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ITALIANS WEAR A RED HORN FOR PROTECTION OR GOOD LUCK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 02-09-1979
SUPERSTITIONS
GERMAN PEOPLE USE BASIL IN A SMALL BURLAP SACK TIED AROUND THEIR NECK
TO KEEP WEREWOLF AWAY WHEN THERE IS A FULL MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P 45 |
Date learned: 02-09-1979
DREAMS
IF YOU DREAM ABOUT ANY NO OR NUMBER OF THINGS, USE IT AS A LUCKY NO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams |
BAD LUCK
NEVER SPEAK TO ANYONE WHEN YOU ARE DISPENSING IN THE TOILET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 09-00-1977
BAD LUCK
DO NOT PUT SALT ON THE SCALP OR IT WILL GO BALD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 12-00-1977
HOLY WEEK
IF YOU GET A WOUND DURING THESE TIMES, IT WILL TAKE LONGER TO HEAL
BECAUSE IT IS NOT TIME TO ENJOY ONE SELF. SO ALL PLAYING SHOULD BE
AVOIDED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Holy Week BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 05-00-1977
BURIAL CUSTOMS
TEARS SHOULD NOT DROP ON A DEAD PERSON'S BODY BECAUSE IF THEY DO, THE
SPIRIT OF THE DEAD BODY WILL BE RESTLESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 12-00-1977
EXPECTANT MOTHER
IF YOU EAT DARK FOODS, BABY WILL BE DARK AND WHITE FOODS WILL MAKE
FAIR BABIES.
Submitter comment: HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 12-00-1977
HOLY WEEK CUSTOM
SINGING OF ALL THE BIBLE STORIES OF JESUS CHRIST'S LIFE IN THE
FILIPINO LANGUAGE BY OLD PEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Holy Week |
Date learned: 12-00-1977
NEVER CROSS SOMEONE'S LEGS OR BODIES WHILE THEY LIE BECAUSE THEY
WILL STOP GROWING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
TALE
IN SANTA CLARA AN OLD JESUIT HAD CLIMBED UP INTO THE BELL TOWER OF
THE JESUIT RESIDENCE. HE FELL DOWN AND BROKE HIS HIP OR SOMETHING
AND DIED. NOW IT'S BELIEVED THAT HE COMES BACK AND WALKS THE HALLS
AT NIGHT. YOU CAN HEAR THE BELL RINGING AT ODD TIMES.
Submitter comment:
DON HEARD THIS FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE AROUND THE UNIVERSITY OF SANTA
CLARA. HE RECALLED HEARING OTHER TALES CONNECTED WITH BELL TOWERS AT
OTHER JESUIT UNIVERSITIES BUT COULDN'T REMEMBER SPECIFIC DETAILS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
RELIGIOUS SUPERSTITION
THE MEXICANS BELIEVE IF THEY DON'T RECEIVE ASHES ON ASH WEDNESDAY
THEY WON'T BE ALIVE ON THE NEXT ASH WEDNESDAY.
Submitter comment:
DON LEARNED THIS IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA AT HIS HOME PARISH. THE
PEOPLE APPARENTLY HAD A STRONG BELIEF IN THIS RELIGIOUS SUPERSTITION.
DESPITE THE SMALL SIZE OF THE PARISH, ASHES WERE DISTRIBUTED FOR
HOURS EACH YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | 663 Ash Wednesday BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
BUILDING CUSTOM
WHENEVER YOU BUILD A HOUSE NAIL AN EVERGREEN TREE TO THE RAFTERS
WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING THE ROOF ON. THIS GIVES LONG LIFE AND HAPPINESS
TO ALL WHO LIVE THERE.
Submitter comment:
JOFRAN LEARNED THIS GERMAN CUSTOM FROM HER FATHER. THEY HAVE
PRACTICED IT IN THE PAST AND IT IS ONE OF HER FAVORITES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Date learned: CA00001968
NEW YEAR'S CUSTOM
YOU SHOULD NEVER EAT CHICKEN ON NEW YEAR'S BECAUSE THE CHICKEN
SCRATCHES DIRT BACKWARDS WHEN IT WALKS. ON NEW YEAR'S YOU SHOULD
BE LOOKING FORWARD NOT BACKWARD.
Submitter comment:
JOFRAN LEARNED THIS FROM HER FATHER.
HOMEOPATHIC
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: CA00001968
PLANTING CUSTOM
NEVER PLANT WINTER WHEAT UNTIL AFTER THE 'NO FLY' DATE. THIS IS A
DAY IN THE FALL, USUALLY LATE OCTOBER OR THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER
WHEN THE FLIES WON'T EAT THE CROP.
Submitter comment:
WHEN THE SCHNEIDERS WERE UNAWARE OF THIS CUSTOM THEIR CROP OF WINTER
WHEAT WAS KILLED THREE YEARS IN A ROW. THEN JOFRAN'S FATHER HEARD
OF THE CUSTOM FROM AN OLD MAN. THEY FOLLOW IT AND HAVE HAD LARGE
YIELDS EVER SINCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: CA00001972
PLANTING CUSTOM
NEVER PLANT TILL AFTER THE THREE ICE SAINTS' FEAST DAYS. THEN YOU
WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FROST RUINING YOUR CROPS.
Submitter comment:
JOFRAN, WHO GREW UP ON A FARM, PROBABLY LEARNED THIS OLD GERMAN
CUSTOM FROM HER FATHER. SHE IS FAIRLY SURE THAT TWO OF THE ICE
SAINTS ARE SAINT ANICETUS (APRIL 17) AND SAINT FIDELIS (APRIL 24).
SAINT CANISIUS (APRIL 27) MIGHT BE THE OTHER ONE BUT SHE'S NOT SURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 17 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 24 BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: CA00001972
PLANTING CUSTOM
SQUASH CAN BE PLANTED TO HAVE DURING THE SUMMER AS LONG AS THE
BLACKBERRIES ARE STILL IN BLOSSOM.
Submitter comment:
JOFRAN CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE SHE LEARNED THIS BUT FOLLOWS IT AND SAYS
IT WORKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: CA00001972
TALE
OUT IN VERMILLION, OHIO THERE USED TO BE AN OLD REFORMATORY SCHOOL
AND ONE NIGHT IT BURNED DOWN. THEY SAY IF YOU GO OUT AT MIDNIGHT
YOU CAN HEAR THE SCREAMS OF THE CHILDREN BURNING AND SEE THEIR
GHOSTS.
Submitter comment:
JOFRAN HEARD THIS FROM SOME PEOPLE SHE WORKED WITH. SHE DOESN'T
BELIEVE IT BUT PEOPLE SAY IT IS TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
TALE
WE HAVE THIS ROAD CALLED BURNS ROAD AND THE DEVIL LIVES ON BURNS
ROAD. IT WAS A FAVORITE FOR PEOPLE TO GO PARKING UNTIL ONE NIGHT
THIS COUPLE PARKED THERE. THEIR CAR RAN OUT OF GAS OR THAY HAD
TROUBLE AND THE BOY SAID HE WOULD GO GET HELP AND SAID, "YOU STAY
HERE AND LOCK THE DOORS." THE BOY WAS GONE A LONG TIME AND THE GIRL
BEGAN TO HEAR ALL THIS RUSTLING AND STUFF BEHIND HER. SHE DIDN'T
LOOK BACK BUT STAYED IN THE CAR AND FELL ASLEEP. SHE HEARD SOME
SCRATCHING BEHIND HER AND JUST FREAKED OUT OR SOMETHING. THE POLICE
WOKE HER UP AND TOLD HER TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AND NOT TO LOOK BEHIND
HER. BUT SHE DID AND SAW THE BODY OF HER BOYFRIEND. HE WAS TRYING
TO CLAW AT THE CAR AND HIS WHOLE BODY WAS MANGLED. SO PEOPLE SAY THE
DEVIL LIVES ON BURNS ROAD. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HEARD STRANGE NOISES
AND HAVE SEEN HIS GHOST UP THERE IN THE EVENINGS.
Submitter comment:
BURNS ROAD IS IN OR NEAR AVON, OHIO. JOFRAN HEARD THIS STORY AS
A CHILD FROM HER SISTERS OR HER FRIENDS. SHE BELIEVED IT AT FIRST
BUT CONSIDERS IT A STORY NOW. THE ROAD ITSELF IS SPOOKY AND GIVES
ONE AN EERIE FEELING ACCORDING TO JOFRAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: CA00001968
SCHOOL TRADITION
CENTRAL INTERMEDIATE JUNIOR HIGH HAS AN ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE FOR A
CHILDREN'S HOME. DURING THE DRIVE, ONE TEACHER WILL OPEN THE
CLASSROOM DOOR AND THE ENTIRE CLASS WILL CHANT THE FOLLOWING WORDS
UNTIL ANOTHER CLASS ANSWERS BACK WITH THE SAME CHANT:
BABY'S IN THE HIGHCHAIR
WHO PUT HER THERE?
MA, PA, SIS-BOOM-BAH
GOODIES, GOODIES RAH, RAH, RAH}
Submitter comment:
RHYME: AABB
CENTRAL INTERMEDIATE JUNIOR HIGH IS IN MIDLAND, MICHIGAN. THE
STUDENTS CHANTED THESE WORDS IN THIS MANNER EVERY YEAR DURING THE
FOOD DRIVE. JULIE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THIS TRADITION BEGAN BUT THOUGHT
IT HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME. IT IS STILL PRACTICED TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.537 |
Date learned: 00-00-1971