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A DOG HOWLING AT NIGHT IS ALSO A SIGN OF IMPENDING DEATH.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
OWL AN OMEN OF DEATH
BEFORE MY STEP-FATHER'S FATHER DIED, AN OWL APPEARED IN THE
WINDOW. EVERYONE SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE A DEATH.
THIS HAPPENED IN ROCHESTER, BUT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY FROM
KITCHENER, CANADA, WHICH IS A MOSTLY GERMAN TOWN.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME BY MY HUSBAND. 01001967
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
BLUE HERON AN OMEN
THE INDIANS AND LUMBERMEN IN OUR AREA (MONTMORENCY COUNTY)
USED TO THINK THAT THE BLUE HERON WAS AN OMEN OF DEATH OR
SERIOUS ILLNESS.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME BY MY NEIGHBOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00001940-50
OMEN
IF A DOG HOWLS ALL NIGHT, SOMEONE
IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-10-1967
OMENS
IF A BIRD FLYS AGAINST THE WINDOW, IT MEANS
A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
OMENS
WHEN A DOG HOWLS BACKWARD, IT MEANS
A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
CAT SUPERSTITIONS
IT A CAT WASHES ITS FACE IT IS A SURE SIGN OF COMPANY.
Submitter comment:
FR. MALONY LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER AT HOME WHO IS OF
IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: RECTORY ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
SUPERSTITION
WHEN A BIRD SEEKS SHELTER AROUND A HOUSE, FOR EXAMPLE
ON A WINDOW SILL OR A PORCH OF A HOUSE, AND STAYS THERE FOR
AWHILE, SOMEONE YOU KNOW WILL DIE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-04-1967
SUPERSTITION
WHEN THE COWS ARE SITTING DOWN ON THE GRASS OF A FARM IT MEANS
IT'S GOING TO RAIN.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A YOUNG BOY IN STONY POINT, CANADA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
BIRD HITTING WINDOW
IF A BIRD HITS YOUR WINDOW, THIS IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER UNCLE, DICK MACDOUGALL,
ABOUT 1900.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-12-1965
DOG HOWLING
IF YOU HEAR A DOG HOWLING, THIS MEANS SOMEONE IS DYING.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG ABOUT
1895, BUT CAN NOT REMEMBER WHO SHE LEARNED IT FROM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-12-1965
SUPERSTITION
PUT SALT ON A BIRD'S TALE YOU'LL CATCH IT.
Submitter comment: A NEIGHBOR TOLD HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-21-1965
BIRD INFLUENCES
IF A BIRD FLIES CLOSE TO A WINDOW IT IS A SURE SIGN
OF BAD NEWS.
Submitter comment:
FR. MALONY LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER AT HOME WHO IS
OF IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: RECTORY ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
DOG'S HOWL
WHEN A DOG HOWLED AT THE MOON WHEN IT WAS SHINING WE CALLED
THAT "BAYING AT THE MOON."
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN HOLLISTER, OHIO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
DOG'S HOWL
IF YOU HEAR A DOG HOWL DURING THE DAY FOR A LONG TIME-
KIND OF MOURNFUL, YOU KNOW - IT MEANT YOU WERE GOING TO
HEAR OF A DEATH.
Submitter comment:
BOTH LEARNED THIS IN THEIR HOME TOWNS OF HOLLISTER AND
GLOUCESTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
BAD LUCK OMEN
IF A BIRD FLIES IN THE WINDOW OF YOUR HOME, IT MEANS
THAT SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY IS GOING TO DIE. WHILE
ATTENDING ST. MARY'S ACADEMY IN WINDSOR, A BIRD FLEW
IN THE WINDOW OF THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, AND SHORTLY
AFTER SHE WAS NOTIFIED OF HER MOTHER'S DEATH.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM A FRIEND OF MINE IN WINDSOR.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-29-1967
BIRDS
WHEN YOU SEE A FLOCK OF BIRDS FLY OVER, YOU SHAKE YOUR
SKIRT AND THAT MEANS YOU'LL GET A NEW ARTICLE OF CLOTHING.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
BIRDS
A WILD BIRD THAT GETS INTO THE HOUSE IS A SIGN OF A
DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: TRADITIONAL BELIEF IN FAMILY IN GLOUCESTER AND HOLLISTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD ; SOUTHFIELD DOWNS TRAILER CAMP
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
BIRDS
MOM NEVER LIKED A BIRD TO FLUTTER AT THE WINDOW. IT
MEANT DEATH TO THE FAMILY AND I DON'T LIKE IT YET.
A SPARROW FLUTTERED IN THE LIVING ROOM WINDOW SO
I WENT OUT TO THE KITCHED AND HE CAME TO THAT WINDOW,
TOO. MY GRANDMOTHER DIED SHORTLY AFTER THAT - SHE WAS
NINETH-FOUR.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER WHO IS OF IRISH DESENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
OMEN FOR DEATH
IF A RED BIRD FLIES INTO A HOME THERE WILL BE A DEATH
IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: HOME ; ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-27-1970