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A BELIEF IN THE SOUTH
IF A CEDAR TREE IS PLANTED AND WHEN IT GROWS ITS SHADOW IS AS LONG A
YOUR HEIGHT, YOU WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
SUPERSTITION
IF A PERSON DIES AND HIS HANDS ARE SOFT AND WARM,
SOMEBODY FOLLOWS HIM TO DEATH.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
KEEP TALKING
A SUDDEN SILENCE IN A CONVERSATION MEANS ONE OF THOSE PRESENT WILL
DIE WITHIN THE YEAR.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
DEATH
IF A PICTURE FALLS OFF A WALL, IT MEANS
THAT SOMEONE CLOSE IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
BILL AND HIS MOTHER HEARD A NOISE,
LIKE A TUB FALLING, COMING FROM THE
BASEMENT. AFTER INVESTIGATING, THEY FOUND
NOTHING OUT OF PLACE. THE NEXT DAY THEY
FOUND OUT THAT BILL'S UNCLE HAD DIED
AT THE SAME TIME THEY HEARD THE NOISE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
SUPERSTITION
IF A PICTURE FALLS FOR NO LOGICAL REASON,
THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
OMEN OF DEATH
IF A PICTURE ON THE MANTLE FALLS OVER, IT MEANS THAT
PERSON WILL DIE SOON.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER COLLECTED THIS FROM A WOMAN WITH WHOM SHE
WORKED. MRS. HAIRSTON LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER AND HER
GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
OMEN
WHEN A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL,
THERE IS GOING TO BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-02-1967
SUPERSTITION
IF A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL IT MEANS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
SIGN OF DEATH
IF A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL, IT'S A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DIDN'T SEEM TO BELIEVE IT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
OMEN
IF A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY WILL DIE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
OMEN
IF THERE ARE 13 AT A TABLE, THE 13TH PERSON WILL DIE WITHIN A YEAR.
Submitter comment: SHE HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
SIGN OF DEATH
WHEN A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL WITH NO ONE NEAR IT,
IT'S A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
BAD LUCK NUMBER
IN MEXICO, IF 13 SIT AT TABLE TO EAT, ONE WILL DIE WITHIN THE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
IF A PICTURE FALLS FROM THE WALL, IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH
IN THE FAMILY. IF IT IS THE PORTRAIT OF A LIVING PERSON,
THAT PERSON WILL BE THE ONE TO DIE. THIS PERSON FERVENTLY
BELIEVED THIS, AS HER SISTER MET WITH AN UNTIMELY
ACCEDENT ON THE SAME DAY THAT HER PICTURE HAD FALLEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-14-1968
BELIEF
IF A CRUCIFIX FALLS, DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: FAMILY SUPERSTITION.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RESIDENCE HALLS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-14-1967
LUCK
3 KNOCKS ARE A SIGN OF SOME KIND OF
BAD LUCK COMING SUCH AS DEATH.
IF YOU HEAR 3 KNOCKS - BEWARE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-21-1969
A DEATH WARNING
IF A FLOWER POT FALLS AND BREAKS IN A FUNERAL HOME, THAT MEANS
THAT THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: THIS HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination Observation |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
IF A DOG HOWLS IT MEANS SOMEBODY IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
ONE TIME THE INFORMANT WAS WALKING WITH A GIRL WHOSE GRANDFATHER
WAS ILL. THEY WALKED BY A SWAMP AND SAW A WHITE DOG. THE
LITTLE GIRL SAID "GRANDFATHER WILL DIE IN THREE DAYS." IN THREE
DAYS GRANDFATHER DIED. THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN IF THEY
HAD SEEN A WHITE HORSE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR