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IF YOU HEAR A HOUNG BAYING AT NIGHT, THERE WILL BE A DEATH
IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-28-1967
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
A HOWLING DOG MEANS SOMEONE WILL DIE IN THAT HOUSE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF A DOG HOWLS WITH HIS HEAD POINTED DOWN, SOMEONE IS GOING
TO DIE.
IF A DOG HOWLS WITH HIS HEAD POINTED UP, THERE WILL BE
A FIRE IN THE AREA.
Where learned: HUNGARY
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1910
IF A DOG IS HOWLING AT NIGHT IT MEANS ILLNESS OR DEATH
IS STALKING THE STREETS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-31-1968
THE SOUND OF A HOWLING HOUND FORESHADOWS A TRAGIC DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
A DOG HOWLING MEANS A DEATH IN THE FUTURE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
IF YOU HEAR A DOG HOWLING DURING THE NIGHT, IN THE MORNING
YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT A DEATH.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
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
IF YOU HEAR DOGS HOWLING IN THE NIGHT, IT IS A
PREMONITION THAT YOU WILL HAVE A STREAK OF BAD
LUCK FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
Where learned: ON THE PHONE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.31 |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
IF YOU HEAR A DOG HOWLING, IT MEANS THERE WILL BE A
FIRE SOMEWHERE (DISASTROUS).
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES IN
UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
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