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OMEN
IF YOU SEE A BULL FROG, IT'S A WITCH BRINGING A CURSE. YOU SHOULD
PUT THE FROG ON A BOARD (FULCRUM) AND HIT IT INTO THE AIR, SENDING
THE CURSE AWAY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT GOT THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHEN INFORMANT WAS A CHILD.
SHE SAID SHE NEVERR DID THE ACTION DESCRIBED BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO
AFRAID OF THE FROG TO PICK IT UP. SHE JUST RAN AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; 7632 WESTMINSTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
WITCHED
ACCORDING TO MY FATHER, THERE WAS A FAMILY THAT LIVED ON A FARM
NOT FAR FROM THE FARM MY FATHER LIVED ON IN CENTER RIDGE, ARKANSAS
IN WHICH A SON WAS BORN THAT WAS VERY THIN. AS THE MONTHS WORE
ON, THE CHILD DID NOT GET ANY FATTER. THEY SAY THAT HIS ARMS WERE
NO LARGER THAN A MAN'S THUMB. A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE CHILD WAS
BORN, HE DIED. THE FOLKS SAY THAT THE BOY HAD BEEN HEXED BY A
WITCH OR, IN OTHER WORDS, THE BOY WAS WITCHED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 10-30-1968
SOMEONE IN THE HAMBURG MESSERSCHMITT FACTORY HAD PUT A CURSE
ON THE ME-109S OF THE "RICHTHOFEN" WING OF LE HAVE {HARVE},
FRANCE, 1940. THESE PLANES TOOK OFF FOR ENGLAND AND NEVER
RETURNED. (KNOWN AS THE HEX SQUADRON IN THE LUFTWAFFE)--
UNTIL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT FUMES FROM THE ENGINE HAD
LEAKED INTO THE COCKPIT--EARLY 1941.
Where learned: LUFTWAFFE ; SERIES NUMBER 25 ; ARCO AIRCAM
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GHOST STORY
THE STORY TAKES PLACE IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.
WHERE THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD RUNS. IT HAPPENED
YEARS AND YEARS AGO WHEN MEN WALKED THE TRACK CHECKING
THEM AND SIGNALING TRAINS. THE NEW YORK CENTRAL GOES
THROUGH VERY FAST AND KILLED ONE OF THE SIGNALERS. THE
MAN WAS DECAPETATED AND HIS HEAD WAS NEVER FOUND.
SOMETIMES WHEN A PERSON LOOKS DOWN THESE
Submitter comment:
MAN DECAPITATED BY A NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD TRAIN IN SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA AND HIS HEAD WAS NOT FOUND.
ITEM CONTINUED ON ONE OR MORE CARDS WHICH HAVE BEEN LOST
Data entry tech comment: AT LEAST ONE 5 X 8 CARD SEEMS TO BE MISSING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
HOT MONEY
MY UNCLE, WHO OWNS THIS STORE, HAD A VERY STRANGE
CUSTOMER--AN OLD WOMAN WHO PRACTICED VOODOO. WHENEVER
SHE PAID FOR SOMETHING, SHE PAID FOR IT WITH HOT MONEY.
ONCE THE MONEY WAS SO HOT THAT MY UNCLE JUMPED OVER THE
MEAT COUNTER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SWEARS IT'S THE TRUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-12-1971
WITCH SHANAM
DURING THE 1920S IN POLAND, A WITCH WOULD WANDER IN THE
COW PASTURES IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING (3 A.M.).
LATER ON IN THE DAY, WHEN THE FARMERS WOULD MILK THE COW
THE MILK WOULD BECOME SPOILED IN A MATTER OF HOURS.
Submitter comment:
MY FATHER'S FRIEND SAW THIS WITCH IN THE EARLY HOURS OF
THE MORNING. HE GOT UP EARLY TO GO FISHING. WHEN HE
ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS SPREADING ON THE COW PASTURES,
SHE SAID, "IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS." MY FATHER'S
FAMILY HAD THEIR MILK SPOILED ONE DAY AS A RESULT OF
THIS WITCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
THERE WAS A DOCTOR, WHO AS A LITTLE BOY, LIVED IN A TOWN
WHERE A WITCH RESIDED. EVERYONE WAS ALWAYS WARNED NOT
TO GO BY THE WITCH'S SHACK. ONE DAY, HE HAD TO GET
SOME MEDICINE FOR HIS SICK MOTHER, AND HE DECIDED
TO TAKE THE ROAD THAT WENT PAST THE WITCH'S HOUSE.
