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RED IS A MAGIC COLOR AND IF YOU WEAR SOMETHING RED ON
A DATE, YOUR DATE WILL SURELY LIKE YOU.
Submitter comment:
BILL WAS GOING ON A DATE AND HE WAS WEARING A RED
SHIRT. I COMPLIMENTED HIM ON THE SHIRT AND HE TOLD
ME ABOUT RED BEING A MAGIC COLOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
RED LIGHTNING
THE BANNER OR INSIGNIA FOR VF 194 WAS THAT OF RED
LIGHTNING, SO DESIGNATED FROM THE SAFE RETURN, THROUGH
A RED LIGHNING THUNDERSTORM, OF ALL OF VF 194'S FLYERS IN
YUMA, ARIZONA.
Data entry tech comment: A WAR STORY?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
HIGH SCHOOL TABOOS
IF A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WEARS GREEN AND YELLOW
TOGETHER ON A THURSDAY, THIS MEANS THAT HE IS AN
ODD PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 10-03-1969
IT IS OFTEN SAID THAT "BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN."
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
MY GRANDFATHER HAD A FRIEND WHO HAD A RED CEILING IN
HIS KITCHEN. HIS FRIEND BELIEVED THAT IF HIS
CEILING WERE RED, THIS WOULD STOP PEOPLE FROM COMING
OVER WHO HAD EVIL DOINGS IN MIND. THE RED CEILING
WOULD KEEP BAD LUCK OUT AND GOOD LUCK IN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BELIEVED THAT WHEN A GIRL RECEIVES FROM HER
BOYFRIEND OR OTHER MALE ADMIRER A DOZEN RED ROSES
WITH AN EXTRA YELLOW ONE, IT MEANS THAT SHE STANDS
OUT IN THE CROWD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, IT MEANS DEATH OR
TROUBLE.
Submitter comment:
WHENEVER A BLACK CAT CROSS IN FRONT OF ME, I WILL
TURN AROUND AND GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY, ABOUT TWELVE YEARS OLD, I HAD
TO PASS A HOUSE WHERE THERE WAS A RED HAIRED YOUNG
GIRL. I WOULD CLOSE MY EYES SO THAT I WOULD NOT
SEE, FOR IF I DID SEE, I WOULD CATCH NO FISH.
Where learned: ROCHESTER ; NEW YORK, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
INDIAN BELIEF
LONG AGO, INDIANS PAINTED THEIR FACES WHEN THEY WENT
TO WAR IN ORDER TO SCARE THE ENEMY AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 09-18-1965
HAWAIIAN LEGEND
IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS, SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE PAINTED
FACES FRIGHTENED EVIL SPIRITS AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 09-18-1965
IF A GIRL WEARS BLUE ON THURSDAYS, IT MEANS SHE IS
PREGNANT.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS A POPULAR BELIEF IN 8TH GRADE, 1962.
Where learned: GRADE SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
THE FIRST PERSON TO ENTER YOUR HOME ON NEW YEAR'S
DAY SHOULD BE A DARK HAIRED MAN. THIS WILL BRING
GOOD LUCK TO THE ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 03-27-1970
PAY PROTECTION
IT IS A POPULAR BELIEF THAT IF A PERSON GOES OUT
AND BUYS A STATUE OF THE INFANT OF PRAGUE, AND PLACES
IT IN HIS HOME, AND VENERATES IT, THE HOME WILL NEVER
BE ROBBED.
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS FROM MY AUNT.
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COVER THE MIRRORS IN THE HOUSE WHEN SOMEONE DIES.
THE SPIRIT OF THE DEAD PERSON COULD FLY INTO THE
MIRROR AND HIS RELEASE TO HEAVEN WOULD BE DELAYED
OR IMPEDED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
A CHILD WAS BORN WITH A HARELIP AS A RESULT OF HIS
MOTHER BEING SCARED BY A RABBIT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RELATED THIS BELIEF, BUT WAS SKEPTICAL
ABOUT IT HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
ELEVEN ROSES OF ONE COLOR AND ONE ROSE OF ANOTHER
COLOR MEANS I LOVE YOU WHEN SENT TO SOMEONE AS
A GIFT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Number P686.1.11 |
Date learned: 01-24-1971
THE HILLBILLIES OF KENTUCKY CONSIDER A RED-HEADED
WOMAN EVIL AND AVOID SUCH A PERSON FOR FEAR OF
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.2 |
Date learned: 02-13-1971
IN ALGIERS, PEOPLE WITH BLUE EYES ARE
CONSIDERED TO HAVE THE EVIL EYE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 02-13-1971
IF A BLACK CAT WALKED IN FRONT OF YOU, TAKE YOUR SHOE OFF
AND SPIT IN IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 06-18-1970
A CROSS IS SAID TO WARD OFF VAMPIRES, SINCE THEY BECOME
BURNED OR PARALYZED AT ITS TOUCH.
Submitter comment: MY AUNT, CHERI SHERMAN, WHO NOW RESIDES IN SAN ANTONIO,
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 06-14-1972