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SUPERSTITION
YOU MUST NEVER SWEEP AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN. WHEN YOU DO SWEEP
THE HOUSE, YOU MUST CONTINUALLY SAY "BAD LUCK GO OUT, GOOD LUCK
COME."
Submitter comment:
MRS. GROVE'S MOTHER FOLLOWED THIS CUSTOM RELIGIOUSLY. SHE IS FROM
SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA. MRS. GROVE FIRST LEARNED OF THIS CUSTOM
APPROXIMATELY THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Good luck P881.21 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.21 SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-20-1963
HAPPY THE BRIDE THE SUN SHINES ON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S BOSS SAYS THIS ON SUNNY MORNINGS, UPON
ENTERING THE OFFICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 08-08-1964
THE DEVIL BEATS HIS WIFE
IF ONE STICKS A PIN IN THE GROUND AND THEN PUTS HIS EAR TO THE
GROUND AND IT IS RAINING WHILE THE SUN SHINES. YOU CAN HEAR
THE DEVIL BEATING HIS WIFE. THIS IS BECAUSE THE EARTH IS CRYING.
Submitter comment: I USED TO DO THIS AS A CHILD.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game, Pastime, Sport BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00001960S
IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT IS RAINING, THEN THE DEVIL IS
BEATING HIS WIFE.
Submitter comment: I HAVE OFTEN HEARD THIS AS A CHILD.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00001960S
PLANTING CUSTOM
IT IS A TRADITIONAL CUSTOM IN EUROPE FOR THE UPPER CLASS TO HAVE
THEIR SERVANTS PLANT THE VEGETABLE AND FLOWER GARDENS IN THE EVENING
AFTER THE SUN HAS GONE DOWN. THE HOLES ARE DUG AND WATER IS THEN
POURED INTO THEM. THE SERVANT THEN WORKS THIS TO FORM A MUDDY PASTE
IN WHICH THE YOUNG PLANTS ARE PLACED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER AND SAYS THE PURPOSE OF THIS
IS TO PREVENT THE YOUNG PLANTS FROM BEING SCORCHED IN THE HOT SUN.
INFORMANT CARRIES ON THIS CUSTOM EVERY SPRING WHEN PLANTING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
IF IT'S RAINING AND THE SUN IS SHINING, THEN THE DEVIL IS BEATING
HIS WIFE.
Submitter comment: THIS STORY HAS MANY VARIATIONS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 09-21-1972
WEATHER BELIEF
IF IT'S RAINING OUT AND THE SUN IS SHINING, THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS
WIFE BEHIND THE DOOR. INFORMANT SAID HER PARENTS WOULD TELL HER
THIS ANY TIME SHE ASKED THEM WHY THE SUN WOULD SHINE EVEN THOUGH IT
WAS RAINING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 11-06-1972
DEVIL WORKING
IF THE SUN COMES OUT WHILE IT IS RAINING, IT MEANS THE DEVIL IS
BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUNISHMENT
Date learned: 11-17-1969
SUN DURING RAIN LEGEND
WHEN IT RAINS AND THE SUN IS STILL SHINING, THEY SAY THAT THE
DEVIL IS FIGHTING WITH HIS WIFE, JESABELL, FOR POTCAKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT IS RAINING, THAT MEANS THAT THE
DEVIL IS WHIPPING HIS WIFE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 01-26-1971
SUN BELIEF
A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN WASHES THE WORLD FREE OF SIN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
BELIEF-LEGEND
THE ESKIMOS BELIEVED THAT AFTER THE SUN SET IN THE
WESTERN OCEAN, HE WAS PADDLED BACK IN A KAYAK THROUGH THE
NIGHT TO THE EASTERN HORIZON.
Submitter comment:
HEARD IN YOUTH BY INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
POLISH FOLK BELIEF
LIPOWY MIOD JEST NAJLEPSYM Z MIODOW.
NIBY DOJZALY BURGUND ZACHOWIYE W SOBIE
ENERGIE STONECZNA. OKRESLENCE 'STARY LEPIES' BRZMCATO JAKO
NAJIOYNSZN POCHWATADLA TRUNKU.
THE HONEY OF JULY IS THE BEST OF ALL HONEYS. IT RETAINS
WITHIN ITSELF THE ENERGY OF THE SUN. THE PHRASE, 'OLD JULY'
RINGS AS THE GREATEST PRAISE OF ITS DRINKS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Dylza, Helen
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Botany ; FOOD ; HONEY ; July ; Lore ; Moth ; Old July ; POLISH ; PRAISE ; Saying ; Sun
James Callow Keyword(s): MIDDLE-AGE? ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | Custom CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
ON THE RADIO ONE NIGHT I HEARD A SCIENTIST TALKING ABOUT
U.F.O.S (UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS). HE EXPRESSED BELIEF
IN THE IDEA THAT THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM WAS ACTUALLY A FLYING SAUCER
FROM VENUS, AND CHRIST WAS VENETIAN.
Submitter comment: HEARD AT THE TIME WHEN U.F.O.'S WERE THE BIG THING IN 1968
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
SPIRIT
ON AN AUGUST DAY WHEN THE SUN IS HIGHEST IN THE SKY AT 12
NOON, STAND WITH THREE FRIENDS IN A WOODEN DESERTED AREA. AT
EXACTLY 12 NOON HAVE EVERYONE STARE AT EACH OTHER. THE SUN COMING
THROUGH THE TREES SHOULD FORM A HALO OVER THE PERSON OR PERSONS
WHO HAVE ANY POWER OF WITCHCRAFT OR WIZARDRY IN THEIR BLOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBERS
EASTER CUSTOM
THE NIGHT BEFORE EVERY EASTER, THE FAMILY WOULD TAKE A CLEAR GLASS
AND HOLD THE BOTTOM OF IT OVER A LIGHTED CANDLE TO DARKEN THE BOTTOM
OF THE GLASS (CALLED: SMOKING GLASS). EARLY EASTER MORNING THEY
WOULD TAKE THE GLASS AND LOOK THROUGH IT AT THE SUN, AND THE
SUN COULD BE SEEN "DANCING IN THE FORM OF A CROSS".
(THIS WAS SEEN BY ALL OF THE CRONIN FAMILY AND BY MR. JOHN
HARRINGTON.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19479 WOODBINE
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Sun |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
CROPS
IF YOU WANT GOOD VEGETABLE CROPS, PLANT BEFORE THE SUN RISES. THIS
IS A POLISH CUSTOM
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): PLANTING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Sun |
SUN BELIEF
A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN WASHES THE WORLD FREE OF SIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
BELIEF-LEGEND
THE ESKIMOS BELIEVED THAT AFTER THE SUN SET IN THE
WESTERN OCEAN HE WAS PADDLED BACK IN A KAYAK THROUGH THE
NIGHT TO THE EASTERN HORIZON.
Submitter comment:
HEARD IN YOUTH BY INFORMANT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
BELIEF
LOOKING AT AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN WILL CAUSE ONE TO GO BLIND.
Submitter comment:
ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME TRUTH TO THIS BELIEF IT IS
USUALLY PASSED ON ORALLY BY CONCERNED MOTHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1979