Dr. James T. Callow publications
Browse by
Questions or comments on this site? Please email davidsor@udmercy.edu.
The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
Your search for P860.11 returned 106 results.
IF YOU HEAR A DOG HOWL DURING THE NIGHT, IT SIGNALS A DEATH
(PROBABLY IN THE HOUSEHOLD).
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
A DOG'S HOWL IS A SURE SIGN OF DEATH. THE DAY BEFORE MY DAD DIED
OUR DOG HOWLED AND HOWLED. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE EVER DID
THAT. HE HASN'T DONE IT SINCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 06-29-1964
IF A PERSON IS SICK AND THE DOG HOWLS, THERE WILL BE A DEATH
IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
IF YOU HEAR A HOUNG BAYING AT NIGHT, THERE WILL BE A DEATH
IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-28-1967
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
A HOWLING DOG MEANS SOMEONE WILL DIE IN THAT HOUSE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF A DOG HOWLS WITH HIS HEAD POINTED DOWN, SOMEONE IS GOING
TO DIE.
IF A DOG HOWLS WITH HIS HEAD POINTED UP, THERE WILL BE
A FIRE IN THE AREA.
Where learned: HUNGARY
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1910
IF A DOG IS HOWLING AT NIGHT IT MEANS ILLNESS OR DEATH
IS STALKING THE STREETS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-31-1968
THE SOUND OF A HOWLING HOUND FORESHADOWS A TRAGIC DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
A DOG HOWLING MEANS A DEATH IN THE FUTURE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
IF YOU HEAR A DOG HOWLING DURING THE NIGHT, IN THE MORNING
YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT A DEATH.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
IF YOU HEAR A DOG HOWLING THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN A DEATH.
Submitter comment:
SYLVIA LEARNED THIS FROM HER SISTER, WHO IN TURN,
LEARNED IT AT THE NURSES' LOUNGE AT BEAUMONT HOSPITAL,
ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
WHEN A DOG HOWLS DURING THE DAY FOR NO APPARENT
REASON, SOMEONE IS SAID TO HAVE DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
IF A DOG HOWLS CONTINUALLY STRAIGHT THROUGH THE NIGHT
IT MEANS SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Submitter comment: HER MOTHER BELIEVES IN THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-10-1972
WHEN A DOG CRIES, IT MEANS SOMEONE WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 04-17-1971
IF THE DOG BAYS AT THE MOON, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-08-1965
A DOG HOWLING AT NIGHT, HOWLS BECAUSE SOMEONE
HAS JUST DIED.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IF A DOG HOWLS AT NIGHT, IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU HEAR A DOG HOWLING, IT MEANS THERE WILL BE A
FIRE SOMEWHERE (DISASTROUS).
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES IN
UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |