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June Bugs
As a child, we played a game of catching bugs and tieing a
string to their leg and letting them fly in a circle around us.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 01001952 CA
Lightning Bugs (night light)
As a child, we would catch these bugs and put them in a jar.
Whoever caught the most bugs had the brightest light. We had no
street light and the only light we had was from the moon.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 01001952 CA
A SPIDER HANGING FROM THE CEILING IS A SIGN OF GOOD
LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
IT IS BAD LUCK TO KILL A CRICKET, ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-03-1970
IF YOU SNAP YOUR FINGER AT DAWN, BUTTERFILES WILL COME
AROUND.
Submitter comment: ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Sun |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
IF A SPIDER DROPS DOWN IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU WILL
INHERIT MONEY.
Submitter comment: FROM AUNT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
IF YOU STEP ON AN ANT, IT WILL RAIN THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM MY SISTER, WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 03-22-1967
IF YOU KILL A SPIDER IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS FROM A FRIEND LONG AGO.
Date learned: 12-01-1967
IF YOU KILL AN ANT, IT'S GOING TO RAIN.
Submitter comment: COMMON BELIEF AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 04-15-1967
IF YOU STEP ON A SPIDER, IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment: FROM AUNT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
Keyword(s): ARACHNID
Date learned: 12-04-1967
YOU CAN TELL A LADYBUG'S AGE BY THE NUMBER OF SPOTS
ON HER BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BEETLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Measure of quantity or weight |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU STEP ON AN ANT, YOU WILL MAKE YOUR MOTHER CRY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS WAS A POPULAR BELIEF
AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN. SHE SAID THAT EVERYONE WAS
VERY CAREFUL TO AVOID ANTS ON THE WAY HOME FROM
SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-23-1971
IF YOU STEP ON A BLACK ANT, IT'S GOING TO RAIN.
Submitter comment:
AS A CHILD THE INFORMANT REALLY BELIEVED THIS AND TRIED
HER HARDEST NOT TO STEP ON BLACK ANTS.
Where learned: NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001950S LATE
IF YOU SEE A SPIDER IN THE MORNING,
IT IS A WARNING.
IF YOU SEE A SPIDER AT NOON,
IT IS BRINGING YOU GOOD NEWS.
IF YOU SEE A SPIDER AT NIGHT,
IT WILL BRING YOU JOY AND DELIGHT.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST LANSING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 10-03-1967
INFORMER AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT HER GARDEN, AND SHE
HAPPENED TO MENTION "IF YOU CHOP RAW GARLIC AND
SPREAD IT INTO THE SOIL AROUND YOUR ROSEBUSHES,
IT WILL KEEP ALL THE INSECTS AWAY THAT USUALLY
DESTROY YOUR PLANTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 11-29-1971
IF ONE IS TROUBLED BY BOLL WEEVILS IN FLOUR,
MACARONI OR OTHER SUCH DRY INGREDIENTS, PLACE
SEVERAL BAY LEAVES IN THE CONTAINER TO BE RID OF
THIS PROBLEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Preservation BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
BELIEF
IF YOU GET IN A NEST OF BEES, THEY WON'T STING YOU IF YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ON A BUS ; BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM AND MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
ANIMAL BELIEF
GRASSHOPPERS SPIT TOBACCO.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
BELIEF
YOU HAVE TO TELL BEES EVERYTHING. IF THE BEEKEEPER DIES, YOU HAVE TO TELL THE BEES BEFORE SUNDOWN OR THEY'LL ALL DIE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 07-27-1968