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IF YOU PUT A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW
AND SLEEP ON IT, YOU WILL DREAM OF THE ONE YOU WILL
MARRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
Date learned: 04-01-1968
PEEL AN APPLE IN A CIRCULAR FASHION SO THAT IT COMES
OUT CIRCULARLY. WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED PEELING IT,
PUT IT ABOVE YOUR HEAD, TURN IT AROUND THREE TIMES,
AND DROP THE PEEL IN BACK OF YOU. WHEN PEELING
FALLS, IT WILL FORM THE FIRST LETTER OF THE FIRST
NAME OF THE PERSON YOU WILL SOMEDAY MARRY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID HE DID THIS AT LEAST A HALF-DOZEN
TIMES AND THE SAME LETTER APPEARED EACH TIME.
THE LETTER HAPPENED TO BE "P" THE FIRST LETTER
OF HIS FIRST NAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
AT TWELVE MIDNIGHT, IF YOU TAKE A BITE OUT
OF AN APPLE AND THEN LOOK IN A MIRROR, YOU WILL
SEE THE MAN YOU WILL MARRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
IT IS BELIEVED THAT WHEN A PERSON PUTS A PIECE OF
WEDDING CAKE UNDER HIS PILLOW, HE WILL DREAM OF
HIS FUTURE MARRIAGE PARTNER.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IF YOU PUT A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW
AT NIGHT, YOU'LL DREAM ABOUT THE PERSON YOU'LL
MARRY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
POLISH
SINGLE POLISH GIRLS WILL TAKE HOME A PIECE OF WEDDING
CAKE FROM A WEDDING THEY HAVE ATTENDED. THEY WILL
PUT THIS UNDER THEIR PILLOW, IN THE BELIEF THIS
WILL CAUSE THEM TO DREAM OF THE MAN THEY WILL
MARRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
YOUNG GIRLS PUT A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER THEIR
PILLOWS. THE BOY THEY DREAM OF THAT NIGHT WILL
BE THE BOY THEY MARRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN IRELAND, A GIRL PLACES A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER
HER PILLOW WITH AN ENVELOPE FOR SEVEN DAYS. THE
ENVELOPE CONTAINS SEVEN PIECES OF PAPER. DEPENDING
UPON HOW MANY BEAUS SHE HAS, SHE WRITES THEIR NAMES
ON THE PIECES OF PAPER--ONE NAME PER PIECE OF PAPER.
THE REMAINING PIECES OF PAPER ARE KEPT BLANK. EACH
MORNING THE DRAWS ONE PIECE OF PAPER FROM THE
ENVELOPE. ON THE SEVENTH DAY, THE NAME SHE DRAWS
WILL BE HER HUSBAND. IF A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER IS
DRAWN, SHE WILL MARRY NONE OF HER PRESENT BEAUS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
A WELL KNOWN SUPERSTITION RELATES THAT IF A SINGLE
YOUNG LADY PUTS A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER HER
PILLOW, SHE WILL DREAM OF THE MAN SHE IS TO MARRY.
Submitter comment: NON-ETHNIC
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
Date learned: 09-30-1968
WHEN YOU PEEL AN APPLE OR AN ORANGE, YOU SHOULD TRY
NOT TO BREAK THE PEEL SO THAT YOU CAN SWING THE
ENTIRE PEEL AROUND YOUR HEAD THREE TIMES AND LET IT
GO. AS IT LANDS, IT WILL FORM THE LETTERS OF YOUR
FUTURE HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
TWIST THE STEM OF AN APPLE WHILE SAYING THE ALPHABET.
WHICHEVER LETTER YOU ARE ON WHEN THE STEM COMES OUT
IS THE FIRST LETTER OF THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN YOU
WILL MARRY. YOU CAN ALSO PEEL THE APPLE IN ONE
CONTINUOUS PEEL THEN THROW THE PEEL OVER YOUR
SHOULDER. IT WILL LAND IN THE FIRST LETTER OF HIS
NAME.
