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IF YOU SMELL ROSES WHEN THERE ARE NO ROSES NEAR,
YOU WILL SOON HEAR OF SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU DYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
WHEN THE BANSHEE CRY, IT'S A SIGN THAT THERE WILL BE
A DEATH IN FAMILY OR NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: IRELAND ; BELFAST
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BANSHEE SQUEALS, THERE'S BEEN A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment:
SYLVIA HEARD THIS ON THE "TONIGHT SHOW" ONE EVENING
WHEN MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN WAS ON. (AN ACTRESS).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
IF DURING THE NIGHT YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF A BANSHEE'S
WAIL, YOU KNOW THAT BY MORNING A MAN WILL BE DEAD.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO ME BY MY IRISH ROOMMATE LAST YEAR
WHILE I WAS STUDYING AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN.
(IRELAND). SHE BELIEVED IN THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU HEAR BELLS, SOMEONE'S TALKING ABOUT YOU.
IF YOUR WRITING SLANTS FORWARD BACKWARD, IT
MEANS THAT YOU ARE AN INTROVERT.
IF YOUR WRITING SLANTS FORWARD, IT
MEANS THAT YOU ARE AN EXTROVERT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-23-1968
IF YOU HEAR KNOCKS AT THE DOOR AND WHEN YOU GO TO ANSWER
THERE'S NO ONE THERE, IT'S A SIGN OF A PENDING DEATH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THESE KNOCKS OCCURRED ON THE
NIGHT HER HUSBAND DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
WHEN MRS. SOSNOWSKI WAS 12 (ABOUT 1930) IN PENNSYLVANIA
SHE AND HER MOTHER WERE IN THE LIVINGROOM OF HER HOUSE.
HER MOTHER WAS ROCKING HER LITTLE BROTHER TO SLEEP.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY HEARD THREE LOUD KNOCKS.
WHEN THEY WENT TO THE DOOR, NO ONE WAS THERE. ABOUT
15 MINUTES LATER A MRS. ROMIKOFF, ONE OF THE NEARBY
NEIGHBORS RAN OVER TO THEIR HOUSE FOR HELP, BECAUSE
HER BABY WAS VERY SICK. WHEN THE TWO LADIES GOT
THERE, THE BABY WAS DEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BELIEF TALE
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THERE'S A KNOCK ON THE WALL, THERE WILL BE A DEATH.
Submitter comment:
SYLVIA LEARNED THIS FROM HER SISTER, WHO HAD IN TURN,
LEARNED IT AT THE NURSES' LOUNGE AT BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
IN ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
IF YOU HEAR A KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR AND YOU GO TO
ANSWER IT BUT NOBODY IS THERE, THIS MEANS DEATH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS CUSTOM IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
A FRIEND OF MINE WAS KILLED IN VIETNAM, HIS FATHER HEARD
A SHOT IN HIS SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE THEY RECEIVED
THE TELEGRAM AND HE KNEW HIS SON HAD BEEN KILLED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
AQUARIUS
IT IS THE 11TH CONSTELLATION OR SIGN OF THE ZODIAC.
IT SUPPOSEDLY STANDS FOR COLD, RAINSTORMS, FLOODS AND
DARKNESS. IT SEEMS TO BE THOUGHT OF TO BE THE
SOURCE OF ALL THE RIVERS OF THE EARTH.
Submitter comment:
I AM INTERESTED IN THIS SUBJECT AND I REMEMBER READING
THIS SOMEWHERE.
Where learned: READING ASTROLOGY
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
I REALLY DIG ASTROLOGY AND PLAY SOMEWHAT OF A GAME IN
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A PERSON'S SIGN. MY SIGN IS
PISCES, THE FISH. IT IS A WATER SIGN, WHICH IS
CHARACTERIZED BY A FLOWING, SOMEWHAT MYSTICAL SIGN.
WE ARE HIGHLY EMOTIONAL AND IDEALISTIC. USUALLY, THE
LIFE OF THE PARTY, WITH A BUBBLY SENSE OF HUMOR. WE ARE
TOO EMOTIONAL FOR OUR OWN GOOD AT TIMES, AND SOME OF
OUR FAULTS ARE THAT WE ARE INDECISIVE, TOO OFTEN
SWAYED, HIGHLY POSSESSIVE. I HAVE AN ASCENDENT
SIGN IN LEO, WHICH IS A FIRE SIGN, A MAGNETIC PERSON-
ALITY, VERY KIND AND GENEROUS, STRONG, USUALLY MAKE
A GOOD LEADER. THEY ARE PRONE TO EXCESS PRIDE, AND
LIKE PEOPLE TO BOW AT THEIR FEET TO A DEGREE. I
HAVE A MOON IN AQUARIUS, WHICH (IS) THE HUMANITARIAN
SIGN, LIKE TO GIVE GOOD ADVICE AND SAVE OTHERS FROM
DRASTIC WAYS OF THINKING.
THESE ARE THREE MAIN ITEMS WHICH MAKE YOUR PERSON,
SUN SIGN-SHAPES YOUR INDIVIDUALITY. ASCENDENT
SIGN-SHAPES THE FIRST IMPRESSION YOU GIVE TO
ANOTHER PERSON, MODIFIES SUN SIGN, PHYSICAL APPEAR-
ANCE. MOON SIGN-IS WHAT YOUR CHARACTER IS REALLY
LIKE, PERSONALITY. THERE ARE ALSO 12 HOUSES,
TAKING IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE, WHICH ARE CAST IN
DIFFERENT SIGNS. IT SHAPES YOUR OUTLOOK ON THINGS
AND CAN CALCULATE WHAT KIND OF LUCK YOU WILL POSSIBLY
HAVE IN THE FUTURE. THERE IS ALSO A RULING GOD AND
PLANET TO EACH OF THE 12 SIGNS. MY RULING PLANET IS
REPTUNE, AND MY GOD IS POSIEDON, GOD OF THE
WATER AND SEA.
MY BEST MARRIAGE SIGNS ARE 1. CANCER AND SCORPIAN,
MY OTHER TWO WATER SIGNS. 2. TAURUS, AN EARTH SIGN.
3. GEMINI, AN AIR SIGN. 4. SAGITTARIUS, A FIRE
SIGN.
MY CO-RULER IS JUPITER, THE GOD OF HAPPINESS.
Where learned: MIND
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BUBBLES IN COFFEE WILL BRING MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee |
Date learned: 03-18-1968
IF THE BUBBLES ON TOP OF YOUR COFFEE CLUSTER IN THE
MIDDLE YOU WILL RECEIVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
THE BUBBLES ON THE SURFACE OF A CUP OF TEA FORETELL
HOW MUCH MONEY ONE WILL RECEIVE IN A BUSINESS
TRANSACTION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
IN YOUR HANDWRITING, IF YOU CIRCLE THE I'S IT MEANS
THAT YOU ARE INSECURE AND WANT ATTENTION.
IF YOU SLANT BACKWARDS, IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE AN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONALITY
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-23-1968
IF OIL COMES OUT OF A BOTTLE WITHOUT SPREADING,
DEATH WILL OCCUR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
THE ORANGE AND THE COLOR ORANGE ARE SYMBOLS OF A LONG,
PROSPPEROUS LIFE IN JAPAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
YOU WILL DIE IN A YEAR IF YOU SEE YOUR IMAGE IN A BROKEN
MIRROR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.14 |
Date learned: 03-04-1968
IF YOU ARE LOOKING AROUND QUICKLY AND YOU SEE THE
SHADOW OF SOMEONE FALLING DOWN, IT MEANS SOMEONE
YOU KNOW DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-31-1968