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IF SOMEONE SWEEPS YOUR FEET WITH A BROOM, YOU HAVE TO
GRAB THE BROOM AND SPIT ON IT OR BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping BELIEF -- Conversions Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 01111984CA
ONE NIGHT WHILE SETTING IN MY BEDROOM WATCHING TV, WITH MY TWO YEAR
OLD DAUGHTER THE FRONT DOOR OPENED AND WHOEVER CAME IN SLAMMED
DOOR REALLY HARD.THINKING IT WAS MY HUSBAND I CONTINUED WATCHING ,
TV.A FEW MINUTES LATER I HEARD HIM SAY EBBIE (MY DAUGHTER'S NAME)
COME TO DADDY. AS SOON AS SHE HEARD HIS VOICE SHE TOOK OFF RUNNING,
SHE CALLED OUT...DADDY,DADDY BUT NO ONE ANSWERED. I GOT ANGRY
BECAUSE HE DID NOT ANSWER AND CALLED OUT TO HIM MYSELF.
STILL NO REPLY.
MY DAUGHTER CAME BACK UPSTAIRS LOOKING VERY STRANGE. SO I DECIDED
I WOULD GO DOWNSTAIRS TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT NO ONE WAS
THERE, NO CAR IN THE DRIVE, NOTHING.ABOUT 10 P.M MY HUSBAND CAME IN
AND I ASKED HIM WHY DID HE CALL EBONI AND THEN NOT ANSWER HER, HE,
REPLIED "I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME TODAY, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE
BEEN HERE."SO IF HE WAS NOT THE ONE WHO CALLED MY DAUGHTER THEN WHO
DID? IT STILL REMAINS A MYSTERY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 06-00-1978
IF YOU WALK OUT OF YOUR HOUSE AND HAVE TO TURN AROUND IN YOUR
TRACKS, YOU SHOULD TURN AROUND SIX TIMES BEFORE YOU GO BACK INTO
THE HOUSE.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 04091984CA
KNOCK-KNOCK ROAD
IN EAST DETROIT THERE IS A ROAD JUST NORTH OF EIGHT MILE WHERE A
YOUNG GIRL WAS KILLED IN A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT. AFTERWARDS IT WAS
BELIEVED THAT IF YOU DROVE DOWN THIS ROAD HER GHOST WOULD KNOCK ON
THE CAR. THERE ACTUALLY WAS A KNOCKING SOUND WHENEVER ANYONE DROVE
DOWN THAT ROAD BUT I THINK IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT THIS WAS
CAUSED BY A WASHED OUT SPOT UNDER THE PAVEMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
MY COUSIN RONNIE INVENTED A TYPE OF MICROWAVE WHEN HE WAS A KID.
WE USED TO PUT OUR HANDS IN IT AND THEN RUN THEM ALONG FLOURESCENT
LIGHTS AND WATCH THE LIGHTS LIGHT UP. HE TRIED TO PATENT IT BUT IT
HAD ALREADY BEEN PATENTED BY SOMEONE ELSE. COUSIN RONNIE IS A
CERTIFIED GENIUS AND HIS SPECIALTY IS ELECTRONICS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-00-1984
IF YOU ARE MOVING, NEVER TAKE YOUR BROOM
WITH YOU, IT WILL BRING ALONG DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
SNEEZING (CHINESE BELIEF)
"THE CHINESE BELIEVE THAT WHEN THEY SNEEZE IT'S AS SIGN THAT
SOMEONE THEY LOVE IS THINKING OF THEM."
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THAT WHENEVER SHE SNEEZED HER MOTHER WAS THINK-
ING OF HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Date learned: 04-00-1984
BELIEF ABOUT CUTTING FINGERNAILS
"YOU SHOULD NOT CUT YOUR FINGER NAILS AT NIGHT OR YOU'LL CUT
THE LIFE OF A RELATIVE SHORT."
Submitter comment:
IN OLD TIMES, THE CHINESE USED A KNIFE TO CUT THEIR FINGER
NAILS AND BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE LIGHT THEY MIGHT LOSE A
FINGER IF THEY'RE NOT CAREFUL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 04-00-1984
IF YOUR EAR ITCHES, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Submitter comment:
THIS FOLK BELIEF WAS COMMUNICATED TO BRIAN BY HIS MOTHER
WHEN BRIAN WAS A CHILD LIVING IN RURAL OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching ear |
Date learned: 10-22-1984 ; 00001960S
AT ONE TIME IN A CEMETERY ON U.S. ROUTE 22 NEAR RUSHVILLE,
OHIO, THERE WAS A STRANGE GRAVESTONE MARKER. THE PERSON BURIED
THERE HAD SUPPOSEDLY KILLED HIS WIFE, THOUGH NO ONE COULD PROVE
IT. THIS WIFE HAD A FAVORITE HORSE THAT SHE ALWAYS RODE, AND
HE WAS TAKING THE HORSE AWAY TO SELL IT. AS HE WAS LEADING
THE HORSE OUT OF THE BARN, THE HORSE WENT WILD AND KICKED
THE MAN IN THE HEAD AND KILLED HIM. WHEN THE MAN WAS BURIED,
HIS GRAVESTONE A FEW YEARS LATER HAD A GLOWING HORSESHOE ON
IT AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE GLOWING HORSESHOE CAUSED A GREAT
DEAL OF COMMOTION, AND FINALLY THE SURVIVORS HAD THE GRAVESTONE
REMOVED SO THAT THE MAN COULD REST IN PEACE.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY WAS PASSED TO BRIAN AS A CHILD GROWING UP IN RURAL
OHIO NOT FAR FROM RUSHVILLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-02-1984 ; 00001960S
PEOPLE WHO HAVE A GAP BETWEEN THEIR TEETH LIE A LOT. THIS IS
WHERE THE PHRASE "YOU'RE LYING BETWEEN YOUR TEETH" COMES
FROM.
Submitter comment:
SPACE BETWEEN TEETH
"YOU'RE LYING THROUGH YOUR TEETH."
SHE HAS A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal SPEECH -- Folk etymology PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-11-1984
THERE IS A HOUSE IN PALMER PARK THAT WAS
ONCE SAID TO BE HAUNTED. WHEN STUDENTS WENT
TO PALMER PARK FOR A FIELD TRIP, THEY
WOULD REPORT SEEING PEOPLE OR GHOSTS
IN THE VACANT HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
HE ONCE BELIEVED IT, BUT HE NO
LONGER BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1973 ; 00-00-1985
IN THE TOWN MY FATHER GREW UP IN, EVERYONE WOULD GO TO
TOWN ON SATURDAY NIGHTS. THERE WAS A SUPERSTITION THAT IF YOU
WOULD PASS BY THE CEMETERY ON YOUR WAY TO TOWN, THE SPIRIT
OF AN OLD MAN (NEVER DID GET HIS NAME OR HOW HE DIED) WOULD
CHASE YOU ALL THE WAY TO TOWN AND ON YOUR WAY HOME HE WOULD
CHASE YOU BACK TO YOUR HOUSE. IT TURNS OUT THAT ON SATURDAYS MY FATHER AND HIS FRIENDS WOULD WEAR CORDUROY PANTS. BY WALKING
PAST THE CEMETERY AT AN ACCELERATED PACE, THEIR PANTS WOULD
BEGIN TO MAKE THE CERTAIN NOISE (SWOOSH, SWOOSH).
THIS NOISE WOULD SCARE THEM SO THEY BEGAN TO RUN TO TOWN
BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THE MAN WAS AFTER THEM. CONSEQUENTLY,
BECAUSE OF THEIR RUNNING THE NOISE WOULD BECOME LOUDER.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; TAYLOR
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 06-00-1975
IF YOUR EAR IS RINGING, SOMEONE
IS TALKING ABOUT YOU. IF YOUR
EAR IS BURNING THEN THE TALK IS
BAD.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO GREG BY ONE OF HIS
RELATIVES WHEN HE SAID THAT
HIS EAR WAS RINGING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Ears, noise in ear BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00001970S
IF TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING
AT THE SAME TIME, COMPANY WILL
COME OVER.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SAID EVERYTIME TWO OR
MORE PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING
AT THE SAME TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00001960S
WHEN SOMEONE SNEEZES AFTER
A COMMENT WAS MADE, THE COMMENT
IS SUPPOSED TO BE TRUE.
Submitter comment:
JEAN SAYS THIS EVERY TIME SOMEONE
SNEEZES AFTER SHE SAYS SOMETHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00001960S
IF SUDDENLY A CHILL GOES THROUGH YOUR
BODY IT MEANS A RABBIT IS JUMPING OVER
THE SPOT WHERE YOU WILL BE BURIED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED HE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS
TRUE OR NOT, AND DIDN'T CARE TO FIND OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Chills, shivering |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
IF YOU ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND YOU
SUDDENLY REMEMBER THAT YOU FORGOT AND LEFT
SOMETHING BEHIND, DON'T TURN AROUND UNTIL
YOU SPIT IN THE STREET AND MAKE AN X WITH
YOUR FEET.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED THAT YOU SHOULDN'T TURN
BACK ONCE YOU ARE HEADED SOMEWHERE.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; BATON ROUGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
IF YOU SNEEZE THREE OR MORE
TIMES BEFORE BREAKFAST THAT
IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
WHATEVER YOU DO YOU SHOULD NEVER HARM ANOTHER
PERSONS ANIMAL. PEOPLE HAVE STRONG BONDS WITH
THEIR ANIMALS, SOME PEOPLE WILL EVEN KILL YOU
ABOUT THEIR ANIMALS. I KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE
BECAUSE MY MOTHER TOLD ME ABOUT A WOMAN AND THE
LOVE SHE HAD FOR HER HORSE. WELL, THIS WOMAN HAD
HER HORSE TEN YEARS BEFORE SHE TOOK A HUSBAND. THAT
OLE HORSE WAS REALLY MEAN. TIME CAME WHEN THAT HORSE
KICKED THAT WOMAN'S HUSBAND, SO THE HUSBAND SHOT THE
HORSE. WELL, THAT WOMAN DIDN'T TAKE THE DEATH OF HER
HORSE EASY. AFTER SHE FOUND OUT WHAT HER HUSBAND DID
SHE TOOK A PIECE OF LOG AND CRACKED HER HUSBAND'S SKULL
AND HE DIED. THERE IS A LESSON TO BE LEARNED, NEVER
HARM ANYONE'S ANIMAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CRUELTY TOWARD ANIMALS ; THERIONICIDE HOMICIDE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1985