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MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IF IT RAINS ON THE DAY OF A
FUNERAL IT IS A SIGN THAT THE SOUL WENT STRAIGHT TO
HEAVEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-27-1970
IT WAS A SIGN OF ANOTHER DEATH TO FOLLOW IF IT RAINED
ON THE DAY OF A BURIAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
WHEN IT RAINS ON THE DAY OF BURIAL, THIS TYPE OF
WEATHER SYMBOLIZES THAT THE WORLD IS CRYING FOR THAT
PERSON ALSO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-21-1970
IF YOU ARE IN THE ROOM WITH SOMEONE WHO IS DYING, YOU
CAN USUALLY TELL WHAT KIND OF LIFE THE PERSON HAS LED.
A GOOD PERSON WILL START SMILING BECAUSE HE CAN SEE
THE LORD COMING FOR HIM. WHEN A BAD PERSON DIES, YOU
CAN FEEL THE HEAT OF THE DEVIL COMING TO CLAIM HIS
SOUL.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO BE A NURSE AND HAS WITNESSED
THIS MANY TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
HEARING THE DOOR SLAM BEFORE THE PERSON COMES
THROUGH IT, MEANS THAT THAT PERSON'S DEATH WILL
SOON FOLLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-20-1970
IF YOU TOUCH THE BODY OF THE DEAD IN THE CASKET AND IF IT
IS SOFT, THREE RELATIVES OF THE DEAD PERSON WILL DIE
WITHIN A YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALPENA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-26-1970
IF YOU HAVE A FIGHT AT NIGHT, ACCORDING TO AN INDIAN
LEGEND, YOUR SPIRIT WILL ROAM THE EARTH FOR ETERNITY
AFTER YOUR DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRCH RUN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
HOW TO DIE
THE BUDDHISTS BELIEVE THAT IF YOU DIE AND YOU ARE
MISSING A PART OF YOUR BODY YOU WILL NOT GO TO
BUDDHA BUT WILL WANDER FOR ALL TIME LOOKING FOR THE
LOST PART.
REASON WHY PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS BURIED ALTOGETHER, EVEN
IF THEY WERE DISMEMBERED.
Submitter comment: FOUND THIS OUT WHILE SERVING IN VIETNAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THE VIKINGS BELIEVED THAT IF YOU DIED WITH YOUR
SWORD IN YOUR HAND, YOU WENT TO VALHALLA, BUT IF YOU
DIED WITHOUT IT, YOU WENT NOWHERE.
Submitter comment: FOUND THIS WHILE SERVING IN ICELAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
NORSE FOLKLORE
EVERY MALE VIKING'S WISH WAS TO DIE IN BATTLE.
THIS WAS GLORIOUS TO THEM. WHEN A VIKING DIED IN
BATTLE, HE WAS SURE TO GO TO VALHALLA OR HEAVEN.
THREE VIKING SHIELDMAIDENS CALLED VALKIYRIES
CAME AT THE END OF THE BATTLE TO SPIRIT THE DEAD
TO HEAVEN. THESE VALKIYRIES CAME IN FULL DRESS
OF WAR WHILE RIDING SWIFT HORSES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A CHILD STRIKES HIS PARENTS, HE WILL LATER BE
PUNISHED WHEN HE DIES. IN THE COFFIN HIS ARMS WILL
NOT LIE DOWN FLAT AND THEY WILL HAVE TO BE BEATEN
DOWN IN PLACE BY THE BISHOP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-18-1970
ITALIAN BURIAL CUSTOM
SOME ITALIANS BELIEVE THAT IF THEY SCATTER THE ASHES
OF A CREMATED FRIEND OR RELATIVE OVER THE TOWN, THE
DEAD PERSON'S SPIRIT WILL REMAIN WITH THE TOWNSPEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
WHEN A FUNERAL PASSES, BE VERY QUIET AND SHUT OFF
ANY RADIO OR SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN TO YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
GYPSY BURIAL CUSTOM
AT A BURIAL, EACH PERSON EXCEPT THE NEAREST RELATIVE
OF THE DECEASED TAKES A DRINK OF WINE BEFORE ANY DIRT
IS THROWN OVER THE CASKET. WHEN ALL HAVE FINISHED,
THE NEAREST RELATIVE POURS HIS WINE ON THE CASKET.
THIS SIGNIFIES THE DEAD TAKING HIS LAST DRINK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DORMITORY ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
COFFINS SHOULD ALWAYS BE BROWN--ANY OTHER COLOR IS A
SIGN OF DISRESPECT FOR THE DEAD ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY TO CLEAN OFF
THE GRAVE OF ANOTHER MEMBER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 01-27-1971
IT'S BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF CARS IN A PASSING
TRAIN OR FUNERAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-05-1971
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULDN'T ATTEND A FUNERAL BECAUSE THE
CHILD WILL BE BORN BLIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
A LOAF OF BREAD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN MEANS A DEATH OF A
LOVED ONE WILL OCCUR IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
IF IT RAINS ON THE DAY OF A FUNERAL, THE PERSON BURIED
WAS A GOOD PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-17-1971