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IF YOU OPEN A CUPBOARD AND A GLASS OR CUP FALLS OUT FOR NO APPARENT
REASON, IF IT WAS NOT SITTING ON AN EDGE BUT IT WAS IN THE CUPBOARD
CORRECTLY, IT MEANS A DEATH WILL OCCUR.
Submitter comment:
THE WOMAN I LEARNED THIS FROM LEARNED IT FROM A FRIEND WHO FIRMLY
BELIEVES THIS IS TRUE BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-11-1977
BEFORE THE WEDDING CEREMONY THE BRIDE IS NOT TO SEE THE GROOM
BECAUSE IF SHE DOES EITHER OF THEM MIGHT DIE.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE ALWAYS HEARD THAT THE BRIDE SHOULD NOT BE SEEN BY THE GROOM,
BUT I NEVER KNEW IT TO BE FOR THIS REASON.
THIS IS A FILIPINO BELIEF.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CA00001965
IF YOU PRETEND AS THOUGH YOU ARE CRYING TO ATTRACT ATTENTION, YOUR
MOTHER WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A FILIPINO BELIEF.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-21-1977
JEWISH BELIEF
WHEN YOU COME BACK HOME FROM A CEMETERY, YOU MUST WASH YOUR HANDS
BEFORE ENTERING THE HOUSE SO THAT YOU SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-20-1977
CHEWING GUM IN CHURCH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING AND IN CHURCH IF YOU CHEW GUM IT
WOULD BE LIKE CHEWING A CADAVER
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WOULD TELL HER CHILDREN THIS TO KEEP THEM FROM CHEWING
IN CHURCH FUNCTION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
DEATH
IF A DOG HOWLS AT NIGHT YOU SHOULD TURN YOUR SHOES UPSIDE DOWN.
OTHERWISE SOMEONE ON THE STREET WILL DIE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
SUPERSTITION OF FOOD
SNEEZING WITH FOOD IN YOUR MOUTH A SIGN OF BAD LUCK. IF THIS
HAPPENED QUICKLY TAKE FOOD OUT OF YOUR MOUTH AND THROW IT AWAY.
Submitter comment:
THIS SUPERSTITION OF FOOD WAS PASSED DOWN FROM MY GRANDMOTHER'S
FAMILY. THE REASON THIS CAME ABOUT WAS BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO DEATHS
IN THE FAMILY WHICH COULD NOT BE EXPLAINED. I MYSELF DO
NOT BELIEVE IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.21 BELIEF -- Conversions |
LOOKING AT A DOG ROLLING ON ITS BACK IS A SIGN OF BAD LUCK. ITS
MEANING IS DEATH. SOMEONE YOU KNOW OR MAY HAVE HEARD OF WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: A BELIEF PASSED DOWN IN THE PITTS FAMILY. STARTED DATE EARLY 1920'S
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.31 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.41 |
Date learned: 10-02-1977
TO DREAM THAT YOU SHAKE A DEAD PERSON'S HAND, DENOTES THAT YOU WILL
SOON JOIN THAT PERSON IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
Submitter comment:
THIS OLD PREDICTION WAS HANDED DOWN FROM MY LATE GRANDMOTHER'S
FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination 841 Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick SPEECH -- Gesture |
POLISH SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOU GO TO A WAKE, YOU SHOULD TOUCH THE HAND OF THE
DECEASED TO PREVENT HIM FROM HAUNTING YOU IN YOUR DREAMS.
Submitter comment:
TOUCHING SOMEONE MAY ALSO BE A WAY OF BIDDING FAREWELL.
THUS, IF YOU BID THE DECEASED FAREWELL, HE WILL KNOW HE IS
NOT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THE INFORMANT BELIEVES AND
PRACTICES THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 841 Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-10-1977
SUPERSTITION
WHEN A DOG HOWLS DOWN FOR NO REASON, SOMEONE WILL DIE.
Submitter comment:
HOWLING DOWN MEANS THE DOG'S MUZZLE IS TURNED DOWNWARD. WHEN A DOG HOWLS UP FOR NO REASON, THERE WILL BE A FIRE.
