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KILL A SPIDER ON FRIDAY AND YOU'LL HAVE ALL KINDS
OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 09-21-1969
KILLING A SPIDER IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-08-1967
BUTTERFLIES DENOTE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
IT IS BAD LUCK TO KILL A LADYBUG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
IT'S BAD LUCK TO KILL A LADYBUG.
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
A HONEY BEE FLYING AROUND A PERSON IS A SIGN OF
GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-26-1970
THE PERSON CATCHING A LADYBUG AND RELEASING IT ALIVE
WILL SOON RECEIVE MONEY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU FIND AN INCHWORM ON YOUR CLOTHES, THEN YOU KNOW
YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME NEW CLOTHES, BECAUSE HE IS
MEASURING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-16-1969
IN MEXICO, IF A HORSEFLY FLIES INTO YOUR HOME, YOU WILL
HAVE A VISITOR WITHIN THE DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO BELIEVE THAT IF THERE WAS A
FLY IN THE HOUSE, IT WOULD MEAN DEATH TO SOMEONE IN
THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: SHE WAS VERY SUPERSTITIOUS.
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-07-1965
IN MEXICO, IF YOU FIND A BIG, BLACK BUTTERFLY IN YOUR HOME
IT IS AVERY BAD LUCK SIGN. SOME DISASTER WILL FOLLOW--
LIKE DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
IF A BUTTERFLY FLIES INTO YOUR HOUSE, THAT'S A SIGN OF
AN IMPENDING MARRIAGE.
Where learned: NEWSPAPER ; THE MACOMB DAILY
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
IF YOU CATCH A BUTTERFLY, IT MEANS THAT YOU WILL SOON GET A
DRESS IN THE COLOR OF THAT BUTTERFLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-25-1968
IF YOU STEP ON AN ANT, IT MEANS IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
Date learned: 11-11-1968
DRINK
FOR BABIES- FOR NUTRITION MIX A CAN OF PET MILK WITH 1 CAN OF WATER
PLUS RICE WATER WITH HONEY. RICE WATER IS THE WATER LEFT AFTER
BOILING RICE.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS LEARNED BY THE INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL
IN TEXAS. SHE WAS TAUGHT THIS BY HER MOTHER OR GRANDPARENTS,
PRIMARILY HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL INSECT BEE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal Food Drink -- Animal product Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-10-1973
LIMERICK
THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF TRALEE,
WHO WAS BOTHERED AND BIT BY A FLEA,
SO HE PUT OUT THE LIGHT,
SAYING NOW HE CAN'T BITE,
FOR HE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO SEE.
Submitter comment:
THESE LIMERICKS WERE LEARNED OF IN A SIXTH GRADE ENGLISH CLASS
AT SAINT HEDWIG GRADE SCHOOL. THE BOOK THEY WERE TAKED FROM
IS NOT KNOWN BY ME BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD BY THE TEACHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00001960S
A BELIEF
IF A DRAGONFLY LANDS ON YOUR EAR, IT WILL SEW IT UP.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS TALE AS A CHILD, AND AT THE TIME HE THOUGHT
THAT IT WAS PROBABLY TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL INSECT ; BELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 02-15-1972
ANTS
IF YOU STEP ON A COLONY OF ANTS, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL INSECT ; HARMING NATURE
Date learned: 02-27-1972
WEATHER BELIEF
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT ONE CAN PREDICT THE SEVERITY OF THE WINTER
BY OBSERVING THE COLORATION OF THE WOOLLY BEAR CATERPILLAR. IF THEY
ARE MOSTLY BLACK IN COLOR, THE WINTER WILL BE SEVERE, WHILE IF THEY
ARE MOSTLY BROWN IN COLOR, THE WINTER WILL BE LESS SEVERE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS BELIEF MIGHT BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL INSECT ; BELIEF
WEATHER
SIGN OF BAD WINTER: IF A CATERPILLAR HAS A WIDE
STRIPE ON HIS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL INSECT LARVA
Date learned: 01-30-1970