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NORSE BELIEF
WHEN THEY WERE OUT ON ICE THEY EAT FISH RAW BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE
THAT THE RAW FISH HAS SOME KIND OF VITAMIN WHICH GIVE OFF INTERNAL
HEAT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MENSTRUAL WARNING
A WOMAN WHO CANS FOOD DURING HER MENSTRUAL PERIOD WILL BE LEFT
WITH SPOILED FOOD!
Submitter comment: THIS ADMONITION WAS GIVEN TO THE INFORMANT BY HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
MENSTRUAL WARNING
A WOMAN SHOULD NOT GET A PERMANENT DURING HER MENSTRUAL PERIOD,
BECAUSE IT WILL NOT TAKE EFFECT.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS ADVICE GIVEN TO THE INFORMANT BY HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 04-11-1965
NOT GIVEN
WHEN MRS. MURPHY WAS YOUNG, THERE WAS A GREAT FEAR OF LIGHTNING
IN HER HOME. HER MOTHER SINCERELY BELIEVED THAT, DURING AN
ELECTRICAL STORM, IF SHE CLOSED ALL THE DOORS AND WINDOWS IN THE
HOUSE AND TURNED OFF EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL, THEN LIGHTNING WOULD
NOT STRIKE THE HOUSE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
A PRECAUTION AGAINST LIGHTENING
IN POLAND, ON THE FARMS IT IS A PRACTICE TO PUT A WAGON WHEEL ON
THE ROOF OF A NEW HOUSE, AFTER ALL METAL WAS REMOVED FROM THE
WHEEL, SO THAT LIGHTENING WOULD NOT STRIKE THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS THIS PRACTICE FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
POTATO PLANTING
ALWAYS PLANT POTATOES ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY FOR BEST POTATOES.
IN OHIO IF YOU DIDN'T GET THEM IN ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY, THEY
DON'T GROW. THEY'RE A VERY SUPERSTITIOUS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.
Submitter comment:
BELIEF IN POPULAR TRADITION IN BOTH GLOUCESTER AND HOLLISTER,
OHIO, WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT ; 19
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
CLOTH ON THE WRIST
BESIDES USING A CLOTH ON THE WRISTS TO SOAK UP SWEAT, SOME
FOOTBALL PLAYERS USE IT FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT KNEW IT AS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
SUPERSTITIONS
CARROTS MAKE YOU SEE BETTER.
Submitter comment: FROM INFORMANT'S PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU ENTER A FRONT DOOR THEN YOU SHOULD LEAVE ALSO BY THE FRONT
DOOR OR ELSE YOU GET COMPANY.
Submitter comment: FROM INFORMANT'S GRANDPARENTS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
SUPERSTITION
UNLUCKY AT CARDS, LUCKY IN LOVE.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 10-09-1967
CUSTOM
WHEN A BABY CUTS HIS FIRST TOOTH, THE MOTHER BAKES A WHEAT CAKE
WITH CANDY ON THE TOP AND ALL THE VISITORS HAVE A PIECE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 10-03-1967
NOT GIVEN
IF YOU SLEEP WITH WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW, YOU WILL DREAM
ABOUT YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
NOT GIVEN
SEE A PIN, PICK IT UP,
ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
SEE A PIN, LEAVE IT LIE,
THROUGH THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE A CRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DROP A DISHTOWEL SOMEBODY SLOPPY'S COMING TO YOUR HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DROP A FORK A WOMAN WILL COME TO VISIT. DROP A KNIFE AND
A MAN WILL COME INSTEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 09-30-1967
POSH PLACE
POSH PLACE COMES FROM PORT OUT OF STARBOARD HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): B478 EXPLANATION OF A NAME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 10-14-1967
NOT GIVEN
GIVE A PENNY TO ONE WHO GIVES YOU ANY SHARP OBJECT SUCH AS A
KNIFE OR A SCISSORS AS A GIFT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
NOT GIVEN
IF YOU TAKE THE LAST THING ON A PLATE YOU'LL BE AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
NOT GIVEN
IF TWO PEOPLE REACH FOR THE BREAD PLATE AT THE SAME TIME,
THEY'RE GOING TO GET MARRIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
RUSSIAN SUPERSTITION
BEFORE A MOVE OR A JOURNEY, PEOPLE SIT DOWN A FEW MOMENTS FOR LUCK.
Submitter comment:
TAKEN FROM A FOOTNOTE ON PAGE 52 IN "DOCTOR ZHIVAGO," (NEW YORK:
PANTHEON BOOKS, INC., 1958).
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN