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IF A CROW FLIES OVER YOUR HOUSE, CROWING, IT IS
A BAD OMEN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS UNCLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-25-1967
IF YOU SEE A BAT FLYING OVERHEAD OR AROUND THE HOUSE
OR A TOWER, YOU WILL HAVE SPIRITS VISIT YOUR HOUSE
IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
Submitter comment:
JILL TOLD ME THIS ON HALLOWEEN WHEN WE WERE AROUND
THE TOWER AT UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
BATS FLY AROUND THERE SOMETIMES AND THE TOWER
REMINDED HER OF THIS.
Where learned: ON HALLOWEEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-31-1969
FLYING BAT MEANS DANGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
WHEN A BIRD BUILDS A NEST IT MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM HIS
MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 07-00-1964
ARABIAN BELIEF
WHEN WALKING IN THE STREET, IF A BIRD DEFICATES ON
ONE'S HEAD, IT MEANS THAT HE WILL SOON RECEIVE A
SUM OF MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-00-1967
A DEAD BIRD FOUND IN THE WOODS DENOTES A FRIEND
IS ILL.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; NORTH DADE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
I AND MY IRISH HERITAGE BELIEVE THAT A BIRD FLYING
IN THE WINDOW MEANS MISFORTUNE TO THE PERSON IN THE
ROOM AT THE TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BAT FLIES IN YOUR WINDOW, IT DENOTES A
TRAGEDY COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
IN THE CIRCUS, A BIRD IN THE TENT IS A BAD OMEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.32 |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
IF A BIRD, ESPECIALLY A BLACK BIRD, FLIES INTO
YOUR HOUSE, THAT IS AN OMEN OF FORECOMING DEATH
OR BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.32 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BIRD HITS YOUR WINDOW, SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY
OR A CLOSE FRIEND, WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO A HOUSE, THERE WILL SOON BE
DEATH IN THE FAMILY OR AMONG NEAR RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN A BIRD FLIES AT THE WINDOW, A PERSON WILL DIE.
Submitter comment:
THIS SUPERSTITION WAS LEARNED FROM THE INFORMANT'S
MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
A BIRD ON THE WINDOWSILL, WHEN A PERSON IS SICK,
IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 07-14-1964
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO THE HOUSE, SOMEONE CLOSE
WILL DIE.
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 BIRD HITS A WINDOW, IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH IN
THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-28-1965
A BIRD DYING IN THE HOUSE MEANS DEATH TO SOMEONE IN
THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-30-1965
WHEN A BIRD HOVERS CONSISTENTLY (DAY AFTER DAY) AT A
WINDOW OF YOUR HOUSE, IT IS A WARNING THAT THERE WILL
BE A DEATH IN YOUR IMMEDIATE OR QUITE CLOSE FAMILY
CIRCLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-21-1969
IF A WILD BIRD OR BAT GOT INTO YOUR HOUSE, THEN IT
MEANT THAT SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE WAS GOING TO
DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO A CLOSED WINDOW, IT MEANS THAT
SOMEONE WILL DIE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 01-30-1971