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HAUNTED HOUSE

IN 1946 A HOUSE ON BENITEAU STREET NEAR HARDING AND CANFIELD IN
DETROIT, WAS SAID TO BE POSSESSED BY THE DEVIL. BECAUSE THE HOUSE
HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY FIRE, THE CITY CONDEMNED THE BUILDING. ONE
DAY TWO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WENT TO EXAMINE THE HOUSE, WHICH WAS
TO BE DESTROYED THE NEXT WEEK. ON ENTERING THE BUILDING BOTH OF
THE MEN WENT INTO CONVULSIONS, AND WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR SEVERAL
WEEKS. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE HOUSE WAS NOT DESTROYED UNTIL MANY
YEARS LATER.

Where learned: A&P FOOD STORE ; 14120 E 7 MILE ROAD

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal

Date learned: 04-03-1970 ; 00-00-1946

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THE FUNERAL MARCH

WHEN A DANGEROUS OR TICKLISH SITUATION IS ABOUT TO BE
ENTERED, THE PARTICIPANT(S) OFTEN HUM THE FUNERAL MARCH
(DUM-DUM-DE-DUM, DUM-DE-DUM-DE-DUM-DE-DUM).

Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; 1971 MORRELL ; DETROIT ; 7632 WESTMINSTER ; A&P FOOD STORE ; 14120 E 7 MILE ROAD

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

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LIGHTNING AND THUNDER

WHEN IT IS LIGHTNING JESUS IS TAKING YOUR PICTURE SO YOU SHOULD
SMILE. WHEN IT THUNDERS, HENRY HUDSON AND HIS MEN ARE BOWLING.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14120 E 7 MILE RD ; A&P FOOD STORE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Creator
BELIEF -- Secular hero
BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7

Date learned: 04-03-1970

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PLANT SUPERSTITION

A PLANT OR FLOWER WILL NOT GROW IF YOU THANK THE PERSON WHO GAVE IT TO YOU.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14120 E 7 MILE RD ; A&P FOOD STORE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 04-04-1970

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THORN BUSHES

THE REASON THAT THERE ARE SO MANY THORN BUSHES IN HAWAII, IS WHEN THE MISSIONARIES FIRST CAME TO HAWAII, THE NATIVES WORE NO CLOTHING. IN ORDER TO GET THEM TO WEAR CLOTHES, THE MISSIONARIES PLANTED THORN BUSHES SO THAT THE NATIVES WOULD CUT THEMSELVES ON THEM, AND THUS REALIZE THE NEED TO WEAR CLOTHES.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14120 E 7 MILE RD ; A&P FOOD STORE

James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION

Subject headings: ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress
BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Plant

Date learned: 04-03-1970

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