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IF YOU HAVE BROKEN A BONE IN YOUR BODY, WHENEVER IT'S ABOUT TO RAIN
THAT PART OF YOUR BODY WILL VIBRATE BEFORE IT STARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
NEVER KILL A DADDY LONG LEG SPIDER OR IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1965 ; 10-00-1987
If you wash your hair in the first May rainwater, it will grow.
Where learned: Arkansas ; LITTLE ROCK
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00-00-1920
When it is raining, stick a needle in the ground and put your
ear to it. You can hear the devil beating his wife.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1951
When it is raining and the sun is shining at the same time,
it's only the devil beating his wife.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1951
CIRCLE AROUND THE MOON, MEANS RAIN THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANTS FATHER USED TO SAY THIS IF HE SAW A 'CIRCLE'
AROUND THE MOON AT NIGHT. INFORMANT SAYS IT IS SOMETIMES
A TRUE PROPHECY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00001940S
IF IT RAINS ON HER WEDDING DAY IT MEANS THAT THE BRIDE LIKES
TO NIBBLE BETWEEN MEALS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 06-00-1987
Whenever the children are extremely loud, expect a storm the
following day.
Submitter comment:
In all my teaching experience, I have noticed that when the
classroom volume is very loud, some kind of storm follows.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00001980S
WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING WHILE IT RAINS, IT MEANS IT WILL
RAIN AGAIN TOMORROW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WHITMORE LAKE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 10-20-1988
IF YOU STEP ON AN ANT IT WILL RAIN ALL DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 00001970S
IF YOU DO NOT HEAR ANY ANIMAL NOISES (DOGS, CATS, CRICKETS,
BEETLES, ETC.) THERE IS A BAD STORM COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado |
It rained so hard one day that people had to jump
into the river to keep from drowning.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001980S
When my mother was growing up she lived with her
parents and her grandparents. Her grandparents
had come from Malta and still kept close ties to
the country. Hundreds of years ago the Turks
attacked Malta and destroyed almost everything.
When it rained out my mother would often see her
grandparents looking out the window. If the sun
happened to be out while it was raining they
would say, very negatively, "another Turk." In
this way she was taught that for every time it
rained while the sun was out, a Turkish child was
born and therefore it was a bad day. Because this
happens more rarely, they could be happy that there
were less Turks in the world.
Submitter comment:
This is usually said as a derogatory statement,
usually in disgust. My grandmother and mother
never say this because they believe that it is
unfair to hold this grudge today.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Birth PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00001950S
Fireworks were invented and used in Thailand to
bring rain. The louder and bigger the fireworks
were, the more rain the gods were supposed to
send them.
Submitter comment:
This is still very much believed by the people
and still practiced.
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001960S
You should never point at a rainbow or you or
your child could lose a hand.
Where learned: THAILAND
Date learned: 00001960S
When all the cows lie down in their
pasture, it will rain soon. My neighbors told
me this on my first trip to the country. We
had a long ride to reach our destination so I
think they might have just told us this so
we would look out the windows and keep ourselves
occupied.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001980S
When maple leaves curl up so you can
see the bottom, it will rain.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Allegan
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001970S
When the birds all fly low, it means
that it is going to rain soon.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Allegan
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001970S
Prediction
My mother was taught that, six weeks after the first
grasshopper chirped, there would be snow.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00001950CA
On the day of an outside party, hang a rosary on
a tree. This will be a token of good luck so that
it doesn't rain. My friend's mother did on the
day of her daughter's graduation party--it did not rain.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UTICA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 11-16-1990