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IF YOU SMELL ROSES WHEN THERE ARE NO ROSES NEAR,
YOU WILL SOON HEAR OF SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU DYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
IF YOU PICK A DANDELION AND PLACE IT UNDER SOMEONE'S
CHIN AND YOU SEE A YELLOW SPOT OR SHADOW UNDER HIS
CHIN, THEN THIS PERSON LIKES BUTTER.
Submitter comment:
I BELIEVED THIS WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG BUT AM QUITE
SKEPTICAL OF IT NOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU CUT GRASS BEFORE A STORM, LIGHTNING WILL
STRIKE YOUR HOME.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER PARENTS, WHO ARE
OF IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Human condition and activities |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
PUT A DROP OF COFFEE IN A CUP, HOLD IT OVER A FIRE
UNTIL IT DRIES; THEN READ YOUR FUTURE IN THE
FIGURES IT FORMS IN THE BOTTOM OF YOUR CUP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: 03-31-1968
IT IS A TURKISH CUSTOM TO "READ" COFFEE GROUNDS.
ONE MUST FIRST DRINK A SPECIAL BLEND OF COFFEE,
THEN TURN THE CUP OVER ON A SAUCER AND LET THE
GROUNDS FALL OUT. WHEN THEY ARE DRY, A TRAINED
PERSON READS THIS. KELI SAID HER MOTHER HAD THIS
DONE AND IT REALLY WORKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: 02-26-1971
IT IS A CUSTOM IN MY FAMILY TO USE THE PRESENCE OF A TEALEAF STEM IN A CUP
OF TEA TO DETERMINE WHEN A VISITOR WILL COME TO THE HOUSE. WHEN A PART OF A STEM
(NOT PART OF A LEAF) IS FOUND FLOATING IN THE TEA CUP, IT IS REMOVED AND PLACED
ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HAND. IT IS STRUCK WITH THE CLOSED FIST OF THE OTHER HAND
AS MANY TIMES AS IS NECESSARY TO CAUSE IT TO STICK TO THE FIST. THIS NUMBER OF
TIMES IS THE NUMBER OF DAYS LATER WHEN A VISITOR CAN BE EXPECTED AT THE HOUSE.
THIS CUSTOM HAS CARRIED THROUGH AT LEAST TWO GENERATIONS ON MY DAD'S SIDE. IT IS
NOTED THAT, DUE TO INCREASED PERFECTION OF TEA, FEWER AND FEWER OF THESE "VISITORS"
ARE BEING FOUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AN OLD FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, MRS. FINNIGAN, USED
TO COME OVER TO VISIT MY GRANDMOTHER AND OFTEN THEY
HAD TEA. SHE WOULD TURN HER CUP OVER AND TURN IT
AROUND THREE TIMES, TAKE THE CUP OFF THE SAUCER
AND READ THE TEA LEAVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: 03-02-1971
IF A BUTTERCUT REFLECTED YELLOW ON THE UNDERNEATH
OF ONE'S CHIN, WHEN HELD THERE, THAT PERSON
LIKED BUTTER.
Submitter comment:
OF COURSE, THE REFLECTION ALWAYS APPEARED AND MOST
PEOPLE LIKE BUTTER, BUT CHILDREN DON'T KNOW THAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
DIVINING WATER
WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I WERE PLANNING TO CUT OUT A FRUIT
(IT TURNED OUT TO BE A QUINCE) TREE FROM OUR BACKYARD,
MRS. FOSTER ASKED IF IT WERE A PEACH TREE. SHE
WANTED A Y-SHAPED BRANCH FOR A WATER-DIVINING ROD.
SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAVE A COTTAGE IN CANADA AND SHE
WANTED TO SEE WHERE THE WELL SHOULD BE DUG.
WHEN I QUESTIONED HER ABOUT THIS STRANGE REQUEST,
SHE TOLD ME THAT DIVINING WATER BE DONE BY POINTING
A PEACH OR WILLOW BRANCH AT THE GROUND AND THAT THE
BRANCH WOULD REALLY PULL ITSELF TOWARD THE SPOT WHERE
WATER WOULD BE FOUND.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAS EVER DONE IT HERSELF, BUT SHE
REALLY BELIEVES THAT YOU CAN DIVINE WATER THIS WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
IF YOU PUT A DANDELION UNDER A PERSON'S CHIN, AND IT
REFLECTS YELLOW, IT MEANS THAT THE PERSON LIKES
BUTTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Butter BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
TO FIND OUT IF A PERSON LIKES BUTTER (OR TO DETERMINE
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THAT MATTER) YOU RUB A DANDELION
AGAINST THE PERSON'S NECK, AND IF IT LEAVES A
YELLOW MARK ON, THEN WHATEVER YOU WERE TRYING TO
DETERMINE IS TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
OUR WELL AT OUR COTTAGE AT FARWELL LAKE WAS FOUND
BY THE WATERWITCHING METHOD. MRS. GEORGE CRAMER,
NOW DECEASED FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS, USED A PEACH
BOUGH TO FIND THE WELL. I WAS ONLY TEN OR ELEVEN
YEARS OLD, BUT I REMEMBER TRYING IT MYSELF. WHEN
I WALKED OVER THE SPOT SHE DID, I COULD FEEL IT
PULLING DOWNWARD TOWARD THE GROUND. MY FATHER AND
MY UNCLE WERE WITH ME, BUT WHEN THEY WERE UNABLE
TO MAKE THE WATER ROD WORK FOR THEM. MRS. CRAMER
HAD NO EXPLANATION WHY SOME PEOPLE COULD DO IT AND
WHY SOME COULDN'T.
Where learned: FARWELL LAKE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HER WELL WAS FOUND BY A WATER-WITCH, USING A PEACH
BOUGH. THE OLD WOMAN WALKED OVER THE GROUND AND
WHERE THE BOUGH PULLED DOWN, THAT WAS THE PLACE
TO DIG THE WELL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MR. BASCOM, SOLD A HOUSE TO A FELLOW. HE NEEDED
A WELL, SO HE BROUGHT IN A WATER WITCH WHO USED
A CHERRY BOUGH TO FIND A WELL. THE WELL IS STILL
IN USE TODAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU RUB A BUTTERCUP ON YOUR CHIN AND THE YELLOW
COMES OFF ON IT, YOU CAN BE SURE YOU LIKE BUTTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Butter BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: 11-13-1970
HAWAIIAN CUSTOM
WHILE LIVING IN HAWAII, I LEARNED OF A CHARMING CUSTOM.
IT IS THE CUSTOM IN HAWAII FOR PEOPLE LEAVING THE
ISLANDS TO THROW A LEI OVERBOARD (OF COURSE THEY
MUST BE ON A SHIP). IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE PERSON
WILL RETURN SOMEDAY IF HIS LEI IS CARRIED BY THE
CURRENT BACK TO SHORE, BUT IF THE LEI IS CARRIED OUT
TO SEA HE IS DOOMED NEVER TO RETURN. THIS CUSTOM
DATES BACK TO THE TIMES WHEN THE HAWAIIAN WARRIORS
WOULD LEAVE THEIR PARTICULAR ISLAND TO VENTURE TO
ANOTHER ISLAND IN THEIR PRIMITIVE OUTRIGGERS. THE
WARRIORS WOULD ALL THROW A LEI OVERBOARD WITH THE
BELIEF THAT THE GODS WOULD PROTECT THEM IF THEIR LEI
RETURNED TO SHORE BUT THEY WOULD NEVER RETURN IF THEIR
LEI WENT OUT TO SEA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): LEI=GARLAND MADE OF FLOWERS, USUALLY WORN AROUND THE NECK.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: 03-30-1968
JACK IN THE PULPIT (INDIAN TURNIP)
IT WAS CALLED JUG WOMAN'S BABY BY THE PENOBSCOT INDIANS
AND REGARDED AS POISONOUS. THE INNER SEED, DROPPED INTO
A CUP OF WATER, WOULD FLOAT FOUR TIMES CLOCKWISE
AROUND THE CUP AS A SIGN THE PATIENT WOULD GET WELL;
IF IT SANK BEFORE THE FOURTH ROUND, HE WOULD DIE.
Submitter comment:
A LITTLE PIECE OF FORTUNE TELLING OR MISFORTUNE
TELLING OF MY GRANDMOTHER. I ALSO RECALL SEEING THIS
ONE IN AN OLD MOVIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CALUMET
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF, WHEN YOU HOLD A DANDELION UNDER YORU CHIN, THE
YELLOW REFLECTS ON YOUR SKIN, THEN YOU LIKE BUTTER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Butter BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
UPON LEAVING HAWAII, IF YOU TOSS A LEI INTO THE WATER,
AND IT FLOATS TOWARDS SHORE, IT MEANS THAT YOU WILL
ONE DAY RETURN TO HAWAII.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD TO DO THIS BY A NATIVE UPON
LEAVING HAWAII A FEW MONTHS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
THERE IS A BELIEF THAT THE BUTTERCUP FLOWER, WHEN HELD
TO A PERSON'S CHIN, INDICATES WHETHER THAT PERSON
IS IN LOVE OR LIKES BUTTER. IF YELLOW STAINS THE
CHIN, THAT PERSON IS IN LOVE OR VARIOUSLY LIKES
BUTTER.
Submitter comment:
THIS BELIEF WAS SHOWN TO ME YEARS AGO ON MY GRAND-
FATHER'S FARM. BUTTERCUPS GROW IN THE MEADOW.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; STURGEON LAKE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Butter BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |