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THE KANSAS TORNADOES
KANSAS IS NOTED AS BEING THE HOME OF TORNADOES. THEY SAY THAT
THESE TORNADOES WILL PICK UP TELEPHONE POLES AND SET THEM DOWN
IN THE SAME PLACE TWO STATES AWAY. AND THE TELEPHONE OPERATORS
WITH THEM. ONE TIME, IT WAS IN THE MORNING AT MILKING TIME,
A KANSAS TORNADO CAME ALONG AND PICKED UP A WHOLE TOWN AND
DROPPED IT IN NEBRASKA--INCLUDING THE WHEEL TRACKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
ROAD THAT SHAKES
THERE IS A ROAD IN DETROIT THAT SHAKES WHEN IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment:
I ASKED THE INFORMANT WHERE THIS ROAD WAS AND HE SAID THAT HE
COULD NOT REMEMBER, BUT HE HAD BEEN THERE ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO.
HE EXPLAINED THAT HE DIDN'T THINK THAT THE ROAD SHOOK BECAUSE
IT WAS GOING TO RAIN, BUT BECAUSE CARS CAUSED IT TO VIBRATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 05-12-1965
UPPER PENINSULA, MICHIGAN
THE ROCKS ON THE UPPER PENINSULA ARE CONSIDERED SACRED AND
HAUNTED. THE INDIANS BELIEVED THIS BECAUSE NOTHING LIVES THERE
AND THE VEGETATION IS SPARSE. THE INDIANS ALSO FEARED THIS PLACE
BECAUSE LIGHTNING STRUCK THE ROCKS SO OFTEN.
Submitter comment: MIKE LEARNED THIS FROM HIS RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
HEARTBREAK HILL
THE NAME OF HEARTBREAK HILL PERTAINS TO AN EMINENCE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A TOWN IN WHICH THERE WAS A LARGE INDIAN SETTLEMENT, BEFORE THE
WHITE MEN SETTLED THERE AND DROVE THE INHABITANTS OUT. BEFORE THE
ENGLISH COLONY HAD BEEN FIRMLY PLANTED, A SAILOR STRAYING ASHORE
CAME UPON THE SIMPLE NATIVES AND FINDING THEIR WAYS FULL OF NOVEL-
TY, HE LIVED WITH THEM FOR A TIME. WHEN HE FOUND A WAY TO RETURN
TO ENGLAND, HE TOOK WITH HIM THE LOVE OF A MAIDEN OF THE TRIBE,
BUT THE GIRL HERSELF HE LEFT BEHIND, COMFORTING HER ON HIS DEPART-
URE WITH AN ASSURANCE THAT BEFORE MANY MOONS HE WOULD RETURN.
MONTHS WENT BY AND EXTENDED INTO YEARS, AND EVERY DAY THE GIRL
CLIMBED HEARTBREAK HILL AND LOOK(ED) SEAWARD TO LOOK FOR SOME
TOKEN OF HER LOVER. AT LAST A SHIP WAS SEEN TRYING TO COME INTO
THE HARBOR, WITH A FURIOUS GALE RUNNING HER CLOSE TO SHORE, WHERE
BREAKERS WERE LASHING THE ROCKS AND SAND. THE GIRL STAYED WHERE
SHE WAS UNTIL THE VESSEL WAS HURLED AGAINST THE SHORE AND SMASHED
INTO A THOUSAND PIECES. AS ITS TIMBERS WENT TOSSING AWAY, A
WHITE, DESPAIRING FACE WAS LIFTED TO HERS FOR AN INSTANT, THEN IT
SANK AND WAS SEEN NEVERMORE--HER LOVER'S FACE. IT IS SAID THAT
SHE LIES BURIED INSIDE THE LEDGE THAT WAS HER WATCH-TOWER.
Submitter comment:
MRS. ORESTE HEARD THIS STORY FROM HER HUSBAND MANY YEARS AGO.
SHE CLAIMED THAT AT THE TIME HE TOLD IT TO HER, THERE WERE TWO
VERSIONS INVOLVED, BUT THAT THIS WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT SHE COULD
REMEMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND HAVEN
Date learned: 09-00-1963
BIG SNOW
THERE'S A STORY MY DAD USED TO TELL (VALIDITY QUESTIONABLE) ABOUT
THE SNOW IN HIS HOME TOWN, MANISTEE, MICHIGAN, WHEN HE WAS A BOY.
HE TELLS OF THE SNOW BEING SO HIGH SOME WINTERS THAT THE MOTORISTS
HAD TO TIE RED RAGS AT THE ENDS OF THEIR RADIO ANTENNAS SO THAT
THEY COULD SEE EACH OTHER ABOVE THE SNOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GERMAN TALE
FOR MANY YEARS, THE DEVIL HAD HIS OWN WAY IN THE LOVELY VALLEY
OF VAUDAI. ONE YEAR, HOWEVER, SOME OF THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE
BUILT A CHUCH. THE DEVIL WAS VERY ANGRY AND TRIED TO DESTROY
THE CHURCH BUT MORE AND MORE CHURCHES WERE BUILT AND THE DEVIL
WAS FORCED TO LEAVE THE VALLEY AND LIVE UP IN THE ROCKY HEIGHTS
OF THE ALPS WHERE IT WAS TOO COLD TO BUILD A CHURCH. THOUGH HE
TRIED MANY MEANS OF WIPING OUT THE CHURCHES, THEY STILL REMAINED
AND REALIZING HIS DEFEAT, THE DEVIL WENT BACK IN MISERY TO THE
ROCKY CRAGS WHICH WERE HIS NEW HOME. AND WHEN THE DEVIL THINKS
BACK ON HIS HAPPY DAYS IN THE VALLEY, A TERRIBLE FREEZING WIND
BLOWS THROUGHOUT VAUDAI AND MAKES ALL THE CHURCH DOORS RATTLE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT IS AN AMERICAN GIRL WHOSE PARENTS ARE FROM GERMANY.
HER FATHER LEARNED IT AS A YOUNG BOY IN GERMANY AND TOLD IT TO
HER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 10-06-1963
A RING AROUND THE MOON MEANS BAD WEATHER IS COMING. ALSO, IF
CIRCLES ARE SEEN AROUND THE SUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 06-00-1964
A RAINBOW IN THE MORNING MEANS RAIN TO FOLLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN THE HOT WINDS BLOW OUT OF THE DESERTS INTO CALIFORNIA,
THE CRIME RATE WILL RISE IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA.
Submitter comment: COULDN'T REMEMBER WHERE HE LEARNED THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
RAIN FALLING IN AN OPEN GRAVE IS A SURE SIGN OF
IMPENDING DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
BAD OMEN
RED SKY AT NIGHT, SAILORS DELIGHT.
RED SKY AT MORN, SAILORS TAKE WARN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.460 BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 12-00-1974
WEATHER SUPERSTITION
IF YOU KILL A TOAD IT WILL RAIN THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment: DIDN'T REALLY BELIEVE IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MADISON HEIGHTS
Date learned: 10-00-1973
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
IF IT THUNDERS IN FEBRUARY, THEN THERE WILL BE FROST IN MAY.
Submitter comment:
THIS FORCAST WAS TOLD BY MRS. HAMPTON WHO SAYS THAT THIS IS VERY
TRUE. HER MOTHER ORIGINALLY TOLD HER THIS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- P0200 BELIEF -- P0500 BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 10-02-1972
IF THE SUN RISES RED, THIS MEANS RAIN.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MRS. HAMPTON'S MOTHER WHO BELIEVED IT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 10-02-1972
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
WHEN YOU CAN HANG A POWDER HORN ON THE HOOK OF THE MOON YOU'LL HAVE
FROST.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS AS A CHILD
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
"THEY ALWAYS USED TO SAY THAT IF THERE WAS ENOUGH BLUE IN THE SKY TO
MAKE YOUR MOTHER A PETTICOAT OUT OF, THE STORM WOULD END SOON."
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Matter |
Date learned: 11-15-1972
(WHEN I WAS SMALL) "WE USED TO ALSO BE TOLD THAT IF YOU KEPT A
BOTTLE OF MILK OUT IN A STORM, IT WOULD GO SOUR."
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Drink from animal product Milk BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 11-15-1972
"MY MOTHER USED TO SAY, THAT IF YOUR RHEUMATISM ACHED, A STORM WAS
COMING."
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 11-15-1972