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YOU SHOULD NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY INTO THE EYES OF A CAT
BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE IT AND WILL ATTACK YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 03-00-1983
BLACK CATS ARE BELIEVED TO BE EVIL. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BRING
BAD LUCK. SOME PEOPLE USE BLACK CATS TO DO WITCHCRAFT.
Submitter comment: IT IS SAID THAT CATS HAVE SEVEN LIVES; THEY DO NOT DIE THAT EASY.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IN ORDER TO HARM, SOME PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE.
MOST OF THE TIME THEY BECOME DOGS AND THEY ATTACK THEIR ENEMIES.
Submitter comment:
ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, WHEN TWO PERSONS USED TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT,
MOST OF THE TIME ONE OF THEM WOULD SAY TO THE OTHER: "I WILL
GET YOU, BUT IT WON'T BE ME, IT WILL BE SOMETHING ELSE." THIS
"SOMETHING ELSE" WOULD BE THE DOG.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFORMATION SHAPE-SHIFTING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
IF SOMEONE GIVES YOU A CAT, BRING IT HOME BY THE WINDOW; OTHERWISE
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
THE HOWLING OF A DOG OR AN OWL NEAR YOUR HOUSE MEANS THAT A
RELATIVE OF YOURS IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
IF YOU KILL A CAT YOU WILL HAVE SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IF A DOG IS HOWLING FACING THE GROUND IT MEANS THAT A HOUSE IS
GOING TO BURN TO THE GROUND.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
IF YOU HAVE A DOG AND YOU WANT HIM NEVER TO GET LOST, YOU TAKE
SOME HAIR FROM HIS TAIL AND YOU BURY THEM UNDER THE FIRST STEP
OF THE STAIRS OF YOUR HOUSE.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC ; HOMEUPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU WANT A DOG TO FOLLOW YOU HOME, YOU TAKE A PIECE OF PORK
FAT, YOU PUT IT IN YOUR SHOES FOR THREE DAYS, AND THEN YOU GIVE IT
TO HIM, AND YOU WILL BE SURE THAT HE WILL COME HOME WITH YOU.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
IF YOUR DOG HOWLS CONTINUOUSLY AT NIGHT IT IS SAID THAT SOMEONE
IN THAT HOUSE WILL DIE.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
IF A CAT MEOW OUTSIDE OF YOUR WINDOW ALL NIGHT THE FEMALE IN
THE HOUSE IS PREGNANT
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04091984CA
MY MOTHER BELIEVED THAT IF A FAMILY'S DOG HOWLED ALL NIGHT
SOMEONE IN THAT FAMILY WOULD DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
BACK ON THE FARM IT WAS BELIEVED THAT: AFTER A COW
HAD A BABY IF THE MOTHER COW DID NOT STAND UP
SHE WOULD DIE. MY FATHER GOT INTO THE HABIT OF
CUTTING THE TIP OF THE COW'S TAIL OFF AFTER SHE
HAD CALVED. THIS MADE IT SO PAINFUL FOR THE
COW TO SWISH ITS TAIL, SHE HAD NO CHOICE BUT
TO STAND UP!
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 02-00-1984
AT ONE TIME IN A CEMETERY ON U.S. ROUTE 22 NEAR RUSHVILLE,
OHIO, THERE WAS A STRANGE GRAVESTONE MARKER. THE PERSON BURIED
THERE HAD SUPPOSEDLY KILLED HIS WIFE, THOUGH NO ONE COULD PROVE
IT. THIS WIFE HAD A FAVORITE HORSE THAT SHE ALWAYS RODE, AND
HE WAS TAKING THE HORSE AWAY TO SELL IT. AS HE WAS LEADING
THE HORSE OUT OF THE BARN, THE HORSE WENT WILD AND KICKED
THE MAN IN THE HEAD AND KILLED HIM. WHEN THE MAN WAS BURIED,
HIS GRAVESTONE A FEW YEARS LATER HAD A GLOWING HORSESHOE ON
IT AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE GLOWING HORSESHOE CAUSED A GREAT
DEAL OF COMMOTION, AND FINALLY THE SURVIVORS HAD THE GRAVESTONE
REMOVED SO THAT THE MAN COULD REST IN PEACE.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY WAS PASSED TO BRIAN AS A CHILD GROWING UP IN RURAL
OHIO NOT FAR FROM RUSHVILLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-02-1984 ; 00001960S
SUPERSTITION
DOGS HOWLING AT NIGHTS OR VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING MEANS THAT
EVIL SPIRITS ARE PASSING YOUR HOUSE.
Where learned: BAHAMAS ; NASSAU
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 00001970S
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, TAKE FOUR STEPS
BACKWARD AND TURN AROUND; THIS GETS RID OF THE BAD LUCK THE
CAT PASSED ON TO YOU.
Submitter comment: TRANSFER
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
James Callow Keyword(s): REVERSE DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
NEVER CROSS A BLACK CAT'S PATH OR YOU WILL HAVE
TEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: SHE BELIEVED IT THEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | 686 First / Once / One / Newness BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1976 ; 00-00-1985
"IF YOU HAVE A RABBIT AND SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE
BECOMES PREGNANT, THE RABBIT WILL DIE. ONE DAY
I TOLD MY FRIEND THAT MY RABBIT HAD DIED AND
HE ASKED ME, 'ARE YOU PREGNANT?'"
Submitter comment: WHEN I HEARD THIS STORY I JUST HAD TO LAUGH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1975 ; 10-00-1985
IF SUDDENLY A CHILL GOES THROUGH YOUR
BODY IT MEANS A RABBIT IS JUMPING OVER
THE SPOT WHERE YOU WILL BE BURIED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED HE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS
TRUE OR NOT, AND DIDN'T CARE TO FIND OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Chills, shivering |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
IF A WILD BIRD GETS INTO YOUR
HOUSE, OR IF A DOG KEEPS ON
HOWLING, YOU CAN EXPECT SOMEONE
CLOSE TO YOU TO DIE SOON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED HE FOUND THIS
TO BE TRUE. HE STATED A WILD
BIRD FLEW INTO HIS HOUSE AND HIS
FATHER DIED SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; BATON ROUGE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1985