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WISHING DITTY
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT,
FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT;
I WISH I MAY, I WISH I MIGHT
HAVE THE WISH I WISH TONIGHT.
Submitter comment: MUST BE RECITED TO FIRST STAR SEEN FOR WISH TO COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT ; 19046 MOTT
Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 04-05-1967
BELIEF
WHEN AN EYELASH DROPS IT CAN BRING GOOD LUCK BY PLACING
IT ON THE BACK OF THE LEFT HAND, MAKING A WISH AND THEN
HITTING IT WITH THE BACK OF THE RIGHT HAND.
YOU GET THREE TRIES AND IF THE EYELASH HAS NOT FALLEN
OFF BY THE THIRD TRY IT MEANS YOUR WISH WILL
NOT COME TRUE.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
SLEEP
AN HOUR'S SLEEP BEFORE MIDNIGHT IS WORTH THREE AFTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Number PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
FEVER BLISTERS
WHEN YOU FEEL A FEVER BLISTER COMING,
RUB BEHIND YOUR EAR (EITHER ONE) THREE TIMES AND IT WILL NEVER
COME TO A HEAD.
Submitter comment: LEARNED WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
Keyword(s): POWER OF NUMBERS ; PREVENTITIVE TREATMENT
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
SUPERSTITION
IF HAIR IS CUT ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH IT WILL GET THICKER.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
HAIR
IF YOU PLUCK ONE GREY HAIR, SEVEN WILL GROW IN ITS PLACE.
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
TO MEET A CROSSED EYED WOMAN (ESPECIALLY FIRST THING IN MORNING)
IS BAD LUCK. SHE MAY CAST THE EVIL EYE ON YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVER ROUGE
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-10-1968
IF A CHILD'S FIRST TOOTH APPEARS IN THE UPPER JAW HE WILL BE WISE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
NUMBER BELIEF
PEOPLE DIE IN THREES, WHEN YOU HEAR OF ONE DEATH YOU WILL SOON
HEAR OF TWO MORE.
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-28-1970
BELIEF
THE FIRST CHILD IS USUALLY THE SMARTEST
Where learned: DETROIT
Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
NEW HOUSE BELIEF
A NEW HOUSE BRINGS A NEW BABY.
Where learned: DETROIT
Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU MOVE INTO A BRAND NEW HOUSE, THERE WILL BE A DRASTIC CHANGE
IN THE FAMILY (BIRTH, DEATH, MARRIAGE).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): OMEN ASSOCIATED WITH NEWNESS.
Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
MY MOTHER IS SOMEWHAT SUPERSTITIOUS, AND SHE SAYS THIS WHENEVER SHE
FINDS A PENNY.
"PENNY, PENNY, BRING ME LUCK,
I'M THE FIRST TO PICK YOU UP."
Where learned: Massachusetts
Keyword(s): APOSTROPHE
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
BASEBALL SUPERSTITION (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; BAD LUCK: BASEBALL PLAYING (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
IT IS BAD LUCK TO STRIKE OUT THE FIRST BATTER, BECAUSE THEN
YOU CANNOT STRIKE OUT ANYONE ELSE.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.6 |
Date learned: 10-22-1969
NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR. ; NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
THERE WAS A BELIEF THAT A MOTHER WOULD DIE IF THE EVIL SPIRIT
CAME UPON HER BEFORE SHE WAS ABLE TO BE CHURCHED. MY GRANDFATHER
RECALLED THAT AFTER MY UNCLE JOSEPH WAS BORN THE EVIL SPIRIT
TRIED TO HARM MY GRANDMOTHER. ONE NIGHT, MY GRANDFATHER WAS
AWAKENED BY THE SOUND OF TAPPING AND SOMEONE CALLING FOR MY
GRANDMOTHER. MY GRANDMOTHER DID NOT HEAR IT SO MY GRANDFATHER
WENT TO THE DOOR BUT NO ONE WAS THERE. THE TAPPING AND
CALLING FOR MY GRANDMOTHER OCCURED THREE TIMES. THE THIRD TIME
WHEN HE WENT TO THE DOOR HE CALLED OUT: WHOEVER YOU ARE
SHOW YOUR FACE IF IF YOU ARE GOOD AND BEGONE IF YOU ARE EVIL.
AGAIN, THERE WAS NO ONE AND IT DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT ; 16290 APPOLINE
Keyword(s): CHURCHING OF WOMAN ; DEMON SUMMONS WOMAN
Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 01-15-1970
NEW YEAR'S CUSTOM
THE POLISH WRITE THE NEW YEAR ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR OF
THEIR HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT
Date learned: 11-14-1968
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS CARD YOU RECEIVE WITH A PICTURE OF THE
THREE KINGS, YOU TACK UP ABOVE YOUR FRONT DOORWAY INSIDE THE HOUSE,
TO ENSURE THE BLESSINGS OF THE THREE KINGS ON YOUR HOUSE FOR THE
COMING YEAR. YOU LEAVE IT UP UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WHEN THE
CUSTOM IS REPEATED.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON
Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Greetings, wishes, prayers, cards BELIEF -- Number |
CHRISTMAS EVE BELIEF
AT THE CHRISTMAS EVE MEAL SET THE TABLE WITH THE EXACT NUMBER OF
UTENSILS. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN SUPPOSED TO BE THERE WILL BE
AN INCREASE IN THE FAMILY. IF THERE AREN'T ENOUGH, THERE WILL
BE A DEATH.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS BELIEVED BY THE INFORMANT'S FATHER STRICTLY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; 2111 SIPPO AVE ; CANTON ; 44706
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Holiday: Christmas ; Lore ; SUPERSTITION ; Table Setting
Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.2 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 02-11-1972
FIRSTS
WHEN OCCUPANTS ARE ENTERING THE NEW HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME, BRING
SALT AND RICE ALONG SO THAT THE HOUSE WILL BE BLESSED WITH MUCH FOOD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 12-00-1977
BELIEF
PUTTING AN EXTRA CANDLE ON A BIRTHDAY CAKE WILL BRING GOOD
LUCK TO THE PERSON WHO IS CELEBRATING THEIR BIRTHDAY.
Where learned: DETROIT
Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary BELIEF -- P647 BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Good luck P881.1 BELIEF -- Good luck P881.4 |
Date learned: CA00001950S