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ON THE NIGHT OF A FULL MOON IT AFFECTS YOUR DREAMS.
Submitter comment: BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 11-03-1971
COVER THE MIRRORS IN THE HOUSE WHEN SOMEONE DIES.
THE SPIRIT OF THE DEAD PERSON COULD FLY INTO THE
MIRROR AND HIS RELEASE TO HEAVEN WOULD BE DELAYED
OR IMPEDED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
IF A GIRL'S NOSE TWITCHES, THE NEXT MAN SHE SEES SHE
WILL MARRY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HER WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 04-18-1965
WHEN A BABY HAS HICCOUGHS, IT MEANS THAT HE IS
GROWING.
Where learned: DETROIT ; PASTEUR SCHOOL ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Observation |
Date learned: 01-29-1968
IF YOU DREAM OF GOD, YOU MAY EXPECT A LONG LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Observation |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
IF YOU DREAM OF COAL, YOU MAY EXPECT SICKNESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Observation |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
THE LAST THING YOU THINK ABOUT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED
WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF YOUR DREAMS THAT NIGHT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT BELIEVES IN THIS AND TRIES TO THINK
PLEASANT THOUGHTS BEFORE GOING TO BED IN AN EFFORT
TO AVOID NIGHTMARES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 01-01-1971
(SHE) HAD FEELINGS IT (PLANE) WAS GOING TO CRASH.
TWO OTHER PLANES CRASHED THAT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
CERTAIN RHEUMATIC ACHES AND PAINS INDICATE A DRASTIC
CHANGE IN THE WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Pains |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU DREAMED OF ON NEW YEAR'S
EVE, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
HAD A DREAM ABOUT GIVING FLOWERS TO A TEACHER AS A
PEACE OFFERING AND SOMEONE GAVE ME FLOWERS THE
NEXT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
I THOUGHT OF A GUY NAMED TOM, WHO I HAD NOT SEEN
IN A LONG TIME. NEXT DAY, I SAW HIM IN THE BOOK
STORE, WORKING THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
TO DETERMINE IF A SICK PERSON WILL GET WELL, CUT A
PIECE OF BREAD, RUB THE PATIENT'S TEETH WITH IT,
THROW THE BREAD BEFORE A DOG. IF THE DOG EATS IT,
THE PATIENT WILL RECOVER, IF NOT, THE ILLNESS IS
DANGEROUS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Use of Object Food BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
JACK IN THE PULPIT (INDIAN TURNIP)
IT WAS CALLED JUG WOMAN'S BABY BY THE PENOBSCOT INDIANS
AND REGARDED AS POISONOUS. THE INNER SEED, DROPPED INTO
A CUP OF WATER, WOULD FLOAT FOUR TIMES CLOCKWISE
AROUND THE CUP AS A SIGN THE PATIENT WOULD GET WELL;
IF IT SANK BEFORE THE FOURTH ROUND, HE WOULD DIE.
Submitter comment:
A LITTLE PIECE OF FORTUNE TELLING OR MISFORTUNE
TELLING OF MY GRANDMOTHER. I ALSO RECALL SEEING THIS
ONE IN AN OLD MOVIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CALUMET
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DREAM ABOUT A WEDDING, SHORTLY THEREAFTER YOU
WILL HEAR ABOUT A DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about weddings, funerals, and other crucial moments of life |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
IF THE PALM OF YOUR HAND ITCH(ES), YOU'LL GET
SOME MONEY.
Submitter comment:
SHE DIDN'T REALLY BELIEVE THIS, BUT IT HAD
BEEN HANDED DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 01-17-1972
WHEN YOU'RE PREGNANT, IF YOU BECOME VERY EXCITED OR FRIGHTENED, AND AT THAT MOMENT TOUCH YOURSELF, YOUR BABY WILL HAVE A BIRTHMARK ON HIS BODY WHEREVER YOU TOUCHED YOURSELF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; St. Clair's Restaurant
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 08-12-1970
WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD, INFORMANT HAD A NANNY NAMED AUNT JANE, AN OLD COLORED WOMAN. WHEN AUNT JANE, INFORMANT, AND HER SISTERS USED TO GO TO THE WOODS TO PICK BERRIES, AUNT JANE WOULD OFTEN HEAR A TWIG SNAP AND WOULD SAY, "THE SPIRITS IS CALLIN' ME." BY SPIRITS SHE MEANT LOVED ONES WHO WERE DEAD. SHE TOLD INFORMANT THAT THE SPIRITS COULD BE SEEN IF INFORMANT WOULD LOOK QUICKLY OVER AUNT JANE'S LEFT SHOULDER. OFTEN AUNT JANE WOULD GO OFF INTO THE WOODS BY HERSELF A SHORT DISTANCE (WHEN TWIGS SNAPPED) AND WHISPER WITH THE SPIRITS, WHO SHE SWORE SHE COULD SEE.
AUNT JANE WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE "SPIRITS IS CALLIN' ME" WHEN SHE WAS DOING A DISAGREABLE TASK. FOR INSTANCE, SHE WOULD BE DOING DISHES, WHEN SUDDENLY THE "SPIRITS" WOULD CALL HER, AND SHE WOULD GO OUT UNDER A TREE AND TALK TO THEM.
AUNT JANE ALSO HAD A HABIT OF SPRINKLING SALT ABOUT THE HOUSE, AND ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ENTRANCE WAYS TO KEEP OUT EVIL SPIRITS.
ALSO, WHEN SHE TOOK THE CHILDREN FISHING AUNT JANE WOULD SAY, "DON'T TALK ABOUT SNAKES OR YOU'LL SEE THEM."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 07-15-1970
SLEEP WITH WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW YOU WILL DREAM ABOUT
THE MAN YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY.
Where learned: ROOF OF GILLETTE HALL
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert BELIEF -- Marriage Dream about future husband |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
DREAM OF A WEDDING, HEAR OF A DEATH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about weddings, funerals, and other crucial moments of life |
Date learned: 07-06-1972