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SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOU PICK WILD MUSHROOMS YOU CAN TELL IF THEY'RE GOOD BY
COOKING THEM WITH AN ONION. IF THE ONION TURNS BLACK THE MUSHROOMS
ARE NO GOOD.
Submitter comment:
THIS SUPERSTITION IS NOT TRUE BECAUSE YOU CAN NOT REALLY TELL IF
THE MUSHROOMS ARE GOOD JUST BY COOKING THEM WITH AN ONION.
MUSHROOMS WERE COOKED BY THE POLISH WOMEN IN THE DETROIT
COMMUNITY IN WHICH THE INFORMANT WAS BROUGHT UP SO THAT IS WHY
THIS SUPERSTITION WAS THOUGHT TO BE A BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
HOUSE PLANTS
IF YOU HAVE A SPIDER PLANT AND IT GROWS TO BE A METER LONG YOU WILL
BUY A NEW HOME
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMER HAD A SPIDER PLANT BEFORE SHE VISITED THE U.S.A. AND
DECIDED TO BUY A NEW HOME TO LIVE HERE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
BELIEF
TO MAKE A TREE STUMP FALL APART, POUND A PENNY INTO IT
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT THIS WAS COLLECTED FROM IS AN IRISH-AMERICAN.
JOHN HANS LIVED IN EAST DETROIT AT THE TIME THE
INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
PRUNE SONG
NO MATTER HOW YOUNG A PRUNE MAY BE
HE'S ALWAYS FULL OF WRINKLES. A BABY
PRUNE IS LIKE HIS DAD BUT HE'S NOT WRINKLED
QUITE SO BAD. WE HAVE WRINKLES ON OUR
FACE, A PRUNE HAS WRINKLES EVERY PLACE,
NO MATTER HOW YOUNG A PRUNE MAY BE HE'S
ALWAYS FULL OF WRINKLES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 04-00-1979
SIGNS OF THE DEVIL
IF LEAVES DANCE IN A CIRCLE WHILE THE WIND IS BLOWING THEM,
IT IS A SIGN OF THE DEVIL.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
SIGNS OF REVELATIONS
WHEN THE FIG TREES BLOOM IT IS A SIGN THAT THE WORLD IS NEARING
ITS END.
Submitter comment:
MY AUNT WATCHES THE FIG TREE THAT SHE HAS IN HER YARD CONSTANTLY
TO SEE IF IT HAS BLOOMED.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Universe BELIEF -- Origin of Characteristics of Plants BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
DEATH CUSTOMS
MYGRANDFATHER GOT RED HOT PEPPERS FROM THE GARDEN. HE LET THEM DRY
OUT AND HANG THEM IN THE WINDOW TO KEEP AWAY EVIL. HE DID THIS ONLY
AFTER SOMEONE EVIL DIED. HE BELIEVED THAT THEIR SPIRIT WOULD RETURN,
KNOWING THAT THEY WERE EVIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
BODY PART BELIEF
RED HAIR IS CAUSED BY EATING CARROTS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
BIRTH BELIEFS
BABIES ARE PICKED OUT OF A CABBAGE IN A GARDEN DURING A FULL MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-00-1977
SUPERSTITION
LILACS IN THE HOUSE--BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
ACCORDING TO THE INFORMANT THIS BELIEF IS COMMON IN LONDON, ENGLAND,
HOWEVER, SHE LACKS AN EXPLANATION FOR THE BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK ; FRIENDS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-10-1979
SUPERSTITION
KNOCKING ON WOOD RESULTS IN GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
WOOD IS THOUGHT TO BE A GOD. AND TO KNOCK ON THE GOD IS TO RENDER HIS
FAVOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CLASSROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Good luck |
BUTTER TEST
TO FIND OUT IF YOU LIKE BUTTER YOU RUB A DANDILION UNDER
YOUR CHIN, IF YOUR SKIN TURNS YELLOW THEN YOU LIKE BUTTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Butter BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00001960S
SUPERSTITION
EACH TURN OF AN APPLE STEM IS COUNTED AS A LETTER, UNTIL IT BREAKS
OFF. THE LETTER AT WHICH IT BREAKS IS THE INITIAL OF YOUR FUTURE
SPOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
SUPERSTITION
THROW SALT OVER LEFT SHOULDER TO KEEP BAD LUCK AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
WEATHER BELIEF
IF THE AVOCADO TREE BLOOMS LATE THERE WILL BE STORM.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
CAUSE OF PREGNANCY
IF A WOMAN IS PREGNANT IT IS SAID THAT SHE SWALLOWED AN AVOCADO PIT..
Where learned: PUERTO RICO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
PLANT LEGEND
THERE IS A TREE IN THE JUNGLES OF PANAMA
WHICH WHIPS PEOPLE IF THEY DO NOT SAY
" I HAVE SEEN YOU" IN SPANISH.
Submitter comment:
(MISS ZITZEWITZ STATED THAT THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO HER
FATHER WHEN HE FIRST MET HER MOTHER IN PANAMA.)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-02-1963
AUTOGRAPH
MAY NOT OUR FRIENDSHIP
BE LIKE THE ROSE TO WITHER,
BUT LIKE THE EVERGREEN
MAY IT LAST FOREVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP. ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; SLANT RHYME ; WISH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
POSTCARD FOR LUCK
GOOD LUCK
I PATIENTLY TUMBLED OVER
THE POSTCARDS OLD AND NEW,
TO FIND THIS FOUR LEAF CLOVER
TO SEND FOR LUCK TO YOU.
THE FIRST LEAF STANDS FOR PATIENCE
THE SECOND FOR PLUCK
THE THIRD FOR PERSEVERANCE
THAT'S WHY THE FOURTH BRINGS LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THE VERSE IS PRINTED ON THE FRONT CARD, WITH A PICTURE OF A
CLOVER.
Where learned: OHIO ; VERSE ON POSTCARD ; PAINESVILLE
Keyword(s): CHARM ; RHYME: ABABCDED
James Callow Keyword(s): AMULET ; SYMBOL