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CHRISTMAS BELIEF
NO CHRIST CHILD IN THE MANGER BEFORE CHRISTMAS EVE.
Submitter comment: SHE WILL NOT PUT THE FIGURE IN THE MANGER BEFORE THEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Custom CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Manger scenes BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
BELIEF
THE BLESSED MOTHER TURNS HER BACK ON GIRLS WHO WHISTLE.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM REV. CAHILL'S MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FRIVOLITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
WHISTLING BELIEF
GIRLS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WHISTLE BECAUSE THE BLESSED MOTHER
WOULD TURN HER HEAD AND CRY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.
SHE PRACTICED THIS WHEN YOUNG, BUT DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE
TRUTH OF IT NOW. (1920S).
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
James Callow Keyword(s): VANITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
HOLY COMMUNION
WHEN I WAS 8 I BELIEVED IF I CHEWED THE HOST, MY TEETH WOULD ROT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Church |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MAGIC
IF YOU BITE THE CONSECRATED HOST IT WILL BLEED FOR IT IS THE
BODY OF CHRIST.
Submitter comment:
THREE OTHERS SIMILAR TO THIS IN THE ARCHIVE FILES OF LINED CARDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Flint
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Church |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
BELIEF
ON THE RADIO ONE NIGHT I HEARD A SCIENTIST TALKING ABOUT
U.F.O.S (UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS). HE EXPRESSED BELIEF
IN THE IDEA THAT THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM WAS ACTUALLY A FLYING SAUCER
FROM VENUS, AND CHRIST WAS VENETIAN.
Submitter comment: HEARD AT THE TIME WHEN U.F.O.'S WERE THE BIG THING IN 1968
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
LEGEND OF A SAINT
WHEN I WAS A VERY YOUNG GIRL MY MOTHER TOLD ME TO SAY A
PRAYER TO ST. ANTHONY WHENEVER I LOST ANYTHING AND THAT HE
WOULD SOON DIRECT ME TO THE PLACE WHERE THE OBJECT LAY HIDDEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
LEGEND OF A SAINT
WHENEVER A GIRL HAS PROBLEMS IN TRYING TO FIND YOUNG MEN TO GO
OUT WITH SHE SHOULD REPREAT THE FOLLOWING OCCASIONALLY:
' ST. ANNE ST. ANNE, PLEASE SEND ME A MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
ST. PAT
THE MOST POPULAR AND WIDE-SPREAD STORY ABOUT SAINT PATRICK IS
THAT THANKS TO HIM, IRELAND HAS NO SNAKES. IT IS BELIEVED THAT
ST. PAT REMOVED THEM IN PIED PIPER FASHION.
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer BELIEF -- Religious hero SPEECH -- Proper Name SPEECH -- To Be Heard |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
LEGEND OF A SAINT
WHENEVER A PERSON FINDS THEMSELF IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION
WHICH THEY CANNOT SOLVE OR WORK OUT, THEY SHOULD SAY A PRAYER
TO ST. JUDE, HELPER OF DESPERATE CASES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
MIRACLE OF ST. PAUL
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH IN MALTA IS FREQUENTLY VISITED BY MANY
TOURISTS. THERE IS A WALL OF LIMESTONE WHERE THE TOURISTS CHIP OFF
THE STONE FOR A SOUVENIR. NO MATTER HOW MANY TOURISTS CHIP OFF STONE
IT ALWAYS REMAINS THE SAME. THIS IS THE MIRACLE OF ST. PAUL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Holy placeChurchTemple BELIEF -- Religious hero SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
HARVEST
SIVIETA ZOFYA, COKTOSY ROZEVIYA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RELIGIOUS BELIEF
IF YOU SAY A HAIL MARY FOR EACH ONE OF YOUR TEETH, SAINT
POLLONIA WILL PROTECT YOUR TEETH FROM HARM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
THE ARMENIAN SANTA CLAUS IS CALLED BUFFANA. IT IS A LEGEND
THAT AT CHRISTMAS TIME BUFFANA GOES THROUGH ALL THE STREETS OF
ARMENIA AND PASSES OUT PRESENTS TO ALL THE POOR CHILDREN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Religious hero SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 02-26-1971
ROOSTER BELIEF
EARLY IN THE MORNING, BEFORE TWILIGHT, YOU MAY SMELL SOMETHING
PECULIAR IN THE AIR-THIS IS THE SMELL OF JUDAS WHEN HE DIED.
HE BETRAYED CHRIST WITH THE KISS IN EARLY MORNING.
Where learned: KALAMAZOO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
A GIRL WHISTLING
GIRLS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO WHISTLE BECUASE IT MAKES THE BLESSED
VIRGIN CRY WHENEVER THEY DO IT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY MOTHER, AND SHE REMEMBERS THIS FROM HER
CHILDHOOD BECAUSE MY GRANDMOTHER TELLS THIS TO HER DAUGHTERS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; SKOKIE
James Callow Keyword(s): VANITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
WHISTLING
GIRLS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO WHISTLE BECAUSE THE BLESSED VIRGIN
WILL TURN HER HEAD AND CRY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD BY MOTHER IN THE 1920'S. SHE PRACTICED
WHEN YOUNG, BUT DOESN'T BELIEVE NOW.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
James Callow Keyword(s): VANITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
FIRE PREVENTION- ALLGAU, BAVARIA, GERMANY
IN ORDER TO PREVENT HOUSE FIRES, ALWAYS KEEP A PICTURE
OF ST. FLORIAN IN THE HOME.
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; PENNSYLVANIA, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Use of Object SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
MOTHER AND CHILD
THE CHURCH OF ST. LUKE IN BOLOGNA, ITALY, HOUSES THE FAMOUS
JEWEL STUDDED PICTURE OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD WHICH IS
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED BY ST. LUKE. A GREAT MANY MIRACLES
ARE ATTRIBUTED TO IT.
Where learned: TRENTON ; NEW JERSEY, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Holy placeChurchTemple BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Use of Object SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
MOTHER'S LOTION
MRS. ANGELA MAGOLEN, WHO WAS BORN IN POLAND AND LATER CAME
TO AMERICA, NOW LIVING IN WYANDOTTE, HAD A VISION OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN IN A DREAM. OUR LADY GAVE HER THE RECIPE
FOR A HEALING LOTION WHICH WAS TO CURE MANY PEOPLE. SHE USED IT
FOR THE FIRST TIME TO CURE HER HUSBAND WHO WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH
A CORONARY. SHE WAS IN DOUBT ABOUT MAKING THE LOTION BUT FATHER
SOLANUS CASEY, A WIDELY K,NOWN CAPUCHIN MONK URGED HER TO MAKE IT
AND TO CALL IT 'MOTHER'S LOTION.'
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- P780 SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 00-00-1954