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UNTITLED
GOING TO MICHIGAN STATE, I WAS TOLD THAT IF EVER A VIRGIN GRADUATES
FROM HERE, THE STATUE OF THE MAN WILL DROP THE BALL HE HOLDS.
DO NOT EXPECT IT SOON, IT HAS LASTED A LONG TIME ALREADY.
Where learned: AUSTRALIA ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; PESSIMSIM ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
THE GREEN MAN
THERE WAS A MAN WHO USED TO WORK FOR ONE OF THE POWER COMPANIES
IN PITTSBURGH. IT SEEMS THAT ONE DAY HE HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH A HIGH
TENSION WIRE AND WAS HORRIBLY DISFUGURED. THE SHOCK TURNED
HIS SKIN A GREEN COLOR AND GREATLY DISTORTED HIS FACE.
THIS MAN NOW LIVES BY HIMSELF IN A RAMSHACKLE HOUSE OUT IN
SOUTH PARK. HE IS KNOWN TO SCARE CHILDREN AND CHASE ANYONE
WHO GOES NEAR HIS PLACE AWAY. PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS
SOMETHING WEIRD ABOUT HIM. TONY HAS NEVER SEEN THE MAN
BUT APPARENTLY HIS EXISTENCE IS ACCEPTED AS A FACT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DISFIGUREMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: 11-08-1968
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CHARACTER AND SPEECH
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
A MAN WHO IS QUEER WILL TALK WITH A LISP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMOSEXUAL ; SLANG: QUEER FOR HOMOSEXUAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics |
Date learned: 11-03-1969
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THURSDAYS
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
IN THE ALMA AREA IT IS CONSIDERED THE SIGN OF THE QUEER
IF HE WEARS GREEN ON THURSDAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMOSEXUAL ; SLANG: QUEER FOR HOMOSEXUAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EFFECTS OF DRINKING
WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL GETS DRUNK HE LOSES ALL THE GOOD GRACES
HE HAS STORED UP IN HEAVEN AND WHEN HE REPENTS, HE GETS THEM
ALL BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
BELIEF-LEGEND
THE ESKIMOS BELIEVED THAT AFTER THE SUN SET IN THE
WESTERN OCEAN, HE WAS PADDLED BACK IN A KAYAK THROUGH THE
NIGHT TO THE EASTERN HORIZON.
Submitter comment:
HEARD IN YOUTH BY INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
MOON BELIEF
WHEN THE FULL MOON APPEARS, PEOPLE GET LOONEY.
Where learned: HIGH SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): LOONEY COMES FROM WORD FOR MOON IN LATIN= LUNA ; MADNESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
MEDICAL BELIEF
SLEEPING IN THE MOONLIGHT WILL MAKE YOU GO CRAZY.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER LEARNED THIS FROM SOME IRISH FRIENDS WHEN SHE WAS A
CHILD IN DETROIT HER FRIENDS BELIEVED THIS SO STRONGLY THAT
BEFORE GOING TO BED, THEY WOULD ALWAYS CHECK TO MAKE SURE NO
MOONLIGHT WAS COMING IN AROUND THE SHADES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; MADNESS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
MOON BELIEF
IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR ON A FULL MOON IT WILL GROW TWICE AS LONG.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SHAVED HER DAUGHTER'S HEAD WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG
BECAUSE SHE HAD A SCALP DISEASE. NOW HER DAUGHTER HAS
SHOULDER LENGTH HAIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 12-07-1971
PREDICTION
IF YOU SEE A FALLING STAR, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY MAKE
A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
SIGN
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT EVERY TIME A SHOOTING STAR FLASHES
ACROSS THE SKY, A CHILD HAS BEEN BORN TO REPLACE SOMEONE WHO HAS
DIED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE THE STATEMENT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Comet BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
DEVIL BELIEF
IN HUNGARY WHEN THE SUN SHINES AND IT RAINS, THE PEOPLE
SAY THAT THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE. THE SUN REPRESENTS HIS
LAUGHING, AND THE RAIN, HER TEARS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOLISM
| Subject headings: | 46O BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HOME PROTECTION BELIEF IN STORM
IT IS A COMMON PRACTICE IN NEWFOUNDLAND IN CATHOLIC HOMES
TO LIGHT CANDLES AND TURN OFF ELECTRICITY TO PROTECT THE HOME
AGAINST STORMS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER STILL DOES THIS, BUT THE INFORMANT
DOES NOT THINK THAT THERE IS ANYTHING TO THE PRACTICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
BELIEF
LIGHTNING INDICATES THAT GOD IS STRIKING BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RETRIBUTION PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creator BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 09-30-1965
WEATHER BELIEF, IN REGARD TO JEWISH HOLIDAY
IT IS A COMMON BELIEF THAT ON ANY JEWISH HOLIDAY IT IS GOING
TO RAIN, EVEN IF THE DAY STARTS OUT AS SUNNY AND BRIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-SEMITISM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- NOT SURE CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 11-15-1969
RAINBOW BELIEF
IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE OLD FOLKISMS THAT AFTER A RAIN, WHEN THE
RAINBOW COMES OUT, IF YOU GO TO THE END OF IT, YOU WILL FIND
A POT OF GOLD OR
A SACK OF MONEY.
Submitter comment:
I ONCE BELIEVED THIS BUT NOW THAT I HAVE GROWN OLDER I FOUND THAT
IT IS AN OLD FOLKISM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BELIEF ; DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 02-10-1972
THE DEAD RETURN
YEARS AGO OUTSIDE OF MONROE THERE WAS A GUY KILLE.D ON A MOTORCYCLE
TO THIS DAY WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT YOU CAN
SOMETIMES SEE A MYSTERIOUS LIGHT THAT MOVES IN THE DISTANCE. THE
LIGHT IS DEEP IN THE WOODS AND ALNG WITH IT IS THE SOUND OF A
RUNNING MOTORCYCLE. IT HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED AND CANNOT BE
EXPLAINED.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS ; MYSTERIOUS SOUND
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale BELIEF -- Fire |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
MYSTERY SPOT-WATER
THIS IS AT ST. IGNACE, MICHIGAN, IN THE U.P. AT THIS PARK WATER
RUNS UPHILL BECAUSE A GHOST HAUNTS THE WHOLE PARK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): UPPER PENINSULA=U.P.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Earth BELIEF -- Water |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
MYSTERY SPOT-GRAVITY
THIS IS A SPOT AT ST. IGNACE MICHIGAN IN THE U.P. WHERE BECAUSE
OF A GHOST HAUNTING THE PARK, THE GRAVITY IS EXTRA-STRONG, AND
YOU CAN STAND ON THE WALL OF A CABIN AND NOT FALL BECAUSE OF THIS
GRAVITY ABNORMAL FORCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-GRAVITY ; UPPER PENINSULA=U.P.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Universe BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Earth |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
SALT
IN IRISH SUPERSTITON: WHEN EATING AT A TABLE AND SOMEONE ASKS
FOR THE SALT, YOU MUST FIRST SET IT DOWN NEXT TO THE PERSON AND
LET HIM PICK IT UP.. IF YOU SHOULD PASS IT TO HIM IT IS SAID THAT
THE TWO WILL GET INTO A FIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE
Date learned: 10-05-1972