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LIGHTNING BELIEF

LIGHTNING WON'T STRIKE TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share same surname.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17143 TRINITY ; informant's home

Subject headings: 686 686.1.2
BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder
BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon

Date learned: 03-00-1971

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Lightning Kills

OUT ON MY GRANDPARENTS' HOME THERE WAS A SPOT ON THE WOODWORK THAT
COULD NOT BE REMOVED NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT WAS SANDED OR PAINTED.
MANY YEARS BEFORE, THE FIRST OWNER WAS SITTING AT THE WINDOW DURING
A STORM WHEN LIGHTNING KILLED HIM THERE.

Submitter comment:

Learned in childhood.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder
BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7

Date learned: CHILDHOOD

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WEATHER BELIEF

THUNDER IS CAUSED WHEN GOD IS MOVING FURNITURE IN THE SKY.

Where learned: 4960 Cecil ; informant's home

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Creator
BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7

Date learned: 02-02-1970

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THE MARK ON THE SIDEWALK

AT THE FAR END OF OUR BLOCK THERE WAS A DARK SPOT ON THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE A MAN HAD BEEN HIT BY A POWERLINE DURING A STORM AND HIS BODY WAS BURNED INTO THE CEMENT.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder
BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7

Date learned: 00-00-1953

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