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INDIAN LEGEND: ARIZONA
TWO INDIAN TRIBES WERE INVOLVED IN A BATTLE, ONE TRIBE WAS APACHE.
THE APACHES WERE TRAPPED ON A CLIFF, AND RATHER THAN SURRENDER,
THEY LEAPED TO THEIR DEATH. LATER THE FEMALE MEMBERS CAME TO
MOURN THEIR DEAD. THE TEARS OF THE WOMEN TURNED INTO A BLACK
GLASS-LIKE STONE WHICH IS NOW CALLED APACHE TEARS. THE ROCK
LOOKS LIKE IT CONTAINS A TEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WAYNE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Precious stone Gem BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-00-1970
CAVES OF THE BLOODY CHIEFS
THE PICTURED ROCKS EXTEND EASTWARD ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE-
LINE FROM MUNISING. SOME OF THE VARIOUS FORMATIONS IN THE ROCKS
ARE NAMED. THE CAVES OF THE BLOODY CHIEFS ARE SO NAMED BECAUSE
INDIAN CHIEFS SUPPOSEDLY TORTURED THEIR VICTIMS THERE. THEY
WOULD BE BOUND AND LEFT FOR THE WAVES TO DASH THEM TO PIECES. THE
ROCK OF THE CAVES IS BRIGHTLY COLORED BY MINERAL SEEPAGE, MOSTLY
IRON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-00-1966
WHEN YOU SPILL THE SALT ON THE TABLE; MAKE A WISH
AND THROW SOME OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
Belief:
Never borrow salt ot you will lose a friend.
Submitter comment:
Informant learned this from her mother.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P882.14, P880] crossed out/replaced with current classifications
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Deneweth, Virginia ; Conversation
Keyword(s): Salt, Mineral, Belief, Friendship, Custom, Ownership
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F553 Food Drink -- Flavoring BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
HOUSEHOLD SUPERSTITON
IN MEXICO, WHEN PASSING SALT TO SOMEONE AT THE TABLE, PUT IT
ON THE TABLE, IF YOU HAND IT TO THE ASKER, YOU WILL FIGHT
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR ; Gonzales, Alejando Baez
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Culture ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; FIGHT ; MANNERS ; Mexican ; MEXICO ; Salt ; Sobra Mesa ; SUPERSTITION ; Table
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION ; POSITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- P86O SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
RAINBOW BELIEF
THERE IS A POT OF GOLD AT THE END OF EVERY RAINBOW.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16190 APPOLINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
END OF THE RAINBOW
IF YOU SEE A RAINBOW AND WALK TO ONE END OF IT, YOU WILL
FIND A POT OF GOLD AT THE END.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17331 Glenmore
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
RAINBOW BELIEF
FIND THE END OF THE RAINBOW AND YOU'LL FIND A POT OF GOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; UNION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
RAINBOW
IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE "OLD FOLKISMS" THAT AFTER A RAIN, WHEN THE
RAINBOW COMES OUT, IF YOU GO TO THE END OF THIS RAINBOW YOU WILL FIND
A POT OF GOLD, OR A SACK OF MONEY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE ONCE BELIEVED THIS BUT NOW THAT SHE HAS GROWN OLDER, SHE FOUND THAT
THIS WAS JUST AN OLD FOLKISM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BELIEF ; DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 02-10-1972
SILVER BELIEF
IF YOU BURY SILVER IT TURNS WITH THE EARTH AND WILL
MOVE TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.
Where learned: told at work
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Planet BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- P47O BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN
THERE IS A PLACE IN ARIZONA NAMED SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN. WHENEVER ANYONE WENT THERE LOOKING FOR GOLD THEY NEVER RETURNED.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16761 Miller
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Formation BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
SALT
AN IRISH SUPERSTITION: WHEN EATING AT A TABLE AND SOMEONE ASKS FOR THE SALT, YOU MUST FIRST SET IT DOWN NEXT TO THE PERSON AND LET HIM PICK IT UP. IF YOU SHOULD PASS IT TO HIM, IT IS SAID THAT THE TWO WILL GET INTO A FIGHT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE
Date learned: 10-05-1972
ONION SUPERSTITION
PIT A PIN IN YOUR MOUTH WHEN PEELING AN ONION AND YOU WON'T CRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16564 Littlefield
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
Get Rid of Those Black Mushrooms
BOIL MUSHROOMS WITH A COIN AND IF THE COIN TURNS BLACK, THE MUSHROOMS ARE POISONOUS.
Submitter comment:
WE WERE STUDYING ABOUT MUSHROOMS IN MY EDUCATION CLASS, AND DR. THORDEN MADE THIS STATEMENT IN A JOKING WAY, SO I WROTE IT DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; education class
James Callow Keyword(s): TOADSTOOLS ; UNSAFE PRACTICE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-22-1969
TREE BELIEF
TREES WHICH BEAR FRUIT, WILL BEAR BETTER FRUIT IF ONE DRIVES A NAIL INTO THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17287 GREENVIEW ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): IRON?
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
PLANT FOOD
PUT A PENNY IN YOUR TULIPS, THEY WILL KEEP FRESHER IN THE VASE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 524 Rivera Terraces ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): MINERAL: COPPER ; PLANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-20-1971