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ST LUCY'S DAY - PATRON OF THE EYES
A PROMISE IS MADE BY ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SACRIFICE THEMSELVES BY
NOT EATING ANYTHING MADE WITH FLOUR - SO THE SUBSTITUTION IS MADE
BY SERVING RICE, POTATOES AND WHEAT MADE INTO FOODS WHICH WILL TAKE
THE PLACE OF BREAD.
THE SACRIFICE IS NOT FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT, BUT FOR SOMEONE THEY
MAY KNOW WHO MAY HAVE TROUBLE WITH THEIR EYES OR EVEN FOR THE
WHOLE CLAN TO PROTECT THEIR EYES FROM ANY HARM. CUSTOMS ORIGINATE,
AS ONE KNOWS, FROM THE ANCIENT BELIEFS THAT SOMEONE WAS HELPED BY A
PERSON'S SACRIFICE AND OF COURSE THE WORD TRAVELED AROUND THE
COUNTRYSIDE AND THE CUSTOM BEGAN. AS WITH ALL CUSTOMS, THEY HAVE
BECOME ALMOST EXTINCT IN PRESENT-DAY ITALY. CELEBRATED DECEMBER 13TH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F121 Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-31-1971
EYE PROTECTION
MANY ITALIAN PEOPLE DON'T EAT WHEAT PRODUCTS ON ST. LUCY'S FEAST
DAY. THEY DO THIS SO THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE PROTECTION FOR
THEIR EYES FROM ST. LUCY. THEY CAN PREVENT EYE SICKNESS. THE
DATE FALLS ON THE 13TH OF DECEMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F121 Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-20-1968
IF YOU HAVE AN ITCHY NOSE YOU'RE
GOING TO KISS A FOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; UNION
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10181967 ASSUMED
SUPERSTITION
IF YOUR PALM ITCHES YOU'RE GOING TO COME INTO SOME MONEY.
Submitter comment: IN HER CHILDHOOD EVERYONE USED THIS PHRASE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
FOOT ITCHES
IF YOUR FOOT ITCHES YOU WILL TAKE A TRIP.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HAD KNOWN THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
A SIGN
LONG THUMBS INDICATE A STUBBORN DISPOSITION.
Submitter comment: KNEW AS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
ITCHING LIPS ARE A SIGN THAT THE PERSON WILL SOON
KISS OR BE KISSED.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
BELIEF
THIN LIPS ARE A SIGN OF CRUELTY, MEANNESS,
VICIOUSNESS AND IRRITABILITY.
Submitter comment: KNEW AS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
BELIEF
AN ITCHING LEFT EAR MEANS LAUGHTER.
Submitter comment: KNEW AS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
BELIEF
IF THE RIGHT EAR ITCHES OR BURNS THE PERSON WILL CRY SHORTLY.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
BELIEF
WHEN AN EYELASH DROPS IT CAN BRING GOOD LUCK BY PLACING
IT ON THE BACK OF THE LEFT HAND, MAKING A WISH AND THEN
HITTING IT WITH THE BACK OF THE RIGHT HAND.
YOU GET THREE TRIES AND IF THE EYELASH HAS NOT FALLEN
OFF BY THE THIRD TRY IT MEANS YOUR WISH WILL
NOT COME TRUE.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
BELIEF
MEETING EYEBROWS SIGNIFY A DISHONEST OR DECEITFUL
PERSON WITH A FIENDISH DISPOSITION.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
BELIEF
A WOMAN BORN WITH A V-SHAPED HAIR-LINE WILL BE A YOUNG
WIDOW, IF SHE MARRIES AND WILL ALSO REMARRY SOON AFTER.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): WIDOW'S PEAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
BELIEF
A GIRL WITH MUCH HAIR ON HER ARMS AND LEGS WILL
BE LUCKY AND MARRY A RICH MAN.
Submitter comment: FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
SUPERSTITION-BAD LUCK
RED-HAIRED PEOPLE ARE UNLUCKY.
Submitter comment: DOES NOT REMEMBER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-26-1967
COLOR BELIEF
THE FIRST DARK-HAIRED PERSON TO COME TO YOUR DOOR
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY WILL BRING GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD FROM HER RELATIVES.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-03-1963
THE HEART AND THE EYE ARE THE AGENTS OF SIN
Submitter comment:
HER GREAT, GREAT, GRANDMOTHER OFTEN TOLD MY GRANDMA THIS
AS A CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17150 Prairie
Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-01-1964
SIGNS OF ANGER
HIS JAWS ARE GETTING TIGHT.
I HEARD THE COLORED LABORERS OF THE CITY OF DETROIT USE THE
EXPRESSION "HIS JAWS ARE GETTIN' TIGHT" TO INDICATE THAT A
PERSON WAS BECOMING ANGRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
BLEED
IF YOU PULL YOUR TEETH ON THE WASTE OF THE MOON
YOU'LL BLEED TO DEATH.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER BELIEVED IN THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC-IMITATIVE MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-17-1972
THAIS ARE TAUGHT TO CONSIDER CERTAIN PARTS OF THE BODY AS MORE SACRED
THAN OTHERS. THE FEET ARE THE LEAST SACRED AND IT IS NOT COURTEOUS
TO SPRAWLOR SIT WITH LEGS ELEVATED AND POINTED AT A THAI.
Submitter comment:
PERHAPS THE GREATEST INSULT THAT A PERSON CAN DIRECT TO A THAI
IS TO POINT HIS FOOT AT A THAI'S HEAD.
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 03-00-1971