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THE BUBBLES ON THE SURFACE OF A CUP OF TEA FORETELL
HOW MUCH MONEY ONE WILL RECEIVE IN A BUSINESS
TRANSACTION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
(AS THE) BRIDE LEAVES HER HOME TO BE MARRIED IN
CHURCH, A BROOM IS PLACED IN FRONT OF HER AT THE
DOORWAY. IF SHE PICKS THE BROOM UP, SHE WILL BE
A GOOD HOUSEKEEPER, IF NOT, SHE WILL BE A POOR
HOUSEWIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THERE IS A STRING ON YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE
A LETTER OR A PACKAGE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
BRIDAL SHOWER GIFTS
AT A BRIDAL SHOWER YOU NEVER BRING KNIVES FOR A GIFT BECAUSE
SHE AND HER FUTURE HUSBAND WILL QUARREL ALL THE TIME.
Submitter comment:
THIS WILL CAUSE THE COUPLE TO HAVE BAD LUCK IN THE FUTURE.
THIS ITEM WAS LEARNED DURING HER ADOLESCENT STAGE IN HER HOME TOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): GIFT-FIVING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.18 |
Date learned: 00001930S
DETERMINING THE SEX OF AN UNBORN CHILD
IF YOU ARE BIG FROM THE FRONT IT IS A GIRL; IF YOU ARE BIG FROM
THE BACK IT IS A BOY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED DURING PREGNANCY OF INFORMANT'S FIRST CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 10-16-1974
FUTURE OF CHILD
WHEN A CHILD IS ONE YEAR OLD, PLACE HIM ON THE FLOOR WITH THREE
THINGS SET IN FRONT OF HIM; THE BIBLE, A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY, AND A
DOLLAR BILL. WHICHEVER ITEM HE PICKS WILL PREDICT YOUR BABYS FUTURE.
Submitter comment: AN INTERESTING THING WOULD BE TO SEE HOW THESE PREDICTIONS TURN OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 02-00-1974
FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
ON THE FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST GIRLS MADE WREATHS
FROM FLOWERS NEAR THE WATER. THEY PLACED CANDLES ON THEIR
WREATHS
AND SAW WHICH ONE WOULD FLOAT THE LONGEST. THAT GIRL WOULD BE
MARRIED FIRST WHOSE WREATH STAYED UP THE LONGEST.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS DONE IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; POLAND ; Sterling Heights ; GOWARCZOW
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 24 St. John's Day / Midsummer Day BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
BUTTER CUP
PLACE A BUTTER CUP (FLOWER) UNDER A PERSONS CHIN AND IF YOU CAN SEE
A YELLOW REFLECTION ON HIS CHIN. IT MEANS HE LIKES BUTTER.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): VARIANT PLANT: DANDELION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food N244.44 BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 11-19-1972
EVIL SPIRITS
ITALIANS DROP OIL AND VINEGAR IN WATER AND IF THE DROPS GROUP
TOGETHER. IT SYMBOLIZES THE COMING OF EVIL SPIRITS. IF THEY STAY
APART IT SYMBOLIZES A YEAR FREE OF EVIL SPIRITS
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 11-03-1972
THE DEVIL BEATS HIS WIFE
IF ONE STICKS A PIN IN THE GROUND AND THEN PUTS HIS EAR TO THE
GROUND AND IT IS RAINING WHILE THE SUN SHINES. YOU CAN HEAR
THE DEVIL BEATING HIS WIFE. THIS IS BECAUSE THE EARTH IS CRYING.
Submitter comment: I USED TO DO THIS AS A CHILD.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game, Pastime, Sport BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00001960S
BUBBLES IN COFFEE
IF THE BUBBLES IN A FRESHLY POURED CUP OF COFFEE CAN BE LIFTED OUT
OF THE CUP BY A SPOON BEFORE THEY DISAPPEAR, THEN THAT PERSON WILL
COME INTO MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): DRINK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
WHO WILL BE THE NEXT VISITOR?
A METHOD OF PREDICTING WHO THE NEXT VISITOR WILL BE. IF A PERSON
DROPS A FORK, HE CAN EXPECT A MAN VISITOR. IF HE DROPS A KNIFE,
HE CAN EXPECT A WOMAN VISITOR. IF HE DROPS A SPOON, HE CAN EXPECT
A CHILD VISITOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
COUNTING-OUT RIME {PROBABLY AN INACCURATE TITLE}
RICH MAN, POOR MAN, BEGGAR MAN, THIEF. DOCTOR, LAWYER, MERCHANT,
CHIEF.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL. YOU SAY ONE NAME
FOR EACH BUTTON ON A SHIRT, SWEATER, ETC., AND WHERE YOU STOP, THAT
IS THE PERSON YOU WILL MARRY. SHE DOES NOT HOLD IT TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
DETERMINING SEX
WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT YOU HAVE HER SIT ON THE FLOOR AND WHATEVER
HAND SHE LEANS ON WILL DETERMINE THE SEX OF THE CHILD. RIGHT HAND IS
A BOY AND LEFT HAND IS A GIRL.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER AND INFORMANT DOES NOT HOLD
IT TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): RIGHT-HANDEDNESS SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
IT IS A CUSTOM AT A WEDDING RECEPTION FOR THE GROOM TO REMOVE A
BLUE GARTER FROM THE BRIDES' LEG AND THROW IT OVER HIS RIGHT
SHOULDER TO THE BACHELORS. THE LUCKY ONE WHO CATCHES IT WILL BE
THE NEXT ONE TO GET MARRIED.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Garter toss BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 09-06-1972
CHRISTMAS EVE CUSTOM
PUTTING A PILE OF STRAW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TABLE, THEN THE MAIN
COURSES OF FOOD (IN LARGE BOWLS) ARE PLACED ON THE STRAW. IF THE
STRAW STICKS TO THE BOWL, THEN THAT PARTICULAR FOOD WILL BE
PLENTIFUL THE COMING YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-07-1972
EVIL EYE
ONE CURE FOR THE EVIL EYE IS TO DROP SOME OIL WATER IN THE PRESENCE
OF THE VICTIM . IF AFTER IT SPREADS THE OIL TAKES ON THE SHAPE OF AN
EYE , THERE IS NO DOUBT THE VICTIM HAS FALLEN TO THE EVIL EYE. THE
PERSON GIVING THE CURE CAN THEN MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS THREE
TIMES ON THE VICTIM'S FOREHEAD, RESULTING IN A RAPID RECOVERY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Use of Object SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 09-24-1972
DANDELION
IF YOU SEE A YELLOW SHADOW WHEN YOU PUT A DANDELION UNDER YOUR
CHIN, IT MEANS YOU LIKE BUTTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 12-04-1972
LEAD LEAVES
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE GERMANS MELT LEAD. YOU THROW IT INTO
COLD WATER. THEY WILL TELL YOUR FORTUNE FOR THE COMING
YEAR BY THE WAY THE LEAD BREAKS UP INTO PIECES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F123 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 11-04-1972
BELIEF WEDDING CAKE
PUT A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW AND THE ONE YOU DREAM
ABOUT YOU WILL MARRY.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about friends and lovers BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 06-00-1972