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CUSTOM
THE DUTCH THAT CAME FROM THE OLD COUNTRY
BELIEVED THAT AS SOON AS A BARN WAS ERECTED,
ALL SORTS OF FIGURES WERE PAINTED ON IT
SO AS TO DISCOURAGE ANY HOAX THAT MIGHT COME UPON THEIR CROPS
OR FARM ANIMALS. THEY REALLY BELIEVED THIS AND
STILL DO IT TODAY.
Submitter comment:
MRS. MURPHYS GREAT GRANDMOTHER TOLD HER THIS WHEN SHE LIVED
IN PENNSYLVANIA OVER 60 YEARS AGO.
Data entry tech comment: DATES ARE TYPED AS IS, CONFUSING.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 11-09-1967
SUPERSTITION
FATHER TOLD ME THAT WHEN HE LIVED IN PENNSYLVANIA THE DUTCH,
REALLY LOW CLASS GERMANS, HAD A SUPERSTITION THAT IF AN EVIL EYE
WAS PAINTED ABOVE THE BARN DOORS, THIS WOULD
WARD OFF THE EVIL SPIRITS, ALL THEIR BARNS HAD
AN EYE PAINTED ABOVE THE DOORS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MY AUNT ESTER WAS SUPERSTITIOUS. A WOMAN USED TO COME OVER
TO TELL HER ABOUT SOME MAN THAT THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH.
HE HAD BEEN THERE AND WENT AWAY.
THEY DID NOT KNOW WHERE HE WAS.
HE LEFT HIS HAT AT THIS WOMANS HOUSE.
SHE TOOK THE HAT PUT IT IN WATER AND BOILED AND BOILED IT.
THE MAN RETURNED FOR HIS HAT QUICKLY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THIS CONTAGIOUS TYPE OF
MAGIC OR ANY OTHER KIND OF MAGIC.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COIN CUSTOM
IF YOU PUT A PENNY IN EACH OF YOUR DRESSER DRAWERS
AND KEEP THEM THERE YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE MONEY
WHILE YOU LIVE IN THAT HOUSE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS HIS MOTHER TOLD HIM THIS AND SWEARS IT IS TRUE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT ; 17520 NORTHLAWN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quality Medium of exchange BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
TALE OF KISSING ELBO.
IF YOU KISS YOUR ELBO,
YOU WILL TURN INTO THE OPPOSITE SEX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): ELBOW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
IN COLLECTING MAGICAL HEALING HERBS
YOU SHOULD NOT TOUCH THE HERBS WITH COLD IRON
OR STEEL OR THE HERBS WILL RAPIDLY LOSE THEIR POWERS.
APPROPRIATE WAYS OF GATHERING THEM ARE
1. PLUCKING
2. CUTTING WITH "ELDER METALS", I.E., GOLD OR BRONZE.
3. CUTTING WITH AN IRON BLADE WHICH IS RED HOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
BOTTOMS UP.
HORSE SHOES SHOULD BE HUNG OPEN END UP SO THAT
ALL THE GOOD LUCK WONT FLOW OUT OF THEM.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER FATHER BOB DEVLEIG
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
CUSTOM
NAVAJO INDIANS, NEW MEXICO. WHIRLWINDS ARE BELIEVED
TO CARRY THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD.
THEY COME AFTER BABIES SO IF ONE SHOULD BE CAUGHT
NEAR A WHIRLWIND HE IS UNDRESSED AND HIS CLOTHES WASHED.
Where learned: NEW MEXICO ; SHIPROCK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CUSTOM
A CEDAR BRANCH OVER THE HOGAN DOOR
WILL KEEP THE SPIRITS OUT
Submitter comment:
HOGAN: THE TYPICAL DWELLING OF THE NAVAJO INDIANS,
BUILT OF EARTH WALLS SUPPORTED BY TIMBERS.
Where learned: NEW MEXICO ; SHIPROCK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
CUSTOM
NAVAJO INDIANS, NEW MEXICO: WHEN A DOG'S EARS ARE CLIPPED,
IT MAKES THEM SMART.
