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PREMONITION OF DEATH
IF A BIRD FLIES AGAINST A CLOSED WINDOW IT IS A SIGN THAT SOMEONE
IN YOUR FAMILY WILL DIE SOON.
Submitter comment:
FIRST HEARD FROM A NEIGHBOR IN 1953 WHEN SHE RAN OVER, FRIGHTENED
BY A BIRD THAT HAD FLOWN AGAINST HER WINDOW. HER AUNT DIED TWO
DAYS LATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16661 WOODBINE ; 19
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
WORK CUSTOM: EGG LAYING
TO MAKE CHICKENS LAY EGGS, YOU TAKE THE DUNG OF RABBITS AND POUND
IT INTO POWDER, MIX THIS WITH BRAN AND FEED IT TO CHICKENS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HIS GRANDFATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
BELIEF
HENS SHOULD SET ON AN ODD NUMBER OF EGGS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Number Odd number (not specific) |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
WHEN A BIRD BUILDS A NEST IT MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM HIS
MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 07-00-1964
ARABIAN BELIEF
WHEN WALKING IN THE STREET, IF A BIRD DEFICATES ON
ONE'S HEAD, IT MEANS THAT HE WILL SOON RECEIVE A
SUM OF MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-00-1967
BAD OMEN
IF A BIRD CRASHES INTO YOUR WINDOW AND DIES,
A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY
WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-00-1974
DEATH SUPERSTITION
AN ENTRANCE OF A BIRD INTO A HOME IS A WARNING OF
IMMINENT DEATH TO A MEMBER OF THAT FAMILY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about animals |
Date learned: 11-11-1974
BURN OLD HAIR
ALWAYS BURN YOUR HAIR THAT IS LEFT IN THE COMB OR BRUSH BECAUSE IF
A BIRD MAKES HIS NEST WITH YOUR HAIR, YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A HEADACHE
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: CA11001973
A SUPERSTITION WE HAVE COME ACROSS IS IF A WILD BIRD IS IN YOUR
HOUSE, IT MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
IF A BIRD FROM THE OUTSIDE COMES INTO YOUR HOUSE, YOU WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.3 |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
WHEN BIRDS LOOK FOR FOOD IN BUNCHES OR FLOCKS, IT IS A GOOD
INDICATION THAT IT WILL RAIN OR SNOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 11-00-1972
BIRDS
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO YOUR HOUSE THERE IS GOING TO BE A DEATH IN THE
FAMILY
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-03-1972
"IF A BIRD SOMEHOW GETS INTO THE HOUSE, IT'S A SURE SIGN THAT THERE
WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY."
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-15-1972
SUPERSTITION
AT NIGHT IN KILMARNOCK, VIRGINIA, A GHOST LIKE FIGURE IS SEEN TO BE
ROAMING THE BAY AREA. IT IS THOUGHT TO BE AN ALBINO DEER. SOME
PEOPLE BELIEVE IT TO BE RELATED TO THE OCEAN GHOST.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; KILMARNOCK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 11-27-1972
IF A BIRD FLIES IN THE HOUSE; THAT MEANS SOMEBODY WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS ANOTHER SUPERSTITION I THINK SHE BELIEVES.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
MY FATHER USE TO SAY THIS ON THE FARM: IF YOU NEVER PLOW UP A
BIRD'S NEST THAT MEANS THERE'LL BE NO BUGS ON THE CROPS FOR THE
COMING YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
WHEN A BIRD FLIES INTO A WINDOW AND IT KILLS ITSELF THE PERSON
STANDING CLOSEST TO THE WINDOW WILL HAVE A LOVED ONE DIE.
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
LUCK/OMEN
GOOD LUCK WILL BE YOURS IF THE FIRST ROBIN YOU SEE IN THE SPRING
FLIES UP, BUT IF HE FLIES DOWN, YOU ARE DOOMED TO A STREAK OF BAD
LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Good luck P881.32 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.32 |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
OMEN
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO A HOUSE THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW, IT MEANS A
VERY BAD OMEN HAS BEEN GIVEN AND SOMEONE LIVING IN THE HOUSE WILL
DIE WITHIN THE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-26-1972