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GETTING RID OF A VISITOR
YOU CAN GET RID OF VISITORS BY POURING SALT UNDER HIS SEAT OR TURNING
A SHOE UPSIDE DOWN OR TURNING A BROOM UPSIDE DOWN IN A CORNER.
Submitter comment: HAITI, AND MARTINIQUE.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00001970S
IF A YOUNG GIRL'S FOOD IS SALTY, IT IS SAID THAT SHE IS IN LOVE.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00001970S
SOME PEOPLE ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE EVIL EYES; IF SUCH A PERSON GIVES
YOU A COMPLIMENT, YOU'D BETTER KNOCK ON WOOD OR HAVE SOMEONE PINCH
YOU SO BAD LUCK WILL NOT COME UPON YOU.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Conversions SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
IF YOU TAKE AN EGG LAID ON GOOD FRIDAY AND YOU PUT IT UNDER YOUR
ARM UNTIL SUNDAY, A SEVEN HEADED MONSTER WILL COME OUT. HE SHOULD
CALL YOU "MASTER". IF NOT, YOU START SMASHING HIS HEADS UNTIL HE
CALLS YOU MASTER. THEN YOU CAN ASK HIM WHATEVER YOU WANT. TO GET
RID OF HIM, YOU THROW HIM IN THE SEA WITHOUT LOOKING.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
James Callow Keyword(s): GENIE
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Abnormal in size |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
LONG TIME AGO, CHILDREN WOULD RECEIVE ORANGES FOR CHRISTMAS AND
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE SEEDS FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS ALSO DONE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Gifts, gift giving at Christmas Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 00001800S
BREAKING A MIRROR WILL BRING YOU SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
YOU SHOULD TURN YOUR TONGUE SEVEN TIMES IN YOUR MOUTH BEFORE
TALKING FOR YOU NOT TO SAY STUPIDITIES.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
IF YOU COUNT STARS OR POINT AT THEM WITH YOUR FINGERS, YOU ARE
SUBJECT TO HAVE WARTS IN YOUR HANDS. TO GET RID OF THOSE WARTS
YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR A LEMON TREE, CUT A LEMON IN HALF, LEAVING
ONE OF THE HALVES HANGING FROM THE TREE, THEN WITH THE OTHER HALF
YOU RUB THE WARTS, AND YOU THROW IT AWAY WITHOUT LOOKING.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- PS60 |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
IF YOU SEE A FALLING STAR, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Comet BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001970S
BLACK CATS ARE BELIEVED TO BE EVIL. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BRING
BAD LUCK. SOME PEOPLE USE BLACK CATS TO DO WITCHCRAFT.
Submitter comment: IT IS SAID THAT CATS HAVE SEVEN LIVES; THEY DO NOT DIE THAT EASY.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IN ORDER TO HARM, SOME PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE.
MOST OF THE TIME THEY BECOME DOGS AND THEY ATTACK THEIR ENEMIES.
Submitter comment:
ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, WHEN TWO PERSONS USED TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT,
MOST OF THE TIME ONE OF THEM WOULD SAY TO THE OTHER: "I WILL
GET YOU, BUT IT WON'T BE ME, IT WILL BE SOMETHING ELSE." THIS
"SOMETHING ELSE" WOULD BE THE DOG.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFORMATION SHAPE-SHIFTING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
SOME SPIRITS TAKE THE APPEARANCE OF VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, BUT THE
ONLY WAY TO RECOGNIZE THEM IS TO LOOK AT THEIR FEET; THEY HAVE A
HUMAN FOOT AND A ANIMAL FOOT. AND OF COURSE IF YOU DON'T NOTICE
THAT THEY WILL HARM YOU.
Submitter comment:
ONE DAY A GUY PICKED UP TWO GIRLS THAT WERE STANDING BY THE ROAD
WHEN GOING TO A PARTY, AND WHILE THEY WERE IN THE CAR HE DECIDED
TO HAVE A CIGARETTE. AS SOON AS HE CRACKED THE MATCH, THE TWO
GIRLS DISAPPEARED AND HE HEARD THEIR VOICES SAYING THAT HE WAS
LUCKY. APPARENTLY THEY WERE AFRAID OF THE FIRE FROM THE MATCH.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
"SOUCOUNIANT" OR "VOLANT" ARE PEOPLE THAT TAKE OFF THEIR SKIN AND
GO SUCK ANIMALS' BLOOD. THEY HAVE FLAMES COMING FROM UNDERNEATH
THEIR ARMS AND THEY CAN FLY. IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO GET BACK
INTO THEIR SKIN, YOU ADD SOME SALT, GARLIC, LEMON, ETC. TO THE
SKIN WHICH IS USUALLY LEFT IN A BIG BUCKET. ANOTHER WAY TO STOP
THEM IS TO DRAW A CROSS WITH A KNIFE, AND AT THE INTERSECTION OF
THE TWO LINES YOU STAB THE KNIFE.
Submitter comment:
MOST OF THE TIMES, THE "SOUCOUNIANTS" ARE WOMEN. I REMEMBER MANY
YEARS AGO THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED THAT THEY CAUGHT ONE AND
THEY TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
Keyword(s): "VOLANT" MEANS SOMETHING THAT COULD FLY.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
DO NOT OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN A HOUSE; IT BRINGS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
IF SOMEONE GIVES YOU A CAT, BRING IT HOME BY THE WINDOW; OTHERWISE
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
THE HOWLING OF A DOG OR AN OWL NEAR YOUR HOUSE MEANS THAT A
RELATIVE OF YOURS IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
IF YOU MAKE A CHILD PASS THROUGH A WINDOW, HE WILL GROW UP TO BE
A THIEF.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
IF YOU KILL A CAT YOU WILL HAVE SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
SPINNING A CHAIR ON ONE LEG BRINGS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
IF YOU ARE GOING SOMEWHERE AND YOU RETURN WHILE EN ROUTE, BE VERY
CAREFUL WHEN YOU LEAVE AGAIN TO THAT SAME PLACE NOT VERY LONG
AFTERWARD, YOU MIGHT HAVE BAD LUCK ON YOUR WAY.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 00-00-1970