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IT IS BAD LUCK FOR YOU TO COMB YOUR HAIR AND FLUSH IT DOWN THE TOILET
BECAUSE YOUR MIND WILL START TO FLOAT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
EVERYTIME MY GRANDMOTHER SNEEZES WITH FOOD IN HER MOUTH, SOMEONE
IN OUR FAMILY DIES.
Submitter comment:
I WAS TOLD THAT THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE SHE WAS 7. SHE IS 80
YEARS OLD NOW
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-14-1980 ; 00-00-1900
GREEK RUINS
THERE ARE MANY RUINS IN GREECE, AND SOME ARE UNDERGROUND. FOR
EXAMPLE, ONE FAMILY'S LAND HAD VERY INTERESTING ARTICLES BENEATH. ONE
TIME SOMEONE WAS DIGGING AND CAME UP WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE A BATHTUB,
AND IT WAS. OFFICIALS BOUGHT IT WHEN THEY DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS
PART OF A HOUSE. TODAY IT IS CALLED NESTOR'S PALACE AND BECAUSE IT IS
A NATIONAL EXHIBIT, YOU CAN SEE THE BASE OF THE MANSION WITH ANCIENT
PLUMBING AND OTHER THINGS.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY WAS ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES. THE FACT THAT IT
ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO MY NEIGHBOR, IT GAVE ME A FEELING OF EXCITE-
MENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Architecture BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
MY NEIGHBORS ONCE LIVED IN A VILLAGE AND THEY HAD A SET OF BELLS FOR
THEIR SHEEP. THEY WERE MADE AT THE MONASTERY AND EACH SET HAD A
DIFFERENT TONE, SO THE SHEPHERDS COULD TELL THEIR FLOCKS APART.
WHEN HER GRANDPA WENT TO GREECE, THEY FOUND HIS BELLS AND SAW
SHEPHERDS USING BELLS ON THEIR SHEEP.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY WAS AN ENJOYABLE ONE. IF I WAS A CHILD IN GREECE, I WOULD
HAVE LIKED IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal SPEECH -- To Be Heard |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
THE GREEK WOMAN
MY FRIEND'S GRANDMA WAS THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE VILLAGE TO OWN A HORSE.
THIS WAS UNUSUAL BECAUSE IN THE SMALL VILLAGE WHERE SHE LIVED, ONLY
THE VERY RICH AND FINEST PEOPLE HAD DONKEYS. SHE WOULD TRAVEL SIDE
SADDLE SIXTY MILES TO THE CITY TO HAVE HER SHOES ORDERED, AS SHE
HATED THE HOME-MADE ONES IN THE VILLAGE. PEOPLE WOULD LOOK AT HER
STRANGELY BECAUSE THOUGH HER CLOTHES WERN'T FINE, SHE RODE A RICH
ANIMAL.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY WAS AN INTERESTING ONE. I PICTURED IT WHEN MY NEIGHBOR
WAS TELLING IT TO ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
NEW YEAR'S DREAMS
IN POLAND, IT IS A BELIEF THAT IF YOU DREAM ABOUT MARRYING A
PERSON THREE DAYS IN A ROW; ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, NEW YEAR'S DAY,
AND THE DAY AFTER, YOU WILL MARRY THAT PERSON BEFORE THE NEXT
YEAR COMES.
Submitter comment:
THERE IS ONE POINT TO BE MENTIONED IN REGARDS TO NEW YEAR'S EVE.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT SPIRITS ARE RESTLESS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AND
THEY WANDER IN AND OUT OF HOUSES. THEREFORE, ON THAT DAY,
POLES ARE CAREFUL NOT TO WAVE SHARP OBJECTS IN THE AIR SUCH AS;
KNIVES, SCISSORS, AND PENCILS, SO AS NOT TO INJURE A SPIRIT AND
GIVE HIM CAUSE TO BE ANGRY WITH THEIR HOUSEHOLD. ALSO, THE POLES
WOULD LEAVE PLATES OF FOOD NEXT TO EMPTY CHAIRS IN CERTAIN PARTS OF
THE HOUSE. IF THEY WOULD DO THESE THINGS, THEY THOUGHT THE SPIRITS
WOULD THEN FEEL FREE TO BLESS THEIR HOUSEHOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Date learned: 00-00-1978
NEW YEAR'S CRYING
IT IS A POLISH BELIEF THAT IF YOU CRY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY YOU WILL
CRY EVERYDAY FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
Submitter comment:
NOTE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR SETTING A
PATTERN FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR MANY POLISH
NEW YEAR'S BELIEFS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
THE GHOST OF WORRINER HALL
MANY YEARS AGO ON CAMPUS WORRINER HALL BURNED. ONE PERSON
WAS BURNED TO DEATH IN FIRE. THE BUILDING STILL STANDS BUT IT
WAS GUTTED OUT IN THE FIRE. AT 3 A.M. SOMETIMES THE LIGHT
IN THE TOWER GOES ON. IT IS TURNED ON BY THE GHOST
OF THE BURNED PERSON, THE GHOST OF WORRINER HALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MOUNT PLEASANT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-00-80
AT WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (AND AT ALMOST EVERY COLLEGE IN THE
U.S.) THERE IS A LARGE CYLINDER TOWER WHICH CARRIES A LEGEND. NO
VIRGIN WILL EVER LEAVE THIS SCHOOL AFTER 4 YEARS, HENCE THE TOWER
WILL FALL.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY IS REPEATED AT ALMOST EVERY COLLEGE I GO TO. I WOULD
IMAGINE IT GOES BACK MANY DECADES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
IF YOU SING AT THE TABLE YOU'LL MARRY A CRAZY MAN.
Submitter comment:
SYD'S GRANDMA TOLD HER THIS ONE WHILE AT THE DINNER TABLE. I THINK
IT ORIGINATES FROM THE VICTORIAN ERA WHEN SILENCE AT MOST OCCASIONS
WAS EXPECTED FROM CHILDREN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
Date learned: 00-00-1950
ONE OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS ON MY TEAM THOUGHT IT WAS BAD LUCK TO
WASH HIS PRACTICE UNIFORM AFTER A WIN. THUS AFTER 5 WINS IN A ROW
HIS UNIFORM BECAME SO DIRTY AND SMELLY WE SORT OF HOPED WE'D LOSE.
Submitter comment:
FOOTBALL TEAMS TEND TO BE VERY SUPERSTITIOUS, THERE ARE MANY ODDITIES
THAT SOME PLAYERS HELD, BUT THIS ONE WAS ONE OF THE STRANGEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
IF YOU WENT OUT THE DOOR AND YOU FORGOT SOMETHING,
YOU YOURSELF COULD NOT GO BACK IN THE HOUSE FOR IT.
SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT OUT
TO YOU.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD IRISH CUSTOM.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-06-1972
THERE IS AN OLD SUPERSTITION THAT MY MOTHER RELATED
TO ME BACK WHEN I GOT MY FIRST CAR. I HAD JUST
BOUGHT A ST. CHRISTOPHER MEDAL TO PUT ON THE
DASHBOARD. AS I WAS PLACING IT THERE, MY MOTHER
CAME UP AND SAID, "YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN OLD BELIEF
THAT WHEN YOU HIT EIGHTY, OLD ST. CHRISTOPHER GETS
UP AND LEAVES YOU ON YOUR OWN."
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
MANY WOMEN THINK THAT THEIR HAIR WILL NOT TAKE A
PERMANENT WAVE WHILE THEY ARE MENSTRUATING.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: LIBRARY ; MERCY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A TOOTH FILLED WHEN YOU
HAVE YOUR PERIOD. IT WILL FALL OUT.
Submitter comment:
NARRATOR HAD HEARD THIS, BUT DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.
SHE SHOWED ME THE BOOK, GROWING UP AND LIKING IT,
WHERE IT IS PRINTED AS AN "OLD WIVES TALE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MENSTRUATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
MENSTRUAL SUPERSTITIONS
MARIE'S (WIFE'S) GRANDFATHER OWNED A STORE WHEN
PICKLES WERE STILL KEPT IN A BIG BARREL. WELL, HE
WOULDN'T LET NO WOMAN TAKE A PICKLE OUT OF THE
BARREL OR THE REST WOULD GO SOFT, IF SHE WAS JUST
COMIN' SICK OR JUST GETTIN' OUT OF HER PERIOD.
HE'D PUT SOME PICKLES ON A TRAY AND LET THEM BUY
THEM OFF THAT.
Submitter comment: HAPPENED IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO
Where learned: SOUTHFIELD DOWNS TRAILER CAMP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
SUPERSTITION
A COMMON BELIEF IS THAT A MUSTARD FOOT BATH WILL
BRING ON DELAYED MENSES.
Submitter comment: FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; DETROIT ; MERCY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-19-1967
IT IS ALSO BELIEVED THAT PRESERVES WILL NOT TURN OUT
RIGHT, CAKES WILL NOT RISE, CREAM WILL NOT THICKEN
WHEN WHIPPED DURING THE MENSTRUAL TIME.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; DETROIT ; MERCY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-06-1967
MENSTRUATION SUPERSTITION
YOU SHOULD NEVER CAN WHEN A WOMAN IS HAVING HER
PERIOD BECAUSE IT WILL SPOIL.
Submitter comment:
POPULAR BELIEF IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO, WHEN SHE
WAS YOUNG.
Where learned: OHIO ; GLOUCESTER
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
MENSTRUATION SUPERSTITION
YOU CAN'T GO IN A GARDEN DURING YOUR PERIOD. IT
WILL KILL THE CUCUMBER VINES.
AND YOU COULDN'T TOUCH MEAT, UNLESS YOU WERE
GOING TO COOK IT RIGHT AWAY, OR IT WOULD SPOIL.
Submitter comment: POPULAR BELIEF IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO, WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.
Where learned: OHIO ; GLOUCESTER
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 05-11-1965