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WHEN YOU HEAR A BIG BRANCH OF A TREE FALL IN THE WOODS ON A
STILL DAY, (IT) IS A SIGN OF RAIN.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO HAVE A CROWING HEN.
Data entry tech comment: ROOSTERS CROW; HENS CACKLE.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
REDHEADED WOODPECKER DRUMMING ON A HARD LIMB IS A SIGN OF
CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
SUN DOGS (SMALL RAINBOWS AT EACH SIDE OF A SETTING SUN) INDICATE
FALLING (FAILING?) WEATHER WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Date learned: 07-19-1968
DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIRDS CONGREGATING TOGETHER IN WINTER IS A
SIGN OF SNOW.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, IF A WOMAN COMES INTO THE HOUSE BEFORE A
MAN, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK ALL YEAR.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
FEVER
GENERALLY USED IN THE CASE OF AN INFANT:
TAKE THE LEAF OF A CACTUS PLANT, CUT IT IN HALF,
AND PLACE ON THE BABY'S STOMACH.
THIS WILL GRADUALLY DRAW THE FEVER OUT.
Where learned: WESTERN YMCA ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): CHILD'S FEVER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-12-1971
PROVERB
BE PREPARED TO MEET THOSE PEOPLE WHO,
IN THEIR SILENCE WILL CONVERT YOU.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; EASTOWN THEATER ; TOLD AT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
IF YOU SPILL SALT WHILE YOU ARE EATING AT THE TABLE,
YOU WILL FIGHT SOMEONE. IF YOU THROW SOME SALT
OVER YOUR SHOULDER, YOU WILL AVOID THE FIGHT.
Submitter comment:
MRS. MALONY LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD,
BEING RAISED IN IRELAND.
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; IRELAND ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Flavoring BELIEF -- Use of Object Food |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
IF YOU DROP A DISHCLOTH, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A
VISITOR.
Submitter comment:
FR. MALONY LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER AT HOME,
WHO IS OF IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
NEVER PUT A SHOW ON THE KITCHEN TABLE. IF YOU DO,
YOU WILL HAVE A QUARREL WITH SOMEONE IN YOUR
FAMILY.
Submitter comment: MRS. MALONY LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
WHEN A TORNADO IS COMING, PUT AN AXE IN FRONT OF YOUR
HOUSE WITH THE BLADE TOWARD THE TORNADO; THE AXE
WILL SPLIT THE TORNADO IN HALF AND DRIVE IT AROUND
THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS AS A MEMBER OF A RURAL
COMMUNITY NEAR KINNECOTT, ONTARIO.
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; KINNECOTT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Manufactured objects, homemade, machined |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
TO FIND OUT THE INITIAL OF THE PERSON YOU WILL MARRY
PEEL AN APPLE CONTINUOUSLY AND COMPLETELY AND
THROW THE PEEL OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER , MAKING A
WISH. THE PEELING WILL FALL IN THE SHAPE OF THE INITIAL
OF THE PERSON YOU WILL MARRY.
Submitter comment:
FR. MALONY LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER AT HOME, WHO
IS OF IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
IF YOU FIND A HAIRPIN PUT IT IN YOUR SHOE AND YOU
WILL MARRY THE NEXT PERSON THAT YOU MEET.
Submitter comment:
MRS. MALONY LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD. SHE
WAS BORN AND RAISED IN IRELAND.
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; IRELAND ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
IF A WINDSTORM IS APPROACHING, BURN A BLESSED PALM
ON THE WINDOW SILL; THE SMOKE WILL RISE CARRYING
THE WIND OVER THE TOP OF THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
FATHER MALONY LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER, WHO IS
OF IRISH DESCENT AND WAS RAISED IN A RURAL
COMMUNITY NEAR KINNECOTT, ONTARIO (CANADA).
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.1 BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
BURN A BLESSED CANDLE IN A WINDOW TO PROTECT THE
HOUSE FROM STORM DAMAGE.
Submitter comment:
FATHER MALONY LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER, WHO IS
OF IRISH DESCENT AND WAS RAISED IN A RURAL
COMMUNITY NEAR KINNECOTT, ONTARIO (CANADA).
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.1 BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
IF YOU ARE GOING SOMEWHERE AND HAVE FORGOTTEN
SOMETHING, DO NOT GO BACK TO GET IT. LEAVE IT
BEHIND, FOR IF YOU DO GO BACK TO GET IT, IT WILL
BRING BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.
SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN IRELAND.
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; IRELAND ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
IT IS UNLUCKY TO DROP SOMETHING ON YOUR WEDDING DAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD. SHE
WAS BORN AND RAISED IN IRELAND.
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; IRELAND ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
IF THERE ARE FOUR PEOPLE GREETING ONE ANOTHER AND TWO
OF THEM SHAKE HANDS ACROSS THE HAND SHAKE OF THE OTHER
TWO, THERE WILL BE A WEDDING.
Submitter comment:
MRS.. MALONY LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD. SHE WAS
BORN AND RAISED IN IRELAND.
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; IRELAND ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-19-1967