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WEATHER BELIEF
IF A CRESCENT MOON'S HORNS ARE TURNED UP TO HOLD WATER,
THERE WILL BE RAIN SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 09-00-1973
PALM SUNDAY BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS
WHATEVER WEATHER YOU HAVE ON PALM SUNDAY, YOU WILL HAVE ON THE
SUCCESSIVE SIX SUNDAYS. IF IT RAINS ON PALM SUNDAY, THEN YOU WILL
HAVE RAIN THE NEXT SIX SUNDAYS, ETC.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
Date learned: 09-10-1972
THUNDER AFTER MIDNIGHT; MEANS THAT THE NEXT DAY WILL BE LOWERY.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT, BY HIS MOTHER WHEN HE WAS A SMALL BOY
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
OMENS OF SPRING
IF YOU SEE A RED CARDINAL BUILDING A NEST IN A TREE, THAT MEANS THAT
SPRING IS ONLY A MONTH AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
BELIEF IN AN OBJECT
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ONE CONCEIVES BY THE ACT
OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, BUT RATHER BY THE LAST THING THEY SEE
PRIOR TO INTERCOURSE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 02-26-1970
PROVERB IN VERSE
NA SW GRZEGORZA POJDZIE ZIMI DO MORZA (POLISH)
ON THE FEAST OF ST. GREGORY THE WINTER GOES TO THE SEA.
Data entry tech comment:
ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
TRANSLATED BY MRS K J UNIECHOWSKI
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 12 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 25 BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERB IN VERSE
PALE MOON DOTH RAIN
RED MOON DOTH BLOW
WHITE MOON DOTH NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; SAGINAW
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 09-07-1969
WEATHER FORECAST
PINK IN THE MORNING SAILORS' WARNING.
PINK AT NIGHT, THAT'S SAILORS' DELIGHT.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO ME AT A BOY SCOUT TRAINING SESSION
AT HOWELL SCOUT CAMP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Howell
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
IRISH BELIEF ABOUT THE MOON
WHENEVER THE MOON IS RED IT MEANS THERE WILL BE BLOODSHED.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS GIVEN TO MRS. CHESNEY BY MATILDA MELLON, HER MOTHER,
WHO WAS AN IRISH IMMIGRANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME ; SYMBOL ; SYMPATHETIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 09-16-1975
WHEN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND ITCHES IT MEANS ONE OF TWO THINGS.YOU
WILL EITHER GIVE OR RECEIVE MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
WHEN THE FLYING ANTS COME OUT OR FROGS CROAK REALLY LOUD IT IS
GOING TO RAIN.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A FILIPINO BELIEF.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 11-21-1977
WEATHER BELIEF
IF THE MORNING DOVE CAN BE HEARD AT DAWN,
IT WILL BE A SUNNY DAY. IF NOT, RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: CA07151970
WEATHER BELIEF
IF THE STARS CAN BE SEEN AT NIGHT, IT WILL BE A CLEAR AND SUNNY DAY
TOMMOROW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: CA0001974
WEATHER BELIEF
IF YOUR BONES ACHE, IT WILL RAIN THE NEXT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: CA00001971
WEATHER BELIEF
RAIN BEFORE SEVEN.
SHINE BEFIRE ELEVEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; FEMININE RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001950S
SUPERSTITION
THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY WOULD PUT A CRADLE, FULL OF STRAW, IN A TREE,
HOPEFULLY, A STORK WOULD MAKE ITS NEST THERE. WHEN THE STORK
THROWS ONE OF HER BABIES OUT OF THE NEST, THIS MEANS THAT THERE
WILL BE A BAD SUMMER.
Submitter comment:
THIS WEATHER PREDICTOR WAS FIRST HEARD BY THE INFORMANT AROUND 1910
IN POLAND. A STORK, CRADLE AND GOOD SUMMER ALL SYMBOLIZE LIFE.
THIS IS HINDERED BY A BIRD FALLING FROM THE CRADLE (DEATH) CAUSING
A BREAK IN THE LINK (A BAD SUMMER).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; CA00001910
SUPERSTITOON
ROOSTER CROWING BEFORE MIDNIGHT MEANS RAIN.
Submitter comment:
IN POLAND, WHERE MY GRANDMOTHER GREW UP, LOCAL TTADITIONS WERE
ACCEPTED AS FACT, AND WERE NOT QUESTIONED.
Where learned: POLAND ; WARSAW ; MIELIEC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
FLORIDA WEATHER BELIEF
"DADDY USED TO TELL US THAT THE SUNSHINE IN FLORIDA WAS SO HEALTHY,
NO ONE EVER DIED, AND THAT'S WHY THE POOREST MEN
IN FLORIDA WERE THOSE WHO SELL CEMETERY PLOTS".
Where learned: OHIO ; FLORIDA ; ALLIANCE ; EUSTIS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 11-13-1980 ; 00001920S
IF YOU CAN SEE THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEAVES ON A TREE- IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment:
THIS WEATHER BELIEF IS PROBABLY QUITE ACCURATE, WINDY WEATHER IS A
SIGN THAT RAIN IS COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1980 ; 00-00-1950