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IF BUBBLES FORM IN RAIN PUDDLES DURING A STORM, IT
MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE RAIN FOR THE NEXT THREE
DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
BAD LUCK
NEVER WEAR TWO RINGS THAT ARE FROM DIFFERENT BOYS AT THE
SAME TIME; THE THREE OF YOU MAY MEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
A SOUTHERN ITALIAN CUSTOM ABOUT A PREGNANT WOMAN IS
THAT DURING THE FIRST THREE MONTHS, THE WOMAN MUST NOT
BE DENIED ANY FOOD SHE WANTS BECAUSE THIS WILL DEPRIVE
THE BABY OF SOMETHING IT NEEDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-10-1969
ACCORDING TO IRISH BELIEF, "WHEN A PERSON IS DYING, DEATH
KNOCKS THREE TIMES AT THE WINDOW."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT CLAIMS TO HAVE HEARD THIS AT HER UNCLE'S DEATH-
BED. THE DECEASED HUSBAND OF THE INFORMANT TOLD HER
THAT HE HEARD THIS WHEN HE WAS ON HIS DEATHBED, RIGHT
BEFORE HE DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-22-1972
IF THERE ARE THREE PERSONS IN A PHOTOGRAPH, THE CENTER
PERSON WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
FAMILY DEATHS COME IN THREES.
Submitter comment:
THIS ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE THE CASE IN GEORGE'S
FAMILY AND HIS FAMILY BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-24-1970
WHEN THERE IS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, NEVER HAVE OR
PUT THREE CHAIRS IN A ROW. ONE OF THE THREE WHO SIT
IN THEM AT THE SAME TIME WILL DIE WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
A FEW MAGIC WORDS REPEATED OVER (SILENTLY) A WART WILL MAKE IT
DISAPPEAR. THESE MAGIC WORDS CAN BE PASSED ON BY A FEMALE TO
THREE MALES, OR A MALE CAN PASS THESE WORDS ON TO THREE
FEMALES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
TO CURE WARTS SPIT ON THEM THREE TIMES A DAY, MORNING, NOON AND
NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
FASTING SPITTLE
TO GET RID OF WARTS, EVERY MORNING BEFORE YOU EAT, SPIT ON
YOUR FINGER, WET THE WARTS, AND AT THE SAME TIME REPEAT
THE WORDS OF THE SIGN OF THE CROSS ON EACH WART.
Submitter comment: MISS DEVLIN KNOWS THIS TO BE TRUE FROM ACTUAL EXPERIENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-11-1964
CURE FOR WARTS--GET THREE SOYBEANS FOR EACH WART. SPIT ON EACH
SOYBEAN THEN PUT THE SOYBEAN ON THE WARTS. AFTER THIS IS
DONE, WRAP THE BEANS IN A RAG AND BURY THEM. THE WARTS SHOULD
DISAPPEAR WITHIN A MONTH.
Submitter comment: HIS GRANDFATHER DID THIS AND IT REALLY WORKED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; YPSILANTI
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
AFTER WASHING DISHES, WRING OUT THE DISHRAG, SWING IT OVER YOUR
HEAD THREE TIMES, THEN THROW IT OUT IN THE YARD AND YOUR WARTS
WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
TO REMOVE A WART, PLANT THREE PIECES OF CEDAR WOOD. IF
THE WOOD TAKES ROOT THE WART WILL LEAVE.
Submitter comment: FOLK REMEDIES IN TENNESSEE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WHILE TRAVELING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001940S
IF YOU HAVE A WART, STEAL A NEIGHBOR'S WASHCLOTH RUB THE
WART WITH THE CLOTH AND BURY IT UNDER YOUR PORCH AND NEVER
TELL THE NEIGHBOR WHERE IT IS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
TAKE A POTATO AND CUT IN IN THREE SECTIONS AND BURY IT ON THE
SIDE UP AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO GET RID OF A WART.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT READ THIS IN THE "DEAR ABBEY COLUMN" SEVERAL
YEARS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
IF YOU HAVE A WART, RUB A SLICE OF RAW POTATO ON IT. BURY
THE POTATO AT MIDNIGHT. AFTER THREE DAYS, THE WART WILL
BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
TO RID ONE'S SELF OF A WART, YOU TAKE A RAW POTATO, CUT INTO THREE
EQUAL PARTS, TAKE THE MIDDLE SECTION AND RUB IT ON THE WART.
AFTER THIS IS DONE, TAKE THE POTATO AND BURY IT WITH THE SIDE
USED TO RUB THE WART FACE UP, AND IN A FEW WEEKS THE WART WILL
BE GONE.
Submitter comment:
DIANE TOLD ME THIS WHEN I TOLD HER I USED TO HAVE A WART WHEN
I WAS LITTLE.
Where learned: SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
IF A PERSON HAS A WART OR WARTS, THEY MAY BE CURED BY
RUBBING THEM THREE TIMES OVER A WET STONE AFTER A RAIN.
WHILE RUBBING THE STONE, COUNT BACKWARD FROM THREE TO ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
MY MOTHER WILL TELL YOU TO GO AND GET 3 (OR MAYBE 7) STONES.
EACH ONE SHE RUBS OVER YOUR WARTS. AND IN SO MANY DAYS THEY
WILL GO AWAY. AND THEY ACTUALLY GO AWAY.
WHEN I WAS 7 OR 8 I HAD A SEED WART AND MOTHER COULDN'T
CHARM IT OFF. HER POWER WOULDN'T WORK IN THE IMMEDIATE
FAMILY. SO I WENT TO A LADY WHO TOOK A BLACK THREAD AND
MADE A LOOP WITH IT AND PUT IT AROUND THE WART AND DREW
IT TIGHT. SHE TOLD ME TO LEAVE IT ALONE AND IT WOULD GO
AWAY. AND IT WAS GONE IN A WEEK OR TWO.
Submitter comment: HAPPENED IN SEYMOUR, INDIANA, WHERE HE LIVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; INDIANA ; SOUTHFIELD ; SEYMOUR
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
THREE TIMES A BRIDESMAID, NEVER A BRIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 02-00-1971