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OUT SOMEWHERE IN MICHIGAN IS A DESERTED FIELD, A BOY AND A GIRL
WERE PARKED. THEY BOTH HEARD A GIRL SCREAM AND THE BOY TOLD THE
GIRL TO LOCK HERSELF IN THE CAR AND HE WOULD GO AND SEE
WHAT HAPPENED.
HE LOOKED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND FOUND NOTHING, THEN HE HEARD
HIS GIRLFRIEND SCREAMING AND HE RAN BACK. HE SAW A FLASH OF A
GLOWING FORMLESS MASS DISAPPEAR INTO THE WOODS BEFORE HE COULD
GET ANYWHERE NEAR IT. HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS HYSTERICAL AND HAS NOT
AS YET SPOKEN OR BEEN COMPLETELY SANE.

Data entry tech comment: THE KEYPUNCHER HAS CORRECTED THE COLLECTOR'S SPELLING

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

Keyword(s): HARMFULL LIGHT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being

Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

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Superstition: Animals

Turtles:

A belief in N.E. [New England?] states that if a snapping turtle bites you, it will hang on to you till the full moon and it will then let go.

Submitter comment:

I learned this from an old Fisherman.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Original BN [P600, P752] crossed out. Replaced with Current Classification

Where learned: UNKNOWN

Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; BELIEF ; Bite ; Full Moon ; New England ; Region ; Snap ; SUPERSTITION ; Turtle

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Animal

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POLISH BELIEF

MANY POLISH PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE MOON IS FULL, IT IS
A GOOD TIME TO PICK MUSHROOMS.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; 23950 CUNNINGHAM ; 48091

Keyword(s): FARMING ; Full ; HARVEST ; MOON ; Mushrooms ; POLISH

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business

Date learned: 00001930S

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