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DON'T PUT YOUR SHOES UNDER YOUR BED AT NIGHT OR YOU'LL HAVE
NIGHTMARES.
Submitter comment:
EXPLICIT INTERDICTION
MY SISTER-IN-LAW TOLD ME THAT WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER, SHE PUT
HER SHOES UNDER HER BED ONCE AND THAT NIGHT SHE HAD A
TERRIBLE NIGHTMARE; SHE WOKE UP IN A COLD SWEAT, YELLING AND
SCREAMING.
SINCE THAT NIGHT, MY SISTER-IN-LAW HAS VOWED NEVER TO PLACE
HER SHOES UNDER HER BED AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress HandsFeet BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 10-27-1984
MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT IF YOU SING AT THE DINNER TABLE,
YOU WILL CRY BEFORE YOU GO TO BED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPENSATION ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
NEVER SLEEP ON YOUR LEFT SIDE.
IT IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
If you sleep restlessly or are awakened in the middle of the
night, a spirit is trying to take away your soul. To get rid
of the spirit, turn your bedroom light on and off three times
and you will sleep sound the rest of the night.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Haunting ; LIGHT ; REMEDY ; SPIRIT ; SUPERNATURAL ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
If you are having difficulty sleeping, spray yourself
with perfume before going to bed and you will have no
more problem.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSOMNIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
If you sleep with a picture under your pillow, you will
dream about the person in the picture.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
If you attend a wedding, and that night you sleep
with a piece of wedding cake from that wedding under
your pillow (wrapped in a napkin) you will dream of
the person you will marry.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00-00-1966
Problem Solver
When one has a problem which seems too difficult to solve, simply
write it down on a small piece of paper, put it under a pillow, and
sleep on it. In the morning, an answer will be found.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 00001975CA
You should never put your shoes under your bed, because you
will not rest well.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress HandsFeet BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
If you paint the bedroom walls blue, you will sleep your
best.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 02-07-1992
Since I was little, the kitchen table always had to be cleaned
before we went to bed at night in case the spirits, especially
those relatives that had passed, wanted to come and have dinner.
The spirits must leave the table the way they found it; therefore,
the table must be cleaned of crumbs, etc., before we go to bed;
otherwise it would be too difficult for the spirits to clean their
crumbs and only leave the ones we had left on the table.
Submitter comment:
This custom came from Poland, and even in my house today it is
followed, more out of habit than anything--I never knew the reason
for having been taught to clear off the kitchen table every night.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 00001920S
IN UKRAINE, IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A PERSON GETS
OUT OF BED ON HIS LEFT FOOT, HE WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION PASSED ON
BY GRANDPARENTS IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Bad luck Bodily characteristics BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
BAD LUCK TO SLEEP WITH HANDS BEHIND HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-08-1965
IF YOU CANNOT FALL ASLEEP, BEFORE GOING TO BED TAKE TWO
TEASPOONS OF A MIXTURE OF ONE CUP OF HONEY, AND THREE
TEASPOONS OF APPLE CIDER VINEGAR. YOU WILL FALL ASLEEP
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
IN INDIA ONE MUST NOT SLEEP WITH HIS FEET POINTING IN THE
DIRECTION OF THE SOUTH, BECAUSE THE GOD OF DEATH, YAMA,
COMES FROM THE SOUTH WITH A NOOSE AND WILL LASOO HIS
FEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
IF YOU PICK DANDELIONS, YOU WILL WET THE BED THAT NIGHT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS SAID WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD IN THE
1920S. SHE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THIS PRACTICE.
DANDELION'S ARE CALLED "PEE-THE-BEDS." INFORMANT HAS
USED THIS SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD IN THE 1920S AND STILL
USES THIS TERM TODAY.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 10-02-1971 ; 00-00-1920
SINGING BEFORE BREAKFAST MAKES YOU CRY BEFORE BED.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
SLEEP WITH THE BOOK YOU'VE BEEN STUDYING FROM UNDER
YOUR PILLOW AND YOU'LL SOAK UP THE KNOWLEDGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU SLEEP WITH THE COVERS OVER YOUR HEAD, YOU'LL
DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN ; 00001969 ASSUMED
SLEEPING IN THE MOONLIGHT MAKES ONE LOONY.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
James Callow Keyword(s): CRAZY MAD LUNAR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 06-21-1970