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IF A CAT MEOW OUTSIDE OF YOUR WINDOW ALL NIGHT THE FEMALE IN
THE HOUSE IS PREGNANT
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04091984CA
MY MOTHER BELIEVED THAT IF A FAMILY'S DOG HOWLED ALL NIGHT
SOMEONE IN THAT FAMILY WOULD DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
BACK ON THE FARM IT WAS BELIEVED THAT: AFTER A COW
HAD A BABY IF THE MOTHER COW DID NOT STAND UP
SHE WOULD DIE. MY FATHER GOT INTO THE HABIT OF
CUTTING THE TIP OF THE COW'S TAIL OFF AFTER SHE
HAD CALVED. THIS MADE IT SO PAINFUL FOR THE
COW TO SWISH ITS TAIL, SHE HAD NO CHOICE BUT
TO STAND UP!
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 02-00-1984
AT ONE TIME IN A CEMETERY ON U.S. ROUTE 22 NEAR RUSHVILLE,
OHIO, THERE WAS A STRANGE GRAVESTONE MARKER. THE PERSON BURIED
THERE HAD SUPPOSEDLY KILLED HIS WIFE, THOUGH NO ONE COULD PROVE
IT. THIS WIFE HAD A FAVORITE HORSE THAT SHE ALWAYS RODE, AND
HE WAS TAKING THE HORSE AWAY TO SELL IT. AS HE WAS LEADING
THE HORSE OUT OF THE BARN, THE HORSE WENT WILD AND KICKED
THE MAN IN THE HEAD AND KILLED HIM. WHEN THE MAN WAS BURIED,
HIS GRAVESTONE A FEW YEARS LATER HAD A GLOWING HORSESHOE ON
IT AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE GLOWING HORSESHOE CAUSED A GREAT
DEAL OF COMMOTION, AND FINALLY THE SURVIVORS HAD THE GRAVESTONE
REMOVED SO THAT THE MAN COULD REST IN PEACE.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY WAS PASSED TO BRIAN AS A CHILD GROWING UP IN RURAL
OHIO NOT FAR FROM RUSHVILLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-02-1984 ; 00001960S
SUPERSTITION
DOGS HOWLING AT NIGHTS OR VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING MEANS THAT
EVIL SPIRITS ARE PASSING YOUR HOUSE.
Where learned: BAHAMAS ; NASSAU
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 00001970S
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, TAKE FOUR STEPS
BACKWARD AND TURN AROUND; THIS GETS RID OF THE BAD LUCK THE
CAT PASSED ON TO YOU.
Submitter comment: TRANSFER
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
James Callow Keyword(s): REVERSE DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
NEVER CROSS A BLACK CAT'S PATH OR YOU WILL HAVE
TEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: SHE BELIEVED IT THEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | 686 First / Once / One / Newness BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1976 ; 00-00-1985
"IF YOU HAVE A RABBIT AND SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE
BECOMES PREGNANT, THE RABBIT WILL DIE. ONE DAY
I TOLD MY FRIEND THAT MY RABBIT HAD DIED AND
HE ASKED ME, 'ARE YOU PREGNANT?'"
Submitter comment: WHEN I HEARD THIS STORY I JUST HAD TO LAUGH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1975 ; 10-00-1985
IF SUDDENLY A CHILL GOES THROUGH YOUR
BODY IT MEANS A RABBIT IS JUMPING OVER
THE SPOT WHERE YOU WILL BE BURIED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED HE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS
TRUE OR NOT, AND DIDN'T CARE TO FIND OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Chills, shivering |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
IF A WILD BIRD GETS INTO YOUR
HOUSE, OR IF A DOG KEEPS ON
HOWLING, YOU CAN EXPECT SOMEONE
CLOSE TO YOU TO DIE SOON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED HE FOUND THIS
TO BE TRUE. HE STATED A WILD
BIRD FLEW INTO HIS HOUSE AND HIS
FATHER DIED SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; BATON ROUGE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
IF YOU BRING A STRAY DOG INTO YOUR HOUSE AND FEED IT,
SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY WILL GET LOST SOON. "MY AUNT
TOLD ME THIS. SHE BELIEVES THIS BECAUSE IT HAPPENED
TO HER FRIEND."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): KINDNESS TO ANIMALS ; POST HOC
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-00-1985 ; 00-00-1979
BLACK-AMERICAN BELIEF
COWS COMING HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY
ARE A SIGN OF A BAD STORM.
Submitter comment: HEARD AS A CHILD ON GRANDMOTHER'S FARM.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 09-15-1985
BLACK-AMERICAN BELIEF
A NEGRO WITH A RABBIT FOOT, MOUNTED ON A
WHITE HORSE, IN THE DARK OF THE MOON
IN A CEMETARY, WILL BREAK A WITCH SPELL.
INFORMANT HEARD FROM GRANDFATHER, WHEN
A SMALL CHILD.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
Keyword(s): WITCHES
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 09-15-1985
"THE BUNNYMAN"
THE BUNNYMAN IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS CREATED
BY THE WIERD PRODUCERS. HE MADE HIS COMMERCIAL DEBUT IN
POINTLESS PRODUCTIONS' 1984 GRAND PRIX SPECTACULAR. HE
HAS BEEN MAKING LIVE, SPECIAL APPEARANCES ALL AROUND SINCE
THE GRAND PRIX. ONE NEVER KNOWS WHERE THE BUNNYMAN WILL HOP
TO. THE BUNNYMAN'S PURPOSE IN LIFE IS TO PLAY MUSIC
ACROSS THE NATION TO BRING PEACE. SO FAR, HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED
NOTHING. TWO OF HIS BIGGEST HIT SONGS WERE "THE NEIGHBORS
RAN OVER MY CAT, BUT I STILL MOW THEIR LAWN" AND "IF YOU
GIVE ME YOUR GUN, I'LL GIVE YOU A CARROT, AND THEN I'LL SMASH
YOUR GUN."
Submitter comment: THE SEVEN FOOT TALL RABBIT IS A LIVING LEGEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
IF COWS LAY ON A HILL UNDER A TREE, IT MEANS THAT IT IS GOING TO
RAIN.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; FAIRBAULT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 10-10-1987 ; 10-14-1987
IF YOU HEAR A RABBIT SCREAM, YOU WILL GO BLIND IN A SHORT TIME.
Where learned: INDIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-15-1987
WHEN CATTLE HUDDLE IN A PASTURE IT IS A SIGN OF RAIN.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TAUGHT TO HER BY HER MOTHER..
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Ortonville
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00001930S CA. ; 11001987 CA.
DON'T STEP ON THE GROUND WHERE A DOG HAS JUST SCRATCHED OR
DUG OR A TERRIBLE ITCH WILL BEGIN.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS AT A SUMMER ETHNIC CAMP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-00-1975
WHY WE DON'T EAT COWS IN INDIA
THERE WAS A GOD NAMED SHANKER. HE HAD A MESSENGER NAMED COW.
SHANKER WOULD PASS HIS ORDERS DOWN TO THE PEOPLE THROUGH COW.
ONE DAY SHANKER TOLD COW TO TELL THE PEOPLE TO TAKE 3 SHOWERS A
DAY AND EAT 2 MEALS A DAY. COW FORGOT SHANKER'S ORDERS AND TOLD
THE PEOPLE TO TAKE 1 SHOWER A DAY AND EAT 3 MEALS. SHANKER BECAME
SO OUTRAGED THAT HE TURNED COW INTO THE ANIMAL KNOWN AS THE COW.
THE PEOPLE STOPPED EATING COWS FOR FEAR THAT THEY WOULD BE EATING
THEIR MESSENGER OF THE GODS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS FAMILY. HE IS A HINDU. THIS IS A
BASIC HINDU STORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Creation and Order of Animal Life PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
WHEN CATS HUNCH THEIR BACKS AND RUB UP AGAINST YOUR LEG, THEY PUT
A CAT SPELL ON YOU. IT MEANS YOU WILL EVENTUALLY LOVE CATS AND OWN
ONE YOURSELF EVEN IF YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE.
Submitter comment: THIS ONE DID NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 12-02-1987