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SUPERSTITION
IN CANADA, IT IS BELIEVED TO BE A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK IF A PERSON
PASSES YOU DRIVING AN AUTOMOBILE WITH A STATUE OF ST. JOSEPH
ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS COULD MEAN THAT YOU WOULD INHERIT OR WIN
A LOT OF MONEY AND THAT SUCCESS WOULD SURELY BE YOURS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED ITEM WHILE IN CANADA ON TOUR OF MARIAN SHRINES.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
CUSTOM
AT SUGDEN LAKE IN MICHIGAN, NOBODY TAKES THE FIRST SWIM OF
THE YEAR UNTIL ST. JOSEPH BLESSES THE WATER, OTHERWISE IT IS BELIEVE
YOU WILL HAVE GREAT FAILURE DURING THE SUMMER AND EITHER A MEMBER
OF YOUR FAMILY OR EVEN YOU YOURSELF COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED
IN THE WATER AND YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE ANY SUITABLE
MEDICAL HELP IN TIME TO SAVE YOU FROM DEATH OR PARALYSIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 19 Feast of St. Joseph BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
SUPERSTITION
IT WAS TOLD BY MY GREAT AUNT THAT IF ONE DID NOT PUT OUT MILK AND
COOKIES FOR ST. ANNE ON HER BIRTHDAY, ONE WOULD SUFFER BAD LUCK AND
FATAL ILLNESS FOR FIVE YEARS.
Where learned: HAMTRAMCK
Date learned: 00-00-1979
SUPERSTITION
IT WAS TOLD BY MY GREAT AUNT THAT IF ONE DID NOT PUT
OU ON THE KITCHEN TABLE MILK AND
COOKIES FOR ST. JOACHIM, ONE WOULD SUFFER BAD LUCK AND FATAL ILLNESS
FOR TEN YEARS.
Where learned: DETROIT
Date learned: 00-00-1979
SUPERSTITION
IT WAS TOLD BY MY GRANDMOTHER THAT IF ONE DID NOT SAY THE ROSARY ON
THE FEAST OF THE PURIFICATION
OF THEBLESSED VIRGIN MARY, ONE WOULD NEVER
RECEIVE GOD'S BLESSINGS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Fifths BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
SUPERSTITION
IT WAS BELIEVED BY MY GREAT AUNT
THAT IF ONE DID NOT RECITE THE LITANY OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY ON ALL HER FEASTDAYS, ONE WOULD NEVER SEE HEAVEN
AND ONE WOULD HAVE DISEASES OF THE FEET FOR THE REST OF ONE,S LIFE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED ITEM WHILE IN CANADA ON TOUR OF MARIAN SHRINES.
Where learned: DETROIT
Date learned: 00-00-1979
FIXED DATE
ST. NICHOLAS DAY ON DECEMBER SIXTH IN BELGIUM. CHILDREN HANG THEIR
STOCKINGS AND RECEIVE FRUITS, NUTS, AND CANDIES, BELIEVED TO HAVE
BEEN DELIVERED BY ST. NICHOLAS.
Submitter comment:
THIS DOES NOT REPLACE THE CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF CHRIST ON
DECEMBER TWENTY-FIFTH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 6 Feast of St. Nicholas BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 00001920S
FIXED DATE
ON JANUARY SIXTH, THREE MEN DRESSED LIKE KINGS WOULD GO TO EACH HOUS
AND WRITE K.M.B. ABOVE THE DOORS IN CHALK. THESE LETTERS ARE THE
INITIALS OF THE THREE KINGS THAT VISITED THE NEW BORN SAVIOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Emblem |
Date learned: 00001920S ; 02-16-1980
POLISH CHRISTMAS TRADITION
ONE EXTRA PLACE IS SET AT THE CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER TABLE FOR
CHRIST. USUALLY, A GUEST IS SEATED AT THIS PLACE.
Submitter comment:
THE EXTRA PLACE IS SET FOR CHRIST BECAUSE OF THE BELIEF THAT
CHRIST WANDERS THE STREETS ON CHRISTMAS EVE JUST AS MARY AND JOSEPH
WANDERED THROUGH BETHLEHEM LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO STAY ON
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS EVE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Table setting and clearing BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: CA00001890S ; 01-13-1980
AT WEDDINGS, THE BRIDE OFFERS A GIFT OF FLOWERS TO THE BLESSED
MOTHER.
Submitter comment:
THEY BEGAN DOING THIS AT THEIR FIRST DAUGHTER'S WEDDING.
