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IF YOU HEAR A DOG HOWLING THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN A DEATH.
Submitter comment:
SYLVIA LEARNED THIS FROM HER SISTER, WHO IN TURN,
LEARNED IT AT THE NURSES' LOUNGE AT BEAUMONT HOSPITAL,
ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
WHEN A DOG HOWLS DURING THE DAY FOR NO APPARENT
REASON, SOMEONE IS SAID TO HAVE DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
IF A DOG HOWLS CONTINUALLY STRAIGHT THROUGH THE NIGHT
IT MEANS SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Submitter comment: HER MOTHER BELIEVES IN THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-10-1972
WHEN A DOG CRIES, IT MEANS SOMEONE WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 04-17-1971
THREE KNOCKS ON A DOOR AND A DOG HOWLING MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-30-1965
IF THE DOG BAYS AT THE MOON, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-08-1965
A DOG HOWLING AT NIGHT, HOWLS BECAUSE SOMEONE
HAS JUST DIED.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IF A DOG HOWLS AT NIGHT, IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EVERY TIME THERE WAS A STORM AND A COW DIED, THE
PEOPLE KNEW THAT A CALF WOULD BE BORN WITHIN A MONTH.
Submitter comment:
JEAN HEARD THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER WHO LIVED ON
A FARM IN QUEBEC. HER GRANDMOTHER FIRMLY BELIEVES
THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS ; CANADA ; QUEBEC
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
WELCH SUPERSTITION (WELSH)
A DEAD OR DROWNED SPARROW FOUND ON ONE'S PROPERTY
DENOTES DEATH TO A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY LIVING THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
DIANE BELIEVES THAT IF ONE SEES A WHITE DOVE OR
PIGEON IN THE MORNING, A PERSON WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 02-09-1968
IF A PIGEON COMES TO YOUR HOUSE, SOMEONE IN THE
FAMILY WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
INDIAN EVIL OMEN
IF AN OWL HOOTS, A LEADER OF STATE WILL DIE. THIS
IS A VERY BAD OMEN.
IF THE OWL PERCHES ON YOUR HOME, SOMEONE WITHIN
WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
IF A HEN CROWS THERE WILL BE BAD LUCK IN A HOUSEHOLD,
AND THE MEMBERS OF THAT HOUSEHOLD MAY EXPECT EITHER
DEAD LIVESTOCK OR A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL
IN WARSAW IN THE EARLY 1900S.
Data entry tech comment: I BELIEVE SHE MEANS IF A HEN CROWS BEFORE DAWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; POLAND ; WARSAW
James Callow Keyword(s): FOWL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 00001900s ; 10-05-1967
IF CHICKENS COME OFF THE ROOST AND CACKLE BEFORE
DAWN, THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOWL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
IF A ROOSTER CROWS BEFORE DAY, IT IS A SIGN SOMEONE
IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOWL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HERE IN DETROIT, AT HER HOME, MRS. SOSNOWSKI SAID THAT
ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE A MORNING DOVE WILL SIT IN ONE
OF HER BACKYARD TREES. IT COMES FOR THREE SUCCESSIVE
DAYS THEN DOESN'T SHOW UP AGAIN. ABOUT TWO WEEKS
AFTER THAT, A MEMBER OF HER FAMILY DIES AND THEN TWO
MORE FOLLOW. SHE SAID THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED
ABOUT THREE TIMES AND SHE KNOWS THAT WHEN SHE HEARS
THE SAD SOUND OF THE DOVE, SHE CAN EXPECT SOMEONE TO
DIE AND THEY DO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MOURNING DOVE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A WHITE DOVE LANDS ON YOUR PORCH, IT MEANS SOMEONE
IN THE FAMILY IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IF YOU SEE A CROW SITTING ON A FENCE AND CAWING,
IT MEANS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
IF A BIRD, ESPECIALLY A BLACK BIRD, FLIES INTO
YOUR HOUSE, THAT IS AN OMEN OF FORECOMING DEATH
OR BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.32 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN