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WHEN A CAT RUNS AWAY AND IS GONE FOR A LONG TIME AND
THEN FINALLY RETURNS, IT MEANS SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY
IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
WHEN A CAT WASHES HIS FACE, YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING
TO HAVE COMPANY.
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-18-1965
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH GOING TO THE LEFT
THIS IS A SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SWEARS THIS IS TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.31 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEVER LET A BLACK CAT CROSS YOUR PATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IF A STRANGE CAT COMES TO YOUR DOOR, THEN SO WILL
A WITCH, OR SOMEONE WICKED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
AN OLD POLISH FARMER'S BELIEF IS THAT WHEN A STORK
THROWS AWAY ONE OF THE TWO EGGS IT LAYS, THE YEAR
WILL BE DRY (BECAUSE A STORK'S MAIN FOOD IS FROGS
AND FROGS THRIVE IN WET WEATHER).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Date learned: 07-00-1964
WELCH SUPERSTITION (WELSH)
A DEAD OR DROWNED SPARROW FOUND ON ONE'S PROPERTY
DENOTES DEATH TO A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY LIVING THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
WHEN YOU SEE A RED BREAST ROBIN, IT MEANS YOU WILL
SEE A LOVED ONE BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
DIANE BELIEVES THAT IF ONE SEES A WHITE DOVE OR
PIGEON IN THE MORNING, A PERSON WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 02-09-1968
IF A PIGEON COMES TO YOUR HOUSE, SOMEONE IN THE
FAMILY WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
WHEN YOU COME OUT OF CHURCH ON YOUR WEDDING DAY, IF YOU
CAN COUNT THE PIGEONS THAT IS HOW MANY CHILDREN
YOU WILL HAVE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Use of object for determining number of children or sex of unborn |
Date learned: 11-10-1970
IT IS A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK WHEN A PIGEON SITS ON
YOUR ROOF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 12-00-1965
INDIAN EVIL OMEN
IF AN OWL HOOTS, A LEADER OF STATE WILL DIE. THIS
IS A VERY BAD OMEN.
IF THE OWL PERCHES ON YOUR HOME, SOMEONE WITHIN
WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
IF A HEN CROWS THERE WILL BE BAD LUCK IN A HOUSEHOLD,
AND THE MEMBERS OF THAT HOUSEHOLD MAY EXPECT EITHER
DEAD LIVESTOCK OR A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL
IN WARSAW IN THE EARLY 1900S.
Data entry tech comment: I BELIEVE SHE MEANS IF A HEN CROWS BEFORE DAWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; POLAND ; WARSAW
James Callow Keyword(s): FOWL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 00001900s ; 10-05-1967
IF CHICKENS COME OFF THE ROOST AND CACKLE BEFORE
DAWN, THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOWL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
IF A ROOSTER CROWS BEFORE DAY, IT IS A SIGN SOMEONE
IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOWL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU HEAR A ROOSTER CROWING AT THE DOOR, IT BRINGS
SICKNESS TO THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): FOWL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-28-1967
HERE IN DETROIT, AT HER HOME, MRS. SOSNOWSKI SAID THAT
ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE A MORNING DOVE WILL SIT IN ONE
OF HER BACKYARD TREES. IT COMES FOR THREE SUCCESSIVE
DAYS THEN DOESN'T SHOW UP AGAIN. ABOUT TWO WEEKS
AFTER THAT, A MEMBER OF HER FAMILY DIES AND THEN TWO
MORE FOLLOW. SHE SAID THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED
ABOUT THREE TIMES AND SHE KNOWS THAT WHEN SHE HEARS
THE SAD SOUND OF THE DOVE, SHE CAN EXPECT SOMEONE TO
DIE AND THEY DO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MOURNING DOVE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A WHITE DOVE LANDS ON YOUR PORCH, IT MEANS SOMEONE
IN THE FAMILY IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IF YOU SEE A CROW SITTING ON A FENCE AND CAWING,
IT MEANS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 12-02-1967