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IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF YOU SNEEZE ON A TUESDAY, YOU
WILL KISS A STRANGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
IF THE WIND BLOWS OUT OF THE SOUTH WHEN YOU ARE FISHING, IT WILL
BLOW THE HOOK INTO THE FISH'S MOUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 BELIEF -- Use of Object Manufactured objects, homemade, machined BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
TUNA AND THE BRAIN
EATING TUNA FISH WILL HELP BUILD THE BRAIN.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS SAID IN OUR CLASS WHEN WE WERE STUDYING FISH. DR. THORDEN
SAID THIS AS A PASSING THOUGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 11-14-1969
SUPERSTITION
GIRLS SHOULD NOT WHISTLE. IT MAKES THE DEVIL HAPPY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
POLISH SUPERSTITION
IF YOU GO TO A DANCE DURING LENT, YOU WILL DANCE WITH THE DEVIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
DEVIL BELIEF
WHISTLING IN THE HOUSE BRINGS OUT THE DEVIL.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
DANCING DEVIL
THERE IS A BELIEF AMONG SOME PEOPLE THAT IF YOU SING AT THE DINNER
TABLE, THE DEVIL IS DANCING OVER YOUR HEAD.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER SAYS THIS BELIEF REFLECTED THE GENERAL BELIEF IN HER
CONSERVATIVE LUTHERAN FAMILY THAT GRACE AND DINNER SHOULD BE QUIET
AND DIGNIFIED. THE DEVIL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BEHIND SINGING AT
THE TABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 04-04-1970
IF YOU STEP ON A CRACK IN THE SIDEWALK, YOU WILL
BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment:
LEARNED FROM A LADY WHO USED TO WALK HER CHILDREN
AND MYSELF TO KINDERGARTEN IN 1948.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
SUPERSTITION
A WART IS CAUSED BY CONTACT WITH THE URINE OF A FROG.
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 11-10-1967
TRUTH BELIEF
WHEN SOMEONE CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT HE WANTED TO SAY,
"IT MUST HAVE BEEN A FIB."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 10-19-1970
MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO SAY THAT SNEEZING IS CAUSED
BY DUST ON THE BRAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
IF YOU BITE YOUR FINGERNAILS, YOU WILL GROW HORNS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALPENA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 09-26-1970
SNEEZING
SNEEZE ON MONDAY, GET A LETTER;
SNEEZE ON TUESDAY, SOMETHING BETTER;
SNEEZE ON WEDNESDAY, SWEETHEART TOMORROW;
SNEEZE ON THURSDAY, FULL OF SORROW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 02-07-1970
IF A PERSON SNEEZES WHILE ANSWERING A QUESTION,
THEN HE IS TELLING THE TRUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
BELIEF ON TRUTH DEDUCTION
IN EASTERN EUROPE, A SNEEZE NEAR THE END OF A
PERSON'S ACCOUNT, IS AN INDICATION THAT THE STORY
HE IS TELLING IS TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
IF A PERSON SHIVERS IT IS SAID THAT SOMEONE IS
WALKING OVER YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
A GIRL WHISTLING
GIRLS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO WHISTLE BECAUSE IT MAKES THE
BLESSED VIRGIN CRY WHENEVER THEY DO IT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY MOTHER, AND SHE REMEMBERS THIS FROM
HER CHILDHOOD BECAUSE MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO TELL
THIS TO HER DAUGHTERS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; SKOKIE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
AS CHILDREN, WE BELIEVED THAT IF ONE SNEEZED
FIVE TIMES CONSECUTIVELY, HE WOULD DIE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
CURSE: NOSE
IT IS BELIEVED BY SOME PEOPLE THAT IF YOU TELL A
LIE, YOUR NOSE WILL FALL OFF.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS HAVING HIS PARENTS TELL HIM THIS
WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG BOY. THIS WAS TO PREVENT HIM
FROM TELLING LIES. HIS PARENTS AND HIMSELF NOW
CLAIM THAT THEY KNOW OF NO ONE WHO HAS LOST A
NOSE BECAUSE OF TELLING LIES, BUT IT IS STILL
BELIEVED BY SOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 10-25-1971
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT SMOKING WILL STUNT YOUR
GROWTH.
Submitter comment: I THINK THAT THIS BELIEF IS NOT REALLY BASED ON FACT.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; POUGHKEEPSIE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN