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SUPERSTITION
IF BIRDS GET SOME OF YOUR HAIR YOU'LL GO CRAZY.
Submitter comment:
THE REASONING BEHIND THIS BELIEF WAS THE FACT THAT ONE'S HAIR
IS A PART OF ONE'S HEAD, THEREFORE, POSSESSION BY BIRDS WOULD
GIVE ONE THE MENTALITY OF BIRDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK ; FRIENDS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
DON'T MARRY A BROTHER OR SISTER OF A DEAD MATE. IF YOU DO THE
CHILDREN WILL BE BORN DEFORMED IN SOME WAY.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS TOLD THIS TO HER CHILDREN AND WAS QUICK TO
POINT OUT EXAMPLES AMONG FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Common law CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-17-1979 ; 00-00-1949
PROVERB
SING AT THE DINNER TABLE AND YOU WILL MARRY A CRAZY MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): FUNCTION.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
PROVERB
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES YOU'LL KISS A FOOL.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
POLICE MOON BELIEF
MANY DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS BELIEVE THAT RECKLESS DRIVING,
ROWDYISM AND VANDALISM INCREASE ON NIGHTS WITH A FULL MOON.
Where learned: DETROIT ; POLICE DEPARTMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 04-00-1979
SUPERSTITION
IF A GIRL SINGS AT THE TABLE SHE WILL HAVE A CRAZY HUSBAND.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
ON KISSING
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES YOU'RE GOING TO KISS A FOOL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS PROVERB FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; YPSILANTI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Dreams P841.72 SPEECH -- Gesture PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-13-1967
EXPLANATION OF CHILD DEFORMITIES
IF A CHILD IS BORN DEFORMED IT IS BELIEVED THAT HIS FATHER IS AN
ALCOHOLIC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-00-1980
SUPERSTITION
IF ONE OF MY BROTHERS FOOLED AROUND AT THE KITCHEN TABLE, MY FATHER
WOULD SAY THAT HE WOULD MARRY A CRAZY WIFE.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER ALWAYS PREFERRED PEACE AND QUIET, AND THIS BELIEF
WAS PROBABLY USED TO ASSURE SILENCE.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1930
IF YOU SING AT THE TABLE YOU'LL MARRY A CRAZY MAN.
Submitter comment:
SYD'S GRANDMA TOLD HER THIS ONE WHILE AT THE DINNER TABLE. I THINK
IT ORIGINATES FROM THE VICTORIAN ERA WHEN SILENCE AT MOST OCCASIONS
WAS EXPECTED FROM CHILDREN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
Date learned: 00-00-1950
HAUNTED HOUSE ON JEFFERSON (AVENUE, DETROIT.)
THE OLD MURPHY MANSION WHERE A MAD MAD BUTLER LIVES BUT HAS
NEVER BEEN FOUND. HE HAS NEVER BEEN ACCUSED BUT RUMORS SAY
THREE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN MURDERED BY HIM (HE DROPPED THEM
DOWN A ELEVATOR SHAFT).
Submitter comment: FROM DAD
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
BADLUCK SLEEP OMEN
DONT SLEEP IN THE SUN OR YOU WILL GO CRAZY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT, BORN AND RAISED IN SABINAS MEXICO, WHERE THE BELIEF IS
HELD, HAD LITTLE FAITH IN ITS MERIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 11-00-1981
TO GO ABOUT BAREHEADED ON A MOONLIT NIGHT DRIES UP THE BRAIN AND THE
PERSON WILL EVENTUALLY GO MAD.
Where learned: TANZANIA ; EAST AFRICA
Date learned: 03-00-1982
SUPERSTITION
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU ARE GOING TO KISS A FOOL.
Where learned: SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
HOW TO QUIET KIDS
WHENEVER THE CHILDREN USED TO SING AT THE TABLE, I USED TO TELL
THEM THIS OLD SAYING THAT MY MOTHER TOLD ME AS A YOUNGSTER, TO
MAKE THEM STOP: "IF YOU SING AT THE TABLE YOUR HUSBAND WILL
HAVE A CRAZY WIFE." THEY RARELY UNDERSTOOD THE IMPLICATIONS
OF THE SAYING BUT IT CERTAINLY SILENCED THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 00-00-1932
WHOSOEVER WANTS TO READ THE SEVEN BOOKS OF MOSES SHOULD BE VERY
GOOD AT READING, BECAUSE IF SUCH A PERSON SHOULD MISPRONOUNCE ANY
WORD THERE, HE WILL TURN MAD.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Magic Book |
Date learned: 02-00-1984
A PERSON CAN TAKE SOME OF YOUR HAIR,BORE A HOLE IN A TREE,
PUT YOUR HAIR IN IT AND DRIVE YOU CRAZY, THE ONLY WAY YOU
CAN STOP IT IS CUT ALL OF YOUR HAIR OFF AND CLEAN YOUR HEAD.
Where learned: LOUISIANA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
WHILE WORKING AT AN ORPHANAGE IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI,
I HEARD ABOUT VARIOUS VOODOO PRACTICES FROM THE SISTER IN
CHARGE OF THE ORPHANAGE, SISTER VERONICA. SISTER VERONICA
SHOWED US A 12 YEAR OLD BOY WHO WAS MENTALLY RETARDED AS
A RESULT OF BEING PART OF A VOODOO WORSHIP AS AN INFANT.
THE BOY'S HEAD WAS CRUSHED, AND A CROSS WAS ENGRAVED INTO
HIS SKULL. HIS TESTICLES WERE ALSO CUT OFF. HE MANAGED
TO SURVIVE, BUT HIS BRAIN WAS PERMANENTLY DAMAGED, AND
THE BOY IS ALSO CRIPPLED. NOW HE SITS ALL DAY CHAINED
INTO A CHAIR.
Submitter comment:
I SAW THIS BOY AND LEARNED OF HIS LIFE WHILE WORKING
AT THIS ORPHANAGE FOR A MONTH IN 1980.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 48072
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 01-00-1980
IF YOU SEE A CROSSED EYED PERSON ON ANY
FRIDAY OF THE MONTH NEVER LOOK HIM IN THE
EYES. IF YOU TAKE THE CHANCE AND LOOK HIM
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; BATON ROUGE
James Callow Keyword(s): CROSS-EYED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
"SLEEPY HOLLOW"
A MADMAN ESCAPED FROM A MENTAL INSTITUTION. HE WAS RUNNING
AND REACHED AN OLD BRIDGE ON SLEEPY HOLLOW ROAD. THE MADMAN
THEN KILLED ANOTHER MAN AND HUNG HIM FROM THE BRIDGE. IF
ANYONE GOES TO THE BRIDGE ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT, HE WILL SEE
THE MAN HANGING FROM THE BRIDGE, AND IF HE STAYS VERY LONG,
THE MADMAN WILL APPEAR AND TRY TO KILL HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 11-00-1985