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STARS ARE PIECES OF THE MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Star |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
LOOK AT A FULL MOON THROUGH A WINDOW. IT WILL HAVE A
GOOFY EFFECT ON YOU.
Submitter comment: SHE BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
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
WHEN THERE IS A CROSS INSIDE THE MOON, THE FOLLOWING
DAY WILL HAVE GOOD WEATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
RINGS AROUND THE MOON INDICATE THAT IT WILL RAIN THE
NEXT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
A HALO AROUND THE MOON AT NIGHT MEANS THAT IT WILL RAIN
THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT REMEMBERS HEARING THIS BELIEF SINCE HE
WAS A CHILD ALTHOUGH HE DOES NOT PLACE MUCH FAITH
IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 03-02-1971
A REDDISH RING AROUND THE MOON FORETELLS OF HIGH
WINDS THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A STRONG BELIEF OF THE INFORMANT. I OFTEN
REMEMBER HER MENTIONING SUCH A STATEMENT. FIRST
TIME WAS WHEN I WAS WALKING OUTSIDE WITH HER AND
HEARD HER MENTIONING THIS BELIEF.
Where learned: CANADA ; WINNIPEG ; MANITOBA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado |
NEVER PLANT POTATOES WHEN THERE ARE RINGS AROUND THE
MOON, BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT GROW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
IF A MARRIED COUPLE HAVE INTERCOURSE DURING A FULL
MOON AND THE WOMAN CONCEIVES, THEN THE BABY WILL
BE A BOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-15-1969
ON A FULL MOON ONE GOES OUT AND FINDS A TOAD AND RUBS
IT ON THE WART AND BY THE NEXT FULL MOON THE WART WILL
BE GONE.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; LONDON
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF A VAMPIRE BITES YOU AND YOU'RE UNDER A FULL MOON,
YOU TOO WILL BECOME A VAMPIRE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
IN SCOTLAND, IT IS BELIEVED THAT ON THE NIGHT OF A
FULL MOON, SOME MEN TURN INTO WEREWOLVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SCOTLAND ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 01-20-1970
IF YOU WANT A GOOD CROP, YOU MUST PLANT IT ON A FULL
MOON.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM A NEIGHBOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 03-25-1967
WHEN A HOUND BAYS AT A FULL MOON, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Submitter comment: DON NOT REMEMBER WHERE OR WHEN I HEARD THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN THERE IS A RING AROUND THE MOON AT NIGHT, IT
WILL RAIN THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: 04-03-1965
A RING AROUND THE MOON AT NIGHT MEANS RAINS
IN THE MORNING.
Submitter comment: SOURCE NOT REMEMBERED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
IF AT NIGHT THE MOON HAS A YELLOW RING AROUND IT,
IT WILL RAIN THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS FROM MY MOTHER WHEN AT THE AGE OF 10.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 11-07-1967
FULL MOON
PEOPLE ACT STRANGELY DURING THE NIGHT OF A FULL MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE MOONSTONE CONTAINED THE
RAYS OF THE MOON, WHICH COULD RID THE WEARER
OF FEARS AND NIGHTMARES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN THE SERVICE WHILE STATIONED IN INDIA.
Where learned: OHIO ; INDIA ; WASHINGTON ; WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 12-05-1967