Where learned: NEW MEXICO ; SHIPROCK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A PREGNANT WOMAN CAN NOT WALK ACROSS A
FIELD OR WEEDS WILL SPRING UP.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A PITCHER PASSES A HORSEDRAWN CART WITH THREE
EMPTY BARRELS ON THE WAY TO THE GAME HE'LL PITCH
A SHUTOUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; UNION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
BABY'S RASH
IF YOU PLACE A RED RIBBON UNDER A BABY'S PILLOW
THE BABY WILL NEVER BE BOTHERED WITH A RASH OR SKIN DISEASE.
Submitter comment:
PAT HEARD THIS SHORTLY AFTER SHE WAS MARRIED(APPR. 1954) FROM
A WOMAN WHOSE NAME SHE COULD NOT REMEMBER.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-09-1964
NINE FIRST FRIDAYS
IF A PERSON GOES TO MASS NINE
FIRST FRIDAYS OF THE MONTH IN A ROW,
HE IS CERTAIN TO HAVE A PRIEST AT HIS
SIDE AT THE MOMENT OF DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
SPIRITS
THIS IS A BELIEF IN INDIA. "GOOD SPIRITS WANDER AROUND
ETERNALLY SOMETIMES, DOING GOOD WORKS."
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR ; Rameshchandra, Patel
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; India ; SPIRIT ; Undead
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
SPIRITS
ALL SOULS WANDER AFTER DEATH, INCLUDING ANIMAL SOULS.
THEY WANDER IF THEY HAD AN UNHAPPY LIFE, OR IF THEY WERE UNSATISFIED
BEFORE THEY DIED. THEY KEEP SEARCHING FOR PEACE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A BELIEF IN INDIA.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR ; Rameshchandra, Patel
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; India ; Soul ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION ; Undead
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
Smoke follows an ugly person.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S EXPLANATION OF WHY SMOKE FROM A FIRE OR ANY SOURCE WILL FOLLOW SOMEONE NO MATTER WHERE THEY MOVE TO.
THERE IS NO INFORMANT CARD FOR THIS INFORMANT, BUT I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT CONTRAST BETWEEN THIS ITEM AND ANOTHER ONE I'M SUBMITTING BECAUSE THEY'RE EXACT OPPOSITES. SEE MARSHAL, MABLE FOR THE OTHER ONE.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector notes that informant is an elderly African American woman from Georgia who learned this around 1920 or earlier.
Where learned: GEORGIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fire BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00001920S OR EARLIER
BELIEF ( COLLECTOR'S TITLE ) ; HUMAN BEINGS AND THEIR ACTIVITIES ( CLASSIFIER'S TITLE )
IT IS GOOD LUCK IF YOU KISS THE BLARNEY STONE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Blarney Stone ; Irish ; KISS ; Legend ; Lore ; LUCK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
CHURCH CUSTOM
ON THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY (JAN. 6), IT IS A CUSTOM AMONG ROMAN
CATHOLICS TO HAVE A PIECE OF CHALK BLESSED BY A PRIEST AND TO WRITE
OVER AN ENTRANCE TO THEIR HOUSE THE INITIALS OF THE THREE KINGS IN
THE FOLLOWING MANNER: FIRST, THE FIRST TWO NUMBERS OF THE YEAR ARE
WRITTEN, THEN A CROSS, THEN K (FOR KASPAR), CROSS, M (MELCHIOR),
CROSS, B (BALTAZAR), CROSS, THEN THE LAST TWO NUMBERS OF THE YEAR.
FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE YEAR 1979: 19 + K + M + B + 79.
IF THIS IS DONE, IT WILL PROTECT YOUR HOME FROM BEING STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING IN THE COMING YEAR.
Submitter comment:
THE SPELLINGS OF THE NAMES OF THE KINGS ARE AS GIVEN TO ME BY MY
INFORMANT.
Where learned: DETROIT
Date learned: 02-17-1979
TO PREVENT ANY ONE FROM GIVING A BABY THE EVIL EYE PUT A RED
RIBBON ON THE DIAPER.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT DID NOT KNOW WHY THE RIBBON HAD TO BE RED AS OPPOSED
TO ANY OTHER COLOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 02-00-1979