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EASTER BELIEF

YOU WILL BE HEALTHY ALL YEAR ROUND IF ON EASTER MORNING
YOU GET UP EARLY AND SWIM IN WATER.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 48219 ; 16785 WESTBROOK

Keyword(s): WATER

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 02-18-1971

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BELIEF OF EASTER

ON EASTER MORNING, AT 5:00 A.M., THE SUN WILL DANCE.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 48219 ; 16785 WESTBROOK

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday

Date learned: 02-18-1971

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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