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IF YOU KILL A SPIDER, IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ARACHNID
Date learned: 10-00-1967
THE PERSON CATCHING A LADYBUG AND RELEASING IT ALIVE
WILL SOON RECEIVE MONEY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU FIND AN INCHWORM ON YOUR CLOTHES, THEN YOU KNOW
YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME NEW CLOTHES, BECAUSE HE IS
MEASURING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-16-1969
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
CRICKETS ARE GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A SUPERSTITION COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals BELIEF -- Good luck P881.33 |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
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
IF A BUTTERFLY FLIES INTO YOUR HOUSE, THAT'S A SIGN OF
AN IMPENDING MARRIAGE.
Where learned: NEWSPAPER ; THE MACOMB DAILY
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
IF YOU CATCH A BUTTERFLY, IT MEANS THAT YOU WILL SOON GET A
DRESS IN THE COLOR OF THAT BUTTERFLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-25-1968
IF YOU STEP ON AN ANT, IT MEANS IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
Date learned: 11-11-1968
IF YOU SEE A HORSE WITH A WHITE TAIL, TURN AROUND AND YOU WILL
SEE A PERSON WITH RED HAIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
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