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BELIEF
IF YOU FIND A DEAD BIRD IN YOUR HOUSE THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN YOUR
FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
OMEN
IF YOU WALK INTO A FRIEND'S OR RELATIVE'S HOME AND IT'S DINNERTIME,
THAT MEANS THAT YOUR MOTHER_IN_LAW LOVES YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HIM THIS WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 15, HIS MOTHER
IS A LEBANESE-AMERICAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE FARMS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
SUPERSTITION
IF A STRANGE DOG COMES TO YOUR DOOR A HERO WILL ALSO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
SUPERSTITION
DROP A KNIFE AND A MAN IS GOING TO COME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
SUPERSTITION
DROP A SPOON AND A WOMAN WILL COME FOR A VISIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
SUPERSTITION
SPILLING SALT MEANS THAT A FIGHT WILL COME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
SUPERSTITION
IF YOUR DRESS TAIL IS TURNED UP, IT MEANS THAT YOU WILL GET A NEW
DRESS SOON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT EVERYTIME THIS HAD HAPPENED TO HER SHE GOT A
NEW DRESS OR SOME CLOTHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-18-1971
SUPERSTITION
IF A BIRD FLIES THROUGH YOUR WINDOW, SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY WILL DIE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THEIR NEIGHBOR'S PARAKEET FLEW THROUGH THEIR
PATIO DOOR ONE SUMMER AND THAT THE NEXT DAY THEIR DOG WAS HIT BY
A CAR AND DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 12-01-1971
BELIEF
IF YOU HAVE TWO PIECES OF BREAD AND YOU START TO EAT THE SECOND
PIECE BEFORE YOU HAVE FINISHED THE FIRST PIECE, SOMEONE HUNGRY WILL
COME TO YOUR HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-26-1970
DEATH OMEN
IF AN OBJECT SUCH AS A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL THEN SOMEONE IN THE
FAMILY WILL SOON DIE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HER THIS AND BELIEVES THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU WERE BORN AT NIGHT, YOU CAN SEE FAIRIES AND GOBLINS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN IRISH BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 1460 MEAD ; ROCHESTER HILLS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU HEAR A CAT CRYING IN THE NIGHT IT SIGNIFIES THAT A PERSON
CLOSE TO YOU IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SIMILAR TO DOG HOWLING
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-11-1971
RAVENS
LONDONERS BELIEVE THAT WHEN ALL RAVENS LEAVE THEIR CITY DISASTER WILL
FOLLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
TRUNK
IT IS SAID, THAT IF YOU SIT ON A TRUNK, YOU LL BE DISAPPOINTED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; 2382 MONTEREY
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
BELIEF
IF YOU LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES OFF ONE MATCH, YOU ARE GONNA DIE.
Submitter comment:
OTHER VERSIONS SAY IT IS JUST BAD LUCK.
INFORMANTS GRANDFATHER SAID HE LEARNED THIS IN WORLD WAR 2,
BECAUSE BY LIGHTING A MATCH TOO LONG, THE ENEMY
WOULD SPOT AND KILL YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14104 RUTLAND ; 48224
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
STRING HANGING
IF THERE IS A STRING HANGING FROM YOUR DRESS, YOU WILL GET A LETTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
WEATHER BELIEF
IF IT RAINS ON THE DAY A COUPLE GET MARRIED, THE LADY WILL NOT
KEEP A CLEAN HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 8621 DUMBARTON, APARTMENT 201
| Subject headings: | Observation |
BELIEF: DROPPING SILVERWARE
IF YOU DROP A FORK, YOU SHOULD EXPECT A FEMALE VISITOR, IF YOU DROP
A KNIFE, YOU SHOULD EXPECT A MALE VISITOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; 1347 KENSINGTON
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
MONEY
IF YOU HAVE A LONG STRING ON YOUR DRESS, YOU LL COME INTO MONEY.
Submitter comment: THIS ONE HAS NEVER WORKED FOR ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 01-17-1972
OBJECT BELIEF
IF SOMEONE DROPS A KNIFE IT MEANS SOMEONE IS COMING TO DINNER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-11-1972