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SUPERSTITION.
INDIAN TRIBES IN MICHIGAN BELIEVED THAT LEAVES CHANGED COLOR BECAUSE
THE CELESTIAL HUNTERS HAD SLAIN THE GREAT BEAR AND ITS BLOOD,
DRIPPING ON THE TREES, TURNED THE LEAVES RED. LEAVES ON OTHER TREES
WERE SAID TO TURN YELLOW BECAUSE FAT SPLATTERED OUT OF THE KETTLE
ONTO THE TREES AS THE HUNTERS COOKED THE MEAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Plant Life |
THE FLOWER OF A DOGWOOD TREE IS SUPPOSED TO SYMBOLIZE THE CROSS
ON WHICH CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED, AND THE BROWNISH MARKS ON THE
ENDS OF THE PETALS REPRESENT, ACCORDING TO ONE LEGEND, THE
BLOOD OF CHRIST, AND ACCORDING TO ANOTHER, THEY REPRESENT
THE RUST FROM THE NAILS WHICH HELD HIM TO THE CROSS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): EASTER EASTERTIDE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Plant Life BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN