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PLANTING BELIEF
IF A ROSE IS TO BE STARTED FROM A CUTTING, THE CUTTING SHOULD
BE STUCK IN A POTATO AND THEN PLANTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
GET RID OF THOSE BLACK MUSHROOMS
BOIL MUSHROOMS WITH A COIN AND IF THE COIN TURNS BLACK, THE
MUSHROOMS ARE POISONOUS.
Submitter comment:
WE WERE STUDYING ABOUT MUSHROOMS IN MY EDUCATION CLASS, AND
DR. THORDEN MADE THIS STATEMENT IN A JOKING WAY, SO
I WROTE I DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TOADSTOOLS/ UNSAFE PRACTICE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant |
CORN BELIEF
A BELGIAN FRIEND, RENE CODDERS, TOLD MY HUSBAND
CORN IS FOR THE ANIMALS NOT THE PEOPLE.
Submitter comment:
A BELGIAN FRIEND, RENE CODDENS, TOLD MY HUSBAND THIS, AND
HE WILL NOT EAT CORN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
SPINACH BELIEF
SPINACH IS THE BROOM OF THE STOMACH, FOR IT CLEANSES AND PURIFIES
THAT ORGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
FOOD BELIEF
IF YOU EAT SPINACH, YOU WILL HAVE LONG HAIR AND ROSY CHEEKS.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
VITAMIN BELIEF
IF YOU EAT GREEN VEGETABLES, THEY WILL MAKE YOUR HAIR THICK
AND GROW FASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
GARLIC BELIEF
HANG GARLIC IN THE KITCHEN TO KEEP EVIL SPIRITS AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-03-1971
VITAMIN BELIEF
IF YOU EAT YELLOW VEGETABLES LIKE CARROTS, SQUASH, WAX BEANS,
YOUR EYES WILL BE STRONG AND YOU WILL HAVE GOOD VISION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): VITAMIN A CONTENT
Date learned: 03-31-1971
PLANT
CARROTS ARE NOT GOOD FOR YOUR EYES, THEY JUST MAKE
EYELASHES GROW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
SPINACH BELIEF
IF YOU EAT SPINACH YOU WILL HAVE ROSY CHEEKS AND CURLY HAIR.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER OFTEN TOLD THE FAMILY THIS TO GET THEM
TO EAT THIS DISTASTEFUL VEGETABLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-12-1971
CUCUMBER BELIEF
NEVER EAT THE END OF THE CUCUMBER WHERE THERE ARE NO SEEDS
BECAUSE IT IS POISONOUS.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER ACTUALLY BELIEVES THIS BECAUSE HER MOTHER BELIEVED
IT. IN OUR HOME WE NEVER EAT THAT END OF A CUCUMBER EVEN THOUGH
ALL OF A PICKLE IS REGARDED AS SAFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
WHEN YOU EAT CARROTS, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO SEE IN THE
DARK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANTS MOTHER TOLD HIM THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARBOR BEACH
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-08-1971
CARROT BELIEF
CARROTS ARE GOOD FOR YOUR EYES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Plant |
CARROT BELIEF
IF YOU EAT A LOT OF CARROTS IT WILL GIVE YOU CURLY HAIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
HAIR ON CHEST
WHEN I WAS SSMAL, MY FATHER TRIED TO CONVINCE
ME TO EAT SOME DISTASTEFUL VEGETABLE BY TELLING ME IT WOULD
PUT HAIR ON MY CHEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PLANT BELIEF
TOMATOS ARE SEX APHRODISIACS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
SPINACH BELIEF
SPINACH GIVES YOU MUSCLES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
MUSHROOM BELIEF
TO SEE IF THE MUSHROOMS YOU PICKED ARE
REALLY MUSHROOMS AND NOT TOAD STOOLS, PUT A PENNY IN
THE POT WHEN YOU COOK THEM. IF THE PENNY DOES NOT
TURN BLACK THEN THEY ARE MUSHROOMS AND SAFE TO EAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
CARROT BELIEF
IF YOU EAT CARROTS YOU CAN SEE IN THE DARK BETTER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
SPINACH BELIEF
EATING SPINACH WILL MAKE YOU STRONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-13-1968