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OMEN
IF YOU SEE A BULL FROG,
IT'S A WITCH BRINGING A CURSE.
YOU SHOULD PUT THE FROG ON A BOARD(FULCRUM)
AND HIT IT INTO THE AIR, SENDING THE CURSE AWAY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT GOT THIS FROM HER MOTHER
WHEN THE INFORMANT WAS A CHILD.
SHE SAID SHE NEVER DID THE ACTION DESCRIBED
BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO AFRAID OF THE FROG TO PICK
IT UP. SHE JUST RAN AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
JAPANESE CHILDREN'S CURSE
BAKA KABA CHINDO YA
OMAE NOH OKASAN WA
OMPONTAN.
STUPID WATER BUFFALO BUFFOON
YOUR MOTHER IS A NUT.
Submitter comment: SERIOUS BECAUSE OF JAPANESE HONOR TOWARDS PARENTS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.644 BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ITALIAN CURSE
VA A MORRIRE AMAZZATO
GO DIE SLAUGHTERED.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN ITALY
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ITALIAN CURSE
I MORTACCI TUOI}
O YOUR BLASPHEMED DEAD ONES}
Submitter comment: THE DEAD ARE SACRED IN LATIN COUNTRIES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: DATE NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
GIVING THE EVIL EYE
WHEN SEEING A BABY IF YOU SAY
"OH, WHAT A PRETTY BABY YOU HAVE
TO SAY, GOD BLESS IT, OR THE
BABY WILL HAVE THE EVIL EYE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
EVIL EYE HUNGARIAN
IF A FAMILY HAD A BABY IN THE HOUSE
AND THEY HAD EITHER A MALE OR A FEMALE VISITOR
WITH REAL THICK EYEBROWS, AND THAT VISITOR
STARED HARD AT THE BABY,
SOMETHING BAD WOULD HAPPEN TO THE INFANT
Submitter comment: DOES NOT BELIEVE THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
SUPERSTITION
WHEN ONE SEWS ON THE FEAST OF
SAINT LUCI, THE CHICKENS WILL HAVE
CROOKED FEET.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
PAIN FOR TALKING BACK TO YOUR PARENTS
IF YOU TALK BACK TO YOUR PARENTS
THE DEVIL WILL CUT OUT YOUR TONGUE
AND NAIL IT TO YOUR CHEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 11-12-1969
WHEN YOU HAVE A BABY (IT COULD BE
ANYONE BUT BABIES ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE) AND
IF THAT BABY IS PRAISED ON HOW GOOD LOOKING
HE IS, AND THEN YOU COME HOME AND THE BABY
IS JUST SCREAMING FROM PAIN, THIS CAN
BE USED TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
PLACE A FEW GRAINS OF SALT IN A CLOTH
AND PIN THIS TO THE BABY'S UNDERSHIRT
THIS WILL INSURE A HAPPY BABY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): EVIL EYE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
IF A PERSON THINKS THAT HE HAS BEEN STARING OR
PRAISING A CHILD TOO MUCH AND IS AFRAID OF
SOMETHING HAPPENING TO THE CHILD
BECAUSE OF THIS HE SHOULD CLENCH HIS FISTS
SO THAT HIS NAILS DIG INTO HIS FLESH AND THEN
LOOK AT HIS FISTS FOR SOME TIME
WHILE DOING THIS. THIS WILL TAKE WHATEVER EVIL
THERE IS OFF THE CHILD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): EVIL EYE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
IF A BABY IS PRAISED ON HOW GOOD
LOOKING HE IS AND THEN THE BABY, WHEN HOME
SCREAMS FROM PAIN, MY GRANDFATHER USED
THIS TO RID THE CHILD OF THE PAIN.
HE WOULD PLACE THE CHILD ON THE FLOOR AND THEN
GRANDFATHER WOULD PLACE SOME OF HIS OWN SPIT
ON THE CHILD'S FOREHEAD AND CHEST.
THEN HE WOULD JUMP OVER THE CHILD AND SPIT EACH TIME
HE JUMPED. (THERE WAS A CERTAIN PATTERN TO THIS
JUMPING BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW JUST
WHAT IT WAS). 10 TO 15 MINUTES AFTER
THIS WAS DONE THE CHILD WAS HIMSELF AGAIN.
ONLY THE FIRST BORN OF THE FAMILY COULD
PERFORM THIS ACT AND MAKE IT WORK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): EVIL EYE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
EVIL EYE
SOME OLDER SICILIAN PEOPLE WOULD PUT RED
FELT BAGS FULL OF SALT UNDER THEIR
BED. THIS PRACTICE WAS TO CHASE EVIL SPIRITS AWAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER PRACTICED THIS DAILY.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 10-25-1971
EVIL EYE
SOME OF THE OLDER SICILIANS WEAR A GARLIC NECKLACE
TO KEEP EVIL AWAY.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT'S AUNT PRACTICED THIS DAILY.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 10-25-1971
CURSE EVIL EYE HOW TO AVOID IT
YOU CAN USUALLY PURCHASE A SMALL NUT LIKE THING,
WHICH LOOKS LIKE AN EYE FROM SOMEONE IN YOUR TOWN
WHO KNOWS ABOUT SUCH THINGS, IT IS CALLED
EL MAL DE OJO. THIS IS SAID TO
PREVENT ANYONE FROM BEING ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE EVIL EYE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT NOTED THAT WHILE THESE THINGS
ARE PRACTICED IN SMALL TOWNS OF MEXI
YOU WILL
SELDOM OR NEVER SEE THEM IN THE BIG CITIES.
Where learned: WESTERN YMCA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 11-11-1971
CURSE EVIL EYE HOW TO GET RID OF IT.
COOK A COMBINATION OF HERBS TOGETHER, DRINK THE
TEA AND PLACE THE LEAVES ON THE PERSON'S
BODY. ALSO PRAY OVER THE PERSON.
Where learned: WESTERN YMCA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 11-11-1971
EVIL EYE
WHEN A BABY IS BORN ARMENIANS USED TO PUT A
BLUE BEADED BRACELET WITH ONE BEAD
HAVING AN EYE ON IT AROUND THE BABY'S WRIST.
THIS WAS TO CHASE AWAY EVIL SPIRITS.
Submitter comment:
THIS CUSTOM WAS DONE DURING THE TIME OF THE 1930
DEPRESSION IN THE U. S.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
EVIL EYE
RUSTY NAILS CARRIED IN THE POCKETS ARE
PROTECTION AGAINST THE EVIL EYE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT FOUND THIS ABSURD BUT HER HUSBAND
ADHERES TO THIS PRACTICE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
EVIL EYE (ITALIAN)
HOW DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE IF YOU ARE A
VICTIM OF THE EVIL EYE?
PLACE SEVERAL GRAINS OF WHEAT AT THE
BOTTOM OF A SMALL BOWL. THEN ADD WATER
MIXED WITH OIL TO IT.
EXAMINE THE BOWL CAREFULLY. IF ANY GRAINS OF WHEAT
PASS THROUGH THE WATER AND OIL, THEN THERE IS
SOMEONE WHO IS ENVIOUS OF YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
EVIL EYE
TO KEEP AWAY EVIL EYE, BABY SHOULD ALWAYS
WEAR A RED RIBBON. THIS WILL KEEP THE
BABY FROM GETTING SICK FROM THE EVIL EYE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT SHE PUT A RED RIBBON
ON ALL SIX OF HER CHILDREN AND THEY
ALL WERE HEALTHY BABIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 01-21-1972
AFRICAN SUPERSTITIONS
IN AFRICA WHEN A PERSON DID SOMETHING WRONG, THEY
WOULD HAVE A CURSE PUT ON THEM.
THE TRIBE WOULD EITHER KILL OR BURN
THE PERSON AND THEIR HOUSE DOWN TO KILL THE CURSE.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |