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THE MARK ON THE SIDEWALK
AT THE FAR END OF OUR BLOCK THERE WAS A DARK SPOT ON THE
SIDEWALK BECUASE A MAN HAD BEEN HIT BY A POWERLINE DURING A STORM
AND HIS BODY
WAS BURNED INTO THE CEMENT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 00-00-1953
PLANT LORE
IF YOU STEAL A ROSE THAT HAS THREE LEAVES GROWING ON ONE
STEM BELOW THE FLOWER, YOU CAN PLANT IT AND IT WILL GROW.
Submitter comment:
ROSE CUTTINGS ARE HARD TO TRANSPLANT.
Where learned: ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-01-1970
SNEEZE BELIEF
WHEN A PERSON SNEEZES TWICE ALMOST EVERY TIME HE SNEEZES,
THEN HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE PRETTY INTELLIGENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
STRING BELIEF
TIE A STRING AROUND YOUR FINGER TO REMEMBER SOMETHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
SNEEZE BELIEF
IF A GIRL SNEEZES MORE THAN TWICE AT A TIME, THEN SHE IS PREGNANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-30-1971
ANGORA BELIEF
PUT ANGORA YARN IN THE ICEBOX A FEW HOURS BEFORE YOU
PLAN TO USE IT FOR KNITTING;
IT KEEPS THE YARN FROM SHEDDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL PRODUCT
| Subject headings: | Custom BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
SNEEZE BELIEF
IT IS KNOWN THAT WHEN ONE SNEEZES, YOU ARE SUPPOSED
TO SAY, 'GOD BLESS YOU.' BECAUSE AT THAT MOMENT THEIR HEART STOPS
AND THEY ARE CLOSEST TO DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHGATE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal SPEECH -- Folk etymology SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
CEMETERY BELIEF
IT WAS BELIEVED THAT AFTER EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT THE DEAD
WOULD WALK
EROUND MT. ELIOT CEMETERY IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Eighths / Eight BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
FORMULA SPEECH
GOD BLESS YOU, SAID WHEN SOMEONE SNEEZES.
ORIGIN: PEOPLE WOULD SAY THIS WHENEVER SOMEONE SNEEZED TO FORCE
THE BAD SPIRITS BACK INTO THE PERSONS BODY. THEY
BELIEVED COLDS WERE CAUSED BY EVIL SPIRITS AND THEY COULD
PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE SPIRITS COMING OUT IN THE
SNEEZE, BY USING GOD'S NAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal SPEECH -- Folk etymology |
BELIEF
WHENEVER MY MOTHER STARTED TO SAY SOMETHING AND SHE FORGOT WHAT
SHE WAS GOING TO SAY, SHE WOULD SAY, 'IT MUST HAVE BEEN A LIE.'
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-02-1972
MENSTRUAL BELIEF-WINE PREPARATION
WHEN WE MADE WINE IN THE OLD COUNTRY, IF A WOMAN
WHO HAD HER MENSTRUAL PERIOD CAME AROUND OR WAS NEAR THE PLACE
WHERE THE WINE WAS BEING MADE, THE WINE WOULD ALWAYS GO SOUR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS A FIRM BELIEVER IN THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 01-24-1972
SLEEP WALKING SUPERSTITION
IF YOU WALK OR TALK IN YOUR SLEEP, YOU ARE FORETELLING
SOMETHING OF THE FUTURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
MENSTRUATION BELIEF
A WOMAN WHO IS GOING THROUGH HER MENSTRUATION SHOULD NOT DO
ANY CANNING OF TOMATOES. WHEN A WOMAN CANS WHEN SHE IS THIS WAY,
ALL THE CANS WILL BURST OF OVER ACIDITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Process BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-04-1972
THE TEST FAMILY HOUSE
THE TEST FAMILY OWNS MUCH DOWNTOWN REAL ESTATE IN INDIANAPOLIS
AND HAS AN OLD HOUSE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE COUNTY, JUST OUTSIDE
OF TOWN. THE GRANDFATHER'S GHOST IS SAID TO INHABIT
THE NOW EMPTY
HOUSE, THIS IS BECAUSE AT NIGHT, BLUE LIGHTS CAN BE SEEN
FROM THE ROAD, COMING FROM THE WINDOWS. THERE ALSO SEEMS TO BE
A GREAT POPULATION OF CATS INHABITING THE AREA. THE OLD MAN
IS SAID TO HAVE HAD MANY WHILE HE WAS ALIVE. IT IS A POPULAR
LOCAL LEGEND, AND THE HOUSE IS OFTEN VISITED
BY THE CURIOUS;
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT SAID HIS UNCLE USED TO GO THERE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: INDIANA ; INDIANAPOLIS
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
SNEEZING BELIEF
SNEEZING TWICE IN THE NIGHT FOR THREE SUCCESSIVE NIGHTS WAS A SIGN
OF DEATH IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
NURSING BELIEF
IF TWO MOTHERS ARE RAISING THEIR BABIES IN THE SAME ROOM, ONE
WILL 'STEAL' THE OTHER'S MILK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OLRIK'S LAW OF TWINS
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
STRASBOURG, THE KNOCK, KNOCK STREET
IN DETROIT, IF YOU DRIVE DOWN STRASBOURG STREET, YOUR CAR WILL
KNOCK. THIS IS BECAUSE MANY YEARS AGO, A LITTLE GIRL WAS PLAYING
IN THE STREET WHEN HIT BY A CAR, WHICH DRAGGED HER BODY DOWN THE
STREET WITH HER HEAD KNOCKING AGAINST THE CAR DOOR UNTIL SHE WAS
DEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CEMETERY BELIEF
IF YOU ARE OUT IN THE EARLY EVENING AT MT. ELIOT CEMETERY
AT 6 MILE ROAD, AND YOU FACE THE WEST SIDE OF IT, YOU WILL SEE
A GLOWING RED TOMBSTONE, WHY THIS PARTICULAR TOMBSTONE GLOWS,
NO ONE KNOWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TOWER OF LONDON LEGEND
IN THE TOWER OF LONDON, ONE CAN SEE ANNE BOLYN WALK AROUND
THE TOWER PROPER ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HER BEHEADING.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): WIFE OF HENRY VIII
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
THE FOUNDING OF CRACOW
A POLISH LEGEND? THE TOWN OF CRACOW, ACCORDING
TO LEGEND, WAS FOUNDED BY THE MYTHICAL RULER KRAK. IT WAS
HE WHO SLEW THE DRAGON OF WOWEL HELL, WHICH HAD
TERRORIZED THE PEOPLE BY DEMANDING THAT OFFERINGS
OF SHEEP AND CATTLE BE BROUGHT TO HIS CAVE IN EXCHANGE
FOR THE LIVES OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMALS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Secular hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-11-1972