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BAD LUCK OMEN FROM YUGOSLAVIA
IF YOU DROP OIL THEN SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY IS
GOING TO DIE. IT'S FUNNY, SHE SAID BECAUSE ABOUT
THREE MONTHS AFTER HER MOTHER SPILT SOME OIL HER FATHER DIED.
Submitter comment: THIS CAME FROM HER COUNTRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-17-1967
MRS. MURPHY REMEMBERS THAT HER MOTHER WAS A VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
PERSON, ESPECIALLY ABOUT DEATH. THEY HAD A LONG PORCH ON THEIR
HOUSE THAT RAN THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF TWO SIDES OF THE HOUSE. ONE
NIGHT MRS. MURPHY'S MOTHER, FATHER, AND UNCLE THOUGHT THEY HEARD
WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A PACK OF DOGS TROTTING ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH
OF THE PORCH. WHEN THEY WENT OUT TO SEE, THEY FOUND NOTHING. THEY
WENT BACK INSIDE AND IMMEDIATELY HEARD IT AGAIN. AGAIN THEY SAW
NOTHING. THIS HAPPENED A THIRD TIME AND THEN CEASED. THE NEXT
MORNING MRS. MURPHY'S LITTLE SISTER DIED. HER MOTHER CLAIMS TO
THIS DAY THAT THE SOUNDS THEY HEARD WERE OMENS OF THE IMPENDING
DEATH OF THEIR DAUGHTER.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
THE NIGHT BEFORE MRS. MURPHY'S AUNT DIED, HER MOTHER AND HER
GRANDMOTHER BOTH CLAIM THEY HEARD THREE KNOCKS, AT SEPARATE
TIMES, ON THE FRONT DOOR. UPON INVESTIGATION, THERE WAS
FOUND TO BE NO ONE THERE. THE NEXT DAY, THE AUNT DIED. THEY
BELIEVE THESE KNOCKS WERE DEATH OMENS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
MRS. MURPHY'S MOTHER TOLD THE CHILDREN FOR MANY YEARS THAT IF A
SNAKE WERE FOUND IN THE HOUSE IT WAS A SURE SIGN THAT THERE
WAS AN IMMINENT DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
OMEN
AN OWL IS A SIGN OF DEATH. IF YOU SEE AN OWL IN YOUR YARD,
THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN YOUR HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
HE LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER. IN FACT, SHE SAW AN OWL IN THE
YARD ONCE, AND THREE DAYS LATER HER HUSBAND DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MADISON HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
AN OLD GERMAN LADY WAS LYING ILL IN THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER
IN ADDISON, MICHIGAN. THE FAMILY DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT
SHE WOULD RECOVER FROM HER AFLICTION. IT WAS THAT KIND OF
AN ILLNESS. THEN ONE DAY A BIRD FLEW AGAINST THE WINDOW -
A SIGN OF DEATH-SURE ENOUGH SHE DIED THAT SAME DAY.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
DREAMS
A LITTLE GIRL REMARKED THAT SHE HAD DREAMT THAT WHITE HORSES
HAD CHASED HER THROUGH A CEMETERY. THAT VERY DAY SHE HAD
SAID THIS SHE WAS RUN OVER BY A CAR. NATURALLY THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE DREAM WAS RECOGNIZED AS EXPLAINING HER DEATH OR THE OCCURENCE
OF HER DEATH.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
SIGN OF DEATH
WHEN A DOG HOWLS, IT'S A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THIS WAS A COMMON BELIEF IN HIS HOMETOWN,
DUBOIS, PA.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 20188 BINDER ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
DEATH
IF YOU HEAR A KNOCK AT THE DOOR OR WINDOW
AND NO ONE IS THERE, OR YOU HEAR A LARGE
CRACKING SOUND WHEN ALL IS QUIET, THEN DEATH
WILL SOON COME TO A PERSON LIVING IN THAT HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 8160 LANTZ ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
DEATH BELIEF
IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH TO HEAR A KNOCKING
NOISE AT NIGHT IF THERE IS NO ONE MAKING IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
A BELIEF IN THE SOUTH
IF A CEDAR TREE IS PLANTED AND WHEN IT GROWS ITS SHADOW IS AS LONG A
YOUR HEIGHT, YOU WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
SUPERSTITION
IF A PERSON DIES AND HIS HANDS ARE SOFT AND WARM,
SOMEBODY FOLLOWS HIM TO DEATH.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
KEEP TALKING
A SUDDEN SILENCE IN A CONVERSATION MEANS ONE OF THOSE PRESENT WILL
DIE WITHIN THE YEAR.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
DEATH
IF A PICTURE FALLS OFF A WALL, IT MEANS
THAT SOMEONE CLOSE IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
BILL AND HIS MOTHER HEARD A NOISE,
LIKE A TUB FALLING, COMING FROM THE
BASEMENT. AFTER INVESTIGATING, THEY FOUND
NOTHING OUT OF PLACE. THE NEXT DAY THEY
FOUND OUT THAT BILL'S UNCLE HAD DIED
AT THE SAME TIME THEY HEARD THE NOISE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
SUPERSTITION
IF A PICTURE FALLS FOR NO LOGICAL REASON,
THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
OMEN OF DEATH
IF A PICTURE ON THE MANTLE FALLS OVER, IT MEANS THAT
PERSON WILL DIE SOON.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER COLLECTED THIS FROM A WOMAN WITH WHOM SHE
WORKED. MRS. HAIRSTON LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER AND HER
GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
OMEN
WHEN A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL,
THERE IS GOING TO BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-02-1967
SUPERSTITION
IF A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL IT MEANS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
SIGN OF DEATH
IF A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL, IT'S A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DIDN'T SEEM TO BELIEVE IT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 20188 BINDER ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-22-1970