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HAD A DREAM ABOUT GIVING FLOWERS TO A TEACHER AS A
PEACE OFFERING AND SOMEONE GAVE ME FLOWERS THE
NEXT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
I THOUGHT OF A GUY NAMED TOM, WHO I HAD NOT SEEN
IN A LONG TIME. NEXT DAY, I SAW HIM IN THE BOOK
STORE, WORKING THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
TO DETERMINE IF A SICK PERSON WILL GET WELL, CUT A
PIECE OF BREAD, RUB THE PATIENT'S TEETH WITH IT,
THROW THE BREAD BEFORE A DOG. IF THE DOG EATS IT,
THE PATIENT WILL RECOVER, IF NOT, THE ILLNESS IS
DANGEROUS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Use of Object Food BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
JACK IN THE PULPIT (INDIAN TURNIP)
IT WAS CALLED JUG WOMAN'S BABY BY THE PENOBSCOT INDIANS
AND REGARDED AS POISONOUS. THE INNER SEED, DROPPED INTO
A CUP OF WATER, WOULD FLOAT FOUR TIMES CLOCKWISE
AROUND THE CUP AS A SIGN THE PATIENT WOULD GET WELL;
IF IT SANK BEFORE THE FOURTH ROUND, HE WOULD DIE.
Submitter comment:
A LITTLE PIECE OF FORTUNE TELLING OR MISFORTUNE
TELLING OF MY GRANDMOTHER. I ALSO RECALL SEEING THIS
ONE IN AN OLD MOVIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CALUMET
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DREAM ABOUT A WEDDING, SHORTLY THEREAFTER YOU
WILL HEAR ABOUT A DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about weddings, funerals, and other crucial moments of life |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
IF THE PALM OF YOUR HAND ITCH(ES), YOU'LL GET
SOME MONEY.
Submitter comment:
SHE DIDN'T REALLY BELIEVE THIS, BUT IT HAD
BEEN HANDED DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 01-17-1972
WHEN YOU'RE PREGNANT, IF YOU BECOME VERY EXCITED OR FRIGHTENED, AND AT THAT MOMENT TOUCH YOURSELF, YOUR BABY WILL HAVE A BIRTHMARK ON HIS BODY WHEREVER YOU TOUCHED YOURSELF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; St. Clair's Restaurant
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 08-12-1970
WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD, INFORMANT HAD A NANNY NAMED AUNT JANE, AN OLD COLORED WOMAN. WHEN AUNT JANE, INFORMANT, AND HER SISTERS USED TO GO TO THE WOODS TO PICK BERRIES, AUNT JANE WOULD OFTEN HEAR A TWIG SNAP AND WOULD SAY, "THE SPIRITS IS CALLIN' ME." BY SPIRITS SHE MEANT LOVED ONES WHO WERE DEAD. SHE TOLD INFORMANT THAT THE SPIRITS COULD BE SEEN IF INFORMANT WOULD LOOK QUICKLY OVER AUNT JANE'S LEFT SHOULDER. OFTEN AUNT JANE WOULD GO OFF INTO THE WOODS BY HERSELF A SHORT DISTANCE (WHEN TWIGS SNAPPED) AND WHISPER WITH THE SPIRITS, WHO SHE SWORE SHE COULD SEE.
AUNT JANE WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE "SPIRITS IS CALLIN' ME" WHEN SHE WAS DOING A DISAGREABLE TASK. FOR INSTANCE, SHE WOULD BE DOING DISHES, WHEN SUDDENLY THE "SPIRITS" WOULD CALL HER, AND SHE WOULD GO OUT UNDER A TREE AND TALK TO THEM.
AUNT JANE ALSO HAD A HABIT OF SPRINKLING SALT ABOUT THE HOUSE, AND ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ENTRANCE WAYS TO KEEP OUT EVIL SPIRITS.
ALSO, WHEN SHE TOOK THE CHILDREN FISHING AUNT JANE WOULD SAY, "DON'T TALK ABOUT SNAKES OR YOU'LL SEE THEM."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 07-15-1970
SLEEP WITH WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW YOU WILL DREAM ABOUT
THE MAN YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY.
Where learned: ROOF OF GILLETTE HALL
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert BELIEF -- Marriage Dream about future husband |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
DREAM OF A WEDDING, HEAR OF A DEATH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about weddings, funerals, and other crucial moments of life |
Date learned: 07-06-1972
NINE GRAINS OF WHEAT LAID ON A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER ENABLES ONE
TO SEE THE FAIRIES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters 686 Ninths / Nine Spirit / Mind / Body Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
RHEUMATISM ACTING UP MEANS IT IS GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Observation BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 03-26-1972
A DREAM OF A CHILD BEING BORN MEANS THAT SOMEONE IS GOING
TO DIE.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling about birth and life |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU SLEEP ON YOUR BACK, YOU WILL HAVE BAD DREAMS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Dreams |
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN GETS SCARED, WHEREVER SHE TOUCHES HER
BODY, THE BABY WILL HAVE A SPOT ON ITS BODY AT THAT PLACE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
Date learned: 06-21-1970
DREAM OF COFFIN OR BRINGING THE COFFIN TO THE HOUSE, THIS
MEANS THAT YOU WILL HAVE GOOD FORTUNE.
Submitter comment: IN CHINESE CHARACTERS, THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE WORD COFFIN
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body 841 Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
IT IS BELIEVED THAT ONE CAN FORETELL THE FUTURE ON HALLOWEEN
BY JUMPING OVER LIGHTED CANDLES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU DREAM THAT YOU ARE KILLING SNAKES, IT MEANS THAT YOU
WILL CONQUER ALL YOUR ENEMIES AND WIN WHATEVER YOU ARE AFTER.
THAT IS ONE OF THE LUCKIEST DREAMS YOU CAN HAVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions P842.61 BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 00001950 CA.
EYEBROWS THAT GROW TOGETHER INDICATE A JEALOUS NATURE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LOCAL TALE OF PREMONITION
THERE WAS THIS COUPLE WHO WAS PARKING IN PERCY WARNER
PARK, AND AFTER A WHILE, THE GIRL GOT COLD CHILLS AND
REQUESTED THAT THEY LEAVE. THE BOY, THINKING THAT SHE
WAS MAKING EXCUSES, THOUGHT SHE WAS JUST BEING SILLY.
BUT SHE INSISTED THAT THEY LEAVE BECAUSE SHE HAD A
FEELING THAT SOMETHING WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. THE BOY
FINALLY CONSENTED AND THEY LEFT. WHEN THEY GOT HOME,
THERE WAS A HAND PRINT ON THE DOOR OF THE CAR, AND IT
WAS SMUDGED AS IF PERHAPS THE MOVEMENT OF THE CAR AS
THE COUPLE STARTED TO LEAVE HAD SMUDGED IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOOK
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 00-00-1968