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IF YOU WANT A DOG TO FOLLOW YOU HOME, YOU TAKE A PIECE OF PORK
FAT, YOU PUT IT IN YOUR SHOES FOR THREE DAYS, AND THEN YOU GIVE IT
TO HIM, AND YOU WILL BE SURE THAT HE WILL COME HOME WITH YOU.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
ON DECEMBER 31 TAKE A BATH (NAKED) IN THE SEA AT MIDNIGHT. THIS
BRINGS GOOD LUCK. ALSO, SOME OTHER DAYS THAT ARE GOOD TO TAKE
THOSE KIND OF BATH ARE THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH AND OF COURSE
FRIDAY THE 13. THE BEST TIMES ARE MIDNIGHT AND 3 P.M.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
Date learned: 00001970S
IF SOMEONE SENDS YOU A THREATENING LETTER, WHAT YOU DO IS BURN THE
LETTER AT THREE CORNERS AND SEND IT BACK TO THE ENEMY.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 01111984CA
DEATH COMES IN THREE'S
Where learned: LOUISANA
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-15-1984
IT IS POSSIBLE TO CURE A STY BY MAKING A CROSS OVER IT WITH A GOLD
WEDDING BAND AND THEN SPITTING OVER YOUR SHOULDER. THIS ENTIRE
PROCEDURE MUST BE REPEATED THREE TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-15-1984
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SAY MACBETH IN A THEATER. IF YOU DO SO YOU MUST
GO OUTSIDE AND TURN AROUND THREE TIMES BEFORE COMING BACK IN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
IF YOU WANT TO REMOVE A WART, TAKE A PIECE
OF HAIR FROM A HORSE'S TAIL, WRAP THE HAIR AROUND THE
WART. LEAVE THE HAIR ON THE WART FOR THREE DAYS.
WHEN YOU REMOVE THE HORSE HAIR THE WART WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-00-1984
DO NOT WHISTLE IN A DRESSING ROOM.
IF YOU DO, WALK OUT IN THE HALL, TURN AROUND
THREE TIMES, WALK BACK IN THE ROOM AND CURSE.
Submitter comment:
ON THE TONIGHT SHOW JOAN, AND HER GUEST, LILLIAN
GISH WERE TALKING ABOUT SUPERSTITIONS THAT MOVIE
STARS HAVE.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; LOS ANGELES
James Callow Keyword(s): DRAMA
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 02-00-1984
FOR CONGESTED LUNGS, TAKE THREE DROPS OF TURPENTINE ON ONE
TEASPOON OF SUGAR EVERY THREE HOURS.
Submitter comment: SUGAR COVERS THE BAD TASTE OF TURPENTINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): REMEDY
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
IRISH RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
WHEN A PERSON WALKS INTO A NEW CHURCH HE OR SHE IS TO PUT $1 INTO
THE COLLECTION BOX AND MAKE 3 WISHES.
THIS IS A CUSTOM WHEN AN IRISHMAN WALKS INTO A NEW CHURCH
WHEN THE APPROPRIATE TIME COMES DURING THE MASS
TO PUT MONEY INTO THE COLLECTION BASKET, HE OR SHE IS TO
PUT ONE DOLLAR INTO THE BASKET AND MAKE A WISH.
THIS CUSTOM IS TO BRING LUCK AND GOOD FORTUNE IN THE COMING
YEAR. IF A PERSON FAILS TO PUT ANY MONEY INTO THE BASKET
THEN IT IS SAID THAT GOD WILL LOOK UPON HIM UNFAVORABLY IN THE
YEAR.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO HIM BY HIS FATHER WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
IRELAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
THERE WAS A FAMILY WE MET IN 1973 IN SAO PAULO.
THEY HAD MOVED INTO A HOUSE THAT ALWAYS HAD BAD LUCK.
ALL THE LOCAL PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE KNEW ABOUT THE BAD
LUCK WITH THIS HOUSE. THEY COULD NEVER KEEP A MAID
FOR VERY LONG. THEIR CHILDREN WERE ALWAYS SICK AND
HAVING PROBLEMS. THEY LIVED WITHOUT A MAID FOR
THREE YEARS. AFTER HAVING ALL THESE PROBLEMS THEY
FINALLY HIRED A WITCH FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO
COME IN AND EXORCISE THE HOUSE. AT SEVEN IN THE
EVENING A LADY COMES WITH HER FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER. THE WHOLE FAMILY WAS HOME. THE WITCH
STARTS PERFORMING A RITUAL AND CHANTING AND THE
DAUGHTER WENT INTO A TRANCE. THE DAUGHTER THEN
TOOK ON THE IDENTITIES OF THREE MEN AND THREE WOMEN
WHO HAD LIVED IN THE HOUSE AT DIFFERENT TIMES. SHE
REINACTED EACH PERSONALITY. HER VOICE SOUNDED LIKE A
MAN'S VOICE AT TIMES WHEN SHE TOOK ON A MAN'S
PERSONALITY. THIS LASTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
AT FOUR IN THE MORNING THE GIRL STARTED
VOMITTING AND WENT INTO SOME SORT OF CONVULSIONS.
ABOUT AN HOUR LATER THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
LEAVE SAYING THAT THE HOUSE HAD BEEN CLEANSED OF
ALL THE EVIL SPIRITS. AT EIGHT IN THE MORNING
A MAID CAME TO THE DOOR LOOKING FOR WORK. EVER
SINCE THEN THEY HAD NO MORE HOUSEHOLD PROBLEMS
OR TRAUMAS AMONG THE FAMILY. THE MAID THAT CAME
ON THAT DAY THE WITCH HAD BEEN THERE STAYED.
THE MAN THAT LIVED IN THE HOUSE WITH HIS FAMILY
WAS THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF EASTMAN KODAK.
Where learned: BRAZIL ; SOUTH AMERICA ; SAO PAULO
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
"LADY IN WHITE"
IN THE WOODS ON BELLE-ISLE, ONE
COULD GO TO A TREE STUMP MARKED
CR + TL. STOP YOUR CAR, FLASH YOUR
LIGHTS THREE TIMES, SHUT THEM OFF, GO
OUTSIDE TO YOUR LEFT FRONT TIRE, KICK
IT THREE TIMES, GO BACK INTO YOUR CAR
AND BEEP YOUR HORN THREE TIMES. THE
LADY IN WHITE WILL APPEAR TO YOU. DO THIS
ONLY AT THE BEWITCHING HOUR.
Submitter comment:
TOLD AT A TEENAGE HOMECOMING PARTY.
IT WAS SAID THAT THE LADY IN WHITE WAS
A GIRL WHO GOT KILLED BY HER BOYFRIEND ON
HOMECOMING AND (HE) STUFFED HER IN THE TREE STUMP
AND MARKED THEIR INITIALS. SHE WAS WEARING
A WHITE GOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MIDNIGHT
Date learned: 00-00-1985
"DARK LADY"
ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT, AT 12:00 A.M.,
TELL A GIRL TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR--
SHUT OFF ALL LIGHTS--AND TELL THE
GIRL TO REPEAT THREE TIMES "DARK LADY."
TELL HER NOT TO LOOK AWAY BUT KEEP
LOOKING AT HERSELF. IF HER FACE GLOWS
SHE IS A WITCH, IF IT DOESN'T SHE IS SAFE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT A TEENAGE PARTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
IF YOU SNEEZE THREE OR MORE
TIMES BEFORE BREAKFAST THAT
IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
MAJOR AIRPLANE CRASHES HAPPEN IN THREES. THE THREE WILL OCCUR
IN A YEAR'S TIME, AND THEY WILL BE EITHER ALL AMERICAN OR
ALL FOREIGN.
Submitter comment: THIS HAS BEEN SHOWN IN HISTORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 11-00-1985
YOU KNOW DEATH ALWAYS COMES IN THREES. AND A BIRD IN THE HOUSE SHOWS YA AND ANUMBRELLA TOO.
MRS. MILLER TALKS IN ALMOST A SLANG LANGUAGE BUT
SOMETIMES SHE DOES IT PURPOSELY FOR EFFECT.
SHOWS YA REFERS TO THE FACT THAT IF ONE OF THE
ABOVE SUPERSTITIONS OCCUR, DEATH WILL HAPPEN
SHORTLY TO SOMEONE CLOSE.
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED THESE OVER THE PHONE. WL[ DETROIT, MICHIGAN
SHE KNEW THESE FROM HER DETROIT CHILDHOOD.
DT[ 00001930S
SD[ 10251985
MM[ YOU KNOW DEATH ALWAYS COMES IN THREES. AND A BIRD IN THE HOUSE SHOWS YA AND ANUMBRELLA TOO.
MRS. MILLER TALKS IN ALMOST A SLANG LANGUAGE BUT
SOMETIMES SHE DOES IT PURPOSELY FOR EFFECT.
