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SHARKS FOLLOWING A SHIP MEANT THERE WOULD SOON BE A
DEATH ABOARD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 10-29-1968

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IN MEXICO, IF A HORSEFLY FLIES INTO YOUR HOME, YOU WILL
HAVE A VISITOR WITHIN THE DAY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR

James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 02-04-1968

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MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO BELIEVE THAT IF THERE WAS A
FLY IN THE HOUSE, IT WOULD MEAN DEATH TO SOMEONE IN
THE FAMILY.

Submitter comment: SHE WAS VERY SUPERSTITIOUS.

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 09-07-1965

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IN MEXICO, IF YOU FIND A BIG, BLACK BUTTERFLY IN YOUR HOME
IT IS AVERY BAD LUCK SIGN. SOME DISASTER WILL FOLLOW--
LIKE DEATH IN THE FAMILY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR

James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 02-04-1968

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A HOWLING DOG MEANS DEATH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 08-05-1964

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IF A DOG HOWLS, THERE WILL BE A DEATH THAT NIGHT IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.

Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 12-06-1967

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IF YOU HEAR A DOG CRYING AT NIGHT, IT MEANS THERE WILL BE
A DEATH NEAR YOU.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 03-25-1968

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IF A DOG HOWLS--DEATH CLOSE BY.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 09-20-1967

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IF YOU HEAR THE DOGS HOWL SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU HAS DIED.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 10-22-1968

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IF A DOG HOWLS AT NIGHT, IT MEANS DEATH IN THE FAMILY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 01-00-1968

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IF YOU HEAR A DOG HOWL DURING THE NIGHT, IT SIGNALS A DEATH
(PROBABLY IN THE HOUSEHOLD).

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 11-00-1967

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A DOG'S HOWL IS A SURE SIGN OF DEATH. THE DAY BEFORE MY DAD DIED
OUR DOG HOWLED AND HOWLED. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE EVER DID
THAT. HE HASN'T DONE IT SINCE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 06-29-1964

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IF A PERSON IS SICK AND THE DOG HOWLS, THERE WILL BE A DEATH
IN THE FAMILY.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER PARENTS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 07-00-1964

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A HOWLING DOG MEANS SOMEONE WILL DIE IN THAT HOUSE SOON.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 09-00-1967

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IF A DOG HOWLS WITH HIS HEAD POINTED DOWN, SOMEONE IS GOING
TO DIE.
IF A DOG HOWLS WITH HIS HEAD POINTED UP, THERE WILL BE
A FIRE IN THE AREA.

Where learned: HUNGARY

James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 00-00-1910

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IF A DOG IS HOWLING AT NIGHT IT MEANS ILLNESS OR DEATH
IS STALKING THE STREETS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 03-31-1968

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THE SOUND OF A HOWLING HOUND FORESHADOWS A TRAGIC DEATH.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

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A DOG HOWLING MEANS A DEATH IN THE FUTURE.

Where learned: HOME

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 10-10-1968

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IF YOU HEAR A DOG HOWLING DURING THE NIGHT, IN THE MORNING
YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT A DEATH.

Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals

Date learned: 03-08-1970

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