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BELIEF
IF YOU SING WHILE YOU EAT, YOU WILL HAVE A CRAZY (MAN OR
WOMAN) FOR A (HUSBAND OR WIFE).
Submitter comment:
SINGING AND EATING IS AN UNUSUAL COMBINATION,
THEREFORE, SOMETHING UNUSUAL SHOULD HAPPEN TO THE
ONE PERFORMING THE ACTS TOGETHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
LEGEND
PECULIAR. SHE LOVES APPLES BUT SHE HATES PEACHES
APPLE ANNIE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO USED TO WALK UP AND DOWN THIRD
AVENUE CARRYING A BAG OF APPLES. NO ONE REALLY KNEW WHO SHE WAS
BUT EVERYONE WOULD RUN FROM HER SCREAMING.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
BELIEF
A GIRL WHO SINGS AT THE TABLE WILL MARRY A CRAZY MAN.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME THIS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
IF YOU FORGET SOMETHING, AFTER HAVING ALREADY LEFT THE HOUSE, COME
BACK IN, GET IT, BUT SIT DOWN FIRST FOR A FEW MINUITES BEFORE
LEAVING AGAIN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOES THIS AFTER FORGETTING SOMETHING IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
BELIEF
EATING A LARGE MEAL BEFORE BED CAUSES NIGHTMARES.
Submitter comment:
THERE MANY OTHER EXAMPLES OF HOW FOOD IS SUPPOSED TO AFFECT YOUR
SLEEP LIFE. THESE WOULD DWELL MORE ON SPECIFIC FOODS HOWEVER.
I SUSPECT THEY WERE PROBABLY STARTED BY SOMEBODY'S PARENTS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
Keyword(s): BODY ; DREAMS ; FOOD ; FUNCTION ; Nightmares ; SLEEP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
BELIEFS ABOUT FRIDAYS
NEVER START ANYTHING ON FRIDAY THAT YOU CAN NOT FINISH.
Submitter comment:
MY AUNT WILL NEVER START ANYTHING ON FRIDAY THAT SHE CAN NOT
FINISH. SHE STATES THAT IF SHE DOES NOT FINISH IT THAT DAY
IT WILL NEVER GET FINISHED.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
BELIEF
IF YOU DON'T WASH YOUR EARS WHEN YOU TAKE A BATH,
POTATOES WILL GROW IN THEM.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS OFTEN TOLD TO CHILDREN TO GET THEM TO REMEMBER
TO WASH THEIR EARS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; HYGIENE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal SPEECH -- Formula |
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC, LYRICAL DEALS WITH EMOTIONS NOT STORY
SNEEZE ON MONDAY, SNEEZE FOR DANGER;
SNEEZE ON TUESDAY, KISS A STRANGER;
SNEEZE ON WEDNESDAY, SNEEZE FOR A LETTER;
SNEEZE ON THURSDAY, SOMETHING BETTER;
SNEEZE ON FRIDAY, SNEEZE FOR SORROW;
SNEEZE ON SATURDAY, SEE LOVE TOMORROW.
Submitter comment:
I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL VERSE. IT IS A CHAIN TALE
BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT IS TOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | Observation Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
DEATH CUSTOMS
ORIENTAL CUSTOMS OF NOT CRYING AT A DEATH, MEANS THAT THEY FEEL
THAT THE TEARS KEEP THE SOUL IN THE BODY.
Submitter comment:
I FEEL THAT THIS IS NOT TRUE, BECAUSE PEORLE WHO DO NOT CRY MANY
TIMES ARE WORSE OFF THAN THOSE WHO DO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
CURSED THEATER.
THE MARTIN-BECK THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY HAD A CURSE ON IT
FOR MANY YEARS. BUT THE PLAY THAT FINALLY BROKE THE CURSE
WAS THE PLAY DRACULA. SINCE IT OPENED, NOTHING BAD HAS HAPPENED.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
WHISTLING IN THE DRESSINGROOMS.
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WHISTLE IN THE DRESSINGROOMS.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE SEEN THIS IN ACTION. I WAS AT ONE TIME IN A PLAY AT
GREENFIELD VILLAGE. DURING INTERMISSION I WAS IN THE
DRESSINGROOM, AND SOMEONE WAS WHISTLING. SOMEONE CAME IN AND
SAID THAT THIS WAS A BAD THING TO DO, BUT THE PERSON
JUST LAUGHED. THAT NIGHT DURING A DANCE ROUTINE, I ALMOST SLIPPED
AND FELL DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
HAUNTED THEATER
ALL THEATERS HAVE GHOSTS OF DEAD CHARACTERS OR ACTORS.
Submitter comment:
THERE ARE SOME THEATERS IN LONDON THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
HAUNTED BY THE GHOSTS OF FAMOUS ACTORS OR MANAGERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
SUPERSTITIONS IN THE THEATER.
DON'T RUN LINES IN YOUR HEADJUST BEFORE GOING ON. THIS IS
BAD LUCK, BECAUSE YOU FORGET YOUR LINES FASTER.
Submitter comment:
THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I WAS IN A PRODUCTION AT
CRANBROOK SUMMER THEATER CAMP. I HAD A MAJOR PART, AND BEFORE
MY ENTRANCE, I WAS GOING THROUGH LINES, AND WHEN I GOT ONSTAGE,
I BLACKED OUT BECAUSE I FORGOT MY LINES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): MEMORY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
BIRTH BELIEF
BABIES COME IN MILK BOTTLES AND ARE DELIVERED BY THE MILKMAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
BELIEF
THE KITCHEN TABLE HAS ANGELS ON IT.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS TO KEEP MY FEET OFF THE TABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: CA00001968
CUSTOM ; BELIEF
WHEN YOU GET A NEW HOUSE OR A NEW CAR, MONEY (CHANGE) IS COLLECTED
FROM FRIENDS AND PUT INTO AN UNUSED CORNER OF THE HOUSE OR UNDER A
SEAT IN THE CAR. IT SHOULD LIE UNDISTURBED FROM THEN ON. THIS
BRINGS GOOD LUCK AND SAFETY TO A HOUSE OR CAR.
Submitter comment:
HE LEARNED THIS CUSTOM FROM HIS EX-WIFE, WHO IS LEBANESE, AND HE HAS
FOLLOWED IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
Date learned: 01-00-1979
BELIEF
YOU'LL GET A PIMPLE ON YOUR TONGUE IF YOU LIE. MY MOTHER USED TO TELL
ME THIS, AND I BELIEVED HER.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A UKRANIAN BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU BUY LIFE INSURANCE, YOU'RE SELLING YOUR SOUL TO THE DEVIL.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
SUPERSTITION
SNEEZING, WHILE EATING, IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS SEEN AS BAD LUCK BECAUSE IT WAS LOOKED UPON AS THE
RELEASE OF GERMS THAT WOULD CAUSE ILLNESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LUNCHROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-14-1979
SUPERSTITION
LOSE A PERSON'S PICTURE AND THEY'LL LOSE THEIR SOUL.
Submitter comment:
AN IMAGE OF SOMEONE IS BELIEVED TO BE THE CAPTURING OF THE PERSON'S
SOUL. THEREFORE, THE LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF THE PICTURE IS
VIEWED AS THE LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF THE SOUL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DEPARTMENT STORE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-13-1979