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NEW YEAR'S BELIEF
IF THE FIRST PERSON TO VISIT YOU ON NEW YEAR'S DAY IS FAIR-HAIRED THERE WILL BE MUCH TROUBLE FOR YOU THAT YEAR.
IF THE FIRST PERSON TO VISIT IS DARK-HAIRED THEN THERE WILL BE GOOD LUCK FOR THE YEAR.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): FIRST FOOTING
Date learned: 09-10-1972
WATCH OUT FOR PEOPLE WHOSE EYEBROWS MEET ABOVE THEIR NOSE, ESPECIALLY
IF THEIR HAIR IS DARK. THESE PEOPLE HAVE THE EVIL EYE AND CAN MAKE
YOU SICK OR GIVE YOU BAD LUCK IF THEY STARE AT YOU.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 09-10-1972
AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE CHILD, DEPENDING ON WHO HE OR SHE RESEMBLES
MOST, THAT WAS THE STRONGER PARTNER IN LOVE.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 09-10-1972
"MY MOTHER USED TO SAY, THAT IF YOUR RHEUMATISM ACHED, A STORM WAS
COMING."
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 11-15-1972
WHY YOU SHOULDN'T SHAVE YOUR LEGS
SHAVING YOUR LEGS MAKES THE HAIR GROW BACK THICKER AND
COARSER. DELAY DOING IT AS LONG AS YOU CAN.
Submitter comment:
MRS. YOUNG WAS OUR HOUSEKEEPER; SHE SAID THIS
TO ME WHEN I FIRST WANTED TO START SHAVING MY LEGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
CURLY HAIR
IF YOU EAT YOUR BREAD CRUSTS YOUR HAIR WILL GROW CURLY.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER SAID THIS TO US WHEN WE LEFT THE
BREAD CRUSTS FROM OUR SANDWICHES ON OUR PLATES.
Where learned: DECEASED
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal BELIEF -- Body part Senses SPEECH -- Formula |
IF A PERSON GETS A PIECE OF A PERSON'S HAIR & COOKS IT IN THEIR
FOOD; THEY'LL BE UNDER YOUR POWER.
Submitter comment:
THIS FRIEND OF MINE SAID, THIS IS WHY HER HUSBAND IS SO IN LOVE WITH
HER.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
WHEN A GIRL HAS VERY LONG HAIR; AND IS VERY SKINNY; CUT HER HAIR AND
SHE WILL GAIN WEIGHT.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Remedy |
WEARING A RING ON THE WEDDING FINGER IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling about birth and life BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.1 |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
IF A WOMAN WASHES HER HAIR IN THE FIRST RAIN IN MAY; THE RAIN WILL
MAKE HER HAIR GROW.
Submitter comment: THIS IS WHAT HER MOTHER DID EVERY FIRST RAIN IN MAY.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
TOOTH FAIRY
AS A CHILD, WHENEVER I LOST ONE OF MY BABY TEETH, THAT
NIGHT I WOULD PUT IT UNDER MY PILLOW AND WHEN I AWOKE THE
NEXT MORNING, I WOULD FIND THAT THE TOOTH FAIRY (MY FATHER)
HAD COME DURING THE NIGHT AND TAKEN MY TOOTH AND LEFT SOME
MONEY
USUALLY A QUARTER OR FIFTY CENTS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 0001950S
WASHING YOUR HAIR OR GOING TO BED WITH A WET HEAD WILL CAUSE
YOU TO HAVE CONSUMPTION.
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
FUNERAL
DON'T POINT AT A FUNERAL PROCESSION, IF YOU DO YOUR FINGER WILL ROT OFF.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID HER MOTHER TOLD HER THIS WHEN THEY WERE DOWNTOWN ONE DAY
AND THEY SAW A FUNERAL PROCESSION PASSING BY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
HAIR
IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR WHEN THERE IS A NEW MOON, IT
WILL MAKE THE HAIR GROW FASTER.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT BY A CO}WORKER WHO IS A BLACK
GIRL OF THE MUSLIM FAITH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
CROSS-EYED BELIEF
IF YOU CROSS YOUR EYES AND THE WIND BLOWS ON YOUR EYES, THEY WILL
STAY CROSSED.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-24-1972
BELIEF
A BABY BORN WITH ITS CAUL STILL INTACT IS A LUCKY BABY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HER THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MONROE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
IF YOU HIT YOUR FATHER YOUR ARM WILL STICK UP OUT OF YOUR GRAVE
MARYLOU'S INFORMANT WAS HER FATHER ROBERT LANNEN. HE IS 54
MARRIED, AND OF OF IRISH DESCENT
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
TELLING A LIE
IF YOUR TONGUE HURTS, YOU'VE TOLD A LIE. MARYLOU'S INFORMANT
WAS HER GRANDMOTHER BRIDGET O' CONNOR 81, WIDOWED FROM LONDON ONT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
THE INFORMANT'S INFORMANT WAS SARINNA OUENCHUSAK 22 WHO WAS
AN EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM THAILAND STAYING WITH THE LANNEN'S.
IF A BABY IS BORN WITH HIS THUMB TUCKED INSIDE HIS
FIST HIS LIFE
WILL BE BLESSED AND HIS DEATH WILL BE EXPECTED.
(NOT A SUDDEN DEATH, HE WILL BE ABLE TO PREPARE FOR HIS DEATH)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
GOOD LUCK
IF YOU COMPARE LEGS WITH ANOTHER PERSON, THERE WILL BE
A WEDDING IN THE FAMILY. CLAUDIA'S INFORMANT WAS HER MOTHER
OF POLISH DESCENT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 12-08-1972