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FALLING STAR
IF YOU SEE A FALLING STAR, THIS IS A SIGN THAT SOMEONE YOU KNOW
HAS DIED. EACH STAR REPRESENTS A PERSON ON EARTH. WHEN IT IS
FALLING, YOU KNOW THAT SOMEONE IS DYING.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG ABOUT 1895
BUT SHE DOES NOT REMEMBER WHO SHE LEARNED IT FROM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-12-1965
SHOOTING STAR
A SHOOTING STAR MEANS SOME SOUL IS GOING TO HEAVEN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19046 MOTT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-10-1967
SHOOTING STAR
WHEN YOU SEE A SHOOTING STAR IT
MEANS SOME SICK PERSON WILL
RECOVER IN A MONTH.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19296 BERDEN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
FALLING STARS
IF YOU SEE A FALLING STAR, IT MEANS SOMEONE HAS JUST DIED.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HIS PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18922 ANCHESTER
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
CROPS WHICH GROW ABOVE THE GROUND SHOULD BE PLANTED IN THE
LIGHT OF THE MOON.
CROPS WHICH GROW BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND SHOULD BE
PLANTED IN THE DARK OF THE MOON.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
SUPERSTITION
WHEN WINE SPILLS JOY AND HAPPINESS WILL COME UPON THAT FAMILY.
Submitter comment: FROM GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-02-1967
SUPERSTITION
WHEN OIL SPILLS A GREAT DISASTER WILL COME UPON THAT FAMILY.
Submitter comment: FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-02-1967
SUPERSTITON
IF YOU SPILL SALT, YOU SHOULD THROW SOME OVER YOUR LEFT
SHOULDER. THIS IS BECAUSE AT THE LAST SUPPER JUDAS TIPPED
OVER THE SALT-SHAKER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
SUPERSTITION
WHEN SALT SPILLS JOY AND HAPPINESS WILL COME UPON THAT FAMILY.
Submitter comment: FROM GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-02-1967
INDICATOR OF AN ARGUMENT
IF YOU SPILL SALT, YOU WILL HAVE AN ARGUMENT. SPRINKLING
SALT OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER MIGHT HELP STOP THIS RESULT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; 11590 COLPAERT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
OMEN
SPILLING SALT MEANS A FIGHT IF YOU THROW SALT OVER YOUR LEFT
SHOULDER THREE TIMES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19225 STOTTER ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
INDICATOR OF AN ARGUMENT
IF YOU WASH YOUR HAIR ON FRIDAY, YOU WILL HAVE AN ARGUMENT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA ; TOLD AT ; 36783 SUNNYDALE ST
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
OMEN FOR ILL FATE
BEING THE LAST CAR IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION DENOTES ILL FATE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; 36783 SUNNYDALE ; LIVONIA ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
OMEN FOR SADNESS
IF YOU LAUGH ON FRIDAY, YOU WILL CRY ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: 11590 COLPAERT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU MOVE ON FRIDAY, YOU WILL MOVE AGAIN BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination Observation |
Date learned: 02-07-1968
OMEN
IF A DEAD PERSON IS LAID OUT OVER A SUNDAY, THIS INDICATES THAT
WITHIN A MONTH THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19225 STOTTER ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-19-1970
BELIEF
SOMEONE LOVES YOU WHEN YOUR
CIGARETTE IS LIGHTED BY SOMEONE'S HALF-LIT CIGARETTE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
BURNING THOUGHTS
A CIGAR OR CIGARETTE LIT CROOKED (BURNING ON ONLY ONE SIDE) INDICATE
THAT THERE IS SOMEONE THINKING OF THE SMOKER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
LOSS OF A SWEETHEART
IF YOU ARE RIDING OVER TRACKS (WHETHER THEY ARE TRAIN TRACKS
OR STREETCAR TRACKS) RAISE YOUR FEET OFF THE GROUND. IF
YOU DON'T, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR PRESENT SWEETHEART.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 11333 VAUGHN STREET
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-01-1970
SUPERSTITION
THERE IS A LARGE "M" ON A BLUE BACKGROUND IN THE CONCRETE IN FRONT
OF THE UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
NO STUDENT MAY STEP ON THE "M" BEFORE EXAMS OR HE'LL FLUNK OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-13-1967