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IF AN ESKIMO MAN HAS COMMITTED A CRIME ON SOMEONE, HIS UNBORN
CHILDREN WILL HAVE NO TEETH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-10-1987
IF YOU DREAM OF A BABY, IT IS A SIGN OF AN UPCOMING WEDDING.
Submitter comment: POLISH SUPERSTITION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Observation BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-10-1987
IF A BIRD FLIES IN THE HOUSE, DEATH WILL SOON FOLLOW.
Submitter comment: SOUTHERN BLACK AMERICAN SAYING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1987
Don't ever put your purse on the floor, or you will never
have any money.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
If you hear someone wailing, somebody is going to die.
Submitter comment: These are sometimes wailings from the banshees.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001940S
Don't ever pass the salt directly to anyone, or an argument
will be caused between the two people.
Submitter comment:
My mother still will not pass the salt to anyone directly,
but she will set it down near them.
Where learned: Peru
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00001970S
LOOK AT YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S MOTHER IF YOU WANT
TO SEE WHAT YOUR WIFE WILL BE LIKE IN THIRTY YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage |
EVERY YEAR ON EASTER MONDAY, WHEN I WAS YOUNG, MY FRIENDS
AND I WOULD PREPARE LUNCH FOR THE YOUNG BOYS
THAT WE KNEW. WE WOULD SPRINKLE THE LIVING ROOM AREA WITH
COLOGNE AND DRESS IN OUR SUNDAY BEST. A BOY WOULD COME TO
YOUR HOUSE FOR A PRIVATE LUNCHEON. THIS WAS A GET
ACQUAINTED PERIOD FOR THE GIRL AND BOY. IT WAS USED AS
A FORM OF COURTSHIP. IT WAS SAID THAT IF YOU WERE TO BE
COURTED BY THE MAN YOU WERE TO MARRY ON EASTER MONDAY,
YOUR MARRIAGE WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE BLESSED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00-00-1940
IT IS SAID THAT THE CROSS THAT RESTS NEXT TO THE GRACE FAMILY
PLOT IN HUBARDSTON, MICHIGAN, ALIGNS ITSELF TO FACE THE HOME
OF THE NEXT MEMBER OF THE GRACE FAMILY THAT WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CARSON CITY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
IF YOU PLAY WITH A WHEELCHAIR OR CRUTCHES YOU WILL BE
CONFINED TO ONE WHEN YOU GET OLDER.
Submitter comment: I BELIEVE THAT THIS TEACHER IS FROM ATLANTA OR ALABAMA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00001970S
IF YOU SING WHILE AT THE DINNER TABLE YOU WILL MARRY A
CRAZY MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 02-01-1990
I WAS ALWAYS TOLD NEVER TO LET YOUR ARM HANG OVER THE
SIDE OF THE BED OR A MONSTER WILL EAT YOUR FINGERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Abnormal in size BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 02-01-1971
IF YOU GO AND CHECK THE MAIL BEFORE THE MAILMAN HAS ARRIVED
IT MEANS THAT THE NEXT TIME YOU CHECK IT THERE WILL ONLY BE
BILLS IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time |
When you go bowling and you leave the 5 pin, then
you pick it up, that means that you had sex the
previous night.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LENNON
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
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Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
When you are drinking a soda and you chew on your
ice, that means you are horny.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LENNON
James Callow Keyword(s): Horny = sexually aroused
| Subject headings: | 870 |
Date learned: 00-00-1986
If you play with fire, you will wet the bed.
Submitter comment:
My parents stressed this to us when we were young.
I believed it then, but now I believe it was merely
told to us to deter us from playing with fire.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Observation Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance Verse BELIEF -- Fire BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00001970S
WHEN SOMEBODY DROPS SILVERWARE ON THE KITCHEN
FLOOR, IT USUALLY MEANS COMPANY IS COMING OVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00001970S
When you're eating a whole fish that still has
the bone in it, you should only pick the meat
from one side. To get at the other side you
should break the bone, remove it, and then
continue eating. If you flip the fish over to
get at the other side, your boat will flip the
next time you go fishing.
Where learned: THAILAND
Date learned: 00001960S
To hear a crow cawing is to foretell death.
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001960S
You should never point at a rainbow or you or
your child could lose a hand.
Where learned: THAILAND
Date learned: 00001960S