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DROWNING
IF A SINGLE PAIR OF SHOES IS LEFT ON THE BEACH OR DOCK BY A SWIMMER,
THE PERSON WILL DROWN OR GET INTO SOME KIND OF TROUBLE SWIMMING.
Data entry tech comment: PERHAPS THE INFORMANT MEANS ONE SHOE, NOT TWO.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 11719 WILSHIRE
Keyword(s): CAUSE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-27-1970
HICCUP
HICCUP CURES I'VE LEARNED WHICH MOSTLY DON'T WORK (EXCEPT THE FIRST)
HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR 2 MINUTES.
BREATHE INTO A BAG.
BLOW UP A BALLOON.
DRINK WATER CONTINUOUSLY FOR TWENTY SECONDS.
PUT YOUR HEAD BETWEEN YOUR LEGS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Number P686.1.20 BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
CHRISTMAS
AT SUPPER ON CHRISTMAS EVE, THE MOTHER PUTS TWO LOAVES OF BREAD
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE WITH A CANDLE STUCK IN EACH LOAF.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM PARENTS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; holiday ; Table Setting ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas 686 Seconds / Twice / Two CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Lights and candles |
Date learned: 11-19-1967
FOOL ME ONCE SHAME ON YOU, FOOL ME TWICE SHAME ON ME.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; TRICKSTER
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
SUPERSTITION
WALKING WITH ONE SHOE ON AND ONE OFF RESULTS IN BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SEES THIS BELIEF AS VALID. SHE REASONS THAT HAVING ONE
ARCH SUPPORTED AND THE OTHER UNSUPPORTED RESULTS IN BAD FEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DEPARTMENT STORE
Date learned: 02-20-1979
PROVERB
THE SMART CALF SUCKLES TWO COWS.
Submitter comment: THE MEANING OF THIS IS THAT YOU SHOULD GET EVERYTHING YOU CAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-11-1979
SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST'S NIGHT.
ON THE EVE OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST'S DAY EVERYBODY GOES TO THE
BEACHES TO SPEND THE NIGHT THERE. THERE ARE CERTAIN RITUALS DONE ON
THAT NIGHT THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BRING GOOD LUCK THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
FOR EXAMPLE: AT MIDNIGHT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO THROW YOURSELF THREE
TIMES BACKWARDS IN THE SEA FOR GOOD HEALTH. A YOUNG GIRL SHOULD PUT
TWO NEEDLES IN A GLASS OF WATER,SYMBOLIZING HERSELF AND HER BOYFRIEND
IF THE NEXT DAY THE NEEDLES ARE TOGETHER SHE WILL MARRY THAT MAN.
ALSO SHE SHOULD PUT THREE BEANS UNDER HER PILLOW THAT NIGHT. ONE
SHOULD HAVE THE SKIN ON WHICH MEANS SHE WILL MARRY A RICH MAN. THE
SECOND ONE SHOULD BE HALF PEELED SIMBOLIZING MIDDLE CLASS WEALTH AND
THE THIRD ONE SHOULD BE COMPLETELY PEELED MEANING POVERTY. IN THE
MORNING SHE SHOULD PUT HER HAND UNDER THE PILLOW WITHOUT LOOKING,
AND TAKE ONE BEAN. THIS WILL DETERMINE HER ECONOMICAL STATUS IN HER
MARRIAGE. PUT A GLASS OF WATER UNDER YOUR BED TO KEEP THE EVIL SPIRIT
AWAY THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO
Date learned: 00-00-1979
POSTCARD FOR LUCK
GOOD LUCK
I PATIENTLY TUMBLED OVER
THE POSTCARDS OLD AND NEW,
TO FIND THIS FOUR LEAF CLOVER
TO SEND FOR LUCK TO YOU.
THE FIRST LEAF STANDS FOR PATIENCE
THE SECOND FOR PLUCK
THE THIRD FOR PERSEVERANCE
THAT'S WHY THE FOURTH BRINGS LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THE VERSE IS PRINTED ON THE FRONT CARD, WITH A PICTURE OF A
CLOVER.
Where learned: OHIO ; VERSE ON POSTCARD ; PAINESVILLE
Keyword(s): CHARM ; RHYME: ABABCDED
James Callow Keyword(s): AMULET ; SYMBOL
SUPERSTITION
MY GRANDFATHER BELIEVED THAT FOR EVERY
ROSARY A PERSON SAID, TWO SOULS
WERE GO TO HEAVEN IMMEDIATELY. THEREFORE, MY GRANDFATHER URGED THAT
EVERYONE HE KNEW RECITE THE ROSARY AT LEAST TWICE DAILY, THEREBY
BRINGING FOUR SOULS FROM PURGATORY TO HEAVEN. MY GRANDFATHER CLAIMS
THAT HIS OWN MOTHER AND IN TURN, HER MOTHER, HAD TAUGHT HIM THAT
BELIEF AS DOCTRINE OR DOGMA. OF COURSE, MY GRANDFATHER ALSO INSISTED
THAT A ROSARY BE HUNG ON THE WALL OF EVERY
BEDROOM TO REMIND THE VIRGIN
MARY THAT SHE HAD TO TAKE FOUR SOULS TO
HEAVEN ON THAT DAY SIMPLY BECAUSE
HE HAD PRAYED THE ROSARY IN THE
MORNING AND IN THE EVENING.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- P 54 BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
BED CHARM
MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN
BLESS THE BED THAT I LIE ON
FOUR CORNERS TO MY BED
FOUR ANGELS ROUND MY HEAD
ONE AT HEAD AND ONE AT FEET
AND TWO TO GUARD MY SOUL ASLEEP.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): RHYME: AABBCC PRAYER
James Callow Keyword(s): FOUR EVANGELISTS
Date learned: 00-00-1965
WHEN TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME WORD AT THE SAME TIME, ONE OF THEM WILL
SAY "JINX, PINCH POKE, OWE ME A COKE. THE OTHER PERSON WILL HAVE TO
BUY THE FIRST A COKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
GERMAN-AMERICAN MARRIAGE CUSTOM
BEFORE GERMAN MEN GET MARRIED, THEY MUST EAT TWO RAW EGGS THE
NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING TO PRODUCE A LARGE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: THE EGG IS A FERTILITY SYMBOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: CA00001930
GERMAN-AMERICAN CUSTOM
A WOMAN IS NEVER TO EAT A DOUBLE-YOLKED EGG BECAUSE IT WILL
CAUSE INFERTILITY.
Submitter comment:
MOST DOUBLE-YOLKED EGGS DO NOT HATCH. THIS MAY EXPLAIN THE
INABILITY TO BEAR OFFSPRING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: CA00001930
DEATH SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOU HEAR KNOCKING AT NIGHT, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE. THE
INFORMANT HEARD KNOCKING ON TWO NIGHTS AND THE DEATH OF TWO
RELATIVES FOLLOWED.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD OF THIS DEATH PREDICTOR IN POLAND AROUND 1910.
SINCE SHE CLAIMS THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO HER, SHE HELD A GREAT
CONVICTION TO ITS TRUTH. KNOCKING IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH
COMMUNICATION FROM THE DEACEASED. PERHAPS, THE DEAD WILL WARN OF
AN UPCOMING DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Observation BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; CA00001910
PREGNANCY SUPERSTITION
A PREGNANT WOMAN MUST EAT FOR TWO.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
A MOTHER MUST LOSE A TOOTH FOR EACH CHILD SHE BRINGS
INTO THIS WORLD.
BABIES BORN TO PARENTS OF MATURE YEARS, ARE MORE
LIKELY TO HAVE BRILLIANT MINDS.
Submitter comment: FROM NEIGHBOR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
MARY WENT INTO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. HE EXAMINED HER
AND ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE THE MOTHER OF
TWINS. MARY ONLY LAUGHED -- SHE KNEW SHE DID IT ONLY
ONCE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO TAKE A SECOND HELPING BEFORE YOU ARE THROUGH
WITH THE FIRST, MEANS THAT SOMEONE IS COMING WHO
IS HUNGRY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Observation |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
SUPERSTITION
IF IN THE COURSE OF A CONVERSATION BOTH PEOPLE HAPPEN TO SAY THE
SAME THING SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE FIRST PERSON TO SAY "COKE" MUST BE
GIVEN ONE BY THE OTHER.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1981
MARRIAGE CUSTOM
IN THE NIGERIAN TRIBE HAUSA, THE COUPLE DOES NOT BEGIN TO LIVE
TOGETHER UNTIL TWO WEEKS FOLLOWING THE WEDDING.
Submitter comment: THIS IS DONE IN NIGERIA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour BELIEF -- Number P686.1.14 |
Date learned: 10-00-1981