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IF YOU FEEL THAT SOMEONE IS GIVING YOU
THE EVIL EYE YOU WILL GET THE " GOURNA"
(A RED DEVIL'S HAND 0ITH THE INDEX FINGER AND BABY FINGER OUT)
FOR PROTECTION. SOMEONE WILL GIVE IT AS A GIFT.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-15-1971
AN ORTHODOX MOSLEM WILL DEDICATE EVERY
ACTION OF THE DAY TO ALLAH.
HE WILL DO THIS BY SAYING A SMALL PRAYER,
SUCH AS " BISMILLAH I SLAN UI TERI NAURE F " ( ALLAH
WHO IS MOST MERCIFULL AND KIND).
Where learned: CAPITAL POULTRY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-11-1971
MOSLEM PEOPLE PREFER TO KILL THE
POULTRY FOR THEIR MEALS THEMSELVES AND PRAY OVER
IT AS THEY KILL IT.
THIS IS CALLED " HALAL ".
Where learned: TOLD AT CAPITAL POULTRY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-11-1971
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE GOOD LUCK IN YOUR BUSINESS
HAVE A PRIEST BLESS THE BUILDING WHEN IT IS
FIRST BUILT OR BEFORE YOU MOVE IN.
REPEAT IT FOR EACH YEAR FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS HER HOME AS WELL
AS FAMILY BUSINESSES BLESSED AT LEAST ONCE A
YEAR AND USUALLY ON A MAJOR HOLIDAY SUCH
AS CHRISTMAS . OTHER ORTHODOX, INFORMANT RELATED,
ALSO DO THE SAME.
Where learned: DETROIT ; 19378 BURGESS ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-08-1971
HOLY COMMUNION WISH
IN THE SECOND GRADE TOM WAS TOLD IN CATECHISM
THAT IF HE WOULD CLOSE HIS EYES AND SAY
" MY FONDEST WISH IS ---
" MY FONDEST WISH IS ------ " AT THE MOMENT
HE RECIEVED COMMUNION, IF HE
HE RECEIVED COMMUNION, IF HIS WISH WAS NOT
SINFUL, IT WOULD BE GRANTED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WISH
WHEN A GIRL'S SKIRT HEM IS ACCIDENTALLY
TURNED UP FROM A GUST OF WIND ETC.
IF SHE SPITS OVER HER LITTLE FINGER
SHE MAY MAKE ONE WISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 3487 Buckingham
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
INDIAN PRAYER
GREAT SPIRIT GRANT THAT I MAY NOT
CRITIZE MY NEIGHBOR UNTIL I HAVE WALKED
A MILE IN HIS MOCCASINS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): CRITICIZE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAME WORD SIMULTANEOUSLY
IF TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME WORD SIMULTANEOUSLY,
THEY CAN CLASP THEIR " BABY " FINGERS AND
MAKE A WISH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE WHO REMEMBERS THIS
FROM HER CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; 3435 N MARSHFIELD ; 60657 ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
NEGRO PRAYER
LORD HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
AIN'T GWINE TO LET NUTHEN' COME MY
WAY THAT YOU AND ME CAN'T HANDLE TOGETHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INDULGENCES
CATHOLICS SAY CERTAIN PRAYERS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
TIMES TO GET TIME OFF THEIR TIME IN PURGATORY.
Where learned: NORTH QUAD ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
WISHBONE
WHEN TWO MAKE A WISH ON A WISHBONE,
THE ONE WHO GETS THE BIGGER END WILL GET MARRIED FIRST.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S MOTHER, AND SHE
REMEMBERS THIS FROM HER CHILDHOOD IN ALABAMA.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
WISH
WHEN SOMEONE TIES A PIECE OF STRING AROUND YOUR
WRIST IN SEVEN KNOTS, YOU SHOULD THEN
MAKE A WISH ON EACH KNOT ALL CONCERNING THE SAME
PERSON. THEN YOU MUST TIE SEVEN OTHER PERSON'S
WRISTS EACH IN SEVEN KNOTS IN THE SAME MANNER
THAT YOUR'S WAS TIED. THIS ALL MUST
BE DONE IN 24 HOURS. THEN YOU MUST HAVE
THE PERSON ABOUT WHOM YOU WISHED BREAK THE STRING
THAT IS STILL ON YOUR WRIST.
THEN ALL YOUR WISHES CONCERNING THAT
PERSON WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-05-1971
LIGHTNING BUG
IF YOU CATCH A LIGHTNING BUG
YOU CAN MAKE A WISH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE, AND HE REMEMBERS
THIS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; FERNDALE ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
WISHING
IN INDIA IF YOU WANT SOMETHING
REALLY BAD AND IF AN ALARM CLOCK OR A BELL
RINGS WHILE YOU ARE WISHING, THAT IS A SIGN THAT
YOU WILL GET IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; BRIGGS BUILDING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-26-1971
WISH
WHEN THE CLASP OF A PENDANT HAS SLID
AROUND THE NECK TO WHERE THE PENDANT HANGS IN FRONT
THE PERSON WEARING THE PENDANT CAN MAKE A WISH,
THEN HAVE SOMEONE ELSE RETURN THE CLASP TO THE
BACK OF THE NECK, LEST THAT PERSON
LOSE HER WISH.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO ME BY A GIRL NAMED PEGGY HAISENLEDER
WHO WORKED WITH ME AT EASTLAND SHOPPING CENTER SUMMER '71
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 3487 Buckingham ; 48224
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
WISH
IF TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING AT THE
SAME TIME THEY SHOULD HOOK LITTLE FINGERS
AND PROCEED WITH THE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION:
FIRST SPEAKER: NEEDLES.
SECOND SPEAKER: PINS
1ST SPEAKER: BREAD.
2ND SPEAKER: BUTTER.
1ST SPEAKER: TOAST.
2ND SPEAKER: JAM.
1ST SPEAKER: WHAT GOES UP THE CHIMNEY?
2ND SPEAKER: SMOKE.
BOTH SPEAKERS: I HOPE THIS WILL NEVER BE BROKEN.
BOTH PEOPLE THEN MAKE A WISH, BUT REMAIN SILENT.
THE FIRST ONE TO SPEAK THEN LOSES HIS WISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 3487 Buckingham ; 48224
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
WISHING
TAKE THE END OF A BANANA AND CUT IT
SLIGHTLY INTO A Y SHAPE WHICH STANDS FOR YES
AND YOUR WISH WILL COME THROUGH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; 4001 W MCNICHOLS ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
IF ANYBODY PUT A GARMENT ON HIND-SIDE TO,
INSIDE OUT, WRONG HAND, WRONG FOOT OR ARM,
IT MUST NOT BE REMOVED UNTIL ONE HAS THOUGHT
CLEARLY FOR TEN SECONDS AND MADE A WISH.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID , " BELIEVE IT OR NOT TRADITION
IS SO STRONG, I STILL DO IT". TRADITION WAS FIRST
LEARNED IN ARCOLA, ILLINOIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BEAUTY SHOP ; TOLD IN ; 17694 WARWICH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
IF , WHILE YOU
IF, WHILE DRIVING ALONG A ROAD OR FREEWAY,
YOUR CAR BY CHANCE PASSES UNDER A MOVING TRAIN,
YOU MAY MAKE A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE
IF YOU REMEMBER TO HOLD SOME BUTTONS ON A PIECE
OF YOUR CLOTHES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-25-1971
WISH: EYELASH HAIR
WHEN A HAIR FELL OUT OF A YOUNG GIRL'S
EYELASH SHE WOULD PUT IT IN THE PALM OF HER HAND.
THEN WITH THE INDEX FINGER OF THE OPPOSITE HAND
SHE WOULD TRY TO PICK UP THE EYELASH SIMPLY BY
APPLYING PRESSURE UPON THAT FINGER AND HOPING THAT
THE HAIR WOULD STICK TO HER FINGER.
THIS WAS THE METHOD OF WISHING(MOST PROBABLY FOR A MATE)
AND HOPING THAT HER WISH WOULD COME TRUE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT CLAIMS THIS METHOD OF WISHING WAS
FORMALLY USED BY THE YOUNG GIRLS OF HER TIME.
SHE ALSO REMEMBERS USING IT HERSELF.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 8855 COYLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-07-1971