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IF A GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE CONVERSING IN A ROOM AND SUDDENLY
THERE IS COMPLETE SILENCE, IT IS EITHER A QUARTER OF OR
AFTER THE HOUR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU FORGET WHAT DAY IT IS, YOU WILL LOSE A FRIEND.
IF YOU ADD A DAY, YOU WILL GAIN A FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of time |
Date learned: 02-14-1970
PROVERB
SING AT THE DINNER TABLE AND YOU WILL MARRY A CRAZY MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): FUNCTION.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
HOW CLOSE LIGHTENING IS.
THE NUMBER OF SECONDS BETWEEN THE THUNDER AND THE LIGHTNING
EQUALS THE NUMBER OF MILES AWAY IT OCCURED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPUTATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Measure of time BELIEF -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 04-00-1980
IF YOU GO AND CHECK THE MAIL BEFORE THE MAILMAN HAS ARRIVED
IT MEANS THAT THE NEXT TIME YOU CHECK IT THERE WILL ONLY BE
BILLS IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time |
SONG
IN THE LAND OF ODEN
THERE IS A MOUNTAIN
WHICH IS TWENTY MILLION
MILES IN THE AIR.
AND EVERY MILLION YEARS
A LITTLE BIRD COMES A WINGING
TO SHARPEN HIS BEAK ON THAT MOUNTAIN;
THEN HE QUICKLY DISAPPEARS.
AND WHEN THAT MOUNTAIN
HAS WORN AWAY
THAT'S WHEN ETERNITY WILL BE
ONE SINGLE DAY
ONE SINGLE DAY
ONE SINGLE DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LAPEER ; CAMP O'FAIRWINDS
James Callow Keyword(s): ODIN ; RELATIVITY
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Religious BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Formation BELIEF -- Measure of time |
Date learned: 06-00-1979
At Oakland Sanctified Church no wedding rings are allowed to be
given during the ceremony; wedding watches take the place of the
rings.
Submitter comment:
Leah says this is to prevent the competition of big diamonds
amongst the church members.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth |
Date learned: 00001980S
It is believed in much of Greece that if one sleeps in a bed
which faces east-west with the head of the bed on the west side, that
person is to die an early death. It is not specified, however, when
that person is to die. It could take from one night to ten nights to
one year (and so forth) for that person to die after he or she has
slept in the bed. This superstition is based on the fact that all
dead are placed on their "death bed" lying east-west with their head
on the west side.
Where learned: GREECE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION, DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time |
Date learned: 00001943CA
If you make a strange face and someone hits you on the back,
your face will stay in that position forever.
Submitter comment: This saying is popular among grade school age children.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE FARMS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Measure of time BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
During the Vietnam War, when a soldier was to go back to the
United States shortly, his time in Vietnam was considered "short."
There was a "short superstition" among the American soldiers
during the war. It was generally believed that as a soldier's time
became "short" he was more likely to be killed than at any other
time of his tour of duty.
Submitter comment:
The informant could name numerous time when a soldier had
survived most of his tour of duty only to be killed when he was
"short".
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PLANTING
CROPS SHOULD BE PLANTED ON INCREASING MOON TO INSURE A
FRUITFUL HARVEST
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time |
Date learned: 08-03-1968
NEVER PLANT A WILLOW TREE. YOU'LL WEEP AS LONG AS IT DOES.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
A VEIN SHOWING ACROSS THE NOSE INDICATES A SHORT LIFE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Lipford, Allena
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; LIFE ; NOSE ; Vein
Date learned: 10-13-1973
WHEN YOU SEE A FLOCK OF BLACKBIRDS FLYING SOUTH YELL,
"MONEY" FOR EACH BIRD THAT YOU SEE. THIS IS SUPPOSE (D)
TO BRING WEALTH IN A SHORT TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Measure of time BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |
Date learned: 06-14-1973
DURING DOG DAYS IT TAKES A CUT A LONGER TIME TO HEAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August BELIEF -- Measure of time BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-17-1973