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IT IS A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK WHEN A PIGEON SITS ON
YOUR ROOF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 12-00-1965
INDIAN EVIL OMEN
IF AN OWL HOOTS, A LEADER OF STATE WILL DIE. THIS
IS A VERY BAD OMEN.
IF THE OWL PERCHES ON YOUR HOME, SOMEONE WITHIN
WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
IF A HEN CROWS THERE WILL BE BAD LUCK IN A HOUSEHOLD,
AND THE MEMBERS OF THAT HOUSEHOLD MAY EXPECT EITHER
DEAD LIVESTOCK OR A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL
IN WARSAW IN THE EARLY 1900S.
Data entry tech comment: I BELIEVE SHE MEANS IF A HEN CROWS BEFORE DAWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; POLAND ; WARSAW
James Callow Keyword(s): FOWL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 00001900s ; 10-05-1967
IF CHICKENS COME OFF THE ROOST AND CACKLE BEFORE
DAWN, THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOWL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
IF A ROOSTER CROWS BEFORE DAY, IT IS A SIGN SOMEONE
IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOWL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU HEAR A ROOSTER CROWING AT THE DOOR, IT BRINGS
SICKNESS TO THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): FOWL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-28-1967
HERE IN DETROIT, AT HER HOME, MRS. SOSNOWSKI SAID THAT
ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE A MORNING DOVE WILL SIT IN ONE
OF HER BACKYARD TREES. IT COMES FOR THREE SUCCESSIVE
DAYS THEN DOESN'T SHOW UP AGAIN. ABOUT TWO WEEKS
AFTER THAT, A MEMBER OF HER FAMILY DIES AND THEN TWO
MORE FOLLOW. SHE SAID THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED
ABOUT THREE TIMES AND SHE KNOWS THAT WHEN SHE HEARS
THE SAD SOUND OF THE DOVE, SHE CAN EXPECT SOMEONE TO
DIE AND THEY DO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MOURNING DOVE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A WHITE DOVE LANDS ON YOUR PORCH, IT MEANS SOMEONE
IN THE FAMILY IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IF YOU SEE A CROW SITTING ON A FENCE AND CAWING,
IT MEANS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
IF A CROW FLIES OVER YOUR HOUSE, CROWING, IT IS
A BAD OMEN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS UNCLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-25-1967
IF YOU SEE A BAT FLYING OVERHEAD OR AROUND THE HOUSE
OR A TOWER, YOU WILL HAVE SPIRITS VISIT YOUR HOUSE
IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
Submitter comment:
JILL TOLD ME THIS ON HALLOWEEN WHEN WE WERE AROUND
THE TOWER AT UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
BATS FLY AROUND THERE SOMETIMES AND THE TOWER
REMINDED HER OF THIS.
Where learned: ON HALLOWEEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-31-1969
FLYING BAT MEANS DANGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
WHEN A BIRD BUILDS A NEST IT MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM HIS
MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 07-00-1964
ARABIAN BELIEF
WHEN WALKING IN THE STREET, IF A BIRD DEFICATES ON
ONE'S HEAD, IT MEANS THAT HE WILL SOON RECEIVE A
SUM OF MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-00-1967
A DEAD BIRD FOUND IN THE WOODS DENOTES A FRIEND
IS ILL.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; NORTH DADE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
I AND MY IRISH HERITAGE BELIEVE THAT A BIRD FLYING
IN THE WINDOW MEANS MISFORTUNE TO THE PERSON IN THE
ROOM AT THE TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BAT FLIES IN YOUR WINDOW, IT DENOTES A
TRAGEDY COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
IF A BIRD, ESPECIALLY A BLACK BIRD, FLIES INTO
YOUR HOUSE, THAT IS AN OMEN OF FORECOMING DEATH
OR BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.32 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BIRD HITS YOUR WINDOW, SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY
OR A CLOSE FRIEND, WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO A HOUSE, THERE WILL SOON BE
DEATH IN THE FAMILY OR AMONG NEAR RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN