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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
THUNDER AFTER MIDNIGHT; MEANS THAT THE NEXT DAY WILL BE LOWERY.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT, BY HIS MOTHER WHEN HE WAS A SMALL BOY
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
WHEN IT IS THUNDERING AND LIGHTENING AND RAINING AT THE SAME TIME
THIS MEANS THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Spiritual beings, things, or places BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
EVERY MORNING MY MOTHER WOULD GO OUTSIDE AND LOOK AT THE SMOKE
COMING OUT OF THE CHIMNEY. IF THE SMOKE WENT STRAIGHT UP THE
WEATHER WOULD BE GOOD. IF THE SMOKE CURLED AROUND THE WEATHER
WOULD BE BAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
Date learned: 10-20-1972
SUNSET
A SUMMER RED SUNSET MEANS A HOT DAY FOR TOMORROW
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
DEVIL WORKING
IF THE SUN COMES OUT WHILE IT IS RAINING, IT MEANS THE DEVIL IS
BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUNISHMENT
Date learned: 11-17-1969
PROVERB
APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLANTS ; WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RHYME
RAINBOWS
AT THE END OF A RAINBOW, THERE'S A POT OF GOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COSMOS
James Callow Keyword(s): OPTIMISM ; SUPERNATURAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
PROVERB
A DRY MARCH BRINGS A WET APRIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
Date learned: 10-07-1967
DRY MARCH AND WET MAY WILL BRING A FLOURISHING
HARVEST OF (RYE) GRAIN.
MARZEC SUCHU, A MOKRY MAJ-ZYTO JAKO GAJ. (POLISH ASSUMED)
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH PROVERB
BIG CLOUDS--LITTLE RAIN. (TRANSLATION)
Z DUZES CHMURY--MALY DESZCZ. (POLISH)
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
PREDICTION
BIG DROPS, LITTLE RAIN.
LITTLE DROPS, BIG RAIN.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS ; CONTRAST ; WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
BELIEF-LEGEND
THE ESKIMOS BELIEVED THAT AFTER THE SUN SET IN THE
WESTERN OCEAN, HE WAS PADDLED BACK IN A KAYAK THROUGH THE
NIGHT TO THE EASTERN HORIZON.
Submitter comment:
HEARD IN YOUTH BY INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
STORM BELIEF
TO EXPLAIN A STORM; THERE ARE 3 DRAGONS IN HEAVEN. THE FATHER
MOTHER, AND THE BABY. THE BABY GOT LOST. THUNDER IS THE FATHER
CALLING TO HIM AND THE RAIN IS THE TEARS FROM THE MOTHER
CRYING FOR HER LOST SON.
Submitter comment:
FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 46O 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 10-01-1965
DEVIL BELIEF
IN HUNGARY WHEN THE SUN SHINES AND IT RAINS, THE PEOPLE
SAY THAT THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE. THE SUN REPRESENTS HIS
LAUGHING, AND THE RAIN, HER TEARS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOLISM
| Subject headings: | 46O BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LIGHTNING WILL NOT STRIKE THE SAME SPOT TWICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1.2 BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
ANGEL BELIEF
LIGHTNING IS THE RESULT OF THE CLASHING OF THE SWORDS OF THE GODS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 04-01-1968
LIGHTNING WON'T STRIKE TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1.2 BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1.2 BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A CANDLE IN EACH WINDOW WILL PREVENT
LIGHTNING FROM HITTING YOUR HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 11-19-1968