THEY DID THIS WHILE IN THE CHURCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
FEAST OF SAINT JOSEPH
EVERY MARCH 19TH, IT IS COMMON AMONG MANY SICILIANS TO CELEBRATE
THE FEAST OF SAINT JOSEPH. IT IS TRADITIONALLY REPRESENTED BY
THE PREPARATION OF HOMEMADE SPAGHETTI WHICH CONTAINS TWELVE
DIFFERENT KINDS OF BEANS AND PEAS TO REPRESENT EACH OF THE
TWELVE APOSTLES. THESE INCLUDE: SPLIT PEAS, KIDNEY BEANS,
CHICK PEAS, HORSE BEANS, LINTO BEANS, LIMA BEANS, BLACKEYE
PEAS, GREEN BEANS, CRANBERRY BEANS, SWEET PEAS, PINTO BEANS,
AND NORTHERN BEANS.
Submitter comment:
DURING THE FEAST MANY SICILIAN FAMILIES CELEBRATE THE OCCASION
BY RECREATING THE LIFE OF JESUS AND HIS APOSTLES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOLS
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 19 Feast of St. Joseph BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: CA00001920
RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
PRAY TO SAINT ANTHONY FOR LOST THINGS.
PRAY TO SAINT JUDE FOR A HOPELESS CAUSE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD OF THESE PRAYER RITUALS IN POLAND AROUND 1910.
THE COLLECTOR HAS ALSO HEARD OF PRAYING TO PARTICULAR SAINTS FOR A
SPECIAL PURPOSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; CA00001910
EASTER BELIEF
THE REASON WHY WE HAVE BUNNIES ON EASTER IS BECAUSE A LITTLE
RABBIT IS THE FIRST THING THAT JESUS SAW WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE
TOMB.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT FIRST HEARD THIS IN 1976. ANOTHER POSSIBLE REASON
IS THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN RABBITS, EASTER AND SPRING. FERTILITY
AND PURIFICATION ARE INHERENT TO ALL THREE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Measure of time Spring |
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; 09-00-1976
THERE IS AN OLD SUPERSTITION THAT MY MOTHER RELATED
TO ME BACK WHEN I GOT MY FIRST CAR. I HAD JUST
BOUGHT A ST. CHRISTOPHER MEDAL TO PUT ON THE
DASHBOARD. AS I WAS PLACING IT THERE, MY MOTHER
CAME UP AND SAID, "YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN OLD BELIEF
THAT WHEN YOU HIT EIGHTY, OLD ST. CHRISTOPHER GETS
UP AND LEAVES YOU ON YOUR OWN."
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
ST. PATRICK DROVE ALL THE SNAKES OUT OF IRELAND; HE
DROVE THEM INTO THE SEA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
WHEN A GIRL WANTS TO GET A GUY, SHE'LL PRAY TO SAINT
ANN THUS:
GOOD ST. ANN
GET ME A MAN
AS FAST AS YOU CAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
EVERY TIME A GIRL WHISTLES, IT MAKES THE BLESSED
MOTHER CRY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
ON THE FEAST OF ST. JOHN DEC. 27, IF ONE WOULD DRAW WATER FROM THE
WELL EXACTLY AT MIDNIGHT, IT WOULD BE WINE.
HOWEVER THE TIMING HAD TO BE
EXACT OR ONE WOULD MERELY GET WATER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS TRYING
THIS EVERY YEAR AS A CHILD IN THE EARLY 1900'S IN MANITOBA, CANADA.
REMEMBERS THAT THEY WERE ALWAYS DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THEY NEVER GOT
WINE.
UNCERTAIN OF ORIGIN, PROBABLY POLISH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MIRACLE
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
DRESS CUSTOM
(IN COLLECTOR'S OWN WORDS) PEOPLE OF MEXICO MAKE A PLEDGE TO THEIR PA
TRON SAINT AND THEN DRESS AS THE SAINT WOULD FOR AN ENTIRE MONTH.
PATRON
Submitter comment: DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MEXICO ; SABINAS HIDALGO ; NUEVO LEON
| Subject headings: | Favorites ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Measure of time Month BELIEF -- Prayer |
CHURCH BELIEF
(INFORMATION IN COLLECTORS OWN WORDS) ONCE A YEAR PEOPLE PLEDGE TO
WALK FROM ONE TOWN TO ANOTHER IN HONOR OF THE VIRGIN MARY IN SABINAS
HIDALGO MEXICO.
Submitter comment: INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED FROM A FORMER RESIDENT OF SABINAS, MEXICO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 12-00-1981