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LUCK
NEVER WASTE PEANUT SHEELS ON THE GROUND, IT CAUSES FUSS.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
James Callow Keyword(s): ARGUMENT QUARRELING DISCORD
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: CA11001973
ON ASSUMPTION DAY (AUGUST 15), IF YOU BLESS FLOWERS
AND KEEP THEM IN YOUR HOUSE,
LIGHTNING WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-00-1972
WEARING GARLIC, OR HAVING IT IN YOUR POSSESSION DRIVES AWAY EVIL
SPIRITS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EXORCISM
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Flavoring BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 11-19-1972
BUTTER CUP
PLACE A BUTTER CUP (FLOWER) UNDER A PERSONS CHIN AND IF YOU CAN SEE
A YELLOW REFLECTION ON HIS CHIN. IT MEANS HE LIKES BUTTER.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): VARIANT PLANT: DANDELION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food N244.44 BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 11-19-1972
GARLIC AND HONEY
A RUSSIAN CUSTOM FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE IS TO DIP GARLIC IN HONEY AND
EAT IT. THE GARLIC TAKES THE SINS OF THE PAST YEAR AWAY. THE
HONEY SWEETENS THE BODY FOR THE NEW YEAR
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Food Drink -- Plant food Food Drink -- Animal product BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-03-1972
EVIL SPIRITS
ITALIANS HANG GARLIC ABOVE THEIR DOOR TO KEEP EVIL SPIRITS AWAY
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-03-1972
PLANTING CUSTOM
IT IS A TRADITIONAL CUSTOM IN EUROPE FOR THE UPPER CLASS TO HAVE
THEIR SERVANTS PLANT THE VEGETABLE AND FLOWER GARDENS IN THE EVENING
AFTER THE SUN HAS GONE DOWN. THE HOLES ARE DUG AND WATER IS THEN
POURED INTO THEM. THE SERVANT THEN WORKS THIS TO FORM A MUDDY PASTE
IN WHICH THE YOUNG PLANTS ARE PLACED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER AND SAYS THE PURPOSE OF THIS
IS TO PREVENT THE YOUNG PLANTS FROM BEING SCORCHED IN THE HOT SUN.
INFORMANT CARRIES ON THIS CUSTOM EVERY SPRING WHEN PLANTING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
THE DISAPPEARING TREE
WELL, THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A TREE OUT ON THE LAKE
UP BY 7 MILE ROAD THAT YOU CAN SEE ONLY AT NIGHTTIME. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT, BUT THEY SAID IT'S ALONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE, AND IF YOU
SHINE YOUR CAR HEADLIGHTS ON IT, IT DISAPPEARS.
Submitter comment:
Lake St. Clair off of Jefferson Road on Lake Shore Drive near 7 Mile (Moross Road).
James Callow comment:
COLLECTOR'S SPELLING CORRECTED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 26038 State Fair
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-29-1972
CARROTS
EATING CARROTS:
1 MAKES YOUR HAIR CURLY
2 ENABLES YOU TO SEE IN THE DARK
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO ME WHEN I WAS LITTLE AND MADE A FUSS OVER
EATING MY CARROTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant SPEECH -- Formula |
WHEN THE WIND IS IN THE EAST, THEN THE SAP WILL RUN THE LEAST,
WHEN THE WIND IS IN THE WEST, THEN THE SAP WILL RUN THE BEST.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME BY MY UNCLE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.466 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.475 BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
DURING MENSTRUATION A WOMAN CANNOT GO INTO A GARDEN BECAUSE ALL
THE PLANTS WILL WILT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-05-1972
NEVER PLANT POTATOES NEXT TO ONIONS BECAUSE THE ONIONS WILL GET
IN TO THE POTATOE EYES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 11-02-1972
IF THE CORN IS NOT KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY IT WILL BE
A BAD YEAR FOR CORN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
Date learned: 10-01-1972
NEW YEAR'S CUSTOM/LUCK
IF AN OLIVE OR LAUREL BRANCH IS HUNG ON THE DOOR OF A HOME ON
NEW YEAR'S DAY, THE FAMILY LIVING IN THAT HOUSE WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Good luck P881.1 BELIEF -- Good luck P881.42 |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
DANDELION
IF YOU SEE A YELLOW SHADOW WHEN YOU PUT A DANDELION UNDER YOUR
CHIN, IT MEANS YOU LIKE BUTTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 12-04-1972
CARROT BELIEF
EAT LOTS OF CARROTS BECAUSE THEY ARE GOOD FOR YOUR EYES. HAVE YOU
EVER SEEN A RABBIT WEARING GLASSES?
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR ; WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
THE TRIPPING STUMP
WHEN MY MOTHER AND FATHER LIVED IN LITHUANIA, THERE WAS A FEAR
THAT THE PEOPLE OF THEIR VILLAGE HAD OF A TREE STUMP. THE STORY
WAS THAT ONE NIGHT A TERRIBLE MURDER WAS COMMITTED BY A TREE STUMP
OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE. AFTER THE MURDER PEOPLE WERE AFRAID TO GO BY
THE STUMP BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IT WOULD STICK OUT ONE OF ITS
ROOTS AND TRIP PEOPLE AS THEY WALKED BY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY PUT GARLIC CLOVES IN YOUR BOSOM
FOR A SAFE TRIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
MISTER PUMPKIN EATER
IF YOU ARE NOT IN BED AT THE TIME YOU ARE TOLD, A GIGANTIC
PUMPKIN HEAD WILL COME IN YOUR ROOM AND EAT YOU
Submitter comment:
I USED TO TELL MY SISTER THIS WHEN I BABYSAT AND SHE
WOULDN'T GO TO BED. YOU CAN IMPROVE ON IT BY ADDING SCARY
SOUNDS AND GESTURES. I'M NOT SURE WHERE I LEARNED IT, BUT SINCE
THEN WE TELL IT TO CHILDREN WE BABYSIT FOR.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): CARNIVEROUS PLANT ; FUNCTION: TO SCARE CHILD INTO GOING TO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Supernatural Being BELIEF -- Plant |
TOOTHACHE CURE
IN KENTUCKY, ONE TOUCHES AN ELDER TREE WITH THE HAND OF THAT
SIDE WHERE THE AILIMG TOOTH IS LOCATED, AND SAYS THREE TIMES:
MY TEETH ARE ACHING,
A BLACK ONE, A WHITE, A RED ONE,
I WISH THEY WOULD BLEED TO DEATH,
IN THE NAME OF GOD THE FATHER.
Submitter comment:
THIS TOOTHACE CURE WAS TOLD TO ME BY A FORMER NEIGHBOR WHO WAS A
NATIVE OF VIRGINIA AND OF GERMAN BACKGROUND. SHE HAS SINCE
MOVED BACK TO THE SOUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001930S