SHOWS YA REFERS TO THE FACT THAT IF ONE OF THE
ABOVE SUPERSTITIONS OCCUR, DEATH WILL HAPPEN
SHORTLY TO SOMEONE CLOSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): UMBRELLA
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001930S
GHOST OF SOUMI COLLEGE
NINA WAS A DORM STUDENT AT SOUMI COLLEGE. SOUMI IS A SMALL
COLLEGE IN HANCOCK, MICHIGAN IN THE UPPER PENINSULA, IN COPPER
COUNTRY. THE GIRL'S DORM AT SOUMI WAS BUILT IN 1869;
THE DORM BUILDING WAS ONCE USED FOR CLASSES, SERVICES, AND
LIVING QUARTERS. ONE DARK LONELY NIGHT, A GROUP OF STUDENTS
GATHERED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE DORM, OLD MAIN. THEY
STARTED TO EXCHANGE STORIES OF STRANGE HAPPENINGS. THEY
ALL HAD STRANGE EXPERIENCES ON THE FIRST FLOOR. THAT
NIGHT, UNEXPLAINED KNOCKING ON ALL WALLS IN DISORDERED
TIME SEQUENCES SCARED
NINA AND HER ROOMMATE, VICKY. THEY WAITED UP THE FOLLOWING
NIGHT, AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME GHOSTLY OCCURRENCE. IN
OTHER FIRST FLOOR DORM ROOMS, SHADES POPPED OPEN, AND
SHELVES FELL OFF THE WALLS. ONE STUDENT FELT A BREEZE
BRUSH PAST HER, AND SAW A DARK SHADOW. ONE GIRL WAS
AWAKENED BY A STRANGE SENSATION; SHE FELT A TUGGING
AT HER COLLAR. SHE EXPERIENCED THIS THREE TIMES. THERE
WERE REPORTS OF VAGUE SOUNDS LIKE MUFFLED VOICES, AND
FEELINGS OF PRESSURE AND HEAT. ONE TIME, NINA'S
ROOMMATE SAW A VISION OF AN OLD MAN IN A DERBY HAT
STANDING IN A MIST. ANOTHER GIRL SAW AN IMAGE OF A BLACK
COFFIN. NINA VISITED A PRIEST, AND GOT SOME HOLY WATER.
NINA AND HER ROOMMATE SPRINKLED THE WATER IN THE FIRST
FLOOR DORM ROOMS, AND THEN HEARD POUNDING ALL OVER THE
ROOMS, AS IF "SOMEONE WAS MAD AT WHAT WE WERE DOING."
VICKY INVESTIGATED OLD MAIN IN THE COLLEGE'S ARCHIVES.
SHE FOUND THAT THERE WAS ONCE AN OLD PASTOR NAMED
UHAU NIGHTGANDER. IN HIS PHOTOGRAPH, HE WAS WEARING A
DERBY. OLD MAIN ONCE CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND THE COLLEGE HAD TO
REBUILD. WHEN UHAU DIED, THE FUNERAL WAS HELD ON THE
FIRST FLOOR OF OLD MAIN. THE VAGUE VOICES WERE THOUGHT TO
BE THE CONGREGATION OF THE FUNERAL SERVICE. ALL OCCURRENCES
SEEMED TO BE EXPLAINED BY THE HISTORICAL FACTS VICKY
UNCOVERED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HANCOCK
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-00-1984
ARABIC DEATH CUSTOM
WHEN AN ARABIC PERSON DIES, THREE MONTHS AFTER THEIR DEATH
THERE IS A CHURCH CEREMONY HELD. AFTER THE CEREMONY
THE PEOPLE GO TO THE DEAD PERSON'S HOUSE AND EAT A
CERTAIN DISH WITH BREAD, RICE AND MEAT.
Submitter comment: BACK IN THE OLD COUNTRY THIS IS OFTEN PRACTICED.
Where learned: UNCLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 00-00-1985 ; 11-00-1987
WHEN A CHILD REACHES THE AGE OF 3, PLANT A TREE OF THE SAME HEIGHT
AS THE CHILD AND MEASURE THE CHILD'S GROWTH WITH THE TREE TO SEE
WHICH IS GROWING BETTER. THIS WILL TELL HOW TALL THE CHILD WILL
BE IN THE FUTURE.
Submitter comment:
THE TRADITION WAS PASSED THROUGH THE FAMILY, BUT THE PROCESS WAS
LOST WHEN THE FAMILY MOVED FROM GRAND RAPIDS TO DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-00-1966
DEATH ALWAYS OCCURS IN THREES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WHITMORE LAKE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |