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AFTER SCRUBBING AND MOPPING WAS DONE, OUR OLD FOLKS
USED TO CROSS THE MOP AND THE BROOM TO KEEP OUT WITCHES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
ON THE WITCHES' SABBATH EVERY ONE HUNDRED YEARS, THE
DEAD WILL WALK THE EARTH FOR ONE NIGHT. SHE SAID THAT
IT DEPENDED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE STARS AND THE
FULL MOON FOR THE DAY TO BE DETERMINED, PREFERABLY ON
A SUNDAY. SHE REMEMBERED LEARNING ABOUT IT FROM HER
PARENTS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD---THEY CAME FROM A VERY
SUPERSTITIOUS PART OF ITALY.
Submitter comment:
Micheline Caputo - deceased Grandmother. Housewife, Italian.
I heard these things from my grandmother throughout most of my young adult life. She was a fantastic storyteller, and was a storehouse of all kinds of information.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ITALY ; VANDERBILT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Festival BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
PUT A HORSESHOE OVER ENTRANCES TO YOUR HOUSE FOR GOOD LUCK.
VARIATION: SO KEEP THE WITCHES OUT (MRS. BESSIE WILLIAMS)
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT YOU CAN'T STAY OUT AFTER TWELVE OR
WITCHES WILL GET YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAY MARY BETH TEN TIMES IN THE MIRROR AND IF SHE COMES AND
SMILES AT YOU SHE WILL BE YOUR FRIEND, BUT IF SHE DOESN'T
SMILE SHE WILL CHOKE YOU. NO ONE KNEW WHO MARY BETH WAS,
BUT THEY BELIEVED SHE COULD COME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration 686 First / Once / One / Newness BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SUPERSTITION
WHEN A HORSE'S MANE IS ALL TANGLED UP, HE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN
WITCHED.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
ALL OVER THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, SOME NORMAL PEOPLE,
WHILE ASLEEP, TURN INTO WITCHES. THIS HAPPENS AT
EVERY FULL MOON. THEY TUCK THE NORMAL SKIN UNDER
THEIR NEW SKIN AND GO OUT AND DO EVIL THINGS, I.E.,
EATING BABIES AND PLUCKING THE EYES OUT OF PEOPLE.
BEFORE DAWN, THESE PEOPLE RETURN BACK TO NORMAL
AND REMEMBER NOTHING.
Where learned: HOME ; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
ALL OVER THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, SOME NORMAL PEOPLE,
WHILE ASLEEP, TURN INTO WITCHES. THIS HAPPENS AT
EVERY FULL MOON. THEY TUCK THE NORMAL SKIN UNDER
THEIR NEW SKIN AND GO OUT AND DO EVIL THINGS, I.E.,
EATING BABIES AND PLUCKING THE EYES OUT OF PEOPLE.
BEFORE DAWN, THESE PEOPLE RETURN BACK TO NORMAL
AND REMEMBER NOTHING.
Where learned: HOME ; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
MARIE LAVEAU
AMONG SOME OF THE MORE SUPERSTITIOUS NEGROES OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA
AND NEW ORLEANS IN PARTICULAR, THERE IS A PERSISTENT BELIEF
IN MARIE LAVEAU, THE VOODOO QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS. BELIEVERS
MARK WITH CHALK ON HER TOMB WALL AND ASK FOR SUPERNATURAL
ASSISTANCE. ALSO, IT'S BELIEVED THAT SOIL FROM HER GRAVE HAS
MAGICAL PROPERTIES SO IT IS USED IN DIFFERENT VOODOO RITES.
MARIE LAVEAU'S GRAVE IN NEW ORLEANS DATES BACK TO THE LATE 18TH
CENTURY AND IS A WELL KNOWN PLACE FOR VOODOO FOLLOWERS. NEW
ORLEANS ABOUNDS WITH STORIES AND LEGENDS OF HER FANTASTIC LIFE.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Emblem BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Superstition
In Quebec the French who had land lived by farming, and those who had none lived by begging. The farmers treated the beggars with care, for they had powers--for good, for ill.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CANADA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
WITCH BELIEF
EVERYTIME YOU SEE A FALLING STAR, A WITCH HAS DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; informant's home ; 13347 Talbot
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Star |
Date learned: 02-15-1970