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PREDICTION, DIVINATION, OBSERVATION
"IF A GUY HAS LOTS OF HAIR ON HIS LEGS HE'LL MAKE A RICH HUSBAND."
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS AT A BAND JOB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17315 SPRENGER
Keyword(s): HUSBAND ; LEGS ; MARRIAGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-13-1971
HAIR
TAKE A LOCK OF SOMEONE'S HAIR FROM THEIR COMB OR BRUSH,
STICK IT BETWEEN TWO PICTURES OF YOURSELF FOLDED OVER,
PUT IT BETWEEN THE PAGES IN A BOOK.
THE RESULTS ARE THE PERSON WILL NOT LEAVE YOU ALONE EVER.
20 YEARS LATER THEY WILL STILL BE IN LOVE WITH YOU.
Submitter comment: NOTE; THIS WAS THE WAY MR. BROWN GOT HIS WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC ; LOVE ; MARRIAGE ; ROMANCE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 02-10-1972
LEGEND OF WARDING OFF A BEATING
WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE BEATEN BY YOUR MOTHER
PULL OUT ONE OF YOUR EYELASHES AND PUT IT UNDER A ROCK.
IT MUST BE A ROCK OR IT IS NO GOOD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID HE TRIED IT UNDER A CONCK SHELL AND IT DID'NT WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): CONCH SHELL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
THE SCORPION IN THE HAIRDO
IT'S WRONG FOR GIRLS TO WEAR LARGE, RATTED HAIRDOS.
RECENTLY IN CALIFORNIA,A TEENAGE GIRL DIED, APPARENTLY WITHOUT CAUSE.
BUT THEY FOUND THAT SHE HAD BEEN WEARING THE SAME HAIRDO
FOR SIX MONTHS.
IT HAD GOTTEN SO DIRTY THAT A SCORPION GOT IN IT
AND MADE HIS NEST THERE
AND FINALLY HE BIT HER, AND SHE DIED.
Submitter comment: (I THINK SISTER REALLY BELIEVED THIS STORY.)
Where learned: 3RD OR 4TH GRADE CLASS
Keyword(s): FATAL HAIRDO ; SCORPION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
MAGIC MOUSTACHE FORMULA
IF YOU WANT YOUR MOUSTACHE TO GROW
SPRINKLE SALT ON YOUR UPPER LIP
AND SET A GLASS OF WATER NEXT TO THE BED
BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
THE SALT WILL REACH OUT FOR THE WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): IMITATIVE MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 09-16-1969
Belief
RED HEADED WOMEN ARE MORE PASSIONATE AND BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated and Motifs added / 02-28-2011 / TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; 1001 CADIEUX
Keyword(s): Blonde ; Brunette ; COLOR ; Female ; HAIR ; Red ; Stereotype ; Woman ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 02-12-1970
A CRUSTY HELP
IF YOU EAT THE CRUST OF YOUR BREAD IT WILL MAKE YOUR HAIR CURLY.
Submitter comment:
LINDA SAID THIS TO HER 5 YEAR OLD SISTER
WHO WOULD NOT FINISH HER BREAD.
SHE USED THIS TO TRY TO CONVINCE HER TO EAT IT.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
RED HAIR
IF YOU HAVE RED HAIR, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A BAD TEMPER.
Keyword(s): HAIR COLOR ; TEMPER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
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FATAL HAIRDOES
SUICIDE BLONDE: DYED BY OWN HANDS
THAT IS A GIRL COULD RUIN HER HAIR BY COLORING IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 11-10-1969
BELIEF CONCERNING BIRTH
IF A GIRL IS BORN WITH A WIDOW'S PEAK,
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SIGN OF ROYALTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): HAIRLINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Birth |
BLONDE
BORN BLONDE, DIE BALD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BALDNESS ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; HAIR COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Birth PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-23-1968
GOOD LUCK FOR A SAILOR
SOME BABIES ARE BORN WITH A THIN VEIL OF SKIN OVER THEIR FACES.
SAILORS WILL PAY A GREAT PRICE FOR THIS SKIN BECAUSE
IT WILL PREVENT SHIPWRECK WHILE ON A JOURNEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST QUAD ; DORMS
Keyword(s): CAUL
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
A BABY'S EARS ARE PIERCED SO THAT THE CHILD'S
EYESIGHT WILL BE STRONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16190 APPOLINE
Keyword(s): HIDDEN CONNECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye |
JOHN TOLD THE STORY OF A SEAMSTRESS WHOM HE HEARD OF IN MALTA.
IN HER HOME SHE HAD MANY BEAUTIFUL MIRRORS
SOME TO AID HER CUSTOMERS AND SOME FOR DECORATION.
ONE DAY A WOMAN CAME IN AND LOOKED AROUND THE HOUSE COMMENTING ON
ALL THE NICE MIRRORS. SHE LEFT. THE NEXT DAY ALL THE MIRRORS
IN THE HOUSE WERE CRACKED. SHE WAS SAID TO HAVE THE EVIL EYE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PRAISE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye |
Date learned: 03-06-1972
CASE OF EVIL EYE CAUSING DEATH
AFTER COMING TO THIS COUNTRY, THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER
LOST A BABY GIRL NAMED CATHERINE BECAUSE SOME FRIEND OF THEIRS
(A MAN) PRAISED THE LITTLE BABY AND IT CAME UNDER A SPELL.
THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYONE IN THE U.S. WHO COULD BREAK THE SPELL
(THERE WERE PEOPLE GOOD AT THIS IN THE OLD COUNTRY).
THE BABY JUST WANED AWAY AND DIED. AND IN LATER YEARS
WHEN ANOTHER RELATIVE WAS GIVEN THE NAME OF CATHERINE SHE GOT
BAD LUCK TO GO WITH IT FROM THE OLD SPELL
AND THAT IS WHY SHE NEVER HAS ANY DATES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ATTACHED TO NAME
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
IF A PERSON HAS AN EYELASH ON THEIR CHEEK, TELL THEM TO MAKE TWO
WISHES, ONE FOR EACH SIDE.
THE SIDE THAT THE EYELASH IS ON IS THE SIDE
THE WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Submitter comment: ROMANIAN BELIEF
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CHANCE ; WISH ; WISHING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
BIG NOSE
CHRIS BELIEVED, WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, THAT IF SHE TOLD A LIE
HER NOSE WOULD GROW.
Submitter comment: SHE THINKS HER PARENTS LED HER TO THAT BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; LYING ; PINOCCHIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
BELIEF: TOOTH OMEN
DO NOT TRUST PEOPLE WITH POINTED TEETH.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ADVICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 11-07-1968
BELIEF
A MOTHER LOSES A TOOTH FOR EVERY CHILD THAT SHE BEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14174 ROSSINI DR
Keyword(s): CHILDBEARING ; PREGNANCY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-04-1970
BLACK TONGUE
A BLACK TONGUE IS A SIGN THAT A PERSON HAS JUST TOLD A LIE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): LYING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-00-1968