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ONE OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS ON MY TEAM THOUGHT IT WAS BAD LUCK TO
WASH HIS PRACTICE UNIFORM AFTER A WIN. THUS AFTER 5 WINS IN A ROW
HIS UNIFORM BECAME SO DIRTY AND SMELLY WE SORT OF HOPED WE'D LOSE.
Submitter comment:
FOOTBALL TEAMS TEND TO BE VERY SUPERSTITIOUS, THERE ARE MANY ODDITIES
THAT SOME PLAYERS HELD, BUT THIS ONE WAS ONE OF THE STRANGEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
IF YOU WENT OUT THE DOOR AND YOU FORGOT SOMETHING,
YOU YOURSELF COULD NOT GO BACK IN THE HOUSE FOR IT.
SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT OUT
TO YOU.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD IRISH CUSTOM.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-06-1972
THERE IS AN OLD SUPERSTITION THAT MY MOTHER RELATED
TO ME BACK WHEN I GOT MY FIRST CAR. I HAD JUST
BOUGHT A ST. CHRISTOPHER MEDAL TO PUT ON THE
DASHBOARD. AS I WAS PLACING IT THERE, MY MOTHER
CAME UP AND SAID, "YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN OLD BELIEF
THAT WHEN YOU HIT EIGHTY, OLD ST. CHRISTOPHER GETS
UP AND LEAVES YOU ON YOUR OWN."
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
MANY WOMEN THINK THAT THEIR HAIR WILL NOT TAKE A
PERMANENT WAVE WHILE THEY ARE MENSTRUATING.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: LIBRARY ; MERCY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A TOOTH FILLED WHEN YOU
HAVE YOUR PERIOD. IT WILL FALL OUT.
Submitter comment:
NARRATOR HAD HEARD THIS, BUT DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.
SHE SHOWED ME THE BOOK, GROWING UP AND LIKING IT,
WHERE IT IS PRINTED AS AN "OLD WIVES TALE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MENSTRUATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
MENSTRUAL SUPERSTITIONS
MARIE'S (WIFE'S) GRANDFATHER OWNED A STORE WHEN
PICKLES WERE STILL KEPT IN A BIG BARREL. WELL, HE
WOULDN'T LET NO WOMAN TAKE A PICKLE OUT OF THE
BARREL OR THE REST WOULD GO SOFT, IF SHE WAS JUST
COMIN' SICK OR JUST GETTIN' OUT OF HER PERIOD.
HE'D PUT SOME PICKLES ON A TRAY AND LET THEM BUY
THEM OFF THAT.
Submitter comment: HAPPENED IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO
Where learned: SOUTHFIELD DOWNS TRAILER CAMP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
SUPERSTITION
A COMMON BELIEF IS THAT A MUSTARD FOOT BATH WILL
BRING ON DELAYED MENSES.
Submitter comment: FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; DETROIT ; MERCY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-19-1967
IT IS ALSO BELIEVED THAT PRESERVES WILL NOT TURN OUT
RIGHT, CAKES WILL NOT RISE, CREAM WILL NOT THICKEN
WHEN WHIPPED DURING THE MENSTRUAL TIME.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; DETROIT ; MERCY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-06-1967
MENSTRUATION SUPERSTITION
YOU SHOULD NEVER CAN WHEN A WOMAN IS HAVING HER
PERIOD BECAUSE IT WILL SPOIL.
Submitter comment:
POPULAR BELIEF IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO, WHEN SHE
WAS YOUNG.
Where learned: OHIO ; GLOUCESTER
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
MENSTRUATION SUPERSTITION
YOU CAN'T GO IN A GARDEN DURING YOUR PERIOD. IT
WILL KILL THE CUCUMBER VINES.
AND YOU COULDN'T TOUCH MEAT, UNLESS YOU WERE
GOING TO COOK IT RIGHT AWAY, OR IT WOULD SPOIL.
Submitter comment: POPULAR BELIEF IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO, WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.
Where learned: OHIO ; GLOUCESTER
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
A MAN SHOULD NEVER GET HIS HAIR CUT ON FRIDAY,
BECAUSE THEN IT WILL GROW TOO FAST.
Submitter comment:
THE FATHER OF THE INFORMANT TOLD THIS TO HER, AND HE
BELIEVES IN IT EVEN TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 05-18-1965
MENSTRUATION SUPERSTITION
YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE A BATH DURING YOUR
PERIOD. YOU'LL GET TB. (TUBERCULOSIS).
ALSO FLOWERS WILL WILT IF YOU TOUCH THEM DURING
YOUR PERIOD.
Submitter comment:
SHE HAD HEARD BOTH OF THESE AS HAD HER MOTHER, BUT
NEITHER BELIEVED THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
TAKING A BATH DURING MENSTRUAL PERIOD, WILL NOT ONLY
STOP THE FLOW, BUT WILL CAUSE TUBERCULOSIS.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIEND.
Where learned: MERCY COLLEGE ; GIRLS DORM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
IF YOU SING AT THE DINNER TABLE, YOU'LL GET
A CRAZY WIFE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-17-1967
IF YOU POUT, YOUR LIP WILL REMAIN THAT WAY.
Submitter comment: MRS. D. LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER, AS A CHILD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
EVERY TIME A GIRL WHISTLES, IT MAKES THE BLESSED
MOTHER CRY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
IF YOU SHUDDER ANGELS ARE WALKING OVER YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PREMONITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
THE SANDMAN
THE SANDMAN SPRINKLES SLEEPY SAND IN CHILDREN'S EYES TO MAKE THEM
SLEEP AT NIGHT.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER USED TO SAY THIS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL. SHE WAS NOT
CERTAIN WHERE SHE HEARD IT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
HAUNTED HOUSE AT MEMPHIS MICHIGAN
THE HAUNTED HOUSE AT MEMPHIS, MICHIGAN WAS DESERTED FOR 20 YEARS.
BUT YET EVERY MONDAY DIRRENCE (SIC) CLOTHES ARE REPORTED TO BE SEEN
HANGING ON A CLOTHESLINE. BONES ARE REPORTED ALSO SEEN IN THE
BASEMENT.
Submitter comment: FROM GRANDFATHER
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
James Callow Keyword(s): PHANTOM WASHING OF CLOTHES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
HAUNTED HOUSE ON JEFFERSON (AVENUE, DETROIT.)
THE OLD MURPHY MANSION WHERE A MAD MAD BUTLER LIVES BUT HAS
NEVER BEEN FOUND. HE HAS NEVER BEEN ACCUSED BUT RUMORS SAY
THREE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN MURDERED BY HIM (HE DROPPED THEM
DOWN A ELEVATOR SHAFT).
Submitter comment: FROM DAD
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-18-1967