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THE SIGHTING OF A COMET WAS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Comet BELIEF -- Good luck Objects |
Date learned: 10-29-1968
A COMET'S LIGHT WILL CAUSE A FAMINE DURING THE YEAR, AND A
LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WILL BE KILLED IN THE AREAS WHERE IT IS
SEEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Comet |
Date learned: 03-19-1968
COMETS ARE SIGNS OF WARNING FROM GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Comet |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
OMENS
A COMET OR METEOR INDICATES APPROACHING DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Comet BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
SIGN
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT EVERY TIME A SHOOTING STAR FLASHES
ACROSS THE SKY, A CHILD HAS BEEN BORN TO REPLACE SOMEONE WHO HAS
DIED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE THE STATEMENT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Comet BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
STAR BELIEF
WHEN YOU SEE A FALLING STAR MAKE A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: WINSTON SALEM ; NORTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Comet BELIEF -- Prayer |
COMET BELIEF
COMETS WILL BRING DISEASE AND PESTILENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Comet BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-02-1970
FESTIVAL: THE JAPANESE STAR FESTIVAL
ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT SAD IN THEM, THE STAR FESTIVAL IS OBSERVED IN A
SPIRIT OF JOY. (CHECK THE LEGEND FOR THE STAR FESTIVAL, UNDER
LEGENDS.) ON JULY 7, OR AUGUST 7, SUPPLICATIONS ARE MADE TO THE
WEAVER PRINCESS BY THOSE WHO WISH TO IMPROVE THEIR WEAVING AND
SEWING, AS WELL AS THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE GENTLE ARTS: MUSIC,
POETRY, CALLIGRAPHY, ETC. OF WHICH THE PRINCESS LATER BECAME THE
PATRON. AT THE SAME TIME, FARMERS PETITION THE HERDBOY STAR FOR
A BUMPER HARVEST.
CHARACTERISTIC OF THE STAR FESTIVAL, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A
CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL, ARE BAMBOO TREES SET UP IN FRONT OF THE
HOUSES OR BEFORE GARDEN SHRINES, ON WHOSE BRANCHES ARE HUNG LOVE
POEMS WRITTEN ON CARDS, ALSO PAPERS CUT IN THE SHAPE OF KIMINO,
5 COLOR THREADS, PAPER BALLOONS, ETC. ALSO OFFERED TO THE SPIRITS
OF THE TWO ROMANTIC STARS ARE ASSORTED FRUITS, VEGETABLES, CAKES,
AND CANDY.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS WRITTEN IN A LETTER FROM THE INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS
TELLING ME ABOUT ONE OF THE JAPANESE FESTIVALS. FOR THE
LEGEND, SEE B455.
Data entry tech comment:
TANABATA-MATSURI, FEAST OF TANABATA, JULY 7. SPICER, DOROTHY,
BOOK OF FESTIVALS, P. 199.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.322 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 7 BELIEF -- Comet BELIEF -- Prayer |
SHOOTING STAR
WHEN YOU SEE A SHOOTING STAR (FALLING STAR) MAKE A WISH
AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: WINSTON SALEM ; NORTH CAROLINA ; informant's home ; 2108 E. 25th St.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Comet BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-08-1971
IF YOU SEE A FALLING STAR, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Comet BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001970S
WHEN TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE FRIENDS ARE WALKING SIDE BY SIDE ON THE
ROAD IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO PASS BETWEEN THEM.
IF ANOTHER FELLOW PASSES BETWEEN THEM, THE COMMONSENSE OF THE TWO
FRIENDS WILL MOVE IN TO THE HEAD OF THE PERSON THAT PASSES
WHILE THE TWO FRIENDS WILL BECOME IDIOTS.
Where learned: NIGERIA ; KADUNA
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; TRANSFER
Date learned: 00-00-1972
See a shooting star in the sky, someone is going to die.
Where learned: Arkansas ; LITTLE ROCK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Comet BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1920
A FALLING STAR IS A LOST SOUL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Comet |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
Superstition
Point at a shooting star or even speak of it and you lose your next wish.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Origina BN's [P600.880, P800, P880] crossed out and replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: SCHOOL ; Shaw, Virginia
Keyword(s): ASTROLOGY ; ASTRONOMY ; BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; GESTURE ; jinx ; Point ; SPEAKING TABU ; SUPERSTITION ; TABU ; WISH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Comet BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Gesture |
SIGN
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT EVERY TIME A SHOOTING STAR FLASHES
ACROSS THE SKY, A CHILD HAS BEEN BORN TO REPLACE SOMEONE WHO HAS
DIED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE THE ACTUAL STATEMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Comet BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-23-1972