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CRACKS
STEP OVER A CRACK AND YOU'LL BREAK THE DEVIL'S DISHES.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
SUPERSTITION
DONT ROCK AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR, BECAUSE THE DEVIL WILL COME
AND SIT IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
PICTURES AND THE DEVIL
IF A PICTURE IN A ROOM IS CROOKED, THE DEVIL DID IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon |
LEGEND BELIEF
WHILE LIVING IN GUAM, MY MOTHER WONDERED WHY THE GUAMANIAN PEOPLE
LIVED IN HOUSES ON STILTS, AND SO SHE ASKED A GUAMANIAN FRIEND
OF OUR FAMILY, AND HE TOLD HER THAT HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO, THE
PEOPLE WERE VERY PAGAN (BEFORE THE SPANISH BROUGHT CHRISTIANITY TO
GUAM). BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN MANY GODS AND EVIL SPIRITS AND THE
SUCH THEY BUILT THEIR HOUSES ON STILTS TO KEEP THE EVIL SPIRITS
FROM ENTERING THEIR HOMES. OF COURSE, THE PRACTICE ALSO KEEPS THE
INSECTS OUT OF THE HOUSES AND THE DAMPNESS AND , SO IT IS A
VERY PRACTICAL PRACTICE, ALSO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PRACTICALITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 03-30-1968
PROVERB
ANYONE WHO HAS IVY GROWING IN THEIR HOMES, HARBORS THE EVIL SPIRIT.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD IRISH SAYING.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; TORONTO
Keyword(s): PLANT ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DEVIL'S NECESSITY
ASHES TO ASHES
DUST TO DUST
IF THE LORD WON'T TAKE YOU
THE DEVIL MUST
Submitter comment: INFORMANT COULD REMEMBER HEARING THIS ITEM IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGION
James Callow Keyword(s): BURIAL ; INITIAL REPETITION ; PARODY ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Creator BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH PROVERB
DIABET NIE SYSI. (POLISH)
THE DEVIL DOES NOT SLEEP. (TRANSLATION)
Submitter comment: MY FATHER KNOWS THIS PROVERB FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): SUPERNATURAL
James Callow Keyword(s): AWAKE?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-17-1967
POLISH PROVERB
DIABLI TO WIEDZA. (POLSIH)
THE DEVILS KNOW IT. (TRANSLATION)
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED IN REFERENCE TO SOME KNOWLEDGE NOBODY KNOWS. MY FATHER
KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): SUPERNATURAL
James Callow Keyword(s): SECRECY?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-17-1967
OLD JEWISH SAYING
THE DEVIL RAN AWAY FROM A BAD WOMAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SUPERNATURAL
James Callow Keyword(s): LILITH?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
STAR BELIEF
A FALLING STAR MEANS THAT SOMEONE IS SELLING HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL.
IF YOU WISH TO SAVE HIS SOUL, MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.
Where learned: WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
STAR BELIEF
A FALLING STAR MEANS THAT SOMEONE IS SELLING HIS SOUL TO THE
THE DEVIL. IF YOU WISH TO SAVE THE SOUL, MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.
Where learned: WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
DEVIL BELIEF
IN HUNGARY WHEN THE SUN SHINES AND IT RAINS, THE PEOPLE
SAY THAT THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE. THE SUN REPRESENTS HIS
LAUGHING, AND THE RAIN, HER TEARS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOLISM
| Subject headings: | 46O BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THUNDER AND LIGHTENING
IF IT IS THUNDERING AND LIGHTNING WHILE THE SUN IS SHINING, THE
DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE WITH A HAM OF MEAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 02-27-1972
WEATHER EXPLANATION BY DEVIL
IF IT RAINS WHILE THE SUN IS OUT, THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 09-20-1968
WEATHER BELIEF, EXPLAINED BY DEVIL
IF IT RAINS WHILE THE SUN IS OUT, THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 09-20-1968
WEATHER BELIEF, EXPLAINED BY DEVIL
IF IT RAINS WHILE THE SUN IS OUT, THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
WEATHER BELIEF
WHEN A TORNADO OR WHIRLWIND OF WATER APPEARS IN INDIA, INHABITANTS
WARN EACH OTHER NOT TO JUMP IN THE MIDDLE, BECAUSE THERE IS A
SPIRIT IN THE MIDDLE, AND WHOEVER DOES, WILL BECOME POSSESSED BY THE DEVIL.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
JOB'S TEARS
THIS CHARM MAKES THE LIVING INVISIBLE TO EVIL SPIRITS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS INTERESTED IN GARDENING AND HAS MENTIONED IT SEVERAL TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ORIGIN OF THE JACK O LANTERN
A BOY NAMED JACK WANTED TO GO TO HEAVEN, BUT HIS CONSCIENCE
WOULD NOT LET HIM. SO JACK WANTED TO GET INTO HELL, BUT SINCE
HE PLAYED TRICKS AND JOKES, THE DEVIL WOULD NOT LET HIM IN.
SO JACK HAD TO ROAM THE EARTH FOR ALL TIME, CARRYING
A LANTERN. THEREFORE PEOPLE HAVE CALLED HIM, JACK O' LANTERN.
Data entry tech comment:
A-T 330 THE SMITH OUTWITS THE DEVIL
MT[ A2817 ORIGIN OF WILL-OF-THE-WISP (JACK-O'-LANTERN)
CK[ IGNUS FATUUS ; JACK-O'-LANTERN IS NAME FOR HOLLOWEEN PUMPKIN
WL[ ALPENA, MICHIGAN
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALPENA
James Callow Keyword(s): IGNUS FATUUS ; JACK-O'-LANTERN IS NAME FOR HOLLOWEEN PUMPKIN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
OLD IRISH CUSTOM
IRISH MOTHERS THROW HOLY WATER ON THEIR KIDS WHEN THEY ARE
FIGHTING IN ORDER TO DRIVE OUT THE DEVIL. THE THROWING OF HOLY WATER
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN EXORCISM TO DRIVE THE RAGE (DEVIL) OUT OF
PEOPLE WHO WERE FIGHTING.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOSTILITY ; SPRINKLING HOLY WATER