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ON THE WEDDING DAY IF THE WIFE IS THE FIRST
ONE IN THE BED SHE WILL DIE FIRST, IF THE
HUSBAND IS THE FIRST ONE IN THE BED HE WILL
DIE FIRST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 02-00-1984
IF YOU HAVE A DREAM OF YOUR TOOTH FALLING
OUT, AND THERE IS BLOOD IN THE DREAM,
SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY WILL DIE. IF
THERE IS NO BLOOD, YOU WILL HEAR OF A
DEATH BUT IT WILL NOT BE IN YOUR FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 02-00-1984
IF YOU ARE MOVING, NEVER TAKE YOUR BROOM
WITH YOU, IT WILL BRING ALONG DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
CHINESE BURIAL CUSTOM
"WHEN BURYING THEIR DEAD, THE CHINESE ARE VERY CHOOSEY ABOUT
THE SITE. THE AREA WHICH IS CHOSEN WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE
NEXT GENERATION. THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SITE WILL AFFECT THE
ELDEST SON, THE THIRD SON, THE FIFTH SON,...(1,3,5,7,...).
THE LEFT SIDE WILL AFFECT THE EVEN-NUMBERED SONS AND THE BACK
SIDE WILL AFFECT ALL THE DAUGHTERS."
Submitter comment:
IF ALL THE SIDES ARE GOOD, EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD FOR THE FAMILY.
BUILDINGS NEAR THE SITE CAN CHANGE THE AFFECT OF THE SITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Even number (not specific) BELIEF -- Number Odd number (not specific) |
Date learned: 02-00-1984
BELIEF ABOUT CUTTING FINGERNAILS
"YOU SHOULD NOT CUT YOUR FINGER NAILS AT NIGHT OR YOU'LL CUT
THE LIFE OF A RELATIVE SHORT."
Submitter comment:
IN OLD TIMES, THE CHINESE USED A KNIFE TO CUT THEIR FINGER
NAILS AND BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE LIGHT THEY MIGHT LOSE A
FINGER IF THEY'RE NOT CAREFUL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 04-00-1984
BELIEF
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO THE HOUSE, SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY IS GOING
TO DIE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER REALLY BELIEVES THIS. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE.
Where learned: NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001965CA
BELIEF
"IF AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR IS ROCKING, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER USED TO GET REAL UPSET IF SOMEONE MADE THE
CHAIR ROCK DELIBERATELY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): ROCKING CHAIR
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 00001965CA
IF A GIRL HAS BEEN BAD TO HER PARENTS OR HAS TRIED TO HIT
THEM, HER HAND WILL COME OUT OF HER GRAVE UNTIL IT IS SLAPPED
DOWN.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HER BOYFRIEND. HIS
GRANDMOTHER TOLD HIM THIS STORY WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY.
SHE SAID THAT IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN TO GIRLS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PUNISHMENT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; JUSTICE ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial SPEECH -- Gesture |
SUPERSTITION
IN READING THE PALMS IT IS BELIEVED THAT A LONG LINE IN THE PALM
OF YOUR HAND MEANS LONG LIFE, AND A SHORT LINE MEANS YOU WILL DIE
AT A YOUNG AGE.
Where learned: BAHAMAS ; NASSAU
Keyword(s): LONGEVITY
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001970S
SUPERSTITION--DREAMS
IT IS BELIEVED THAT DREAMS CAN MEAN THE OPPOSITE OF WHATEVER
YOU DREAM. FOR EXAMPLE:
(1) IF YOU DREAM YOU GOT MARRIED IT WILL OR CAN MEAN THAT
SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY WILL DIE.
(2) DREAMING OF LOSING YOUR FRONT TOOTH ALSO MEANS SOMEONE
IN THE FAMILY WILL DIE OR BECOME ILL.
(3) IF YOU DREAM YOUR MOM OR DAD DIED OR IF YOU DREAM YOU
ATTENDED A FUNERAL, IT CAN MEAN THE PERSON WHO HAD DIED IN THE
DREAM WILL LIVE LONG.
(4) DREAMING OF WEDDINGS ALSO SIGNIFY DEATH.
Where learned: BAHAMAS ; EXUMA
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001920S
SUPERSTITION--FUNERAL PROCESSION
IN THE OLD DAYS, THEY SAY WHENEVER A FUNERAL PROCESSION PASSED
YOUR HOUSE, YOU SHOULD RUN AND CLOSE ALL THE WINDOWS AND DOORS
SO THE PERSON'S SPIRIT WON'T STAY IN YOUR HOUSE AND SCARE YOU.
Where learned: BAHAMAS ; NASSAU
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
IF YOU EAT BAKING SODA AND WATERMELON YOU WILL DIE.
Submitter comment:
BAKING SODA IS USED TO CURE A STOMACH ACHE.
OFTEN, PEOPLE GET STOMACH ACHES AFTER EATING A LOT OF
WATERMELON.
IF YOU GET A STOMACH ACHE AFTER EATING WATERMELON, USE
ANOTHER REMEDY INSTEAD OF BAKING SODA.
MY INFORMANT'S GRANDFATHER FIRMLY BELIEVES THIS BECAUSE
HE KNEW SOMEONE WHO DIED AFTER EATING BAKING SODA AND
WATERMELON.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; WAUGH
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
SAYINGS
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULD NOT ATTEND FUNERALS BECAUSE HER CHILD WILL
RESEMBLE THE DEAD.
Submitter comment:
I WAS PREGNANT AND ATTENDED MY GRANDFATHER'S FUNERAL AND MY SON
LOOKS LIKE HIM AND WALKS LIKE HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
IF A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL,
A LOVED ONE WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: SHE DOES NOT BELIEVE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1970 ; 00-00-1985
DEVIL'S NIGHT
"MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT BACK IN THE 1800'S
THAT DEVIL'S NIGHT WAS NOT CALLED DEVIL'S
NIGHT. IT WAS CALLED TURNING OF THE SOULS
NIGHT BECAUSE ON DEVIL'S NIGHT THE DEAD
PEOPLE IN THEIR GRAVES WOULD TURN OVER IN
THEIR GRAVES."
Submitter comment:
SHE WAS NERVOUS WHEN SHE RECORDED THE STORY.
SHE WAS ALSO AFRAID TO LET OTHERS HEAR HER
VOICE ON THE TAPE RECORDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F103 BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001800S ; 10-00-1985
DURING A FUNERAL, IF THE DEAD PERSON
SUDDENLY OPENS HIS EYES, HE IS
LOOKING OVER WHO CAME TO SEE HIM.
THE EYES HAVE TO BE SOWN TOGETHER
IN ORDER FOR THEM TO REMAIN SHUT.
IF THE DEAD PERSON SUDDENLY AROSE FROM
HIS CASKET HE WANTS TO GET OUT, OR
HIS SPIRIT HAS LEFT HIM. HE NEEDS
TO BE PUSHED BACK DOWN OR ONE WILL
HAVE TO WAIT TILL HE LIES DOWN HIMSELF.
Submitter comment:
THESE ARE OLD FUNERAL STORIES THAT
HAVE BEEN TOLD TO JOE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001960S
WHEN A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL
IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A SUPERSTITION THAT IS
KEPT IN JEAN'S FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001970S
IF A WILD BIRD GETS INTO YOUR
HOUSE, OR IF A DOG KEEPS ON
HOWLING, YOU CAN EXPECT SOMEONE
CLOSE TO YOU TO DIE SOON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED HE FOUND THIS
TO BE TRUE. HE STATED A WILD
BIRD FLEW INTO HIS HOUSE AND HIS
FATHER DIED SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; BATON ROUGE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
IF YOU SNEEZE THREE OR MORE
TIMES BEFORE BREAKFAST THAT
IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
HOLD YOUR BREATH WHEN YOU DRIVE BY A CEMETERY OR YOU
WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1975