EVERY DAY. ONE DAY THE
HORSE STOPPED AT THE BANK AND DID NOT CROSS, BUT STOOD THAT
WAY, UNMOVING. THIS GRANDFATHER ATTRIBUTED THE HORSE'S REACTION
TO THE PRESENCE OF A WITCH.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT'S GRANDFATHER WAS WHOLLY CONVINCED OF THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
STAND IN FRONT OF A MIRROR, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TURN AROUND OVER
AND OVER REPEATING "BLOODY MARY." WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR EYES AND LOOK
IN THE MIRROR, BLOODY MARY WILL BE LOOKING BACK AT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration Favorites BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00001970S
WHEN I WAS A KID IF I DROPPED ANYTHING ON THE GROUND
I WOULD CROSS MYSELF WITH THE OBJECT IN MY HAND AND
SAY "GOD KISS IT, DEVIL MISS IT." THIS MADE ME
BELIEVE THAT THE OBJECT WAS CLEAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SANITARY
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration Favorites BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 04-00-1983
AFRO-AMERICAN BELIEFS
TO TALK WITH THE DEAD WAIT UNTIL MIDNIGHT, WRITE THE NAME
OF THE PERSON YOU WISH TO CONVERSE WITH, COVER A GLASS
OF WATER WITH THE NAME WRITTEN ON A SHEET OF PAPER, AND
STAND BEFORE A MIRROR WITH LIGHTED CANDLE. THE FIGURE OF
THE PERSON WILL APPEAR IN THE MIRROR. MM
IF A PERSON SWEEPS ACROSS YOUR FEET WITH THE BROOM YOU
MUST SPIT UPON IT OR YOU WILL GO TO JAIL. MM
PICKING A MARRIAGE PARTNER:
A WOMAN WHOSE SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN THE FIRST IS A
POOR CHOICE FOR A WIFE IN THAT SHE WILL MAKE HER
HUSBAND MISERABLE BY DOMINATION OR HER ATTEMPTS AT DOING
SO. MM
ANOTHER IS THAT A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED
TO PREPARE FOOD BECAUSE SHE IS UNCLEAN. MM
IF A MAN'S WIFE
CLIMBS ACROSS HIM TO GET OUT OF BED HE WILL BEAR THE
LABOR PAINS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC ; TRANSFER
Date learned: 07-00-1967
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF YOU WANT TO INVOKE THE DEVIL, YOU REPEAT
HIS NAME WITHOUT STOPPING FOR 24 HOURS. IF DURING THAT TIME YOU
SAY: "OH MY GOD" YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Word Letter BELIEF -- Number P686.24 |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THIS IS ANOTHER STORY I HEARD WHEN I WAS ABOUT TEN YEARS OLD.
IT'S FROM DETROIT. I WAS TOLD AFTER MIDNIGHT, IT YOU GET A GLASS
OF WATER AND A PIECE OF PAPER, TAKE IT TO THE BASEMENT OF YOUR
HOME, PUT THE GLASS OF WATER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR AND PUT THE
PAPER ON TOP OF THE GLASS. TURN OUT THE LIGHTS IN THE BASEMENT
AND IN THE ENTIRE HOUSE, AND IF YOU WOULD CALL THE NAME OF THE LAST
PERSON IN FAMILY THAT DIED HE OR SHE WOULD APPEAR.
THE CORRECT WAY TO DO THIS IS TO HAVE A SMALL CANDLE BURNING NEXT
TO THE GLASS OF WATER AND PAPER. CALL THE DEAD PERSON'S NAME
WHILE LOOKING AT THE GLASS OF WATER. AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
CALLING OUT THE DEAD PERSON'S NAME, THE PAPER WILL BEGIN TO
SPIN AROUND THE THE SPIRIT OF THE DEAD PERSON WOULD APPEAR.
James Callow Keyword(s): CONJURATION
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1972