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED THESE THINGS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL
ABOUT 1950, BUT I CANNOT REMEMBER WHO I LEARNED THEM
FROM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
Date learned: 05-12-1965 ; 00-00-1950
IF A MAID SLEEPS ON A SLICE OF WEDDING CAKE, SHE'LL VIEW
HER FUTURE HUSBAND IN HER DREAMS.
Submitter comment: I WAS TOLD THIS BELIEF BY MY MOTHER WHO SOUGHT TO PACIFY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
WHEN YOU GO TO A WEDDING, BRING A PIECE OF THE WEDDING CAKE
HOME WITH YOU AND PUT IT UNDER YOUR PILLOW THAT NIGHT. YOU
WILL DREAM OF THE MAN YOU'RE GOING TO MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 07-01-1970
PUT A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW (I THINK IT ONLY
WORKS FOR GIRLS) AND SHE WILL DREAM OF HER FUTURE HUSBAND.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM ; SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Wedding cake BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about friends and lovers |
PUT A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW AND YOU'LL
DREAM OF THE MAN YOU WILL MARRY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse BELIEF -- Marriage Wedding cake |
Date learned: 04-22-1969
IF A GIRL PLACES A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER HER PILLOW
AND DREAMS ABOUT A BOY THAT NIGHT, HE WILL BE HER FUTURE
HUSBAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse BELIEF -- Marriage Wedding cake |
Date learned: 04-12-1972
MY MOTHER TOLD ME ABOUT A DUMB SUPPER THAT HER GRANDMOTHER
ATTENDED. MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, SARAH HOLBROOK, LIVED IN
TAZEWELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA. SHE AND SOME OF HER GIRLFRIENDS
HAD A "DUMB SUPPER." THE IDEA WAS TO COOK A MEAL WITH
NONE OF THE GIRLS SPEAKING A WORD. THEN AT MIDNIGHT, THEY
SAT DOWN AND ATE THE MEAL, STILL WITHOUT SPEAKING. MY
GREAT-GRANDMOTHER WAS FIFTEEN YEARS OLD AT THE TIME AND I
SUPPOSE THE OTHER GIRLS WERE ABOUT THE SAME AGE, SO THIS WAS
NO EASY JOB. IF YOU DID THIS, THE NEXT MAN YOU SAW WOULD
BE YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND.
MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER'S FATHER RAN AN INN, AND PEOPLE GOING
WEST WOULD STOP THERE BEFORE GOING ON THROUGH THE CUMBERLAND
GAP AND ON INTO THE BLUE GRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY OR THE
NASHVILLE BASIN. GABRIEL VAUGHAN AND HIS TWO BROTHERS EACH
HAVING A WAGON FILLED WITH SUPPLIES STOPPED THERE.
GABRIEL WAS THE FIRST MAN SARAH SAW. SHE MARRIED HIM THE
NEXT DAY AND THEY LEFT FOR KENTUCKY. WHEN THEY WERE GOING
DOWN THE BIG SANDY VALLEY, THEIR WAGON GOT IN A MUDHOLE AND THE
AXLE BROKE WHEN THEY PULLED IT OUT. GABE DECIDED TO STAY
THERE IN FLOYD COUNTY. ONE BROTHER WENT ON TO MISSOURI AND
THE OTHER FINALLY ENDED UP IN CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO A
COUSIN OF OURS WHO HAS TRACED THE FAMILY TREE. MY GREAT-
GRANDMOTHER WAS OVER NINETY WHEN SHE DIED AND I REMEMBER
HER SITTING IN HER POKE BONNET AND LONG DRESSES ROCKING.
SHE WAS SENILE AND SLAPPED AT ANY OF US YOUNGER ONES
WHO WENT NEAR HER. SHE COULD SPELL UNCOMMONLY LONG WORDS,
AND U SUPPOSE SHE TOLD MY MOTHER THIS STORY BEFORE SHE
GOT SO OLD.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; TAZEWELL COUNTY
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being Food Drink -- Manner of preparation BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PLACE A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW, AND YOU WILL
DREAM OF YOUR SPOUSE OR FUTURE SPOUSE.
Data entry tech comment: INITIALS "DBG" ARE LISTED UNDER INFORMANT'S NAME.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN