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CAR FOR SALE
A PERSON BOUGHT THAT CAR AND EVERY TIME HE CLOSED THE WINDOWS THE
STENCH INSIDE THE CAR WOULD BE SO STRONG YOU COULDN'T GET IN THE
CAR--LIKE ON A WARM DAY. THIS STILL HAPPENED YEARS AFTERWARDS.
Submitter comment:
I, THE COLLECTOR, TOLD THEM ABOUT THE CAR WHICH THE OWNER COULD NOT
SELL BECAUSE A PERSON WHO HAD DIED IN IT WAS LEFT IN IT FOR SOME
TIME AND THE ODOR REMAINED. IT PROMPTED THE FOLLOWING:
HEARD THIS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Vehicle propelled by mechanical or other force on land BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
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 |
VISITORS
IF SOMEONE COMES IN THE FRONT DOOR AND GOES OUT THE
BACK, IT WILL BRING MORE COMPANY. SO YOU ALWAYS TELL
PEOPLE TO COME IN AND OUT THE SAME DOOR.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD AND STILL BIDES BY IT TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
OMEN OF DEATH
IF A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL IN A HOUSE, IT MEANT
DEATH.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER OF IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
CURE FOR MOTION SICKNESS
YOU WOULD PUT A SALT BAG AROUND YOUR NECK TO PREVENT MOTION
SICKNESS.
Submitter comment:
WE ALWAYS USED TO DO IT ON THE RIDE FROM DETROIT TO DOWN HOME.
HAPPENED WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL; LEARNED CURE FROM PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
VALUE OF SPICEY FOOD
IF YOU EAT HOT PEPPERS AND SPICEY FOODS YOU WON'T HAVE HEART
TROUBLE OR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE- LIKE THE ITALIANS.
Submitter comment: BELIEF LEARNED IN HOLLISTER, OHIO FROM PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
Keyword(s): FOOD ; HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
CURE FOR BLEEDING
IF YOU PUT A COLD KEY DOWN YOUR BACK, IT WOULD STOP
BLEEDING - ESPECIALLY NOSE BLEEDING.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A GIRL IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
Keyword(s): HIDDEN CONNECTION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
SHIP LAUNCHING
AN OLD SAILORS' AND SHIPPERS' OMEN IS IF A DEATH OCCURS
IN THE LAUNCHING OF A SHIP, IT MEANS DISASTER FOR THE SHIP.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO HER BY HER EMPLOYER, MR. ROBERT L. LOESCH, ATTORNEY,
AT 10621 SIX MILE ROAD, DETROIT 21, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
CAR ACCIDENT
AFTER I, THE COLLECTOR, MENTIONED THE STORY THAT YOU CAN HEAR A
THUMPING SOUND WHENEVER YOU RIDE DOWN THE STREET ON THE EAST
SIDE OF DETROIT WHERE A GIRL WAS KILLED BY A CAR, THE FOLLOWING WAS
TOLD: THE SOUND OF THE THUMPING IS HER KNOCKING ON THE CAR
FOR THE PEOPLE TO STOP AS SHE WAS DRAGGED SO FAR ON THE AXLE OF
THE CAR.
Submitter comment:
SHE COULDN'T REMEMBER WHERE SHE HEARD THIS, BUT IT WAS PART OF THE
STORY AS I FIRST MENTIONED IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
Keyword(s): GHOST
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
HAT AS A BAD LUCK OMEN
I ALWAYS HEARD NEVER TO PUT A HAT ON A BED--IT IS A SIGN
OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: DIDN'T LEARN FROM PARENTS; SHE COULDN'T REMEMBER WHERE SHE HEARD IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT ; 48219
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
BIRDS
MOM NEVER LIKED A BIRD TO FLUTTER AT THE WINDOW. IT
MEANT DEATH TO THE FAMILY AND I DON'T LIKE IT YET.
A SPARROW FLUTTERED IN THE LIVING ROOM WINDOW SO
I WENT OUT TO THE KITCHED AND HE CAME TO THAT WINDOW,
TOO. MY GRANDMOTHER DIED SHORTLY AFTER THAT - SHE WAS
NINETH-FOUR.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER WHO IS OF IRISH DESENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT ; 48219
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
BIRDS
WHEN YOU SEE A FLOCK OF BIRDS FLY OVER, YOU SHAKE YOUR
SKIRT AND THAT MEANS YOU'LL GET A NEW ARTICLE OF CLOTHING.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT ; 48219
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
DOG'S HOWL
IF YOU HEAR A DOG HOWL DURING THE DAY FOR A LONG TIME-
KIND OF MOURNFUL, YOU KNOW - IT MEANT YOU WERE GOING TO
HEAR OF A DEATH.
Submitter comment:
BOTH LEARNED THIS IN THEIR HOME TOWNS OF HOLLISTER AND
GLOUCESTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT ; 48219
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
NOSE BLEEDS CURES
PUT A COLD KNIFE ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK
TO STOP A NOSE BLEED OR A WET WASH CLOTH.
WE USED TO DO IT BACK HOME.
Submitter comment: DONE IN HOME IN HOLLISTER, OHIO.
Data entry tech comment: THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES CONTAINS SEVERAL SIMILAR ITEMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
FEVER BLISTERS
WHEN YOU FEEL A FEVER BLISTER COMING,
RUB BEHIND YOUR EAR (EITHER ONE) THREE TIMES AND IT WILL NEVER
COME TO A HEAD.
Submitter comment: LEARNED WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
Keyword(s): POWER OF NUMBERS ; PREVENTITIVE TREATMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
BIRTH OMEN
IF YOU WERE BORN WITH A VEIL OVER YOUR FACE, YOU
WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE IT OFF AND SAVE IT. IT WAS
A LAYER OF SKIN LIKE A CASING - LIKE THE SKIN FROM
BOLOGNA. I WAS BORN WITH ONE BUT THEY BURNED MINE.
BUT MOM TOLD ME THAT IF THEY HAD KEPT IT, I WOULD BE PSYCHIC.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT ; 48219
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
POULTICES
A CARBUNCLE IS ABOUT TEN DEGREES WORSE
THAN A BOIL.
WHEN I HAD ONE, THE DOCTOR CAME DOWN
AND TOLD ME TO PUT A BREAD AND BUTTER POULTICE ON IT.
IT WASN'T READY TO LANCE YET --
IT HAD TO BE DRAWN TO A HEAD.
NEXT TIME, HE LANCED IT.
Submitter comment: HAPPENED IN HOLLISTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
DEATH OMENS
IF YOU DREAM OF MUDDY WATER, YOU WILL HEAR OF A DEATH.
IF YOU SEE A FALLING STAR, YOU WILL HEAR OF A DEATH.
(BUT YOU CAN ALSO WISH ON A FALLING STAR, TOO.)
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM PARENTS IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT ; 48219
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
CAR FOR SALE
A PERSON BOUGHT THAT CAR AND EVERY TIME HE CLOSED THE WINDOWS
THE STENCH INSIDE THE CAR WOULD BE SO STRONG YOU COULDN'T GET IN
THE CAR--LIKE ON A WARM DAY. THIS STILL HAPPENED YEARS AFTERWARDS.
Submitter comment:
I, THE COLLECTOR, TOLD THEM ABOUT THE CAR WHICH THE OWNER COULD NOT
SELL BECAUSE A PERSON WHO HAD DIED IN IT WAS LEFT IN IT FOR SOME
TIME AND THE ODOR REMAINED. IT PROMPTED THE FOLLOWING:
HEARD THIS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Vehicle propelled by mechanical or other force on land BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
CAR FOR SALE
A PERSON BOUGHT THAT CAR AND EVERY TIME HE CLOSED THE WINDOWS
THE STENCH INSIDE THE CAR WOULD BE SO STRONG YOU COULDN'T GET IN
THE CAR--LIKE ON A WARM DAY. THIS STILL HAPPENED YEARS AFTERWARDS.
Submitter comment:
I, THE COLLECTOR, TOLD THEM ABOUT THE CAR WHICH THE OWNER COULD NOT
SELL BECAUSE A PERSON WHO HAD DIED IN IT WAS LEFT IN IT FOR SOME
TIME AND THE ODOR REMAINED. IT PROMPTED THE FOLLOWING:
HEARD THIS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Vehicle propelled by mechanical or other force on land BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-11-1965