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IF YOU HIT YOUR FATHER YOUR ARM WILL STICK UP OUT OF YOUR GRAVE
MARYLOU'S INFORMANT WAS HER FATHER ROBERT LANNEN. HE IS 54
MARRIED, AND OF OF IRISH DESCENT
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
DON'T SKIP A ROW IN PLANTING OR SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY WILL DIE.
MARYLOU'S INFORMANT WAS BEATRICE SAYAS 38 MARRIED BLACK AMERICAN,
LIVING IN DETROIT, ORIGINALLY FROM NEW ORLEANS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
THE INFORMANT'S INFORMANT WAS SARINNA OUENCHUSAK 22 WHO WAS
AN EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM THAILAND STAYING WITH THE LANNEN'S.
IF A BABY IS BORN WITH HIS THUMB TUCKED INSIDE HIS
FIST HIS LIFE
WILL BE BLESSED AND HIS DEATH WILL BE EXPECTED.
(NOT A SUDDEN DEATH, HE WILL BE ABLE TO PREPARE FOR HIS DEATH)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
OMEN
IF YOU COMPARE HANDS WITH ANOTHER PERSON, THERE WILL BE A DEATH
IN THE FAMILY.
CLAUDIA'S INFORMANT WAS HER MOTHER OF POLISH DESCENT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-08-1972
CROW ON THE GRAVE
IF YOU SHIVER THAT MEANS A CROW IS WALKING ON YOUR GRAVE.
THIS ITEM WAS GIVEN BY LURELL HARDACRE A FRIEND OF THE LANNEN'S
LURELL IS OF CZECH-RUSSIAN DESCENT AND IS A 64 YEAR OLD WIDOW
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
IT IS BAD TO BURY AFTER SUNSET.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BURIAL ; Dead ; SUNSET ; SUPERSTITION ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.44 |
Date learned: 09-08-1972
DEATH
NEVER WASH CLOTHES ON NEW YEAR'S DAY OR YOU'LL WASH SOMEONE OUT
OF THE FAMILY. / THIS MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1974
DREAMS OF CHILDREN
IF YOU DREAM OF A YOUNG CHILD, SOMEONE YOU KNOW WILL DIE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-13-1975
DEATH
IF A HUSBAND DIES, THE WIFE MUST WEAR BLACK OR SHE WILL DIE TOO.
Submitter comment: HE CONSIDERS THIS A MALTESE BELIEF.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 03-21-1975
PAPERCATS
IN MEXICO, IF YOU ARE DYING, YOU MAKE A 1000 PAPER CATS. IF YOU
MAKE A 1000, (THOUSAND) YOU WILL LIVE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
James Callow Keyword(s): CAT ; THOUSAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
IF IT RAINED WHEN A PERSON DIED, IT MEANT THAT THE ANGELS WERE
CRYING FOR HIM AND HE WENT TO HEAVEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT WHEN HE WAS 10 YEARS OLD, BY HIS
PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE FARMS
James Callow Keyword(s): TEARS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
OWL
IF AN OWL SITS ON YOUR HOUSE AND HOOTS, IT MEANS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
NEVER BOUNCE A BALL IN THE HOUSE. EACH TIME YOU DO A CHICKEN DIES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT SHE ORIGINALLY HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHEN
SHE WAS A CHILD. IN ROMANIA, CHILDREN WILL NEVER BOUNCE A BALL IN
THE HOUSE FOR FEAR THEY WILL KILL THEIR PRIZE CHICKEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
BANSHEE
IRISH: WHENEVER A BANSHEE (DEVIL) APPEARED THIS BECAME AN OMEN OF A
DEATH OF A FRIEND OR RELATIVE. THE BANSHEE IS USUALLY A BEAUTIFUL 6 INCH WOMAN.
James Callow comment: BANSHEES ARE NOT USUALLY EQUALLED WITH DEVILS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.4 BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MORAL PROVERB
CRYING AS IF THEIR MOTHER HAD DIED.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
DEAD AS A DOORNAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): DEATH ; OBSERVATION ; THREATS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
A DEAD PERSON HELD OVER SUNDAY, ANOTHER FUNERAL SOON.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHILE LIVING IN NORTH DAKOTA IN THE
1930'S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
Proverb
DEATH IS NATURE'S WAY OF TELLING YOU TO SLOW DOWN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMAN'T CANT REMEMBER WHO TOLD HER THIS.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DEATH ; Maxim ; NATURE ; PROVERB ; Slow ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
DEATHS COME IN THREES; DEPARTURES FROM THE JESUIT ORDER COME IN
THREES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |