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IF A DOG HOWLS CONTINUALLY STRAIGHT THROUGH THE NIGHT
IT MEANS SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Submitter comment: HER MOTHER BELIEVES IN THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-10-1972
WHEN A DOG CRIES, IT MEANS SOMEONE WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 04-17-1971
THREE KNOCKS ON A DOOR AND A DOG HOWLING MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-30-1965
IF THE DOG BAYS AT THE MOON, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-08-1965
A DOG HOWLING AT NIGHT, HOWLS BECAUSE SOMEONE
HAS JUST DIED.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IF A DOG HOWLS AT NIGHT, IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU HEAR DOGS HOWLING IN THE NIGHT, IT IS A
PREMONITION THAT YOU WILL HAVE A STREAK OF BAD
LUCK FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
Where learned: ON THE PHONE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.31 |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
IF YOU HEAR A DOG HOWLING, IT MEANS THERE WILL BE A
FIRE SOMEWHERE (DISASTROUS).
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES IN
UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
EVERY TIME THERE WAS A STORM AND A COW DIED, THE
PEOPLE KNEW THAT A CALF WOULD BE BORN WITHIN A MONTH.
Submitter comment:
JEAN HEARD THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER WHO LIVED ON
A FARM IN QUEBEC. HER GRANDMOTHER FIRMLY BELIEVES
THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS ; CANADA ; QUEBEC
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
WHEN A CAT RUNS AWAY AND IS GONE FOR A LONG TIME AND
THEN FINALLY RETURNS, IT MEANS SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY
IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
WHEN A CAT WASHES HIS FACE, YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING
TO HAVE COMPANY.
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-18-1965
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH GOING TO THE LEFT
THIS IS A SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SWEARS THIS IS TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.31 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEVER LET A BLACK CAT CROSS YOUR PATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IF A STRANGE CAT COMES TO YOUR DOOR, THEN SO WILL
A WITCH, OR SOMEONE WICKED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
AN OLD POLISH FARMER'S BELIEF IS THAT WHEN A STORK
THROWS AWAY ONE OF THE TWO EGGS IT LAYS, THE YEAR
WILL BE DRY (BECAUSE A STORK'S MAIN FOOD IS FROGS
AND FROGS THRIVE IN WET WEATHER).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Date learned: 07-00-1964
WELCH SUPERSTITION (WELSH)
A DEAD OR DROWNED SPARROW FOUND ON ONE'S PROPERTY
DENOTES DEATH TO A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY LIVING THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
WHEN YOU SEE A RED BREAST ROBIN, IT MEANS YOU WILL
SEE A LOVED ONE BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
DIANE BELIEVES THAT IF ONE SEES A WHITE DOVE OR
PIGEON IN THE MORNING, A PERSON WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 02-09-1968
IF A PIGEON COMES TO YOUR HOUSE, SOMEONE IN THE
FAMILY WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 01-00-1968