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FISHING FLEETS
IN VALENCIA, SPAIN, WHEN THE SHIPS ARE GOING OUT TO SEA ON THEIR
FISHING VOYAGES, THERE IS A TOWN CEREMONY WHERE THE PRIESTS OF THE
TOWN BLESS THE FLEETS JUST BEFORE DEPARTURE. THIS IS ALSO THE
TIME THAT THE WIVES AND SWEETHEARTS SEE THEIR MEN OFF, PERHAPS
FOR THE LAST TIME.
Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FISHING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
FROM GHOSTIES AND GHOULIES AND LONG LEGGED BEASTIES
AND THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT,
GOOD LORD PROTECT US.
Submitter comment: SCOTTISH SAYING TO KEEP AWAY GHOSTS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-24-1969
GREEN LIGHT
WHEN NUNS ARE DRIVING IN A CAR
AND WANT TO GET SOMEWHERE IN A HURRY,
THEY PRAY TO ST. PATRICK SO THAT
HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CHANGE ALL THE
TRAFFIC LIGHTS GREEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS PRACTICED BY INFORMANTS DAUGHTER,
WHO IS A NUN, AND SHE SAID THAT THIS IS
A COMMON PRACTICE AMOUNG NUNS.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 04-05-1970
THE EVIL EYE
IF YOU SEE A PERSON WHO GIVES YOU THE
"EVIL EYE," GO TO THE NEAREST CHURCH AND BLESS YOURSELF
THREE TIMES SAYING
MY LORD AND MY GOD. THIS WILL BREAK THE CURSE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
HAUNTED HOUSE
WHEN WALKING BY A HAUNTED HOUSE,
BLESS YOURSELF AND SAY
"MY LORD AND MY GOD," AND NO HARM WILL
BE DONE TO YOU BY THE SPIRITS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
AN OLD IRISH BLESSING
MAY THE ROAD ALWAYS RISE TO MEET YOU
MAY THE WIND ALWAYS BE AT YOUR BACK
MAY THE SUN SHINE WARM UPON YOUR FACE
MAY THE RAIN FALL GENTLE ON YOUR FIELDS
AND UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN
MAY GOD HOLD YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
BELIEF
IF YOU MAKE A WISH AND TELL WHAT
IT IS, IT WILL NOT COME TRUE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
USE OF AN OBJECT BELIEF
MY MOTHER TOLD ME A CUSTOM THAT SHE OBSERVED
WHILE WE WERE LIVING IN JAPAN.
DURING THE WINTER WHEN THE CHERRY BLOSSOM TREES
BY THE BUDDA SHRINE HAVE NO LEAVES
THE JAPESE WORSHIPPERS OF THE BUDDA COME AND TIE
LITTLE MESSAGES ON STRINGS TO THE BRANCHES.
THESE MESSAGES ARE REQUESTS OF THE PEOPLE
FOR THINGS THAT THEY WANT VERY MUCH
AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THE SPIRITS COME AT NIGHT
AND READ THESE MESSAGES AND WILL GRANT THEIR WISHES.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): BUDDHA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-30-1968
NEW YEARS DAY BELIEF
IF THE FIRST PERSON TO ENTER A HOUSE
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY IS A WOMAN, THAT HOUSEHOLD
WILL HAVE BAD LUCK AND SICKNESS THROUGHOUT THE
NEW YEAR.
Submitter comment: I WAS TOLD THIS IS AN ENGLISH CUSTOM.
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
BELIEF IN MAGIC RITUAL
UPON CATCHING A MILKWEED SEED,
ONE SHOULD CUP IT IN BOTH HANDS, CLOSE YOUR
EYES TURN AROUND THREE TIMES WHILE MAKING
A WISH, AND THEN RELEASE THE SEED.
IF THE SEED BLOWS AWAY IN A
A PARTICULAR DIRECTION, INFORMANT COULD NOT REMEMBER
WHAT DIRECTION, THE WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Submitter comment:
TOLD AS AN EXAMPLE OF CHILDHOOD BELIEF
IN A CONVERSATION ON FOLKLORE.
INFORMANT NO LONGER BELIEVES IT BUT ONCE DID.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
BELIEF
TAKE AN EYELASH THAT HAS FALLEN FROM YOUR EYE,
PLACE IT ON YOUR LEFT HAND, MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
TO MAKE A WISH COME TRUE
WHILE IN A BOAT AND GOING UNDER A BRIDGE
HOLD YOUR BREATH AND MAKE A WISH.
IF YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH UNTILL YOU GET
FROM UNDER THE BRIDGE, YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WISHING SUPERSTITION
YOU CAN WISH ON SEEING A WHITE HORSE,
ONLY AFTER SLAPPING YOUR RIGHT FIST INTO THE PALM
OF YOUR LEFT HAND AND THEN
WETTING THE THUMB OF YOUR RIGHT HAND WITH YOUR TONGUE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
IF YOU GO UNDER RAILROAD TRACKS WHEN A
TRAIN IS PASSING MAKE A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-28-1970
BELIEF IN THE PATRON SAINTS
MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER,
CAROLINE SASSAK, ALWAYS PRAYED THAT SHE
WOULD DIE ON HER PATRON SAINTS FEAST DAY
AND SHE DID. MY AUNT, MARY DROTAR, ALSO SAID
SHE WOULD DIE ON HER PATRON SAINT'S DAY (OCTOBER 25)
AND SHE DID ALSO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
BELIEF/ PRAYER
EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WAS REQUIRED TO SAY
ONE HAIL MARY AFTER EACH MAJOR MEAL--
BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER--SO THAT
THE PEOPLE IN THE FAMILY WOULD STAY PURE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
WISHING ON A PIN
IF A SHARP OBJECT LIKE A PIN OR SCISSORS ETC.
FALLS TO THE FLOOR AND STANDS UPRIGHT,
YOU MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 01-00-1970
CONJURATION
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DESIRE,
YOU MAY GET IT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
BELIEF
THE MALTESE BELIEVE THAT IF YOU HAVE YOUR
HOUSE BLESSED AT EASTERTIME BY A
CLERGYMAN THIS WILL WARD OFF
THE EVIL SPIRITS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-06-1972