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IF BUBBLES FORM IN RAIN PUDDLES DURING A STORM, IT
MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE RAIN FOR THE NEXT THREE
DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
EATING CARROTS WILL ENSURE GOOD EYESIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
EVERYTIME A GIRL WHISTLES, IT MAKES THE BLESSED
MOTHER CRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): BLESSED VIRGIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
A STUDENT AT MACOMB COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE MUST WAIT
TEN MINUTES FOR AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BEFORE LEAVING,
AND 20 MINUTES FOR A PROFESSOR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT ACTUALLY BELIEVED THAT THIS WAS A SCHOOL
REGULATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): LATENESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
A CHILD WAS BORN WITH A HARELIP AS A RESULT OF HIS
MOTHER BEING SCARED BY A RABBIT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RELATED THIS BELIEF, BUT WAS SKEPTICAL
ABOUT IT HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
WHEN A WOMAN HAD A BABY, TO PREVENT IT FROM GETTING
WITCHED, YOU WOULD TAKE THE BABY AND PUT IT THROUGH THE
FLAP OF A PAIR OF LONG UNDERWEAR, FROM THE FRONT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RELATED THIS BELIEF HELD BY PEOPLE WHEN HE
WAS A CHILD, HOWEVER, DID NOT PROFESS TO BELIEVE IT
HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
WHEN SOMEONE HAD A WART THEY WOULD SELL IT TO THE WART
PERSON WHO CAME AROUND TO THE HOUSE. AFTER GIVING THE
PERSON A PENNY, THE WART PERSON WHO RUB IT WITH AN OLD
WASHCLOTH AND THEN YOU WOULD BURY THE WASHCLOTH IN YOUR
BACKYARD SEVEN FEET DEEP. WHEN THE WASHCLOTH STARTED
TO DECOMPOSE, THE WART WOULD BE GONE.
Submitter comment:
JEAN HEARD THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER WHO BELIEVES
IT COMPLETELY.
HEARD IN DETROIT (MICHIGAN) ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curer |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
IF YOU HAD WARTS, A FRIEND WOULD CUT A POTATO IN HALF AND RUB
IT ON YOUR WARTS. THEN HE BURIED IT SOMEPLACE AND KEEPS IT A
SECRET FROM YOU AND YOUR WARTS WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HIS GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-22-1971
IF YOU HAVE A WART AND RUB IT WITH A POTATO, THEN BURY THE
POTATO, BY THE TIME THE POTATO DIES, IN THE GROUND, YOUR
WART WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
I HAD WARTS ON MY HAND. MY UNCLE HARRY AT THE DINNER TABLE ASKED
ME IF I HAD A PENNY. MY MOTHER TOLD ME TO BELIEVE IN HIM.
I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD AND I DID. HE SAID, "HOLD MY HAND AND
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SAY A LITTLE PRAYER TO YOURSELF." AS
HE HELD MY HAND, WITH HIS OTHER HAND HE RUBBED OVER THE WARTS
ON THE BACK OF MY HAND. THEN HE SAID, "O.K. I'VE BOUGHT
YOUR WARTS FOR A PENNY. WITHIN A SHORT TIME THEY'LL GO AWAY."
THE WARTS DISAPPEARED WITHIN A MONTH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS AFFLICTED WITH THE WARTS FOR FOUR YEARS PRIOR.
HEALER WAS HARRY MEYERS, BROTHER OF SOPHIE BENITAUT, HEALER
OF PINCONNING (MICHIGAN?).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): SALE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-25-1967
ITALIAN WEDDINGS HAVE TO HAVE WINE OR ELSE THE MARRIAGE
WILL BE A FAILURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dinner |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
IF YOU TOUCHED A FROG, YOU'D GET WARTS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RELATED THIS BELIEF, BUT DID NOT SEEM
TO HOLD CREDENCE IN IT HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Date learned: 11-23-1970
HOME REMEDY FOR COLD OR COUGH: TAKE A BOTTLE OF
BOURBON, EMPTY INTO A FRUIT JAR. ADD ROCK CANDY,
SUNFLOWER SEEDS, HONEY, SLICED ORANGES, LEMONS.
LET STAND AND USE AS NEEDED.
Submitter comment: REMEDY WAS USED WHEN INFORMANT WAS A YOUNG BOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
COW DUNG WAS SOMETIMES USED TO CURE A SORE THROAT. IT
WAS APPLIED TO THE OUTSIDE OF THROAT, AND THEN CLOTHS
WERE WRAPPED AROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
GOOSE LARD WAS USED A LOT AS A REMEDY FOR CHEST COLDS.
THE CHEST WAS RUBBED WITH IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECALLS THIS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
CERTAIN RHEUMATIC ACHES AND PAINS INDICATE A DRASTIC
CHANGE IN THE WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Pains |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
AN OLD FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, MRS. FINNIGAN, USED
TO COME OVER TO VISIT MY GRANDMOTHER AND OFTEN THEY
HAD TEA. SHE WOULD TURN HER CUP OVER AND TURN IT
AROUND THREE TIMES, TAKE THE CUP OFF THE SAUCER
AND READ THE TEA LEAVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: 03-02-1971
IF A WOMAN WALKED INTO A ROOM WHERE BEER WAS
FERMENTING, AND SHE WAS IN HER MONTHLY PERIOD,
YOU'D HAVE A SPOILED BATCH OF BEER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RELATED BELIEF BUT DID NOT HOLD
CREDENCE IN IT HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
IF YOUR PALM OF EITHER HAND ITCHES, IT MEANS THAT
SOMEONE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU MONEY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY A NEIGHBOR WHEN SHE WAS
GROWING UP IN HAMTRAMCK (MICHIGAN).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS ; HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 09-28-1971
LEGEND ABOUT THE DEVIL
DURING LENT, AT NIGHT, IF YOU WENT TO A DANCE OR A
SHOW, YOU'D MEET THE DEVIL ON THE WAY HOME. HE'D
BE ALL DRESSED UP, BUT YOU COULD TELL HIM BY HIS
FEET; HE'D HAVE HOOFS. HE'D HAVE A CLEFT HOOF FOR
A FOOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): CLOVEN HOOFS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 11-23-1970