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SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT EVERY TIME A SHOOTING STAR FLASHES
ACROSS THE SKY, A CHILD HAS BEEN BORN TO REPLACE SOMEONE WHO HAS
DIED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE THE STATEMENT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Comet BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
IF IT RAINS, THE DEAD ARE HAPPY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
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 THE INFORMANT WHEN HE WAS TEN YEARS OLD BY
HIS PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Date learned: 10-03-1971
CAVE LEGEND.
HE WHO SLEEPS IN THE CAVE OF PUNKO WILL DIE. (FROM HAWAII)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Formation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
THORNBERRY BUSH BELIEF
IN IRELAND, NO ONE SHOULD EVER DIG UP A THORNBERRY BUSH.
OTHERWISE HE WILL HAVE A TRAGIC DEATH.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
LILY BELIEF
THE LILY IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
TREE BELIEF
IF YOU CUT DOWN A TREE, A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
CEMETERY BELIEF
IT WAS BELIEVED THAT AFTER EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT THE DEAD
WOULD WALK
EROUND MT. ELIOT CEMETERY IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Eighths / Eight BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
LAKE SUPERIOR BELIEF
LAKE SUPERIOR IS KNOWN AS THE LAKE THAT DOES NOT GIVE UP ITS
DEAD. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT BECAUSE THE LAKE IS SO COLD,
THE BODIES DON'T DECOMPOSE AND RISE TO THE SURFACE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Dead ; Decompose ; Lake ; Lake Superior ; Nickname ; Origin ; TEMPERATURE ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Still water Small body. BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SHAKER LAKE BELIEF
MANY PEOPLE HAVE DROWNED IN SHAKER LAKE AROUND CLEVELAND, OHIO.
BECAUSE OF THIS, NO ONE WILL SWIM THERE, BECAUSE IT IS BELIEVED
THAT ANYONE WHO DOES WILL DROWN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Cleveland ; Drown ; Lake ; OHIO ; Shaker Lake ; SUPERSTITION ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Still water Small body. BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
BOTTOMLESS LAKE BELIEF
WHEN ON VACATION AT HOUGHTON LAKE, MY FATHER TOLD ME THAT
THERE WAS A LAKE NEARBY WHICH HAD BEEN SOUNDED BUT BOTTOM WAS NEVER
FOUND. (PROBABLY HIGGINS LAKE.)
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS PROBABLY HIGGINS LAKE, WHICH IS 135 DEEP.
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS GEODETIC SURVEY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HOUGHTON LAKE
Keyword(s): Bottomless Lake ; Higgins Lake ; Houghton Lake ; Lake ; Legend
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Still water Small body. BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
SUPERSTITION
NEVER WAKE A SLEEPWALKER OR HE WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
DEATH BELIEF
IF SOMEONE LEAVES, DO NOT SHUT THE GATE RIGHT AFTER HIM
OR HE WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
EVERY TIME A SCORPIO IS BORN, A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY HAS DIED THE
YEAR BEFORE, AND EVERY TIME ONE DIES, THERE WILL BE A BIRTH IN THAT
FAMILY WITHIN THE YEAR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): ASTROLOGICAL SIGN FOR PERSONS BORN 10-24--11-22
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
PREGNANCY BELIEF
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULD NOT ATTEND A FUNERAL BECAUSE THE
CHILD WILL BE BORN BLIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
BIRTH BELIEF
IT IS A RUSSIAN BELIEF THAT YOU SHOULD CRY AT BIRTH, SINCE
THE BORN IS ENTERING THIS HELL WHILE YOU SHOULD REJOICE
AT DEATH SINCE THE DECEASED IS HEADING FOR A BETTER LIFE.
Where learned: NEW JERSEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001950S
WHEN A BELOVED ONE PASSES AWAY, IT IS SAID HE RETURNS TO TAKE
HIS LOVED ONE WITH HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-12-1971
GHOST BELIEF
THE REASON FOR GHOSTS IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE DIE A VIOLENT DEATH
THEY DO
NOT KNOW THAT THEY HAVE DIED, SO THEY GO ABOUT DOING ALL THE
THINGS THEY DID WHEN ALIVE. THE ONLY WAY TO PUT THEM TO REST, IS
TO TELL A GHOST THAT IT IS DEAD.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-26-1970
DEATH MEETING
JUST BEFORE A PERSON DIES, HE MEETS HIS OWN GHOST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-21-1968
HAPPY SPIRIT
THE RUSSIANS BELIEVE THAT WHEN SOMEONE DIES, THEIR
SPIRIT WILL COME BACK AND LET THE FAMILY KNOW THEY ARE HAPPY.
THEY WILL RAP TWICE ON THE FAMILY'S DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 01-00-1968