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IF YOU BRING A STRAY DOG INTO YOUR HOUSE AND FEED IT,
SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY WILL GET LOST SOON. "MY AUNT
TOLD ME THIS. SHE BELIEVES THIS BECAUSE IT HAPPENED
TO HER FRIEND."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): KINDNESS TO ANIMALS ; POST HOC
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-00-1985 ; 00-00-1979
BLACK-AMERICAN BELIEF
COWS COMING HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY
ARE A SIGN OF A BAD STORM.
Submitter comment: HEARD AS A CHILD ON GRANDMOTHER'S FARM.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 09-15-1985
BLACK-AMERICAN BELIEF
A NEGRO WITH A RABBIT FOOT, MOUNTED ON A
WHITE HORSE, IN THE DARK OF THE MOON
IN A CEMETARY, WILL BREAK A WITCH SPELL.
INFORMANT HEARD FROM GRANDFATHER, WHEN
A SMALL CHILD.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
Keyword(s): WITCHES
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 09-15-1985
"THE BUNNYMAN"
THE BUNNYMAN IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS CREATED
BY THE WIERD PRODUCERS. HE MADE HIS COMMERCIAL DEBUT IN
POINTLESS PRODUCTIONS' 1984 GRAND PRIX SPECTACULAR. HE
HAS BEEN MAKING LIVE, SPECIAL APPEARANCES ALL AROUND SINCE
THE GRAND PRIX. ONE NEVER KNOWS WHERE THE BUNNYMAN WILL HOP
TO. THE BUNNYMAN'S PURPOSE IN LIFE IS TO PLAY MUSIC
ACROSS THE NATION TO BRING PEACE. SO FAR, HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED
NOTHING. TWO OF HIS BIGGEST HIT SONGS WERE "THE NEIGHBORS
RAN OVER MY CAT, BUT I STILL MOW THEIR LAWN" AND "IF YOU
GIVE ME YOUR GUN, I'LL GIVE YOU A CARROT, AND THEN I'LL SMASH
YOUR GUN."
Submitter comment: THE SEVEN FOOT TALL RABBIT IS A LIVING LEGEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
IF COWS LAY ON A HILL UNDER A TREE, IT MEANS THAT IT IS GOING TO
RAIN.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; FAIRBAULT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 10-10-1987 ; 10-14-1987
IF YOU HEAR A RABBIT SCREAM, YOU WILL GO BLIND IN A SHORT TIME.
Where learned: INDIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-15-1987
WHEN CATTLE HUDDLE IN A PASTURE IT IS A SIGN OF RAIN.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TAUGHT TO HER BY HER MOTHER..
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Ortonville
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00001930S CA. ; 11001987 CA.
DON'T STEP ON THE GROUND WHERE A DOG HAS JUST SCRATCHED OR
DUG OR A TERRIBLE ITCH WILL BEGIN.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS AT A SUMMER ETHNIC CAMP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-00-1975
WHY WE DON'T EAT COWS IN INDIA
THERE WAS A GOD NAMED SHANKER. HE HAD A MESSENGER NAMED COW.
SHANKER WOULD PASS HIS ORDERS DOWN TO THE PEOPLE THROUGH COW.
ONE DAY SHANKER TOLD COW TO TELL THE PEOPLE TO TAKE 3 SHOWERS A
DAY AND EAT 2 MEALS A DAY. COW FORGOT SHANKER'S ORDERS AND TOLD
THE PEOPLE TO TAKE 1 SHOWER A DAY AND EAT 3 MEALS. SHANKER BECAME
SO OUTRAGED THAT HE TURNED COW INTO THE ANIMAL KNOWN AS THE COW.
THE PEOPLE STOPPED EATING COWS FOR FEAR THAT THEY WOULD BE EATING
THEIR MESSENGER OF THE GODS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS FAMILY. HE IS A HINDU. THIS IS A
BASIC HINDU STORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Creation and Order of Animal Life PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
WHEN CATS HUNCH THEIR BACKS AND RUB UP AGAINST YOUR LEG, THEY PUT
A CAT SPELL ON YOU. IT MEANS YOU WILL EVENTUALLY LOVE CATS AND OWN
ONE YOURSELF EVEN IF YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE.
Submitter comment: THIS ONE DID NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 12-02-1987
If a dog howls that's a sign of death in the neighborhood.
Where learned: VIRGINIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
Old folks would wear rabbit's foot around their neck for good
luck.
Where learned: Arkansas ; LITTLE ROCK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1920
IF A BLACK CAT IS AT YOUR DOOR, MONEY WILL FOLLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Measure of time Month BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 10-00-1987
When a horse rolls on the ground, it means that a
bad storm is coming.
Submitter comment:
Elaine heard this from her maternal grandmother (who was
French - Canadian and lived near Escanaba, Michigan).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): Prediction, rain, unnatural occurrences
Date learned: 00001972CA
DON'T LET A BLACK CAT CROSS YOUR PATH
BECAUSE IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00001970S
Balinese belief
When one dies no cat can go near the corpse, it may bring the
dead back alive.
Where learned: Bali ; Indonesia
Keyword(s): Resurrection
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
TO KEEP FROM SNEEZING, THINK OF A COW AND YOU
WILL NOT SNEEZE.
Submitter comment: THIS REMEDY REALLY WORKS
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-00-1987
"HAIR OF THE DOG"
MR. MOOR SAYS THAT THE BEST CURE FOR A
HANGOVER IS TO DRINK MORE OF WHAT GAVE THE HANGOVER.
Submitter comment: MR. MOOR SWEARS BY THIS REMEDY.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; DEXTER
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- P760B |
Date learned: 00001978 ca
If a black cat walks across your path, you
will have bad luck.
Submitter comment:
Informant said her family strongly believed in
superstitions.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 00001950S