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SPIRIT MEDIUMS
THIS IS A BELIEF IN INDIA. MEDIUMS, PEOPLE WHO CAN CONTACT DEAD
SOULS, CAN CAUSE TROUBLE BY PULLING THEM INTO ACTIVITY.
IF A MEDIUM CALLS A SPIRIT, HE CAN CAPTURE THE SOUL OF A MAN
JUST DIED. THE SPIRIT OF THE NEWLY DEAD CAN BE FORCED OUT
BY THE MEDIUM. IT IS DANGEROUS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | 820 BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
STORM PROTECTION
IT IS A BELIEF OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE
UNITED STATES THAT WHEN THERE IS A VIOLENT ELECTRICAL STORM
THE SAFEST PLACE IN THE HOME IS UNDER A BED COVERED COMPLETELY
WITH A DOWN STUFFED QUILT. THIS IS BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT IF THE
HOUSE IS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PENETRATE
THIS QUILT.
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL PRODUCT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
Whip-poor-wills
In an area where whip-poor-wills live, they will gather around the house of a dying person in order to catch his soul. If he escapes them, they will slowly fall silent, but if they catch him they will all burst into song at once and will not grow quiet before morning. What they do with the captured soul is open to conjecture.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
Birds flying into a house mean death.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |