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FALLING STARS EITHER MEAN GOOD LUCK OR DEATH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Good luck P881.111 |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
SICK PERSONS WHO SEE A SHOTTING STAR WILL RECOVER IN ONE
MONTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
MRS. SOSNOWSKI HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER. IN POLAND ABOUT
1907, EACH NIGHT PEOPLE WENT OUT INTO THE PASTURE TO LOOK
AT THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSET. HER MOTHER SAID IT WAS THE STRANGEST
THING BECAUSE THE CLOUDS WOULD MAKE A COMPLETE FORMATION
OF A FLAG WITH A POLE. THE SUNSET MADE THE RED BACKGROUND
AND WITH THE WHITE CLOUDS FORMED THE POLISH EAGLE ON THE
FLAG. THEY ALL BELIEVED THIS WAS A SIGN THAT THERE WOULD
BE A WAR. TEN YEARS LATER WORLD WAR I BROKE OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; POLAND
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- War |
Date learned: 00-00-1907
SEEING LITTLE CHILDREN DANCING IN THE SKY IS AN OMEN THAT
SOMEONE YOU KNOW WILL SOON DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-20-1970
IF YOU SEE THE MOON OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER, YOU WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
A FALLING STAR SEEN BY YOU WILL MEAN DEATH TO SOMEONE
YOU KNOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU SEE A SHOTTING STAR, IT MEANS THAT ANOTHER SOUL
HAS PASSED INTO ETERNITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-09-1968
HAWAIIAN SUPERSTITION
WHEN THE KINGS AND QUEENS RETURN TO THE ISLANDS, IT IS A GOOD
SIGN WHEN IT RAINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 04-08-1971
WHEN YOU SEE THE NORTHERN LIGHTS THIS FAR SOUTH, IT MEANS
THERE IS GOING TO BE A WAR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT BELIEVES IN THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
A COMET'S LIGHT WILL CAUSE A FAMINE DURING THE YEAR, AND A
LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WILL BE KILLED IN THE AREAS WHERE IT IS
SEEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Comet |
Date learned: 03-19-1968
COMETS ARE SIGNS OF WARNING FROM GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Comet |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
IF YOU SLEEP IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOON, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR
MIND OR BECOME A LUNATIC.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 09-28-1967
FALLING METERORITES PRECEDE A NATIONAL TRAGEDY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Celestial Body |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
IF A CANDLE BLOWS OUT AT A FUNERAL MASS, THIS MEANS THAT
ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY IS SOON TO DIE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SEE OR DREAM OF A BLACK SNAKE AND IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): REPTILE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
SHARKS FOLLOWING A SHIP MEANT THERE WOULD SOON BE A
DEATH ABOARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-29-1968
IF A RABBIT MAKES ITS HOME ON ONE'S PROPERTY,
THE WOMEN OF THE HOUSEHOLD ARE SURE TO RAISE LARGE
FAMILIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-22-1971
THE SMALL LOBSTER IS A TRADITIONAL SYMBOL OF LONG PROSPEROUS
LIFE IN JAPAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
IF A SPIDER'S WEB BRUSHES ACROSS YOUR FACE, IT MEANS YOU'RE
GETTING A LETTER IN THE MAIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ARACHNID
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
SEEING A SPIDER IN THE MORNING WILL BRING SADNESS AND SORROW.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD GERMAN BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals BELIEF -- Good luck P881.33 |
Date learned: 09-20-1967