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BELIEF IN PARAGUAY
THE PEASANT PEOPLE OF THE COAST BELIEVE THAT IN PAST TIMES, THERE
WAS AN INDIAN GIRL OUT LOOKING FOR HER BROTHER AND THE FOREST
DEMONS HAD TURNED HIM INTO A BIRD AND THE BIRD IS CALLED THE
CHUQUI BIRD. IT IS ALSO BELIEVED THAT THE LOST SOUL OF THE BOY
IS CONTAINED IN THIS BIRD AND THE PEOPLE FEEL THAT IT IS GOOD
LUCK TO FIND THIS BIRD.
Submitter comment:
MR. MARCHETT WAS TOLD THIS WHILE HE LIVED IN LATIN AMERICA. HE
TOLD IT TO A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WORKED WITH HIM AT IRA WILSON
& SONS CREAMERY IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
IF YOU CATCH A LADYBUG, IT WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-05-1972
LADY BUG, LADY BUG, FLY AWAY HOME.
YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE, AND YOUR CHILDREN ARE BURNING.
Submitter comment:
THE PERSON SAYING THIS IS SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE GOOD
LUCK FOR SENDING THE LADY BUG HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
IF YOU'RE FISHING AND A BLUE WATER FLY LANDS ON THE
TIP OF YOUR POLE, IT MEANS YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK
AND WILL CATCH A LOT OF FISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-05-1972
IF THERE IS A FLY IN YOUR HOUSE ON JANUARY THE FIRST
YOU WILL HAVE A YEAR OF GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD IN NORTH DAKOTA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH DAKOTA ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
A CRICKET IN THE HOUSE IS GOOD LUCK, SUPPOSEDLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
IF YOU HAVE A CRICKET IN YOUR HOUSE, YOU WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-13-1970
A CRICKET IN THE HOUSE BRINGS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
A CRICKET IN YOUR HEARTH BRINGS GOOD LUCK. NEVER
KILL IT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS BELIEF FROM PARENTS WHEN SHE WAS
A YOUNG GIRL, DURING THE 1920S. THINKS PARENTS
BELIEVED IN THE SAYING, BUT THERE WAS NO HEARTH
IN THEIR HOME TO CONFIRM THE BELIEF.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 10-02-1971 ; 00001920S
A HONEY BEE FLYING AROUND A PERSON IS A SIGN OF
GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-26-1970
IF YOU EVER TRAMP IN COW MANURE, IT WILL BRING
YOU GOOD LUCK THAT DAY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER--COLLECTOR SAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Activities BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
IT SOME PARTS OF ENGLAND, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE
MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO INSURE GOOD LUCK IS TO SHUT
A CAT IN A HOT OVEN.
Data entry tech comment: CAT=WITCH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
SIGHTING A RED BIRD MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
THROUGHOUT POLAND, IT IS A SIGN OF LUCK ON FARMS TO
HAVE STORKS BUILD NESTS ON THE ROOF OF A HOME.
WHEN THEY WOULD NOT, THE INHABITANTS OF THE HOUSE
WOULD BE UNEASY, THINKING THE HOUSE IS UNLUCKY.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS THIS BELIEF AND PRACTICE
FROM HER DAYS IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
IF YOU STEPPED ON A WHIFFLE HEN, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO
BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: GERMAN BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 10-06-1968
IT IS CONSIDERED A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK TO "STAMP"
THE FIRST FEW ROBINS ONE SEES IN THE SPRING. THIS
MERELY CONSISTS OF LICKING THE THUMB AND THEN
PLACING THE WET SPOT ON THE BACK OF THE OTHER
HAND. THEN THIS SPOT IS "STAMPED" A COUPLE OF
TIMES WITH THE OTHER FIST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
IT IS GOOD LUCK FOR SWALLOWS TO BUILD THEIR NEST ON
THE ROOF.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IT IS GOOD LUCK FOR A BIRD TO FLY INTO YOUR HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-03-1970
SNAP A ROBIN
IN THIS ACTION TO INDUCE GOOD LUCK, WHEN A PERSON
SEES A ROBIN, HE LICKS HIS RIGHT THUMB, TOUCHES IT
TO HIS LEFT PALM, THEN PLACES THE RIGHT FIST INTO
THE LEFT PALM MAKING A SNAP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
PUT BIRDS' NESTS IN YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE TO BRING GOOD
LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WILSON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN