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BODY PART BELIEF
STEP ON A LINE YOU WILL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S SPINE.
Submitter comment: SAID WHILE WALKING ON CEMENT SIDEWALKS TO SCHOOL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Date learned: 00-00-1967
COLD HANDS, WARM HEART
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): AFFECTION ; ALLITERATION FOR CONTRAST ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; LOVE ; METONYMY ; TENDERNESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001950S
TO BLEACH YOUR HAIR BOIL APPLES AND USE THE EXTRACT.
A FRIEND USED TO DO THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: CA00001955
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN EATS A PART OF A COOKED OR FRIED CHICKEN, THE
PART THAT WAS EATEN BY THE WOMAN WILL BE MISSING FROM THE CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAWKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
"MAL OJO"- EVIL EYE.
LEGEND HAS IT THAT ANYONE CAN CAUSE THE EVIL EYE BY DESIRING OR
WISHING SOMTHING ON A PERSON. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS STARE AT THE
PERSON AND THE PERSON BECOMES ILL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR YOU TO COMB YOUR HAIR AND FLUSH IT DOWN THE TOILET
BECAUSE YOUR MIND WILL START TO FLOAT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
IF YOUR EARS BURN IT MEANS SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-14-1980
IF YOUR FEET ITCH, IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO A STRANGE PLACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions |
Date learned: 11-14-1980
IN DETERMINING THE SEX OF A CHILD, THE GREEKS SPRINKLE SALT ON THE
BACK OF A WOMAN'S HEAD, IF SHE SCRATCHES THE LEFT SIDE, THEN SHE
WILL HAVE A GIRL. IF SHE SCRATCHES THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER HEAD,
THEN SHE WILL HAVE A BOY.
Submitter comment: I WAS ENTHRALLED BY THIS TECHNIQUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
IF THE GIRL GAINS WEIGHT ONLY IN HER BELLY, SHE WILL HAVE A BOY.
Submitter comment: THIS SAYING PREDICTS THE BIRTH OF A BOY. I,M NOT SURE WHY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 00-00-1980 ; 00-00-1950
IF THE GIRL GAINS MORE WEIGHT IN HER HIPS, LEGS, AND BUTTOCKS
SHE WILL HAVE A GIRL.
Submitter comment: I DON,T KNOW THE REASON FOR THIS SAYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 00-00-1980 ; 00-00-1950
USING BUTTER TO FREE GUM FROM ONE OF HER PLAYFUL GRANDCHILDREN'S HAIR
WAS ONE OF THE FOLK REMEDIES I REMEMBER FROM MY CHILDHOOD.
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBER THIS FOLK REMEDY BECAUSE MY GRANDMOTHER ADMINISTERED IT
ON ME QUITE A FEW TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
CUSTOM CONCERNING LOST TEETH
WHEN YOU LOSE A TOOTH, YOU PUT IT UNDER YOUR PILLOW.
THE FAIRY TAKES IT AWAY AND LEAVES A PRESENT FOR
YOU.
Submitter comment: SHE FOLLOWS THIS CUSTOM IN HER FAMILY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Daily Life BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 02-08-1967
BIRTH
ON THE NINTH DAY AFTER A BABY WAS BORN, THE MOTHER
HAD TO LIE PERFECTLY STILL. THEY WOULDN'T EVEN LET
HER HAVE A PILLOW UNDER HER HEAD. BECAUSE THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE THE DAY WHEN ALL HER FEMALE ORGANS
GO BACK INTO PLACE. BUT NOT (NOW) THEY GET A
MOTHER UP RIGHT AWAY!
Submitter comment:
LEARNED THIS AT HOME IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO, BUT
DOESN'T BELIEVE IN IT TODAY.
Where learned: SOUTHFIELD DOWNS TRAILER CAMP
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
IF YOU LOOKED AT A CORPSE WHILE PREGNANT, THE CHILD
WOULD BE MARKED.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER HUSBAND'S PARENTS, BUT NOT BELIEVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-10-1967
EYES REVEAL THEIR OWNER'S THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS.
Submitter comment: FROM PAST FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-10-1967
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
SUPERSTITION ABOUT NUNS
WHEN A CHILD WALKS PAST A NUN, HE COULD NOT SHOW
HIS TEETH BECAUSE THEY WOULD FALL OUT.
Submitter comment:
SHE COULD NOT RECALL WHO TAUGHT HER THIS, BUT SAID
THAT SHE WAS A LITTLE ASHAMED OF IT. SHE SAID, "I
THINK THE WORLD OF THEM NOW."
Data entry tech comment: SEE OTHER ITEMS FROM JEAN FRIEDMAN--I BELIEVE SHE IS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- P439 BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-00-1965
IF YOUR RIGHT EAR RINGS, SOMEONE IS SAYING SOMETHING
NICE ABOUT YOU; IF YOUR LEFT EAR RINGS, SOMEONE IS
SAYING SOMETHING BAD ABOUT YOU.
Submitter comment: MRS. D. LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-22-1963