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CHILDREN'S VERSE
LADYBUG, LADYBUG, FLY AWAY HOME,
YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE,
YOUR CHILDREN ARE GONE,
EXCEPT FOR ANNE--
SHE HID UNDER A PUDDING PAN.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A VERSE WHICH THE INFORMANT RECITES WHEN A
LADYBUG BEETLE HAS FLOWN ON HER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
CRICKET SUPERSTITION
TOBACCO JUICE IS THE STUFF THAT A CRICKET SPITS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
STYE SUPERSTITION
A STYE OR INFECTION IN YOUR EYE IS CAUSED BY A SPIDER PEEING IN
YOUR EYE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): URINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
IF YOU CATCH A LADYBUG, IT WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-05-1972
IF YOU'RE FISHING AND A BLUE WATER FLY LANDS ON THE
TIP OF YOUR POLE, IT MEANS YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK
AND WILL CATCH A LOT OF FISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-05-1972
A HONEY BEE FLYING AROUND A PERSON IS A SIGN OF
GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-26-1970
LUCK
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN IS FRIGHTENED BY AN INSECT THE CHILD WILL HAVE
A BIRTH MARK THAT RESEMBLES THE INSECT.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
Date learned: CA11001973
AN OLD NEGRO SUPERSTITION FROM THE SOUTH IS THAT IF YOU CATCH A
SPIDER HANGING FROM THE CEILING WITH YOUR POCKETBOOK, YOU HAVE
MONEY COMING YOUR WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ARACHNID
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 11-02-1972
POLISH RHYME FOR NEW YEAR'S
NA SZCZESLIE NA ZDROLWIE NA TYN NOWY ROCZEK
ZE BY NAS PAN BO G ZACHOWAL OD TYCH CZERWONYCH MRO CZIEC
ZYCZE ZYCZE I NIE PREZSTANE
ZYCZYE DO PUKI CO DOSTANE
TRANSLATION: I WISH YOU HAPPINESS AND HEALTH FOR THIS NEW YEAR
THAT GOD SHOULD PROTECT US FROM RED ANTS.
I'M WISHING, WISHING, AND I WILL NOT STOP WISHING TILL I GET
SOMETHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 10-15-1972
GARLIC AND HONEY
A RUSSIAN CUSTOM FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE IS TO DIP GARLIC IN HONEY AND
EAT IT. THE GARLIC TAKES THE SINS OF THE PAST YEAR AWAY. THE
HONEY SWEETENS THE BODY FOR THE NEW YEAR
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Food Drink -- Plant food Food Drink -- Animal product BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-03-1972
BAD LUCK
IT IS BAD LUCK TO KILL A SPIDER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS SHE LEARNED THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER AND HOLDS IT TO
BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HANCOCK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.3 |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
A CRICKET IN A HOME BRINGS GOOD LUCK
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER STATED THIS IN 1925
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): PINOCCHIO
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck P881.3 |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
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
TO DRIVE FLIES FROM THE HOUSE
SATURATE RAGS WITH OIL OF SASSAFRAS AND LAY THEM ON WINDOWS
AND NEXT TO DOORWAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 11-02-1972
SPIDER IN THE EAR
PUT SOME WATER AND OLIVE OIL OR CASTER OIL TOGETHER AND POUR IN
EAR AND SPIDER WILL COME OUT.
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
James Callow Keyword(s): CASTOR OIL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
BED BUGS
POUR GASOLINE OVER WOODWORK WHERE THERE IS NO FIRE, OR USE
CEDAR OIL.
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
RAIN
IF YOU STEP ON A WORM IT'S GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 11-09-1972
DRAGONFLY BELIEF
IF A DRAGONFLY IS FLYING AROUND YOUR FACE, IT WILL SEW YOUR MOUTH UP
SO YOU CAN NOT TALK.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
SPIDER BELIEF
IF YOU KILL A SPIDER, IT IS SURE TO RAIN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
BELIEF
IF THE CRICKETS COME INDOORS, IT'S GOING TO BE A HARD WINTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 10-02-1972