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IF YOU FIND A DEAD BIRD IN THE HOUSE, IT MEANS A
DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
IF A BIRD FLIES AGAINST A WINDOW, THERE WILL BE A DEATH.
Submitter comment:
SYLVIA LEARNED THIS FROM HER SISTER, WHO IN TURN,
LEARNED IT AT THE NURSES' LOUNGE AT BEAUMONT
HOSPITAL, ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
IF A BIRD GETS IN THE HOUSE, IT MEANS SOMEONE IS GOING
TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO YOUR HOUSE, OR AGAINST A WINDOW
OF YOUR HOUSE, THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN YOUR FAMILY
SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 02-09-1968
IF A BIRD FLEW INTO THE ROOM THERE WOULD BE A DEATH
IN FAMILY.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 00001950S
HAPPY THE CORPSE THAT'S RAINED ON.
Submitter comment:
HEARD AT HER UNCLE'S FUNERAL, RECENTLY--IT RAINED
THAT DAY.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-08-1964
IF IT RAINS ON A CORPSE IT WILL BE HAPPY IN HEAVEN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RAIN FALLING IN AN OPEN GRAVE IS A SURE SIGN OF
IMPENDING DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
HUNGARIAN MARRIAGE PREDICTION
IF IT RAINS THE DAY A PERSON IS BURIED, HIS/HER
SPOUSE WILL GET REMARRIED WITHIN ONE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
IF THE NUMBER OF CARS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION ARE
COUNTED, THE PEOPLE IN THE LAST CAR WILL BE NEXT
TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; GRADE SCHOOL ; SAINT STEPHEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Last events: the last person to the table... BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 11-19-1969
WHEN A CASKET IS CARRIED DOWN THE STEPS OF A CHURCH
ON ITS WAY TO THE GRAVEYARD, IT BECOMES CONSIDERABLY
LIGHTER. IT IS SAID THAT THIS IS BECAUSE THE
PERSON'S SOUL IS LEAVING THE BODY ON ITS WAY TO
HEAVEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS SUPERSTITION HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN THROUGH OUR
FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of quantity or weight |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
IF AN OLD PERSON, WHO HAS DIED, LOOKS YOUNG IN THE
CASKET, THEN A YOUNG PERSON WILL DIE NEXT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALPENA
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
MARCH IS A FATAL MONTH FOR OLD MEN. MAY IS A
BAD MONTH FOR OLD WOMEN. SO WHEN AN OLDER WOMAN
IS WEAK IN MAY--PRAY FOR HER.
Submitter comment: POLISH TEXT ON 5 X 8 CARD.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Month BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN A CHRISTMAS TREE FALLS AND CRUSHES THE
ORNAMENTS, IT IS A PREDICTION OF A DEATH IN THE
FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Month |
Date learned: 03-31-1968
A CUSTOM OR RATHER SUPERSTITION STILL FOLLOWED BY
SOME UKRAINIAN-AMERICANS TODAY STATES THAT IF A
SINGLE GIRL FALLS ON THE ICE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, SHE
WILL BE MARRIED. IF AN OLD MAN FALLS ON NEW YEAR'S
DAY (SLIPPING ON THE ICE) THEN HE WILL DIE IN
THAT SAME YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
IF, DURING MASS A CANDLE GOES OUT, SOMEONE YOU KNOW
WILL DUE DURING THE WEEK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Fire BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
MRS. CIVITELLA SAID THAT IT WAS AN OLD SUPERSTITION
THAT IF A DISH BREAKS BEFORE TEN IN THE MORNING,
SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY WILL DIE. SHE WITNESSED
THIS FACT WHEN ONE OF HER SISTERS BROKE A DISH,
AND THEIR AUNT DIED THE NEXT DAY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
IF SCISSORS FALL TO THE FLOOR AND POINTS STICK, IT
IS A SIGN OF A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
IF A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL THREE TIMES, SOMEONE
YOU LOVE WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Flint
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
A PICTURE FALLING OFF THE WALL, FOR NO APPARENT REASON,
MEANS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-00-1970