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AT FUNERAL BURIALS, THROW MONEY ON TOP OF THE CASKET AND THE GHOST
OF THE PERSON WILL NOT COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU BECAUSE HE WILL
BE SATISFIED WITH THE GIFT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
WHEN A FULL MOON OCCURS IN JULY, ALL THE WINDOWS
MUST BE KEPT OPEN TO FREE THE RESTLESS SPIRITS.
IF NOT THE SPIRITS WOULD REMAIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER WAS TOLD THIS BY HER MOTHER
AND CONTINUED TO PRACTICE THE BELIEF, PASSING
IT ON TO HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; COOKHAM RISE ; BERKSHIRE ; RECEIVED IN MAIL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
WHEN AT A CEMETERY, IT IS NECESSARY TO AVOID
WALKING OVER OCCUPIED PLOTS. IT MAKES THE
DECEASED BECOME RESTLESS. AND ONE MUST
NEVER DISTURB THE DEAD.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
"BLOODY MARY" (BRAVERY GAME)
A TEST OF BRAVERY IN MY GRADE SCHOOL WOULD BE A GAME CALLED
"BLOODY MARY".
FIRST, ONE WOULD GO INTO A SCHOOL BATHROOM, TURN OUT THE LIGHTS
AND FILL THE SINK WITH WATER. AFTER STARING INTO THE WATER FOR
THIRTY SECONDS, ONE WOULD QUICKLY LOOK INTO A MIRROR IN HOPE OF
SEEING THE GHOST OF "BLOODY MARY" STABBING HERSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA ; CASS ELEMENTARY
James Callow Keyword(s): CONJURATION ; FEAR TEST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: CA00001970
STAND IN FRONT OF A MIRROR, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TURN AROUND OVER
AND OVER REPEATING "BLOODY MARY." WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR EYES AND LOOK
IN THE MIRROR, BLOODY MARY WILL BE LOOKING BACK AT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration Favorites BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00001970S
WRITE A LETTER TO A DEAD PERSON AND PLACE IT ON TOP OF A GLASS OF
WATER. PLACE THE GLASS UNDER THE CENTER OF YOUR BED. THE DEAD
PERSON WILL COME AND TELL YOU WHICH NUMBER TO PLAY.
Submitter comment: THIS IS FOR PLAYING THE NUMBERS. THE INFORMANT NEVER TRIED IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00001950S
"IN CARROLTON, ALABAMA, THERE IS THIS FACE OF A MAN IN THE
COURTHOUSE WINDOW. HE WAS EXECUTED FOR A CRIME HE DID NOT
COMMIT AND HAS HAUNTED THE COURTHOUSE SINCE THEN. THE WINDOW HAS
SUPPOSEDLY BEEN REPLACED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT THE FACE WILL NOT
NOT GO AWAY."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MUSKEGON
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 09-19-1982
IN DREAMS THE SOULS OF THE DEAD COME TO VISIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 04-00-1983
YOU SHOULD NEVER MENTION A DEAD PERSON'S NAME IN VAIN
BECAUSE THEY WILL COME AND PUNISH YOU FOR IT BY HAUNTING
YOUR HOUSE OR BY PLAYING MEAN TRICKS ON YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NAME TABU
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-00-1983
AFRO-AMERICAN BELIEFS
TO TALK WITH THE DEAD WAIT UNTIL MIDNIGHT, WRITE THE NAME
OF THE PERSON YOU WISH TO CONVERSE WITH, COVER A GLASS
OF WATER WITH THE NAME WRITTEN ON A SHEET OF PAPER, AND
STAND BEFORE A MIRROR WITH LIGHTED CANDLE. THE FIGURE OF
THE PERSON WILL APPEAR IN THE MIRROR. MM
IF A PERSON SWEEPS ACROSS YOUR FEET WITH THE BROOM YOU
MUST SPIT UPON IT OR YOU WILL GO TO JAIL. MM
PICKING A MARRIAGE PARTNER:
A WOMAN WHOSE SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN THE FIRST IS A
POOR CHOICE FOR A WIFE IN THAT SHE WILL MAKE HER
HUSBAND MISERABLE BY DOMINATION OR HER ATTEMPTS AT DOING
SO. MM
ANOTHER IS THAT A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED
TO PREPARE FOOD BECAUSE SHE IS UNCLEAN. MM
IF A MAN'S WIFE
CLIMBS ACROSS HIM TO GET OUT OF BED HE WILL BEAR THE
LABOR PAINS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC ; TRANSFER
Date learned: 07-00-1967
RUSSIAN PEOPLE ACCEPTED CHRISTIANITY I BELIEVE IN
760 A.D. BEFORE THAT THERE WASN'T ANY ORGANIZED
RELIGION BUT THEY BELIEVED IN SOME SPIRITS OR GHOSTS.
ONE IS DOMOVOY. "DOM" IN RUSSIAN MEANS HOUSE; DOMOVOY
IS THE HOUSE SPIRIT. HE IS A VERY SMALL OLD MAN, ABOUT
THE SIZE OF A FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD. HE HAS LONG HAIR
AND A LONG BEARD. HE ALWAYS WEARS BOOTS AND CAFTAN
(A RUSSIAN HOUSE COAT WITH A LONG TIE-ROPE AROUND
THE WAIST). HE LIVED IN THE ATTIC AND EVERY HOUSE HAD
ITS OWN DOMOVOY. HE WASN'T A BAD FELLOW BUT HE WAS
ALWAYS PLAYING TRICKS. IF SOMEONE FELL OFF THE STEPS
THEN DOMOVOY PUSHED HIM. IF SOMETHING FELL OFF THE SHELF
THEN DOMOVOY PUSHED IT. HE WAS ALWAYS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE UNEXPLAINED ACCIDENTS.
ANOTHER SPIRIT IS LESOVOY. "LES" IN RUSSIAN MEANS
FOREST; LESOVOY IS THE SPIRIT THAT LIVES IN THE WOODS.
HE IS SMALL AND HAIRY AND WEARS HIGH BOOTS AND A JACKET.
HE LIVED IN HOLLOW TREES AND ONE VERY SELDOM SAW HIM.
BY THE TIME I WAS SIX OR SEVEN YEARS OLD I STOPPED
BELIEVING IN THESE SPIRITS. I NEVER HEARD OF THEM IN
THE BIG CITIES, ONLY IN SMALL VILLAGES AND TOWNS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Farmington Hills
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
WHEAT IS BLESSED AND SPREAD OVER THE GRAVES OF THE RECENTLY
DECEASED WITH A PRAYER FOR THE SOUL. THE BELIEF IS THAT
THE WHEAT WILL PERPETUATE THE SOUL AND THE BIRDS WILL
CARRY THE WHEAT TO HEAVEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
IF YOU WANT TO PREVENT BAD LUCK OR BAD SPIRITS, YOU SHOULD PUT A
BROOM IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE DOOR OF YOUR HOUSE DEFORE GOING
TO BED.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
WHEN AN ORPHAN IS MISTREATED BY HIS GUARDIAN, HE CAN INFORM HIS
DEAD PARENTS OF HIS MISTREATMENT BY WRITING A LETTER EXPLAINING
THE WHOLE SITUATIONS IN THE LETTER. THEN, HE CAN GO AND THROW
IT IN A RIVER, SEA OR OCEAN. THE DEAD PARENTS WILL RECEIVE (IT), AND
THEY WILL SEND SPIRITS TO GO AND HELP THE CHILD.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LOOK SERIOUS WHILE NARRATING THE ITEM
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
IN 1930 A BLACK MAN WAS CONVICTED OF A CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT,
HE WAS HUNG AND COMES BACK EVERY NIGHT AND IT IS SAID THAT HIS FACE
CAN BE SEEN, THEY HAVE CHANGED THE WHOLE COURTHOUSE BUT HE STILL
COMES BACK.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; JONESBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
A BLACK BOY WAS BEATEN TO DEATH BY THE KKK FOR TALKING TO A WHITE GIRL.
HE WAS BEATEN ON THIS DARK ROAD AND LEFT TO DIE.THE NEXT DAY SOME PEOPLE
FOUND HIS BODY WHICH WAS BY A CEMETERY.NOW PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO GO THROUGH
THERE BECAUSE IT IS SAID THAT THE BLOOD STAIN WILL NOT GO AWAY AND SOMETHING
JUMPS ON THE BACK OF YOUR CAR WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH.
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| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P429 |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
IN ORDER TO KEEP FAMILY SPIRITS AWAY (THE DEAD) YOU SHOULD
PUT A FRESH PIECE OF PINE ACROSS THE FRONT DOOR,AND THEY WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO ENTER.
Where learned: NORTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 04091984CA
CHAINED CHARLIE
CHAINED CHARLIE WAS MURDERED IN A CEMETERY BY GRAVE ROBBERS.
HE WAS CHAINED TO A TREE, WHERE HE WAS CUT ON VARIOUS PARTS OF
HIS BODY AND LEFT THERE TO BLEED TO DEATH, SO NOW WHENEVER THERE ARE
TRESPASSERS IN THE CEMETERY, HE WILL RISE FROM THE DEAD AND CHASE
THE INTRUDERS OUT OF THE CEMETERY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS A VERY EASY TO TALK TO AND A VERY NICE PERSON.
Where learned: DETROIT ; NORWEST THEATER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
CONVERSATIONS FROM THE DEAD
GO TO THE CEMETERY AND STICK A PIN INTO SOMEONE'S GRAVE AND YOU
SHOULD HEAR THE CONVERSATIONS OF THE EVIL SPIRITS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND HAD A GOOD MEMORY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; NORWEST THEATER
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 01-30-1984
TO CALL BACK SOMEONE YOU LOVE FROM THE DEAD
PLACE A LETTER WRITTEN TO A DECEASED MEMBER OF THE FAMILY ON TOP
OF A GLASS OF WATER AND PLACE IT UNDER YOUR BED. YOUR BELOVED ONE
WILL COME AND VISIT YOU IN PEACE. BEWARE: NEVER PERFORM THIS TASK
ON A FULL MOON NIGHT OR EVIL SPIRITS WILL HAUNT YOU.
Where learned: DETROIT ; NORWEST THEATER
James Callow Keyword(s): CONJURATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Word Letter |
Date learned: 01-30-1984