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IF A VAMPIRE BITES YOU AND YOU'RE UNDER A FULL MOON,
YOU TOO WILL BECOME A VAMPIRE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
IN SCOTLAND, IT IS BELIEVED THAT ON THE NIGHT OF A
FULL MOON, SOME MEN TURN INTO WEREWOLVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SCOTLAND ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 01-20-1970
IF YOU WANT A GOOD CROP, YOU MUST PLANT IT ON A FULL
MOON.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM A NEIGHBOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 03-25-1967
WHEN A HOUND BAYS AT A FULL MOON, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Submitter comment: DON NOT REMEMBER WHERE OR WHEN I HEARD THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN THERE IS A RING AROUND THE MOON AT NIGHT, IT
WILL RAIN THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: 04-03-1965
A RING AROUND THE MOON AT NIGHT MEANS RAINS
IN THE MORNING.
Submitter comment: SOURCE NOT REMEMBERED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
IF AT NIGHT THE MOON HAS A YELLOW RING AROUND IT,
IT WILL RAIN THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS FROM MY MOTHER WHEN AT THE AGE OF 10.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 11-07-1967
FULL MOON
PEOPLE ACT STRANGELY DURING THE NIGHT OF A FULL MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE MOONSTONE CONTAINED THE
RAYS OF THE MOON, WHICH COULD RID THE WEARER
OF FEARS AND NIGHTMARES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN THE SERVICE WHILE STATIONED IN INDIA.
Where learned: OHIO ; INDIA ; WASHINGTON ; WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 12-05-1967
WHEN A FULL MOON IS PRESENT, THEN THIS IS THE TIME
WHEN WEREWOLFS ARE SAID TO BE LURKING IN THE NIGHT.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 11-22-1967
PROVERB
NO MOON, NO MAN.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
BELIEF
THE MAN IN THE MOON EATS GREEN CHEESE BECAUSE IT IS ALL HE HAS TO EAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 03-20-1972
BELIEF
I HEARD THE MOON WAS MADE OF GREEN CHEESE WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 03-20-1972
MOON RAYS
SISTER MARY EDMUND, WHO COMES FROM NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA,
SAID THAT IT IS A BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD SLEEP IN THE
DIRECT RAYS OF THE MOON, THEN SHE RECALLED THE INCIDENT,
WHERE A WOMAN HAD DONE THIS REPEATEDLY AND THE MUSCLES IN HER
FACE DREW UP. PEOPLE BELIEVED THIS WAS DUE TO THE POWER OF
THE MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
IF THERE ISA RING AROUND THE MOON AND STARS IN IT, (THE RING)
COUNT THE STARS AND THERE WILL BE THAT MANY RAINY DAYS IN
THE MONTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 03-25-1972
IF A NEW MOON IS ON ITS BACK, THE INDIAN HUNTERS WILL NOT
GO HUNTING; BUT IF IT IS TURNED ON ITS TIPS, WATER HAS
RUN OUT AND THEY CAN GO HUNTING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 04-10-1972
IF IT'S 12 MIDNIGHT AND THE MOON IS OVER THE HILL, YOU CAN
SEE THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
MART OWENS USED TO RUN A STORE ON MAIN STREET. HE AND I WERE
GREAT FRIENDS AND WOULD OFTEN TALK TOGETHER. ONCE HE TOLD ME
HOGS MUST BE KILLED IN THE "OLD" OF THE MOON. OTHERWISE,
THE MEAT WOULD CURL UP IN THE FRYING PAN. HE HAD SEEN IT
TRIED. I HADN'T, WHO WAS I TO ARGUE THE CASE OF HOG
KILLING IN TIME OF A NEW MOON? HE HAD HIS FOLKLORE TALE. I
HAD NOTHING.
Submitter comment: AS A YOUNG GIRLI HAVE BEEN IN MR. OWENS STORE. HIS YOUNGEST
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): BUTCHERING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
WALK OUT INTO AN OPEN PLACE WHERE YOU WON'T (WILL?) SEE
THE NEW MOON THROUGH THE TREES. BE SURE THAT YOUR
POCKETBOOK HAS SOME MONEY IN IT. WAVE YOUR POCKETBOOK
AT THE MOON, TURN AROUND THREE TIMES, AND COME BACK O
THE HOUSE WITHOUT SAYING A WORD, AND YOU WILL HAVE
MONEY UNTIL THE NEXT NEW MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
MY UNCLE JOHN USED TO SAY THAT TO KEEP WITCHES AWAY ON
HALLOWEEN YOU SHOULD LOAD YOUR SHOTGUN WITH STOCK PEAS
AND ROCK SALT AND GO OUT AND FIRE IT AT THE MOON EVERY
HALF HOUR BETWEEN SUNDOWN AND MIDNIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WILLIAMSON COUNTY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 00001920 CA.