AS HE WENT BY, A BIG, BLACK CAT JUMPED ON HIS HORSE.
HE MANAGED TO BEAT IT OFF. THE NEXT MORNING, THE
TOWNSPEOPLE FOUND THE WITCH IN A SHED DYING, WITH
SLASHES ALL OVER HER BODY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal |
Date learned: 03-22-1972
CLAIRVOYANT
ONE NIGHT, A FEW MONTHS AGO, AFTER FINISHING WORK AT VALENTE'S, KAYE MUNDT AND MARTY RAPP WENT TO A
NEAR-BY BAR TO HAVE A BEER OR TWO. AFTER A WHILE,
MARTY GOT TO TALKING WITH TWO WOMEN WHO WERE SITTING
NEAR THEM. SOMETIME LATER, MARTY DECIDED IT WAS TIME
FOR HIM TO GO, AND LEFT KAYE TO FINISH THE CONVERSATION,
WHICH HE DID.
KAYE NOTICED THAT ONE WOMAN DID MOST OF THE TALKING,
WHILE THE OTHER REMAINED, FOR THE MOST PART, QUIET
AND RESERVED. SO HE ASKED WHY.
THE TALKATIVE WOMAN SAID THAT HER FRIEND WAS A
CLAIRBOYANT AND ASKED IF KAYE WANTED A DEMONSTRATION.
KAYE SAID HE WAS GAME, SO THE LADY GOT STARTED.
FIRST, SHE ASKED HIM HIS NAME. FROM THAT SHE TOLD HIM
THINGS ABOUT HIMSELF THAT AS KAYE PUT IT, "I DON'T
EVEN TELL PEOPLE THESE THINGS."
KAYE WAS AMAZED BY THIS, BUT HE FIGURED HE WOULD TEST HER
ONE LAST TIME, SO HE ASKED WHAT HE DID THE SUNDAY BEFORE.
THE LADY THOUGHT A MINUTE AND REPLIED THAT SHE SAW HIM
FALLING. HE HAD DONE SOMETHING HE HAD NEVER DONE
BEFORE AND SOMETHING MOST MEN WOULD NOT DO. KAYE JUST
SAT THERE SPEECHLESS. FOR HE HAD GONE PARACHUTING THAT
SUNDAY AND IT WAS THE FIRST HE HAD TRIED IT.
KAYE DIDN'T SAY WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT, JUST THAT
HE WENT HOME AGHAST AND AMAZED.
TO THIS DAY, KAYE STILL WONDERS ABOUT THAT INCIDENT AT
THE BAR. HE HOLDS THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE STRANGEST
THINGS HE HAS EVER SEEN.
Submitter comment:
TO THIS DAY, KAYE HASN'T GOT OVER HIS MEETING WITH THAT
QUIET LADY IN THE BAR. SHE DIDN'T MAKE ONE MISTAKE
IN TELLING HIM ABOUT HIMSELF, HE SAID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-15-1971
TWO WOMEN WERE IN LOVE WITH THE SAME MAN. ONE OF THE
WOMEN CUT OFF A CHICKEN'S HEAD AND PLACED IT UNDER
THE STEP OF HER RIVAL. THE WOMAN WHERE THE CHICKEN'S
HEAD HAD BEEN PLACED BEGAN TO CROW LIKE A CHICKEN AND
FINALLY DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-12-1971
WITCHED PIGS
WAY BACK SOMEONE WITCHED A FARMER'S PIGS. THEY ACTED
STRANGE, BECAUSE THEY REMOVED THE FENCE RAILINGS TO THEIR
PENS WITH THEIR TEETH WHILE THEY WERE STANDING ON THEIR
HIND FEET. THEN THEY PUT THE RAILINGS IN A NEAT PILE
LIKE A HUMAN WOULD DO. SO THE FARMER CALLED A LOCAL
WITCH DOCTOR WHO SHOT A PIG, CUT OFF THE EARS, PUT THEM
IN A FIRE, AND THEN BEAT THEM WITH A SWITCH. THE MAN
WHO CAST THE SPELL CAME OVER WITH HIS EARS RED AS BLOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
COW
A COW WOULDN'T EAT AND CHASED ITS TAIL, SO THE OWNER
MILKED HER AND PUT THE MILK ON THE STOVE AND BEAT IT
WITH A SWITCH. THEN THE SPELL-CASTER CAME WITH
SWITCH MARKS ON HIS FACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
PAN TWARDOWSKI
THE POLISH NOBLEMAN AND SORCERER, TWARDOWSKI (OCCASIONALLY
REFERRED TO AS THE "POLISH FAUST") SOLD HIS SOUL TO THE
DEVIL IN EXCHANGE FOR POWERS IN ALCHEMY. IT WAS ONLY
THROUGH LAST MINUTE REPENTENCE AND INVOCATION OF
THE BLESSED VIRGIN THAT HE ESCAPED HIS INFERNAL
REWARD, BUT WAS FORCED TO SPEND THE ETERNITY ON
THE MOON--HALFWAY BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ordinary Tale |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
LEGENDARY ECCENTRIC
ABOUT 75 YEARS AGO IN COUNTY CLARE, IRELAND, THERE LIVED
AN OLD WOMAN NAMED BIDDY EARLY. SHE WAS AN ECCENTRIC,
AND MANY STORIES GREW UP ABOUT HER. EVERYTHING THAT
WENT WRONG IN THE COUNTY WAS BLAMED ON BIDDY, AND PEOPLE
BEGAN TO CONSIDER HER A WITCH. EVEN TODAY, PARENTS
IN COUNTY CLARE WARN MISBEHAVING CHILDREN, "BIDDY
EARLY WILL GET YOU."
Submitter comment:
I COLLECTED THIS STORY FROM FATHER HAYES OF THE PALLOTINE
FATHERS. HE GREW UP IN COUNTY CLARE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; IRELAND ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001963 WINTER ; 00-00-1888
ALL OVER THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, SOME NORMAL PEOPLE,
WHILE ASLEEP, TURN INTO WITCHES. THIS HAPPENS AT
EVERY FULL MOON. THEY TUCK THE NORMAL SKIN UNDER
THEIR NEW SKIN AND GO OUT AND DO EVIL THINGS, I.E.,
EATING BABIES AND PLUCKING THE EYES OUT OF PEOPLE.
BEFORE DAWN, THESE PEOPLE RETURN BACK TO NORMAL
AND REMEMBER NOTHING.
Where learned: HOME ; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
TALE
A BOY AND HIS SISTER ARE WALKING THROUGH A FOREST AND THEY CAME TO
A STREAM. THE BOY BENDS OVER TO TAKE A DRINK BUT THE GIRL TELLS
HIM NOT TO BECAUSE IT'S ENCHANTED. HE DIDN'T LISTEN TO HER AND HE
TURNED INTO A DEER. SHE TOOK A LITTLE BELL AND PUT IT AROUND HIS
NECK AND THEY WENT TO LIVE IN A COTTAGE BY THE EDGE OF THE FOREST.
FOR A LONG TIME EVERYBODY TRIES TO KILL THE DEER BECAUSE IT IS
SUCH A BEAUTY. ONE DAY THE OLD KING DIED AND HIS YOUNG SON BECAME
KING. HE DECIDED HE WAS GOING TO CAPTURE THE DEER AND HAVE HIM
FOR A BANQUET. SO HE SENT OUT SPIES TO FIND OUT WHERE IT WAS THAT
THE DEER ALWAYS DISAPPEARED TO. THE SPIES SAID THAT THE DEER
ALWAYS WENT INTO A COTTAGE BY THE EDGE OF THE FOREST.
ONE DAY THE GIRL HAD GONE OUT TO GET SOME FOOD. WHEN SHE CAME
BACK SHE SAW THAT THERE HAD BEEN A STRUGGLE IN THE COTTAGE AND THE
LITTLE BELL WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR. SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
BUT A BIRD TOLD HER THAT THE DEER HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE CASTLE FOR
A BANQUET. SHE HURRIED TO THE KING, FORCED HER WAY PAST ALL THE
GUARDS, AND TOLD THE YOUNG KING THE WHOLE STORY. HE SAID, "HOW
CAN YOU PROVE IT?" SO SHE ASKED HIM TO TAKE HER TO THE DEER.
WHEN THE DEER SAW HER HE RUSHED RIGHT UP AND STARTED LICKING HER.
HE HAD BEEN MEAN TO EVERYONE ELSE SO THE KING KNEW SHE WAS TELLING
THE TRUTH. THE KING SENT OUT HIS SPIES TO CATCH THE OLD WITCH WHO
HAD ENCHANTED THE FOREST. THEY CAUGHT HER AND JUST BEFORE THEY
KILLED HER, HER IRON NOSE FELL OFF. AS SOON AS IT DID THE DEER
WAS CHANGED INTO A BOY AGAIN. THE KING DECIDED TO MARRY THE GIRL
AND THAT'S THE END OF THE STORY.
Submitter comment:
MISS DAMIN'S HUNGARIAN GRANDMOTHER TOLD HER THIS TALE WHEN SHE
WAS A YOUNG GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNGARY ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman PROSE NARRATIVE -- Magic PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 01-00-1964
DEVIL'S KITCHEN
ON MACKINAC ISLAND IN MICHIGAN, THERE IS A CAVE-LIKE HOLE IN THE
SIDE OF A HUGE BOULDER. LEGEND HAS IT THAT THE DEVIL AND WITCHES
USED THIS CAVE TO CONJOUR UP THEIR EVIL SPELLS. THE CAVE IS THUS
CALLED "DEVIL'S KITCHEN."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 06-01-1968
OMEN
IF YOU SEE A BULL FROG, IT'S A WITCH BRINGING A CURSE. YOU SHOULD
PUT THE FROG ON A BOARD (FULCRUM) AND HIT IT INTO THE AIR, SENDING
THE CURSE AWAY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT GOT THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHEN INFORMANT WAS A CHILD.
SHE SAID SHE NEVERR DID THE ACTION DESCRIBED BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO
AFRAID OF THE FROG TO PICK IT UP. SHE JUST RAN AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; 7632 WESTMINSTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
WITCHED
ACCORDING TO MY FATHER, THERE WAS A FAMILY THAT LIVED ON A FARM
NOT FAR FROM THE FARM MY FATHER LIVED ON IN CENTER RIDGE, ARKANSAS
IN WHICH A SON WAS BORN THAT WAS VERY THIN. AS THE MONTHS WORE
ON, THE CHILD DID NOT GET ANY FATTER. THEY SAY THAT HIS ARMS WERE
NO LARGER THAN A MAN'S THUMB. A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE CHILD WAS
BORN, HE DIED. THE FOLKS SAY THAT THE BOY HAD BEEN HEXED BY A
WITCH OR, IN OTHER WORDS, THE BOY WAS WITCHED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 10-30-1968
SOMEONE IN THE HAMBURG MESSERSCHMITT FACTORY HAD PUT A CURSE
ON THE ME-109S OF THE "RICHTHOFEN" WING OF LE HAVE {HARVE},
FRANCE, 1940. THESE PLANES TOOK OFF FOR ENGLAND AND NEVER
RETURNED. (KNOWN AS THE HEX SQUADRON IN THE LUFTWAFFE)--
UNTIL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT FUMES FROM THE ENGINE HAD
LEAKED INTO THE COCKPIT--EARLY 1941.
Where learned: LUFTWAFFE ; SERIES NUMBER 25 ; ARCO AIRCAM
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GHOST STORY
THE STORY TAKES PLACE IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.
WHERE THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD RUNS. IT HAPPENED
YEARS AND YEARS AGO WHEN MEN WALKED THE TRACK CHECKING
THEM AND SIGNALING TRAINS. THE NEW YORK CENTRAL GOES
THROUGH VERY FAST AND KILLED ONE OF THE SIGNALERS. THE
MAN WAS DECAPETATED AND HIS HEAD WAS NEVER FOUND.
SOMETIMES WHEN A PERSON LOOKS DOWN THESE
Submitter comment:
MAN DECAPITATED BY A NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD TRAIN IN SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA AND HIS HEAD WAS NOT FOUND.
ITEM CONTINUED ON ONE OR MORE CARDS WHICH HAVE BEEN LOST
Data entry tech comment: AT LEAST ONE 5 X 8 CARD SEEMS TO BE MISSING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-20-1971