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RAINBOW BELIEF

THERE IS A POT OF GOLD AT THE END OF EVERY RAINBOW.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Mineral
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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RAINBOW BELIEF

IF YOU SEE A RAINBOW AND WALK TO THE END OF IT, YOU WILL
FIND A POT OF GOLD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew
BELIEF -- Mineral
BELIEF -- Good luck
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7

Date learned: 11-00-1969

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RAINBOW BELIEF

FIND THE END OF THE RAINBOW, AND YOU WILL FIND A POT OF GOLD.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew
BELIEF -- Mineral

Date learned: 11-25-1969

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RAINBOW BELIEF

IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE OLD FOLKISMS THAT AFTER A RAIN, WHEN THE
RAINBOW COMES OUT, IF YOU GO TO THE END OF IT, YOU WILL FIND
A POT OF GOLD OR
A SACK OF MONEY.

Submitter comment:

I ONCE BELIEVED THIS BUT NOW THAT I HAVE GROWN OLDER I FOUND THAT
IT IS AN OLD FOLKISM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): BELIEF ; DISBELIEF

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew
BELIEF -- Mineral
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7

Date learned: 02-10-1972

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SILVER BELIEF

IF YOU BURY SILVER, IT TURNS WITH THE EARTH, AND WILL
MOVE TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Planet
BELIEF -- Mineral
BELIEF -- P47O
BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies

Date learned: 12-00-1971

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SUPERSTITION OF A MOUNTAIN

THERE IS A PLACE IN ARIZONA NAMED SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN. WHENEVER
ANYONE WENT THERE LOOKING FOR GOLD, THEY NEVER RETURNED.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Formation
BELIEF -- Mineral

Date learned: 10-01-1968

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IRISH BELIEF

IN BLARNEY CASTLE THERE IS A HIGH ROCK CALLED THE BLARNEY STONE.
THE BLARNEY STONE IS DIFFICULT TO REACH, BUT THE IRISH BELEIVE
THAT IF A PERSON IS ABLE TO KISS THE STONE WITH HIS LIPS, THE
FEAT GIVES THE TOUNGUE THE POWER OF FLATTERY AND OF COMPLIMENTARY
SPEECH.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Mineral
SPEECH -- Gesture

Date learned: 11-03-1969

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SIGNIFICANCE OF SALT

WE HAVE A ROADSIDE STAND BACK HOME, AND ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS
WANTED SOME SALT TO EAT WITH THEIR TOMATOES, RATHER THAN GIVE THEM
THE SALT, HE SOLD IT TO THEM, AND LATER TOLD ME TO NEVER GIVE SALT
AWAY, FOR IF YOU DO, YOU WILL BECOME WEAK, AND OTHER PEOPLE WILL
HAVE POWER OVER YOU. SALT THEREFORE HAS MUCH SIGNIFICANCE AND
MEANING.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
Food Drink -- Flavoring
BELIEF -- Mineral

Date learned: 08-00-1969

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OPAL SUPERSTITION

AN OPAL AS A GIFT IS BAD LUCK.

Submitter comment:

TOLD AT HER (ROMA HAYES) HOME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Mineral
BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.1

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LUCK SUPERSTITION

IF YOU BORROW SALT, YOU SHOULD NEVER GIVE IT BACK.

Where learned: WARREN

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Flavoring
BELIEF -- Mineral

Date learned: 02-15-1970

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LUCK BELIEF ABOUT SALT

IF YOU SPILL SALT, YOU MUST THROW SOME OF IT OVER YOUR
RIGHT SHOULDER IN ORDER TO AVOID A FIGHT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Flavoring
BELIEF -- Mineral

Date learned: 11-15-1968

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INDIAN LEGEND ABOUT ROCKS

THERE IS A TYPE OF ROCK CALLED A DESERT ROSE. THE DEPOSIT SEEMS
TO GROW BY ADDING CRYSTALLINE PARTS. THE INDIANS BELIEVE
THAT THESE ARE REINCARNATED TRIBESMEN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WAYNE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Supernatural Being
BELIEF -- Mineral

Date learned: 01-00-1970

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IRISH BELIEF

WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR LIPS WHEN YOU KISS THE BLARNEY STONE?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Mineral
SPEECH -- Gesture

Date learned: 10-25-1968

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SALT

IN IRISH SUPERSTITON: WHEN EATING AT A TABLE AND SOMEONE ASKS
FOR THE SALT, YOU MUST FIRST SET IT DOWN NEXT TO THE PERSON AND
LET HIM PICK IT UP.. IF YOU SHOULD PASS IT TO HIM IT IS SAID THAT
THE TWO WILL GET INTO A FIGHT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Flavoring
BELIEF -- Mineral
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222.
BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222.

Date learned: 10-05-1972

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ONION SUPERSTITION

PUT A PIN IN YOUR MOUTH WHEN PEELING ONIONS AND YOU WILL NOT CRY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Mineral
BELIEF -- Plant

Date learned: 10-00-1970

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GET RID OF THOSE BLACK MUSHROOMS
BOIL MUSHROOMS WITH A COIN AND IF THE COIN TURNS BLACK, THE
MUSHROOMS ARE POISONOUS.

Submitter comment:

WE WERE STUDYING ABOUT MUSHROOMS IN MY EDUCATION CLASS, AND
DR. THORDEN MADE THIS STATEMENT IN A JOKING WAY, SO
I WROTE I DOWN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): TOADSTOOLS/ UNSAFE PRACTICE

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Mineral
BELIEF -- Plant

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TREE BELIEF

TREES WHICH BEAR FRUIT WILL BEAR BETTER FRUIT IF ONE DRIVES A NAIL
INTO THEM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): IRON?

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit
BELIEF -- Mineral
BELIEF -- Plant

Date learned: 02-20-1970

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PLANT BELIEF

PUT A PENNY IN YOUR TULIPS AND THEY WILL KEEP FRESHER IN THE VASE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES

James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT MINERAL: COPPER

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Mineral
BELIEF -- Plant

Date learned: 01-20-1971

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FOLK DEODORANT

USE BAKING SODA AS A DEODORANT FOR UNDERARMS
AND FEET. USE BAKING SODA ON VOMIT TO ELIMINATE THE
UNPLEASANT ODOR.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

Keyword(s): Baking Soda ; Deodorant ; Domesticity ; Household ; HYGIENE ; Odor ; REMEDY ; Smell ; Tip ; TRICK ; Vomit

James Callow Keyword(s): SODIUM BICARBONATE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Mineral
BELIEF -- Home

Date learned: 11-00-1968

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HOUSEHOLD SUPERSTITON

IN MEXICO, WHEN PASSING SALT TO SOMEONE AT THE TABLE, PUT IT
ON THE TABLE, IF YOU HAND IT TO THE ASKER, YOU WILL FIGHT

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR

James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home
BELIEF -- Mineral
BELIEF -- Home
BELIEF -- P86O
SPEECH -- Gesture

Date learned: 02-04-1968

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