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After Easter throw wheat so that there will be a
good harvest. You should also throw wheat inside
your home to insure that you will have bread to
eat in the coming year. This was important
because most people worked on the farm and this
was their only income, so a bad crop was
disastrous.
Submitter comment:
Mrs. Wojtan grew up in Kansas on a farm with over
forty acres of wheat. Before the depression this
was the only income. This was practiced every
year and she believed that it worked.
Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: 00001920S
If you dream of teeth and they hurt, it means
someone close to your family will die. If they
don't hurt, a distant person will die.
Submitter comment:
Mrs. Wojtan really believes in her dreams and
told me that they often come true.
Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00001920S
If someone admires your baby and says that
it's beautiful you must spit or the baby will
become sick or get a rash on its face. Her
parents and her husband's parents both truly
believed this. Her husband's parents used to
wipe the baby's face three times with a wash
cloth to prevent a rash if anyone admired the
baby.
Submitter comment:
Mrs. Wojtan doesn't believe this herself anymore,
but says many people in Kansas used to when she
was growing up.
Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001920S
If you accidentally put your clothes on backwards
you should wear them that way for the whole day.
If you change them you will have bad luck for
that day.
Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00001920S
Never count the number of cars in a funeral
procession. It is very bad luck.
Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 00001920S
On Christmas Eve day, it is good luck if the
first person to enter your house is a man and
bad luck if it is a woman.
Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
James Callow Keyword(s): FIRST FOOTING ; SEXISM
Date learned: 00001920S
When there is a death in the family you should
cover all the mirrors.
Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001920S
When you clear the table you should never put
the crumbs on the floor so that you won't go
hungry. You should never sweep the dirt and
crumbs from the floor directly out the door;
you should always use a dustpan.
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Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; Domesticity ; Housekeeping ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION ; POSITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 00001920S
If a religious picture or article falls off the
wall and breaks as it hits the floor it is a bad
omen. Someone that is close to you, family or a
friend, will probably die.
Submitter comment:
Mrs. Wojtan believes that this is true because it
is a sign to prepare you for someone's death.
Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00001920S
If someone offers to finish sweeping the floor
for you after you have already started, you
must not let them, but do it yourself.
Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 00001920S
You should never give anyone a religious gift.
It is a sign of bad luck. A friend had died
and left her relative a beautiful rosary that
had come from a monastery. The relative thought
that this was a sign of bad luck so she tried to
give it to another woman. She didn't want it
either because she was afraid that something
would happen to her. She was forced to keep it
and she said she didn't think anything came from
it but she still refuses to give any religious
gifts to anyone.
Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00001920S
When you dream of fish it signifies money. If the
water that the fish is in is clean then it is a
good omen; however, if the water is muddy it is a
bad omen.
Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00001920S
If someone is sick and you hear an owl hooting,
it is a bad omen, the person will die soon.
This signifies the sound of death.
Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001920S
A pregnant woman should never look at a fire
burning.
Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Fire BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00001940S
If you find a string on your clothes it means
you will receive a letter soon.
Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00001920S