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DEATH
SHOOTING STARS MEAN THAT SOMEONE HAS JUST DIED.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-24-1973
HAUNTED CHURCH
ON ALL SOUL'S DAY IN THE EVENING, A WOMAN WAS WALKING
BY A CHURCH THAT
WAS ALL LIT UP. SHE WENT IN TO PRAY. SHE HEARD A NOISE AND LOOKED UP
AND SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND. SHE KNEW SOME OF THE PEOPLE
BUT THEY HAD DIED A YEAR AGO. A FRIEND CAME AND TOLD HER SHE WAS NOT
WELCOME THERE, BUT TO GET AWAY SHE HAD TO WRAP HER COAT AROUND HER
SHOULDERS AND RUN OUT. SHE DID SO BUT THE SPIRITS GRABBED HER COAT.
THE NEXT DAY SHE TOLD THE PRIEST THE STORY. THEY WENT TO THE CEMETERY
AND FOUND HER COAT SHREDDED ALL OVER THE GRAVES.
James Callow comment:
COMPARE "THE VANISHING HITCHHIKER"
CN[ FOERSTNER, SCOTT 701049
C1[ 16714 FISCHER RD
C2[ LAKEWOOD, OHIO 14410
DNC[ 1,389
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Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
Date learned: 11-25-1973
OMENS
A COMET OR METEOR INDICATES APPROACHING DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Comet BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
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 SUPERSTITION I REMEMBER IS WHEN A FALLING STAR FALLS TOWARD A
DWELLING, IT MEANS SOMEONE WILL DIE IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
A SUPERSTITION WE HAVE COME ACROSS IS IF A WILD BIRD IS IN YOUR
HOUSE, IT MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
I HAD A DREAM ONE NIGHT THAT I WAS HUNTING WITH MY BROTHER IN THE
WOODS. HE WAS ABOUT 100 YARDS AHEAD OF ME WHEN I SAW HIM STUMBLE AND
THEN A SPIRIT GOT OUT OF HIS BODY, WAVED TO ME, THEN DISAPPEARED IN
THE WOODS. THEN I WOKE UP. THE FOLLOWING DAY, WHILE HUNTING IN THE
SAME WOODS WITH MY NEPHEW, I RECEIVED WORD THAT MY BROTHER HAD DIED
ONLY A MILE FROM WHERE WE WERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEMORATE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 10-29-1972
WHEN MY YOUNGER BROTHER AWOKE DURING THE NIGHT, HE MISTAKENLY
ENTERED THE CLOSET AND SCREAMED. WHEN THE FAMILY ARRIVED, HE TOLD
THEM THAT A LADY DRESSED IN WHITE HAD REACHED OUT TO PAT HIM ON
THE HEAD. TWO DAYS LATER, THE FAMILY RECEIVED A TELEGRAM THAT THE
BOY'S GRANDMOTHER HAD DIED IN POLAND THE SAME NIGHT THE LADY IN
WHITE APPEARED IN THE CLOSET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 10-29-1972
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
WHEN YOU CUT A DECK OF CARDS AND THE ACE OF SPADES SHOWS UP, THIS
SIGNIFIES DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Observation Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-29-1972
GORE ORPHANAGE
GORE ORPHANAGE BURNED DOWN IN THE 1920s AND ALL THE CHILDREN
DIED. YOU CAN GO TO THE SITE ON THE ANNIVERSARY AND HEAR THE
CHILDREN CRY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMER KNOWS SOMEONE WHO SAID HE HEARD THE CRYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NOISE SOUND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
PICTURES OF THE DEAD
HIS GRANDMOTHER TOOK PICTURES OF HIS GRANDFATHER'S WAKE (HIM IN THE
COFFIN) AND SHE HUNG THEM AROUND THE HOUSE FOR ONE YEAR. THIS
HELPS HIM GET TO HEAVEN
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-19-1972
BIRDS
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO YOUR HOUSE THERE IS GOING TO BE A DEATH IN THE
FAMILY
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-03-1972
IF A PERSON FINDS THAT HE IS DREAMING ABOUT MUD OR MUDDY WATER,
SOMEONE CLOSE HAS DIED OR WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 11-24-1972
IF SOMEONE DIES HE SHOULD BE BURIED BEFORE THE FIRST RAIN OR ELSE
HIS SPIRIT WILL WALK.
Submitter comment:
AN OLD CHEROKEE INDIAN BELIEF WHICH IS ACTUALLY BELIEVED BY THE
INFORMANT. HER MOTHER PASSED THE BELIEF DOWN TO HER.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): INDIAN (CHEROKEE)
Date learned: 00001972 SUMMER
IF A PERSON DREAMS ABOUT A WEDDING, IT MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE A
DEATH OF SOMEONE CLOSE.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about weddings, funerals, and other crucial moments of life |
Date learned: 09-10-1972
IF A PERSON DREAMS ABOUT A DEATH, THEN THERE WILL SOON BE A WEDDING.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about weddings, funerals, and other crucial moments of life |
Date learned: 09-10-1972
"IF YOU PUT YOUR SHOES ON A TABLE IT IS BAD LUCK, BECAUSE IT MEANS
YOUR SHOES WILL OUTLIVE YOU."
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.1 |
Date learned: 10-29-1972
"IF A BIRD SOMEHOW GETS INTO THE HOUSE, IT'S A SURE SIGN THAT THERE
WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY."
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-15-1972
CROSSING YOURSELF
ALWAYS CROSS YOURSELF WHEN YOU HEAR AN AMBULANCE SIREN.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO ME BY CATHOLIC NUNS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
IT WAS DONE IN RESPECT FOR THE DEAD AND INJURED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications SPEECH -- Gesture |