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SUPERSTITION
IN ONE DOOR AND OUT ANOTHER CAUSES BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THIS BELIEF WAS EXPLAINED THROUGH WHAT IS SEEN AS "NORMAL". IF YOU
ENTER THROUGH ONE DOOR IT IS "NORMAL" TO EXIT THROUGH THE SAME
DOOR. EXITING THROUGH ANOTHER DOOR IS SEEN AS DEVIATION, AND
DEVIATION FROM THE NORM RESULTS IN BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK ; FRIENDS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-10-1979
SUPERSTITION
WALKING WITH ONE SHOE ON AND ONE OFF RESULTS IN BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SEES THIS BELIEF AS VALID. SHE REASONS THAT HAVING ONE
ARCH SUPPORTED AND THE OTHER UNSUPPORTED RESULTS IN BAD FEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DEPARTMENT STORE
Date learned: 02-20-1979
SUPERSTITION
DROPPED SILVERWARE MEANS SOMEONE WANTS TO COME OVER. IF IT IS A
FORK, IT IS A MAN WHO WANTS TO COME OVER. IF IT IS A SPOON,
IT IS A WOMAN.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LACKED AN EXPLANATION BUT NOTES THAT AS A CHILD,
SHE CAN REMEMBER, IN FAIRY TALES, THE SPOON BEING SYMBOLIC OF
A FEMALE, AND A FORK BEING SYMBOLIC OF A MALE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DEPARTMENT STORE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 02-20-1979
SUPERSTITION
ALWAYS LEAVE THRU THE SAME DOOR YOU ENTERED OR BAD LUCK WILL COME
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER IS VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT THIS SUPERSTITION. SHE WILL EVEN BE SURE TO DO THIS IN STORES
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU HIT YOUR MOTHER OR FATHER YOUR HAND WILL DRY UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-11-1979
SUPERSTITION
I HAVE A T-SHIRT THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY SOME FRIEND I
WORK WITH. BUT EVERYTIME I'VE WORN THAT SHIRT UNDER MY
HOCKEY EQUIPMENT, I'VE HAD TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY WARD
AT THE HOSPITAL. FIRST I GOT A CUT UNDER THE CHIN AND
FIVE STITCHES WERE NEEDED TO STOP THE BLEEDING. TWO
WEEKS LATER (ON 04121979) I GOT A STICK ACROSS THE NOSE.
THIS TIME NO STICHES WERE NEEDED, BUT I SPENT THREE
HOURS IN THE HOSPITAL BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GO HOME AT 2:30 AM.
I HAVE DECIDED TO RETURN THE SHIRT, AND IF HE DOESN'T WANT
IT, IT WILL BE BURNED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): GIFT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Conversions |
A WOMAN DOESN'T GO TO THE FUNERAL OF HER HUSBAND OR HER CHILD.
IT IS BAD LUCK TO DO SO.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER BELIEVES IN THIS AND DID NOT ATTEND HER HUSBAND,
SON OR DAUGHTER'S FUNERAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
PROVERB
WOMEN HAVE SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUGHTS AT ONCE.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS SAID THIS.
SEXIST COMMENT, ANTI-FEMINISM
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): THINKING
Date learned: 01-00-1979
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
"GOSE W DOMER, BOG W DOMII."
TRANSLATION: A GUEST IN THE HOUSE-GOD IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-01-1969
SUPERSTITION
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES A STRANGER IS COMING TO VISIT.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
BIRTH CUSTOM
NEVER TAKE A BABY OUT AFTER DARK BECAUSE AN EVIL SPIRIT COULD
POSSESS IT. IF A BABY HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT, ITS FACE HAD TO BE COVERE
AT ALL TIMES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S PARENTS BELIEVED THIS AND PRACTICED IT (1890-1920).
INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE IT OR PRACTICE IT.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 22 WINCHELL ST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 10-02-1971 ; 00-00-1920
IF YOU HAVE NOT BLEEDED LIKE A CALF,
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BELLOW LIKE A BULL.
Submitter comment: ( ADULTS EXPECT CHILDREN TO MAKE MISTAKES IN GROWING UP.)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BLED ; PREDICTION
Date learned: 09-23-1971
IF A WOMAN SITS AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE, SHE WILL NEVER MARRY
Where learned: MEXICO
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: CA12001977
BELIEF
IF YOU STRIKE ONE OF YOUR PARENTS YOUR HAND WILL STICK OUT OF YOUR
GRAVE.
Submitter comment: MRS. KUBERT IS OF POLISH DECENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001920S ; 02-16-1980
POLISH CUSTOM FOR A NEW HOUSE
THE FIRST THINGS TO ENTER A NEW HOUSE ARE A TABLE, A CROSS, AND
SOME HOLY WATER.
Submitter comment:
BRINGING THE TABLE INSURES THAT THE FAMILY WILL NEVER BE WITHOUT
FOOD. THE CROSS, REPRESENTATIVE OF RELIGION, GUARANTEES A BLESSED
LIFE. THE HOLY WATER REMOVES EVIL FROM THE HOUSE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOLS
Date learned: 01-13-1980
PREDICTION
DROPPING SILVERWARE WHILE AT THE DINNER TABLE PREDICTS THAT
COMPANY WILL VISIT AND THE TYPE OF COMPANY. IF A FORK DROPS, A
WOMAN WILL VISIT. A YOUNG PERSON OR CHILD WILL VISIT IF A SPOON
DROPS. A DROPPED KNIFE DENOTES A MAN WHILE A DROPPED TABLESPOON
INDICATES A WHOLE FAMILY OF VISITORS.
Submitter comment:
THOUGH I DON'T THINK THIS IS BELIEVED, IT IS REFERRED TO AT LEAST
ONCE A WEEK.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 01-13-1980
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU CROSS THE STREET, AND THE CAT CROSS TO THE LEFT SIDE IT'S
A SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: CA00001966
BELIEFS
TO BE HOSTILE TO YUOR ESCORT IS A SURE SIGN OF PRIDE.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; MONROVIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: CA00001966
TO DRIVE AN AMBULANCE IS A SURE SIGN THAT YOU ARE GOING TO VISIT
A FRIEND WHO IS A LITTLE INDISPOSED.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; MONROVIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: CA00001965
RAILROAD SUPERSTITION
WHENEVER YOU ARE CROSSING A RAILROAD. LIFT YOUR FEET AND HANDS IN
THE AIR . THIS WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
Date learned: CA0001970