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TO SPIT ON A NEW-BORN BABY
WHENEVER A WOMAN LOOKS AT ANOTHER'S NEW BORN BABY THEY MUST HAVE A
LITTLE SALIVA FALL UPON THE CHILD. IF NOT, THE EVIL EYE IS CAST UPON
THE BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Curse SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
BODY PART BELIEF
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS ARE MY TWO FRONT TEETH
Submitter comment: CHILDREN SAY THIS AFTER LOSING THEIR TWO FRONT TEETH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 00001960S
BODY PART BELIEF
ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL
Submitter comment: MY FATHER ( A DENTIST ) TELLS HIS PATIENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PREDICTION DIVINATION BELIEF
IF YOU TOUCH THE SOFT SPOT ON A BABY'S HEAD, THE ROOF OF HIS MOUTH
WILL CAVE IN
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER SISTER, GRACIA ESQUIVEL WHO IS A
HOUSEWIFE OF 23.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-07-1980
WHEN YAWNING YOU MUST COVER YOUR MOUTH IN ORDER
TO KEEP AWAY BAD SPIRITS FROM ENTERING YOUR BODY.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
BLISTERS ON THE TONGUE CAN BE CAUSED BY TELLING LIES.
Where learned: OHIO ; CONTINENTAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00001909-00001919 CHILDHOOD, 00001922-00001929, TEEN AGE YEARS
MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME THAT WHOEVER IS FIRST TO FIND A BABY'S TOOTH
IN THE BABY'S MOUTH WILL GET NEW SHOES IF IT'S A MAN AND A NEW DRESS
IF IT'S A WOMAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 00001950CA
A LARGE MOUTH REVEALS A GENEROUS AND SENSUOUS PERSON
WHILE ON THE OTHER HAND A SMALL MOUTH INDICATES A PERSON
WITH A COLD AND SELFISH PERSONALITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 00001980S
As a young child when your front teeth come out or you get
them pulled out you are supposed to save them so that an angel
will touch them and you will be blessed with white teeth.
Submitter comment: I am still waiting.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
Wisdom Teeth
The Wisdom Teeth are so called because by the time a normal
person has them, he is an intelligent adult.
James Callow comment:
See Puckett, Ohio No. 6037: "You will never have much knowledge
until you have cut your wisdom teeth."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 02-02-1992
Baby Belief
A baby born with a large, wide mouth will be a good singer.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
James Callow Keyword(s): Talent
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth |
Date learned: 03-00-1992
My mother would always tell me that when a person had a gap
between their two front teeth, it meant they were a big liar.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
To drink water while eating dinner will make gaps in your
teeth.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Noon mealsDinnerLunch Food Drink -- Water BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 02-00-1992
IT'S BAD LUCK TO COUNT YOUR TEETH.
Submitter comment: HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 07-29-1964
WHEN A YOUNG CHILD SHOULD LOSE A TOOTH, IT IS PLACED
UNDER HIS PILLOW AND THE GOOD TOOTH FAIRY WILL REPLACE
THE TOOTH WITH A SHINY, NEW COIN.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 00001920S
THE "TOOTH FAIRY" SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED CHILDRENS'
BABY TEETH WITH MONEY WHEN THE TEETH ARE LEFT UNDER
A CHILD'S PILLOW AT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
IF YOU HAVE A CORN, YOU SHOULD RUB IT WITH YOUR OWN
SALIVA AS SOON AS YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING (BEFORE
YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT). JENNIE TOLD
ME THIS YEARS AGO WHEN I HAD A BAD CORN. I DON'T
KNOW IF IT WAS A CASE OF MIND OVER MATTER OR WHAT,
BUT I TRIED IT AND IT WORKED. MAYBE THE SALIVA HAS
ACID IN IT. WHETHER THIS CAME FROM THE NORTHERN PART
OF ITALY OR FROM KANSAS, I'M NOT SURE. JENNIE DIDN'T
SAY. (SHE WAS ITALIAN).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00001950S
WHENEVER ONE OF THE SMALLER CHILDREN IN OUR FAMILY
LOSES ONE OF HIS OR HER TEETH, HE (OR SHE) PUTS IT
UNDER THE PILLOW FOR THE TOOTH FAIRY WHO LEAVES
A QUARTER FOR THE TOOTH IN THE MORNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DREAM ABOUT TEETH, SOMEONE WILL DIE.
IF YOUR TEETH HURT IN THE DREAM, THE PERSON WILL
BE CLOSE TO YOU AND THE DEATH WILL BRING PAIN.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IF YOU HAVE A BLISTER ON YOUR TONGUE, YOU MUST HAVE
TOLD A FIB.
Where learned: HAWAII ; HONOLULU
James Callow Keyword(s): LYING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |