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SHARKS FOLLOWING A SHIP MEANT THERE WOULD SOON BE A
DEATH ABOARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-29-1968
IN MEXICO, IF A HORSEFLY FLIES INTO YOUR HOME, YOU WILL
HAVE A VISITOR WITHIN THE DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO BELIEVE THAT IF THERE WAS A
FLY IN THE HOUSE, IT WOULD MEAN DEATH TO SOMEONE IN
THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: SHE WAS VERY SUPERSTITIOUS.
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-07-1965
IN MEXICO, IF YOU FIND A BIG, BLACK BUTTERFLY IN YOUR HOME
IT IS AVERY BAD LUCK SIGN. SOME DISASTER WILL FOLLOW--
LIKE DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
A HOWLING DOG MEANS DEATH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 08-05-1964
IF A DOG HOWLS, THERE WILL BE A DEATH THAT NIGHT IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
IF YOU HEAR A DOG CRYING AT NIGHT, IT MEANS THERE WILL BE
A DEATH NEAR YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-25-1968
IF A DOG HOWLS--DEATH CLOSE BY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
IF YOU HEAR THE DOGS HOWL SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU HAS DIED.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
IF A DOG HOWLS AT NIGHT, IT MEANS DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
IF YOU HEAR A DOG HOWL DURING THE NIGHT, IT SIGNALS A DEATH
(PROBABLY IN THE HOUSEHOLD).
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
A DOG'S HOWL IS A SURE SIGN OF DEATH. THE DAY BEFORE MY DAD DIED
OUR DOG HOWLED AND HOWLED. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE EVER DID
THAT. HE HASN'T DONE IT SINCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 06-29-1964
IF A PERSON IS SICK AND THE DOG HOWLS, THERE WILL BE A DEATH
IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
A HOWLING DOG MEANS SOMEONE WILL DIE IN THAT HOUSE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF A DOG HOWLS WITH HIS HEAD POINTED DOWN, SOMEONE IS GOING
TO DIE.
IF A DOG HOWLS WITH HIS HEAD POINTED UP, THERE WILL BE
A FIRE IN THE AREA.
Where learned: HUNGARY
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1910
IF A DOG IS HOWLING AT NIGHT IT MEANS ILLNESS OR DEATH
IS STALKING THE STREETS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-31-1968
THE SOUND OF A HOWLING HOUND FORESHADOWS A TRAGIC DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
A DOG HOWLING MEANS A DEATH IN THE FUTURE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
IF YOU HEAR A DOG HOWLING DURING THE NIGHT, IN THE MORNING
YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT A DEATH.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-08-1970