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EATING CARROTS WILL ENSURE GOOD EYESIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
IF YOU TAKE FLOWERS FROM A GRAVE, THEY WILL NEVER GROW.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER (1920S) WHO
BELIEVED IT, BUT INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE IT NOW.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001920S ; 10-02-1971
BUTTERCUPS TELL
TODAY, WHEN RUTH AND I WERE REMINISCING ABOUT CHILDHOOD DAYS,
SHE TOLD ME OF A SPRINGTIME PRACTICE TYPICAL OF THE
PERSONS OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN THE BUTTERCUPS BLOSSOM
ALONG THE SWAMPS, CHILDREN WOULD PICK THEM AND PRESENT
THE BOUQUETS TO THEIR MOTHERS. THE MOTHER WOULD TAKE A
FLOWER OUT OF THE NOSEGAY AND TICKLE THE UNDERSIDE OF THE
GIVER'S CHIN WITH A BUTTERCUP. IF SOME OF THE YELLOW
SHOULD RUB OFF, THEN THAT WAS A SIGN THAT THE CHILD
LIKED BUTTER. SHE SAID THAT ONCE WHEN THE BUTTERCUPS
TOLD OF HER LIKING BUTTER, HER MOTHER SENT HER OFF TO
PLAY WITH A THANK YOU FOR THE NOSEGAY AND A PIECE OF TOAST
DRIPPING WITH MELTED BUTTER.
Where learned: HIGHLAND PARK ; ILLINOIS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Use of Object |
IF YOU EAT A LOT OF CARROTS YOU WILL HAVE CURLY
HAIR.
Submitter comment: SOURCE: FRIEND
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AS YOU BREAK THE POD OF THE MILKWEED AND IT FLIES
UP IN THE AIR, MAKE A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
EAT CARROTS FOR GOOD EYES; EAT FISH FOR BRAINS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I USED TO THINK THAT IF YOU SHOULD
ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOW A FRUIT PIT, THAT KIND OF TREE
WOULD GROW OUT OF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU PUT A YELLOW FLOWER UNDER YOUR CHIN AND
THE YELLOW MARK STAYS THERE AFTER YOU TAKE AWAY
THE FLOWER, YOU ARE JEALOUS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
IF A PERSON HOLDS A YELLOW DANDELION FLOWER UNDER HIS
CHIN AND HIS CHIN GLOWS YELLOW, THEN THAT PERSON
LIKES BUTTER.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; LE ROY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
THE LOTUS IS A SACRED PLANT. WE (JAPANESE)
BELIEVE THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
THE GREEKS HAVE A VERY STRONG BELIEF IN THE EVIL
EYE, WHICH THEY CALL TO MATI. IF A GREEK PERSON
THINKS YOU ARE PUTTING THE EYE ON THEM, THEY WILL
SAY "SKORTHA STA MATIA SU" MEANING "GARLIC
IN YOUR EYES."
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-24-1969
TO GIVE A GIRL YELLOW VIOLETS IS TO SIGNIFY THAT
YOU LOVE HER.
Submitter comment: GIFT-GIVING
Where learned: SCHOOL APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 10-19-1969
PUT A DANDELION UNDER YOUR CHIN AND IF YOUR CHIN
TURNS YELLOW, IT MEANS EITHER THAT YOU LIKE
BUTTER OR YOU'RE IN LOVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Chin BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
BELIEF
GROW MINT OR TOMATOES BY CABBAGE TO KEEP WORMS AWAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
GROW ONIONS BY POTATOES TO KEEP BUGS AWAY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
BELIEF
SET GARLIC AROUND PEACH TREES TO STOP BUGS AND WORMS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
CRANBERRIES ARE POISONOUS.
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001960 CA.
THE FLOWER OF A DOGWOOD TREE IS SUPPOSED TO SYMBOLIZE THE CROSS
ON WHICH CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED, AND THE BROWNISH MARKS ON THE
ENDS OF THE PETALS REPRESENT, ACCORDING TO ONE LEGEND, THE
BLOOD OF CHRIST, AND ACCORDING TO ANOTHER, THEY REPRESENT
THE RUST FROM THE NAILS WHICH HELD HIM TO THE CROSS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): EASTER EASTERTIDE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Plant Life BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WEATHER SIGN
WHEN SHUCKS ON CORN GROW VERY THICK, IT MEANS THERE WILL
BE A BAD WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter |
Date learned: 02-19-1972