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STRIKE THREE AND YOU'RE OUT.
Submitter comment: SAYING DERIVED FROM BASEBALL.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RESIDENCE HALLS
Keyword(s): FAILURE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
HAD A DREAM ABOUT GIVING FLOWERS TO A TEACHER AS A
PEACE OFFERING AND SOMEONE GAVE ME FLOWERS THE
NEXT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
IRISH FOLK BELIEF
ONE DAY, A POPE WILL GO ON A SAILING VOYAGE AND WHEN
HE STEPS ONTO LAND AFTER THAT TRIP, THE WORLD WILL
END. (TOLD BY MELCHISADOR).
Submitter comment:
MELCHISADOR IS AN IRISH PROHET OF THE PAST. HE HAS
MUCH RESPECT AMONG THEM. HIS PROPHECIES ARE VAGUE
ENOUGH TO NOT BE DISPROVEN. SINCE HE PREDICTED IN
AN ERA WHEN POPES FAILED TO TRAVEL, HIS PROPHECY WAS
ALWAYS A FUTURE POSSIBILITY AND HAS BEEN KEPT IN
MEMORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer |
Date learned: 10-20-1970
IF YOU CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY,
THEN IT MUST BE A LIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-01-1970
TO GET SOFT HAIR, WASH IT IN EGGS AND FOLLOW WITH
A SALAD DRESSING RINSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
NAME TABU
DON'T CALL A BABY'S TEETH "TEETH," BECAUSE IF YOU DO,
THE BABY MIGHT NOT GET ANY MORE TEETH. CALL THEM
RICE GRAINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TABU
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EAT CARROTS FOR GOOD EYES; EAT FISH FOR BRAINS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
WHEN LOOKING FOR SOME PROPERTY, TAKE A STATUE AND
BURY IT IN THE BACKYARD. IF IT IS FOR YOU, YOU'LL
GET THE PROPERTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TOLD TO SMALL GRADESCHOOL CHILDREN BY NUNS:
IF YOU BITE THE HOST, IT WILL BLEED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EUCHARIST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P439 BELIEF -- Church |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
OMEN
IF YOU OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE,
THE DEVIL COMES IN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-02-1967
IF YOU CAN ROLL YOUR TONGUE, IT IS A SIGN OF
VIRGINITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
OMEN
IF THE HEM ON A GIRLS DRESS IS TURNED UP, IT MEANS SHE IS GETTING A
NEW DRESS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
WHEN A PERSON YAWNS, HE SHOULD PUT HIS HAND OVER HIS
MOUTH TO KEEP THE EVIL SPIRITS FROM COMING IN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-13-1968
OBSERVATION
FOR EVERY STEP A WOMAN TAKES WITH ONE SHOE ON AND ONE SHOE
OFF, ONE MORE YEAR SHE MUST GO WITHOUT A MATE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IF YOU TELL A LIE, YOUR NOSE WILL GROW LONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PINOCCHIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-04-1968
TO AVOID BAD STORMS OR TORNADOES, ONE SHOULD BURN
PALMS INSIDE THE HOUSE TO PROTECT IT.
Submitter comment: BRIAN ACQUIRED THIS FROM HIS HUNGARIAN AUNT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BLESSED PALMS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF A PERSON IS EVIL, A CERTAIN SNAKE WILL COME AND BITE
THIS PERSON, CAUSING THE PERSON TO DIE; HOWEVER,
THERE WOULD BE NO EVIDENCE OF A FANG MARK FROM THE
SNAKE.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY A BHUDDIST GIRL FROM THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
IF A WOMAN HAS A GAP BETWEEN HER TWO FRONT TEETH,
SHE LOVES MEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A MAN HAS A GAP BETWEEN HIS TWO FRONT TEETH, HE
LOVES WOMEN AND MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN HER HOME IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, THE MAIDS BELIEVE
THAT IF SOMEONE ARGUES OR FIGHTS A GREAT DEAL, HE IS
POSSESSED BY THE DEVIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Keyword(s): SATAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 09-00-1967