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WHEN I WAS A CHILD, MY MOTHER USED TO TELL MY SISTERS
AND ME THAT THE BLESSED MOTHER WOULD CRY IF SHE HEARD
LITTLE GIRLS SINGING AT THE DINNER TABLE OR WHISTLING
AT ANY TIME.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; TABLE MANNERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 00001950S
TO WARD OFF THE EVIL EYE, WE SPIT THREE TIMES AND SAY
SKARTHO WHICH MEANS GARLIC IN GREEK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Curse SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
DURING THE GREEK BAPTISMAL RITES, EXORCISM IS PERFORMED
BY SPITTING ON THE DEVIL THREE TIMES AND ASKING THE CHILD
THROUGH THE GODPARENTS: DO YOU RECEIVE THE LORD? THIS
IS ASKED THREE TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
SOME PEOPLE ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE EVIL EYES; IF SUCH A PERSON GIVES
YOU A COMPLIMENT, YOU'D BETTER KNOCK ON WOOD OR HAVE SOMEONE PINCH
YOU SO BAD LUCK WILL NOT COME UPON YOU.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Conversions SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
YOU SHOULD TURN YOUR TONGUE SEVEN TIMES IN YOUR MOUTH BEFORE
TALKING FOR YOU NOT TO SAY STUPIDITIES.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
SPINNING A CHAIR ON ONE LEG BRINGS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
IF SOMEONE IS GIVING YOU MONEY OR GIVING YOU BACK SOME CHANGE, DO
NOT LET HIM COUNT THE MONEY IN YOUR HAND; THIS WILL BRING YOU
MISFORTUNE.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
IF SOMEONE HAS HICCUPS, IT IS SAID THAT HE HAS STOLEN SOMETHING.
IF HE IS EATING, THIS MEANS THAT THERE IS SOMEONE HUNGRY AROUND
HIM.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
WHOSOEVER WANTS TO READ THE SEVEN BOOKS OF MOSES SHOULD BE VERY
GOOD AT READING, BECAUSE IF SUCH A PERSON SHOULD MISPRONOUNCE ANY
WORD THERE, HE WILL TURN MAD.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Magic Book |
Date learned: 02-00-1984
WHEN TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE FRIENDS ARE WALKING SIDE BY SIDE ON THE
ROAD IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO PASS BETWEEN THEM.
IF ANOTHER FELLOW PASSES BETWEEN THEM, THE COMMONSENSE OF THE TWO
FRIENDS WILL MOVE IN TO THE HEAD OF THE PERSON THAT PASSES
WHILE THE TWO FRIENDS WILL BECOME IDIOTS.
Where learned: NIGERIA ; KADUNA
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; TRANSFER
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF SOMEONE SWEEPS YOUR FEET WITH A BROOM, YOU HAVE TO
GRAB THE BROOM AND SPIT ON IT OR BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping BELIEF -- Conversions Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 01111984CA
ONE NIGHT WHILE SETTING IN MY BEDROOM WATCHING TV, WITH MY TWO YEAR
OLD DAUGHTER THE FRONT DOOR OPENED AND WHOEVER CAME IN SLAMMED
DOOR REALLY HARD.THINKING IT WAS MY HUSBAND I CONTINUED WATCHING ,
TV.A FEW MINUTES LATER I HEARD HIM SAY EBBIE (MY DAUGHTER'S NAME)
COME TO DADDY. AS SOON AS SHE HEARD HIS VOICE SHE TOOK OFF RUNNING,
SHE CALLED OUT...DADDY,DADDY BUT NO ONE ANSWERED. I GOT ANGRY
BECAUSE HE DID NOT ANSWER AND CALLED OUT TO HIM MYSELF.
STILL NO REPLY.
MY DAUGHTER CAME BACK UPSTAIRS LOOKING VERY STRANGE. SO I DECIDED
I WOULD GO DOWNSTAIRS TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT NO ONE WAS
THERE, NO CAR IN THE DRIVE, NOTHING.ABOUT 10 P.M MY HUSBAND CAME IN
AND I ASKED HIM WHY DID HE CALL EBONI AND THEN NOT ANSWER HER, HE,
REPLIED "I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME TODAY, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE
BEEN HERE."SO IF HE WAS NOT THE ONE WHO CALLED MY DAUGHTER THEN WHO
DID? IT STILL REMAINS A MYSTERY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 06-00-1978
IF YOU WALK OUT OF YOUR HOUSE AND HAVE TO TURN AROUND IN YOUR
TRACKS, YOU SHOULD TURN AROUND SIX TIMES BEFORE YOU GO BACK INTO
THE HOUSE.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 04091984CA
KNOCK-KNOCK ROAD
IN EAST DETROIT THERE IS A ROAD JUST NORTH OF EIGHT MILE WHERE A
YOUNG GIRL WAS KILLED IN A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT. AFTERWARDS IT WAS
BELIEVED THAT IF YOU DROVE DOWN THIS ROAD HER GHOST WOULD KNOCK ON
THE CAR. THERE ACTUALLY WAS A KNOCKING SOUND WHENEVER ANYONE DROVE
DOWN THAT ROAD BUT I THINK IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT THIS WAS
CAUSED BY A WASHED OUT SPOT UNDER THE PAVEMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
MY COUSIN RONNIE INVENTED A TYPE OF MICROWAVE WHEN HE WAS A KID.
WE USED TO PUT OUR HANDS IN IT AND THEN RUN THEM ALONG FLOURESCENT
LIGHTS AND WATCH THE LIGHTS LIGHT UP. HE TRIED TO PATENT IT BUT IT
HAD ALREADY BEEN PATENTED BY SOMEONE ELSE. COUSIN RONNIE IS A
CERTIFIED GENIUS AND HIS SPECIALTY IS ELECTRONICS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-00-1984
IF YOU ARE MOVING, NEVER TAKE YOUR BROOM
WITH YOU, IT WILL BRING ALONG DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
SNEEZING (CHINESE BELIEF)
"THE CHINESE BELIEVE THAT WHEN THEY SNEEZE IT'S AS SIGN THAT
SOMEONE THEY LOVE IS THINKING OF THEM."
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THAT WHENEVER SHE SNEEZED HER MOTHER WAS THINK-
ING OF HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Date learned: 04-00-1984
BELIEF ABOUT CUTTING FINGERNAILS
"YOU SHOULD NOT CUT YOUR FINGER NAILS AT NIGHT OR YOU'LL CUT
THE LIFE OF A RELATIVE SHORT."
Submitter comment:
IN OLD TIMES, THE CHINESE USED A KNIFE TO CUT THEIR FINGER
NAILS AND BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE LIGHT THEY MIGHT LOSE A
FINGER IF THEY'RE NOT CAREFUL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 04-00-1984
IF YOUR EAR ITCHES, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Submitter comment:
THIS FOLK BELIEF WAS COMMUNICATED TO BRIAN BY HIS MOTHER
WHEN BRIAN WAS A CHILD LIVING IN RURAL OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching ear |
Date learned: 10-22-1984 ; 00001960S
AT ONE TIME IN A CEMETERY ON U.S. ROUTE 22 NEAR RUSHVILLE,
OHIO, THERE WAS A STRANGE GRAVESTONE MARKER. THE PERSON BURIED
THERE HAD SUPPOSEDLY KILLED HIS WIFE, THOUGH NO ONE COULD PROVE
IT. THIS WIFE HAD A FAVORITE HORSE THAT SHE ALWAYS RODE, AND
HE WAS TAKING THE HORSE AWAY TO SELL IT. AS HE WAS LEADING
THE HORSE OUT OF THE BARN, THE HORSE WENT WILD AND KICKED
THE MAN IN THE HEAD AND KILLED HIM. WHEN THE MAN WAS BURIED,
HIS GRAVESTONE A FEW YEARS LATER HAD A GLOWING HORSESHOE ON
IT AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE GLOWING HORSESHOE CAUSED A GREAT
DEAL OF COMMOTION, AND FINALLY THE SURVIVORS HAD THE GRAVESTONE
REMOVED SO THAT THE MAN COULD REST IN PEACE.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY WAS PASSED TO BRIAN AS A CHILD GROWING UP IN RURAL
OHIO NOT FAR FROM RUSHVILLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-02-1984 ; 00001960S