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APRIL 1ST.
IF IT RAINS ON THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL, THE COMING
SUMMER WILL BE VERY WARM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- P040 BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
FOLK BELIEFS
A SORE WILL NOT HEAL DURING DOG DAYS. DOG DAYS ARE FORTY
DAYS DURING LATE SUMMER. IT USUALLY STARTS THE LAST OF
JULY TO LATE AUGUST.
Submitter comment:
MY AUNT ALWAYS SAID THIS DURING DOG DAYS. TO A CERTAIN EXTENT IT
WAS TRUE. SORES TOOK A LONG TIME TO HEAL.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Summer BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
FOOD BELIEFS
IF YOU BOIL ANYTHING GREEN DURING DOGDAYS IT WILL SPOIL.
Submitter comment:
MY AUNT DOES NOT COOK ANYTHING GREEN DURING DOG DAYS. THIS
INCLUDES COLLARDS, TURNIPS, BEANS, AND PEAS.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Summer Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Process BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
SUPERSTITION
THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY WOULD PUT A CRADLE, FULL OF STRAW, IN A TREE,
HOPEFULLY, A STORK WOULD MAKE ITS NEST THERE. WHEN THE STORK
THROWS ONE OF HER BABIES OUT OF THE NEST, THIS MEANS THAT THERE
WILL BE A BAD SUMMER.
Submitter comment:
THIS WEATHER PREDICTOR WAS FIRST HEARD BY THE INFORMANT AROUND 1910
IN POLAND. A STORK, CRADLE AND GOOD SUMMER ALL SYMBOLIZE LIFE.
THIS IS HINDERED BY A BIRD FALLING FROM THE CRADLE (DEATH) CAUSING
A BREAK IN THE LINK (A BAD SUMMER).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; CA00001910
WEATHER PREDICTION
A LONG, HOT SUMMER WARNS OF A LONG, HARSH WINTER.
Submitter comment: REPETITION OF THE PHRASE, A LONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND LEDGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
When you find a wooly caterpillar in the
summer you should always pick it up and look
at it because it will foretell the weather
that coming winter. There is a black band
around its middle. If the band is pretty
small there will be a mild winter. But the
larger the band the more harsh and the longer
the winter will be.
Submitter comment:
Marty swears that this always works. He didn't
know if there was any biological truth to this.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Allegan
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001970S
YOU SHOULDN'T EAT OYSTERS IN THE SUMMER
Submitter comment: DUE TO LACK OF ICE IN EARLIER DAYS
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer |
INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER USED TO GO (TO) THE BARN IN THE
SPRING, GET THREE HORSESHOES, AND NAME ONE THE HAWK, ONE
THE CROW, AND ONE OF THE OWL. UPON RETURNING TO THE HOUSE,
SHE WOULD PITCH THEM INTO THE FIREPLACE, TO KEEP HAWKS,
CROWS, AND OWLS FROM CATCHING THE CHICKENS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Fire BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
HEAVY CORN SHUCKS AT THE END OF THE SUMMER MEAN THAT IT'S
GOING TO BE A HARD WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
WHEN YOU SEE TWO WHITE BUTTERFLYS, THEN YOU CAN GO BAREFOOT
IN THE SUMMER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): WITHOUT SHOES
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
ON MAY THE 1ST CHANGE TO SUMMER UNDERWEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer |
Date learned: 06-17-1973
BELIEF
AFTER A SUMMER RAINSTORM, OR DURING IT, WHEN YOU SEE A PATCH OF
BLUE SKY "AS BIG AS A DUTCHMAN'S BRITCHES," YOU CAN BE SURE THE
STORM IS OVER.
Where learned: LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer |
Date learned: 05-07-1969