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SEE OR DREAM OF A BLACK SNAKE AND IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): REPTILE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
SHARKS FOLLOWING A SHIP MEANT THERE WOULD SOON BE A
DEATH ABOARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-29-1968
IF A RABBIT MAKES ITS HOME ON ONE'S PROPERTY,
THE WOMEN OF THE HOUSEHOLD ARE SURE TO RAISE LARGE
FAMILIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-22-1971
THE SMALL LOBSTER IS A TRADITIONAL SYMBOL OF LONG PROSPEROUS
LIFE IN JAPAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
IF A SPIDER'S WEB BRUSHES ACROSS YOUR FACE, IT MEANS YOU'RE
GETTING A LETTER IN THE MAIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ARACHNID
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
SEEING A SPIDER IN THE MORNING WILL BRING SADNESS AND SORROW.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD GERMAN BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals BELIEF -- Good luck P881.33 |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
IF YOU KILL A SPIDER, IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ARACHNID
Date learned: 10-00-1967
THE PERSON CATCHING A LADYBUG AND RELEASING IT ALIVE
WILL SOON RECEIVE MONEY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU FIND AN INCHWORM ON YOUR CLOTHES, THEN YOU KNOW
YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME NEW CLOTHES, BECAUSE HE IS
MEASURING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-16-1969
IN MEXICO, IF A HORSEFLY FLIES INTO YOUR HOME, YOU WILL
HAVE A VISITOR WITHIN THE DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
CRICKETS ARE GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A SUPERSTITION COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals BELIEF -- Good luck P881.33 |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
IN MEXICO, IF YOU FIND A BIG, BLACK BUTTERFLY IN YOUR HOME
IT IS AVERY BAD LUCK SIGN. SOME DISASTER WILL FOLLOW--
LIKE DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
IF A BUTTERFLY FLIES INTO YOUR HOUSE, THAT'S A SIGN OF
AN IMPENDING MARRIAGE.
Where learned: NEWSPAPER ; THE MACOMB DAILY
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
IF YOU CATCH A BUTTERFLY, IT MEANS THAT YOU WILL SOON GET A
DRESS IN THE COLOR OF THAT BUTTERFLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-25-1968
A HOWLING DOG MEANS DEATH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 08-05-1964
IF A DOG HOWLS, THERE WILL BE A DEATH THAT NIGHT IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
IF YOU HEAR A DOG CRYING AT NIGHT, IT MEANS THERE WILL BE
A DEATH NEAR YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-25-1968
IF A DOG HOWLS--DEATH CLOSE BY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
IF YOU HEAR THE DOGS HOWL SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU HAS DIED.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
IF A DOG HOWLS AT NIGHT, IT MEANS DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 01-00-1968