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SIGNS OF GHOSTS
GHOSTS CAN'T CROSS RUNNING WATER.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION ; Ward ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF YOU SEE LIGHTS MOVING ABOUT AND THEY DISAPPEAR WHEN YOU
APPROACH, IT WAS A GHOST.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST ; MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS ; SIGN ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
LIGHTS MOVING IN GRAVEYARDS ARE GHOSTS FOR SURE.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST ; GRAVEYARD ; MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS ; SPIRIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF A BAT FLIES INTO A HOUSE A GHOST IS NEAR.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bat ; GHOST ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
WHEN A LITTLE FLAME OF A CANDLE BURNS BLUE, A GHOST IS PRESENT.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COLOR ; Flame ; GHOST ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF A BLACK CAT WALKS ACROSS YOUR PATH IT IS EITHER A WITCH
OR A GHOST AND CAN PUT A SPELL ON YOU.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Black ; CAT ; COLOR ; GHOST ; SIGN ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL ; Witch
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF YOU ARE WALKING ACROSS A ROAD AT NIGHT AND HAPPEN TO
HEAR A STICK BREAK, THAT WAS A GHOST.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST ; MYSTERIOUS NOISE ; NOISE ; Portent ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
CHURCH BELLS OR BANGING ON POTS AND PANS MAKE GHOSTS APPEAR.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bells ; GHOST ; SIGN ; Sound ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
CHARMS AGAINST GHOSTS
IF YOU SEE A GHOST AND WALK THROUGH IT NINE TIMES IT WILL
GO AWAY.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF YOU SEE SOMEONE ON A BRIGHT MOONLITE NIGHT, THAT HAS NO
SHADOW, IT IS A GHOST.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; GHOST ; MOON ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF YOU ARE WALKING ON A ROAD AT NIGHT AND STEP INTO A CURRENT
OF HOT AIR YOU HAVE JUST WALKED INTO A GHOST.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST ; Portent ; SIGN ; SUPERNATURAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
A TINY WHIRLPOOL OF DUST IS A SIGN OF A GHOST PASSING.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Dust ; GHOST ; Portent ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
CARRY AN EVERGREEN STICK WITH YOU AND A GHOST WILL HAVE NO
POWER AGAINST IT.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; GHOST ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF YOU SEE SOMEONE WEARING LIVE BIRCH LEAVES ON THEIR HAT OR HAIR,
THEY'RE A GHOST.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; GHOST ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
BIRTH BELIEF ABOUT A GHOST OR SPIRIT
THE MOTHER WHO DIES IN CHILDBIRTH WILL TRY AND COME BACK
FROM THE GRAVE TO NURSE HER BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
MAGIC OF SPEECH
TO KEEP SPOOKS AWAY WHEN WALKING PAST A CEMETERY, YOU MUST
WHISTLE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LIVES NEXT TO A CEMETERY AND DID THIS EVERY TIME I
WALKED HER HOME.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; FRANKLINVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 07-00-1967
SPIRITS
IN ORDER FOR ONE TO KEEP SPIRITS OUT OF THEIR HOUSE HE OR SHE
SHOULD NAIL PENNIES ON THE FLOOR OF THE DOORWAY OR
HE OR SHE SHOULD WEAR PENNIES AROUND ONE'S NECK OR ANKLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 02-10-1972
SUPERSTITION
NEVER TRY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH SPIRITS BECAUSE THEY WILL
COME BACK AND TRY TO GET YOU TO DO WHAT THEY COULDN'T GET YOU
TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
BELIEF
ALWAYS CRUSH EGG SHELLS COMPLETELY BEFORE THROWING THEM AWAY.
IF YOU DON'T THE SHELL HALVES WILL PROVIDE A SHELTER FOR
DANGEROUS SPIRITS.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
Keyword(s): Eggs ; GHOST ; Shells ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE
IT IS AN ITALIAN BELIEF THAT EVERY HOUSEHOLD HAS A GOOD
SPIRIT THAT REMAINS WITH IT, AND CAN SOMETIMES BE SEEN.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: NEW YORK ; AUBURN
Keyword(s): GHOST ; Haunt ; HAUNTED HOUSE ; Home ; House ; Italian ; SPIRIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 12-00-1971