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PLANTING BELIEF
POLISH FARMERS BELIEVE THAT IF YOU PLANT WHEN THERE IS A NEW MOON
THE WHEAT SHAFTS WILL NOT BE FULL, ALSO THE PLANTS WILL BLOOM
AND BLOOM BUT WILL NOT BEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
IT IS BELIEVED BY MANY PEOPLE THAT YOU SHOULD NOT PLANT UNLESS
THERE IS A FULL MOON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT FORMERLY BELIEVED AND PRACTICED THIS OLD IDEA THAT WAS TAUGHT TO HIM AS A CHILD BY
HIS PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
SUPERSTITION
PLANT TOMATOES, CUKES ETC. WHEN THE ALMANAC SAYS THE MOON IS
RIGHT OR YOU WILL HAVE BLOOMS-DAY. 'ALL BLOOMS AND NO
FRUIT.'
Submitter comment:
THIS SUPERSTITION WAS LEARNED IN CLARKSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.
IT IS NOW IRRELEVANT TO THE INFORMANT.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; CLARKSVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CUKES=CUCUMBERS VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
AGRILCULTURE
ANY VEGETABLE THAT GROWS BENEATH THE GROUND OR POTATO-ONE
SHOULD PLANT IN THE DARK OF THE MOON SO THAT WHEN THEY GROW ABOVE
THE GROUND THEY WILL HAVE THE BENEFIT OF A FULL MOON.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT EMPLOYS THIS METHOD IN HIS FARMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 04-00-1971
PLANTING CUSTOM BELIEF IN MOON, PLANTING BELIEF OBSERVATION
WHEN THE MOON IS A BANANA SHAPE, THAT IS THE BEST TIME TO PLANT
ROSES.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER'S FAMILY DID THIS IN POLAND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
MOON BELIEF
WHEN THE FULL MOON APPEARS, PEOPLE GET LOONEY.
Where learned: HIGH SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): LOONEY COMES FROM WORD FOR MOON IN LATIN= LUNA ; MADNESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
MOON SICKNESS
THE FULL MOON ACTUALLY HAS AN EFFECT ON SOME PEOPLE.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT A COUPLE TYPES OF MENTAL DISORDERS CAN
ACTUALLY BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE MOON. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHOSE
MOODS FOLLOW THE CYCLES OF THE MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 12-00-1968
ITALIAN BELIEF
PLANT YOUR POTATOES AT THE FULL MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 10-01-1969
THINGS GROW WITH THE MOON
IF A PERSON CUTS THEIR HAIR WHEN THERE IS A FULL MOON, IT WILL
GROW WITH THE MOON. IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR WHEN THERE IS
A FULL MOON, IT WILL GROW SLOWLY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
MOON BELIEF
IF THE MOON IS FULL THE CROPS GROW TALL.
THIS WAS NOT GOOD FOR POTATOES BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE GROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANTING BELIEF
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
MOON BABIES
IT IS KNOWN THAT MOST BABIES ARE BORN WHEN THERE IS A FULL MOON
OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; MONROE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
MOON BELIEF
WHEN THE MOON IS FULL, A PERSON'S HAIR WILL GROW MUCH FASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
MOON BELIEF
IF YOU SEE A NEW MOON AND YOU LOOK AT IT OVER YOUR SHOULDER
AND MAKE A WISH, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Prayer |
MOON BELIEF
IF YOU SHOW YOUR MONEY TO A NEW MOON, YOU WILL RECEIVE MORE MONEY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MULTIPLICATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 10-27-1970
MEDICAL BELIEF
SLEEPING IN THE MOONLIGHT WILL MAKE YOU GO CRAZY.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER LEARNED THIS FROM SOME IRISH FRIENDS WHEN SHE WAS A
CHILD IN DETROIT HER FRIENDS BELIEVED THIS SO STRONGLY THAT
BEFORE GOING TO BED, THEY WOULD ALWAYS CHECK TO MAKE SURE NO
MOONLIGHT WAS COMING IN AROUND THE SHADES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; MADNESS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
OMEN
WHENEVER THERE IS A FULL MOON, THERE ARE MANY MORE CAR
ACCIDENTS.
Submitter comment:
RICH'S MOTHER WORKS IN THE CLAIMS DEPARTMENT AT A CAR RENTAL
AGENCY. EVERYTIME THAT THERE IS A FULL MOON SHE TELLS ABOUT THE
KIND OF MOOD ONE OF HER FRIENDS WILL BE IN THE NEXT DAY;
'WELL DORIS WILL BE COMPLAINING TOMORROW BECAUSE OF ALL THE
ACCIDENTS.'
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
MOON BELIEF
IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR ON A FULL MOON IT WILL GROW TWICE AS LONG.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SHAVED HER DAUGHTER'S HEAD WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG
BECAUSE SHE HAD A SCALP DISEASE. NOW HER DAUGHTER HAS
SHOULDER LENGTH HAIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 12-07-1971
MOON BELIEF
A NEW MOON ALWAYS INCREASES THE GROWTH OF PLANTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-21-1968
TOMATO BELIEF
TOMATOS ONLY RIPEN IN THE FULL MOONLIGHT
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT CLAIMS HE WAS TOLD THIS BY HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant |
LEGEND
THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN THE MATERNITY WARD AFTER A FULL
MOON OR A THUNDERSTORM.
Submitter comment: BELEIF OF NURSES AT HENRY FORD HOSPITAL, DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-16-1967