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keep a horseshoe with a palm leaf made in the shape of a
cross over the bedroom door; this will assure a happy, positive,
loving marriage.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATLANTA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
EATING CELERY MAKES YOU SEXY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
IF YOU DREAM OF CHURCH OR FLOWERS, IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
AN ENGLISH IVY PLANT IN THE HOUSE WILL BRING BAD
LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STRONGLY BELIEVES THIS. SHE CLAIMS
THAT WHENEVER SHE HAD SUCH A PLANT IN THE HOUSE,
THE RESULT WAS NOTHING BUT BAD LUCK UNTIL SHE
DISPOSED OF THE PLANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
IF YOU HAVE AN IVY PLANT IN THE HOUSE, YOU WILL
HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 02-14-1967
IF A LEAF FALLS ON YOUR HEAD, IT'S BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT GAVE NO REASON WHY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
A CERTAIN HOUSE PLANT COMMONLY CALLED A SNAKE
PLANT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
A PERSON SHOULD NEVER CUT A THORN BUSH. IT
WOULD BRING BAD LUCK BECAUSE THEY ARE A
FAVORITE OF THE EVILS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF LEAVES ON THE TREES ARE TURNED SO THAT YOU CAN SEE
THEIR BACKS, IT MEANS THAT THERE WILL SOON BE A STORM.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THIS WAS TOLD TO HIM BY ONE OF HIS
GRANDPARENTS IN IOWA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; IOWA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-09-1972
IF A PERSON HOLDS A YELLOW DANDELION FLOWER UNDER
HIS CHIN AND HIS CHIN GLOWS YELLOW, THEN THAT PERSON
LIKES BUTTER.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; LE ROY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
EATING CARROTS WILL ENSURE GOOD EYESIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
IF YOU TAKE FLOWERS FROM A GRAVE, THEY WILL NEVER GROW.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER (1920S) WHO
BELIEVED IT, BUT INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE IT NOW.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001920S ; 10-02-1971
BUTTERCUPS TELL
TODAY, WHEN RUTH AND I WERE REMINISCING ABOUT CHILDHOOD DAYS,
SHE TOLD ME OF A SPRINGTIME PRACTICE TYPICAL OF THE
PERSONS OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN THE BUTTERCUPS BLOSSOM
ALONG THE SWAMPS, CHILDREN WOULD PICK THEM AND PRESENT
THE BOUQUETS TO THEIR MOTHERS. THE MOTHER WOULD TAKE A
FLOWER OUT OF THE NOSEGAY AND TICKLE THE UNDERSIDE OF THE
GIVER'S CHIN WITH A BUTTERCUP. IF SOME OF THE YELLOW
SHOULD RUB OFF, THEN THAT WAS A SIGN THAT THE CHILD
LIKED BUTTER. SHE SAID THAT ONCE WHEN THE BUTTERCUPS
TOLD OF HER LIKING BUTTER, HER MOTHER SENT HER OFF TO
PLAY WITH A THANK YOU FOR THE NOSEGAY AND A PIECE OF TOAST
DRIPPING WITH MELTED BUTTER.
Where learned: HIGHLAND PARK ; ILLINOIS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Use of Object |
IF YOU EAT A LOT OF CARROTS YOU WILL HAVE CURLY
HAIR.
Submitter comment: SOURCE: FRIEND
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AS YOU BREAK THE POD OF THE MILKWEED AND IT FLIES
UP IN THE AIR, MAKE A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
EAT CARROTS FOR GOOD EYES; EAT FISH FOR BRAINS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I USED TO THINK THAT IF YOU SHOULD
ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOW A FRUIT PIT, THAT KIND OF TREE
WOULD GROW OUT OF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU PUT A YELLOW FLOWER UNDER YOUR CHIN AND
THE YELLOW MARK STAYS THERE AFTER YOU TAKE AWAY
THE FLOWER, YOU ARE JEALOUS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
IF A PERSON HOLDS A YELLOW DANDELION FLOWER UNDER HIS
CHIN AND HIS CHIN GLOWS YELLOW, THEN THAT PERSON
LIKES BUTTER.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; LE ROY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 01-00-1971