HOWLING UP MEANS THE DOG'S MUZZLE IS TURNED UPWARDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-07-1977
SUPERSTITION
WHEN A BIRD PECKS ON A WINDOW, SOMEONE IN THAT HOUSE WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-02-1977
DEATH CUSTOMS
ORIENTAL CUSTOMS OF NOT CRYING AT A DEATH, MEANS THAT THEY FEEL
THAT THE TEARS KEEP THE SOUL IN THE BODY.
Submitter comment:
I FEEL THAT THIS IS NOT TRUE, BECAUSE PEORLE WHO DO NOT CRY MANY
TIMES ARE WORSE OFF THAN THOSE WHO DO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
COFFIN ONSTAGE.
IF THERE IS A COFFIN ONSTAGE, SOMEONE CLOSE TO THE ACTOR WILL
DIE. THIS HAPPENED TO ME BECAUSE I HAD TWO FRIENDS WHO
DIED ON THEIR WAY TO THE THEATER WHERE I WAS OPENING IN
DRACULA.
Submitter comment: MISS BRINKLEY ASSURED ME THAT THIS REALLY DID HAPPEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
MACBETH
THERE IS A CURSE ON THIS PLAY AND I HAVE SEEN IT WORK. DURING
REHEARSALS FOR ONE PLAY, SOMEONE SAID A LINE FROM THE PLAY, AND
THE DIRECTOR STOPPED REHEARSALS AND TOLD THE GUILTY PERSON
TO GO OUT INTO THE HALL, TURN AROUND THREE TIMES, AND KNOCK
ON THE THEATER DOOR AND BE LET IN. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO LIFT
THE CURSE. ANOTHER TIME, I WAS IN ANOTHER PLAY AND THE SAME
THING HAPPENED, BUT THIS TIME, WHEN THE PERSON WAS ASKED TO
LEAVE, HE WOULDN'T GO. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE SAFETY PIN
HOLDING HIS COSTUME TOGETHER POPPED OPEN AND PIERCED HIS HAND.
Submitter comment:
DURING A PLAY I WAS IN AT MARYGROVE, I SAW THIS CURSE WORK.
THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THE LEAD STARTED TO
HYPERVENTILATE AND NEARLY PASSED OUT. THE SECOND THING WAS
THAT THINGS STARTED TO FALL DOWN BACKSTAGE WHEN NO ONE WAS NEAR
THEM. THE SECOND LEAD NEARLY SEVERED HIS THUMB WHILE CUTTING
BREAD, AND A LITTLE BOY WAS HURT WHEN A HEAVY MIRROR FELL AND
HIT HIM ON THE HEAD.
MARYGROVE COLLEGE IS IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
GHOST STORY
MY SISTER HELEN WAS ILL AND I WAS LIVING IN ANOTHER TOWN. I HAD
A DOG THEN AND ONE NIGHT THIS DOG STARTED HOWLING AND I COULDN'T
GET HIM TO SHUT UP. IT HOWLED ALL NIGHT, AND THE NEXT MORNING,
I GOT A CALL FROM SOMEONE WHO TOLD ME THAT MY SISTER HAD DIED.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY IS TRUE AND MY GRANDMOTHER STILL REMEMBERS HOW SHE
FELT WHEN IT HAPPENED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
DEATH CUSTOMS
MYGRANDFATHER GOT RED HOT PEPPERS FROM THE GARDEN. HE LET THEM DRY
OUT AND HANG THEM IN THE WINDOW TO KEEP AWAY EVIL. HE DID THIS ONLY
AFTER SOMEONE EVIL DIED. HE BELIEVED THAT THEIR SPIRIT WOULD RETURN,
KNOWING THAT THEY WERE EVIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
DREAM
IF YOU DREAM ABOUT A BABY, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE. THIS HAS BEEN
PROVEN TRUE IN MY FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about babies |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
DEATH CUSTOM
IF A WHITE DOVE FLEW DOWN YOUR CHIMMEY, THAT WAS A SIGN THAT SOMEBODY
WAS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
BURIAL BELIEF
IF YOU TAKE A PICTURE OF SOMEONE'S GRAVE ON THE ANNIVERSARY
OF THEIR DEATH YOU WILL GET AN IMAGE OF THE PERSON'S FACE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1979