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GOOD CORN
"KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY" MEANS THE CORN CROP IS DOING
WELL.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
BELIEF
WHEN THERE IS RINGING IN YOUR EARS SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-05-1972
BELIEF
WHEN YOUR NOSE ITCHES YOU WILL RECEIVE COMPANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-22-1972
BELIEF
IF A BIRD HITS THE WINDOW, IT MEANS SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU HAS DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
BELIEF
IF THERE IS AN OWL ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IT MAKES THE SOUND OF A
CRYING BABY, THERE WILL BE BORN, TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY,
A CHILD. THE CHILD WILL BE BORN WITHIN A YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-05-1972
BELIEF
WHEN BIRDS TRY TO ENTER A HOUSE A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WHICH
RESIDES IN THE HOUSE WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-05-1972
WOMEN S HEMS TALE
IF A GIRL S HEM IS TURNED UP IN A FOLD AND A FELLOW FLIPS IT
DOWN TO MAKE IT RIGHT, SHE WILL FIND HER HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
LEGEND
IF A BIRD FLIES THROUGH YOUR HOME, THERE LL BE A DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
AN OWL
IF YOU HEAR A HOOT-OWL HOLLER AFTER SIX O'CLOCK, SOME BODY IN YOUR
FAMILY WILL GET SICK OR DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 01-17-1972
OMEN
IF YOU EVER TELL A LIE YOUR HAND WILL STINK.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT IS FROM VIRGINIA AND SAID SHE TOLD HER SON THIS TO
KEEP HIM FROM LYING AND HE BELIEVED IT UNTIL HE WAS 20.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-24-1971
SILVERWARE BELIEF
IF YOU DROP A SPOON, YOU WILL HAVE A MALE VISITOR. IF YOU DROP A FORK
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FEMALE VISITOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOU SEE A DARK HORSEBACK RIDER FLOAT BY, IT MEANS THAT THERE
WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment:
THIS HAPPENED TO INFORMANT'S GREAT_GRANDMOTHER. SHE WAS SITTING ON
THE PORCH AND BOTH HER DATE WHO WAS WITH HER AND HER SAW THIS DARK
RIDER. THE NEXT MORNING, THEY GOT WORD THAT HER FATHER, WHO WAS ON
A TRIP, WAS KILLED BY A TRAIN HITTING HIS CAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 12-00-1970
PREDICTION
IF YOUR PALM ITCHES, YOU ARE GOING TO GET SOME MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 12-00-1970
PREDICTION
IF YOU DROP A FORK, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE COMPANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 12-00-1970
CURSE
IF A BIRD FLIES AT YOUR WINDOW, SYMBOLIZES A DEATH WILL OCCUR IN
THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: HIS PARENTS ARE FROM IRELAND AND HELD THESE BELIEFS TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-22-1970
DOORKNOB
IF YOU HANG ANYTHING ON DOOR KNOBS BAD LUCK WILL COME TO THE PERSON
INSIDE THE ROOM.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S ROOMMATES TOLD HIM THIS WHEN HE WENT TO HANG SOMETHING
ON A DOORKNOB. THEY BELIEVE IT TO BE BAD LUCK AT UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN IN 1970'S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-18-1971
DRESSES
IF A WOMAN ACCIDENTALLY PUTS A DRESS ON INSIDE OUT IT MEANS THAT SHE
WILL SOON GET A NEW ONE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER AND SISTERS BELIEVE THIS AND IT HAS HAPPENED FOR
THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
SILVERWARE
IF A SPOON FALLS OFF THE TABLE A LADY WILL VISIT YOU. WHEN A FORK
FALLS YOU WILL HAVE A MAN VISITOR. IF A KNIFE FALLS, THE VISITOR
WILL BE A CHILD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S FATHER BELIEVES THIS TO BE TRUE AND TELLS INFORMANT THIS
EVERY TIME SILVERWARE IS DROPPED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
FIRST ROBIN SEEN IN SPRING
IF THE FIRST ROBIN YOU SEE IN SPRING IS DOWN LOW, IT MEANS BAD LUCK.
IF THE FIRST ROBIN YOU SEE IN SPRING IS UP HIGH, IT MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
NEGRO SUPERSTITION
IF YOU KILL A SPIDER, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 10-00-1969