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POTATO PLANTING
ALWAYS PLANT POTATOES ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY FOR BEST POTATOES.
IN OHIO IF YOU DIDN'T GET THEM IN ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY, THEY
DON'T GROW. THEY'RE A VERY SUPERSTITIOUS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.
Submitter comment:
BELIEF IN POPULAR TRADITION IN BOTH GLOUCESTER AND HOLLISTER,
OHIO, WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT ; 19
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
PREMONITION OF DEATH
IF A BIRD FLIES AGAINST A CLOSED WINDOW IT IS A SIGN THAT SOMEONE
IN YOUR FAMILY WILL DIE SOON.
Submitter comment:
FIRST HEARD FROM A NEIGHBOR IN 1953 WHEN SHE RAN OVER, FRIGHTENED
BY A BIRD THAT HAD FLOWN AGAINST HER WINDOW. HER AUNT DIED TWO
DAYS LATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16661 WOODBINE ; 19
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
SEVERED SNAKE
IF YOU CUT A SNAKE IN HALF IT WILL GROW BACK TOGETHER AND CRAWL
AWAY.
Submitter comment:
LEARNED AS A CHILD IN GRAND MARAIS, MICHIGAN WHERE THE EXPERIMENT
WAS TRIED. MRS. HANEY AND FRIENDS SEVERED A GARTER SNAKE, LEFT
THE AREA AND RETURNED TO FIND BOTH PIECES GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16661 WOODBINE ; 19
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |