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OMEN OF DEATH
IF YOU SEE A DEAD CROW, THERE WILL BE A DEATH SOON IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
SIGN OF BAD LUCK
WHEN A BIRD HITS YOUR WINDOW, THERE'LL BE DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
BELIEF
WHEN SOME PEOPLE HEAR A DOG HOWLING IN THE NIGHT, THEY
BELIEVE BAD NEWS WILL SOON FOLLOW.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-01-1970
BELIEF
MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IF A BIRD FLIES INTO THE HOUSE,
THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
OMEN
FOR THE FRENCH, A BIRD ON A WINDOWSILL MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: WORK ; TOLD AT ; DETROIT BOARD OF
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
OMEN
FOR THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE, A BIRD IN A WINDOW MEANS SICKNESS IS COMING
Where learned: WORK ; TOLD AT ; DETROIT BOARD OF
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
DOG HOWLING
WHEN YOU HEAR A DOG HOWLING AT NIGHT ITS A SIGN THAT THERE
IS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-17-1969
FORBODING
A DOG'S MOURNFUL HOWL WOULD FORWARN OF A DIRE HAPPENING.
Where learned: WATCHING A FILM
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-25-1968
BELIEF CONCERNING DEATH
A HOWLING DOG IS THE SIGN OF DEATH EITHER COMING OR PAST.
Where learned: ON A DATE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-21-1969
DOG HOWLING AT NIGHT
IF A DOG SHOULD BEGIN HOWLING STRONGELY
DURING THE NIGHT, IT MEANS THAT DEATH IS NEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
BELIEF
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IF YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF CARS IN A
FUNERAL PROCESSION THAT IS THE NUMBER OF YEARS YOU HAVE LEFT TO
LIVE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT BELIEVES ABSOLUTELY IN THE ABOVE AND WOULD
ONLY COUNT THE NUMBER OF CARS IN PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S
FUNERAL PROCESSION.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
MRS. MURPHY'S PARENTS HAD A STORE WITH A SET OF GAS PUMPS IN FRONT
UNDER A ROOF THAT COVERED THE PORCH IN FRONT OF THE STORE ALSO.
ONE AFTERNOON MRS. MURPHY HEARD HER MOTHER SCREAM. A HEARSE HAD
PULLED UP AT THE GAS PUMPS UNDER THE ROOF. THERE WAS A CORPSE IN TH
HEARSE. HER MOTHER BELIEVED THAT THIS WAS AN OMEN THAT THERE WAS
SOON TO BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. BUT, THIS OMEN WAS ONLY GOOD IF
THE HEARSE WAS UNDER THE ROOF. HER FATHER HAD THE MAN MOVE THE
VEHICLE OUT FROM UNDER THE ROOF SO THAT THE OMEN COULD BE BROKEN.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
FUNERAL PROCESSION
IF YOU COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION
THAT'S HOW MANY YEARS YOU HAVE LEFT TO LIVE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
OMEN
COUNTING THE CARS ON A MOVING TRAIN MEANS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
TRAIN CARS
THE NUMBER OF CARS IN A PORRING TRAIN WILL TELL YOU HOW LONG YOU
WILL LIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
BAD LUCK OMEN FROM YUGOSLAVIA
IF YOU SEE TWO PIECES OF WOOD ATTACHED TOGETHER
AVOID THEM. WALK AROUND THEM. NEVER GO UNDER THEM.
Submitter comment: SHE WAS BROUGHT UP WITH THIS CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-17-1967
BAD LUCK OMEN
IF A PICTURE DROPS OFF A WALL SOMETHING
TERRIBLE WILL HAPPEN IN YOUR FAMILY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS AT HOME.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-30-1967
SPLIT
SUPERSTITION MY MOTHER HAS THAT IF SHE HAS A SPLIT IN HER
FIRST FRAME OF BOWLING, SHE WILL BOWL A BAD GAME---BUT, IF SHE
CONVERTS THE SPLIT, SHE WILL BOWL A GOOD GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPORTS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
PREDICTION DIVINATION
IF YOU FORGET YOUR GLOVES WHILE PAYING A VISIT TO YOUR
FRIEND AND GO BACK FOR THEM, YOU MUST SIT DOWN AND
CHAT ANOTHER FEW MINUTES BEFORE PICKING UP THE GLOVES AND
PUTTING THEM ON. IF THIS PROCEDURE ISN'T FOLLOWED, YOU'LL NEVER
VISIT THESE FRIENDS AGAIN.
Where learned: CLASSMATES
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-11-1967
OMEN
IF YOU FIND A HANDKERCHIEF AND PICK IT UP, YOU'LL NEED
IF BECAUSE YOU'LL SOON CRY.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS COLLECTED 04121967 FROM MY SISTER. SHE HEARD IT
FROM HER CLASSMATES; SHE IS IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-12-1967