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WEATHER SUPERSTITION
IF YOU SEE COWS LAYING DOWN, THAT MEANS IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment:
I FIRST HEARD THIS ITEM FROM MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS A SMALL CHILD,
AND WE WERE TAKING A DRIVE THROUGH THE COUNTRY. SHE HAD HEARD
IT FROM HER MOTHER, WHO STRONGLY BELIEVED IT, AND WHO HAD LIVED ON A
FARM AS A SMALL GIRL. MY MOTHER "THINKS THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO
IT," BUT DOES NOT TOTALLY BELIEVE IN THE IDEA. MY FATHER HAS HEARD
THE SUPERSTITION ALSO.
SOMETIMES WE WOULD SEE A GROUP OF COWS: SOME STANDING AND SOME
LYING. HAVING NO REAL ANSWER, MY PARENTS WOULD TELL ME THAT THE
COWS WERE NOT SURE WHAT IT WAS GOING TO DO.
Where learned: OHIO ; MASSILLON
Date learned: 11-00-1973
MEANS OF AVOIDING ILLNESS
THE HAIR FROM A DOG WHICH HAS BITTEN YOU IS AN ANTIDOTE AGAINST
EVIL CONSEQUENCES IF GIVEN BY THE OWNER TO THE PERSON BITTEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
MY GRANDMOTHER HAD A DREAM OF HER SISTER BEING -
KILLED BY HER BROTHER-IN-LAW.
THEN A MAN ON A WHITE HORSE CAME UP TO HER TO TELL HER THE
NEWS. THE NEXT MORNING SHE RECEIVED WORD THAT HER SISTER WAS KILLED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about animals |
Date learned: 11-02-1972
A HOWLING DOG AT NIGHT TOWARDS A CERTAIN HOUSE DENOTES DEATH FOR
SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-29-1972
MANY YOUNG MOTHERS BELIEVE THAT PET CATS WILL STIFLE THE BREATH OF
THEIR BABIES IF THEY HAVE THE CHANCE.
Submitter comment: MANY OF THE INFORMANT'S PATIENTS HAVE ASKED HIM ABOUT THIS.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): SUFFOCATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FORECASTING WINTER
ACCORDING TO INFORMANT, IF AN UNUSUALLY LARGE NUMBER OF SQUIRRELS
HAVE WHITE UNDER THEIR TAILS AND ALONG THE BACKS OF THEIR HIND LEGS,
THEN ONE CAN EXPECT A LONG HARD WINTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
Date learned: 10-30-1972
BAD LUCK
IF YOU'VE SEEN A BLACK CAT OR BROKEN A MIRROR, THROW SOME SALT
OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER TO PREVENT THE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Conversions P883.14 BELIEF -- Conversions P883.17 BELIEF -- Conversions P883.31 |
KILLER CATS
SOME PEOPLE DON'T LET CATS NEAR THEIR NEWLY BORN BABIES BECAUSE
CATS ARE SAID TO LEAP ON THE CHILD'S CHEST AND SUCK THE BREATH
OUT OF HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
DOG DAYS
I WAS ALWAYS TOLD BY MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER THAT THE LAST
DAYS OF AUGUST WERE DOG DAYS BECAUSE IT WAS SO HOT. THEY TOLD
ME NEVER TO MESS WITH DOGS THEN BECAUSE THE HEAT MADE THEM
SULLEN AND UNPREDICTABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August 16 BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Measure of time Month |
IF YOU SEE AN OLD CAT RUNNING AND PLAYING AND FEELING GOOD; IT IS A
SIGN THE WIND IS GOING TO BLOW.
Submitter comment: MY UNCLE SAID THIS ABOUT A CAT ON HIS PORCH.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
IF A BLACK DOG STANDS OUTSIDE OF A HOUSE AT NIGHT AND HOWLS; THAT
MEANS SOMEBODY HAS DIED.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT SAID SHE WAS AFRAID MANY NIGHTS, WHEN THIS HAPPEN.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES IN FRONT OF YOU
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.3 |
Date learned: 00001950S
IN THE CASE OF A DOG HAVING WORMS THE BEST WAY TO GET RID OF
THEM IS FORCE THE DOG TO TAKE TWO SHOTS OF RUM AND AFTER THAT
GIVE HIM ALL THE WATER HE WANTS. THE WORMS WILL BE GONE AFTER
TWO SUCH TREATMENTS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- P753 |
Date learned: 10-01-1972
NEVER LET A TOM CAT SLEEP IN THE SAME BEDROOM WITH A CHILD, IT
WILL TAKE THE CHILD'S BREATH AWAY AND SMOTHER IT, KILLING THE
CHILD.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
WEATHER BELIEF
A CAT WASHING OVER ITS EARS IT A SIGN THAT IT WILL RAIN THAT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
Date learned: 09-26-1972
LUCK
IF YOU PUT A CAT INTO A CRADLE BEFORE A NEWBORN INFANT, ALL EVIL
SPIRITS WILL BE DRIVEN AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
BLACK CAT
GREEKS BELIEVE THAT IF THE FIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU
GO OUT IN THE MORNING IS A BLACK CAT, SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.3 |
Date learned: 11-28-1972
WEATHER PREDICTION RAIN
WHEN THE COWS ARE LYING DOWN IN THE FIELD IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment:
HIS BELIEF WAS HANDED DOWN FROM HIS FATHER AND HE FIRMLY BELIEVES
IT TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Date learned: 00-00-1958
OMENS
IN GREECE DOGS AND HORSES ARE OMENS TO MEN. WHEN A HORSE WILL
NOT GO OUT INTO THE FIELD TO WORK, THEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING BAD
IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
EVIL EYE
IF A LADY HAS AN EVIL EYE AND IS JEALOUS OF A MAN, SHE CAN
MAKE THAT MAN'S MULE FALL DOWN AND DIE. IF SHE LIKES THE MAN,
THE MULE WILL RUN AND BE HEALTHY.
Submitter comment:
(THE EVIL EYE HAS POWER OVER THE MULE BECAUSE IT IS LIKE A MAN
STRONG AND STUBBORN.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 09-00-1972