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STAR BELIEF
IF YOU WISH ON A FALLING STAR, YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 870 BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Prayer |
MOON BELIEF
IF YOU SHOW YOUR MONEY TO A NEW MOON, YOU WILL RECEIVE MORE MONEY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MULTIPLICATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 10-27-1970
OMEN
WHENEVER THERE IS A FULL MOON, THERE ARE MANY MORE CAR
ACCIDENTS.
Submitter comment:
RICH'S MOTHER WORKS IN THE CLAIMS DEPARTMENT AT A CAR RENTAL
AGENCY. EVERYTIME THAT THERE IS A FULL MOON SHE TELLS ABOUT THE
KIND OF MOOD ONE OF HER FRIENDS WILL BE IN THE NEXT DAY;
'WELL DORIS WILL BE COMPLAINING TOMORROW BECAUSE OF ALL THE
ACCIDENTS.'
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
PREDICTION
IF YOU SEE A FALLING STAR, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY MAKE
A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
SIGN
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT EVERY TIME A SHOOTING STAR FLASHES
ACROSS THE SKY, A CHILD HAS BEEN BORN TO REPLACE SOMEONE WHO HAS
DIED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE THE STATEMENT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Comet BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
STORM PROTECTION
IT IS A TRADITION IN SOME PEOPLE'S HOMES TO LIGHT A HOLY CANDLE
SO THAT THE HOUSE WILL NOT BE HIT BY LIGHTNING.
DURING A THUNDERSTORM
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
WEATHER EXPLANATION BY DEVIL
IF IT RAINS WHILE THE SUN IS OUT, THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 09-20-1968
RAINBOW BELIEF
FIND THE END OF THE RAINBOW, AND YOU WILL FIND A POT OF GOLD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
NAME
THE NAME CANUCK COMES FROM FRENCH - CANADIAN FUR TRAPPERS WHO
PADDLED THE BOAT OF THE SAME NAME TO TRAP BEAVER ETC. IN
CANADA'S NORTHERN LAKES AROUND THE 17TH CENTURY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED ON A CHORUS TRIP
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 03-00-1967
WEATHER BELIEF
WHEN A TORNADO OR WHIRLWIND OF WATER APPEARS IN INDIA, INHABITANTS
WARN EACH OTHER NOT TO JUMP IN THE MIDDLE, BECAUSE THERE IS A
SPIRIT IN THE MIDDLE, AND WHOEVER DOES, WILL BECOME POSSESSED BY THE DEVIL.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
RECENT BELIEF
WHEN APOLLO ASTRONAUTS TOOK PART OF THE MOON, THAT CAUSED HURRICANES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MODERN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Planet BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
THE DEAD RETURN
YEARS AGO OUTSIDE OF MONROE THERE WAS A GUY KILLE.D ON A MOTORCYCLE
TO THIS DAY WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT YOU CAN
SOMETIMES SEE A MYSTERIOUS LIGHT THAT MOVES IN THE DISTANCE. THE
LIGHT IS DEEP IN THE WOODS AND ALNG WITH IT IS THE SOUND OF A
RUNNING MOTORCYCLE. IT HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED AND CANNOT BE
EXPLAINED.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS ; MYSTERIOUS SOUND
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale BELIEF -- Fire |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
WHEN PARENTS WANT TO MAKE THEIR SONS EAT VEGETABLES, THEY TELL
THEM IT WILL PUT HAIR ON THEIR CHEST,
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
BREAD BELIEF
EATING THE CRUST OF BREAD MAKES YOUR HAIR CURLY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
THORNBERRY BUSH BELIEF
IN IRELAND, NO ONE SHOULD EVER DIG UP A THORNBERRY BUSH.
OTHERWISE HE WILL HAVE A TRAGIC DEATH.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IN INDIA WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT SHE CAN NOT EAT PAPYA
BECAUSE IT IS A HEATY FRUIT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
PIPAL TREE
THE PIPAL TREE IS A TREE FOUND IN INDIA WHICH THE PEOPLE
BELIEVE IS A TREE INFESTED WITH GHOSTS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
SPINACH BELIEF
IF YOU EAT SPINACH YOU WILL HAVE ROSY CHEEKS AND CURLY HAIR.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER OFTEN TOLD THE FAMILY THIS TO GET THEM
TO EAT THIS DISTASTEFUL VEGETABLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-12-1971
COMMON LAW
ONE RULE EVERY FISHERMAN HAS, IS TO ADD TEN POUNDS TO THE
FISH HE CATCHES, KNOWING THAT WHEN HIS FRIEND TELLS
THE FISHING STORY, HE WILL SUBTRACT FIVE TO TEN POUNDS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Common law |
Date learned: 10-22-1970
CARROT BELIEF
IF YOU EAT CARROTS YOU CAN SEE IN THE DARK BETTER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-22-1968