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IF YOU TURN YOUR EYELID INSIDE OUT AND A DOG BARKS, YOU
WILL REMAIN LIKE THAT FOREVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BLUE-EYED PEOPLE ARE MORE LOGICAL THAN BROWN-EYED
PEOPLE. BROWN-EYED PEOPLE LIVE BY THEIR HEARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 02-10-1968
MEN WHOSE EYEBROWS GROW TOGETHER OVER THE NOSE, CANNOT
BE TRUSTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Forehead |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
A HIGH FOREHEAD IS BELIEVED TO BE A SIGN OF INTELLIGENCE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Forehead |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
IT IS A GOOD SIGN IF THE BABY IS BORN WITH A LIGHT FILM
OF SKIN COVERING ITS FACE. IT MEANS THAT THE BABY WILL
BE INTELLIGENT.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER (IRISH).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): CAUL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of object for determining future of young |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
IF YOUR CIGARETTE IS HALF-LIT, SOMEBODY LOVES YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
WHEN YOU LIGHT YOUR CIGARETTE AND IT BURNS ONLY ON ONE SIDE
OF THE CIGARETTE, EVEN THOUGH YOU TAKE A COUPLE OF PUFFS,
IT MEANS THAT SOMEONE LOVES YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
IF ONLY ONE HALF OF YOUR CIGARETTE GETS LIT, IT MEANS
SOMEBODY LOVES YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Number P686.1.05 |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
IF YOUR CIGARETTE BURNS UNEVEN SOMEONE LOVES YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
IF SOMEONE PLANS A SURPRISE PARTY FOR YOU AND YOU FIND OUT
ABOUT IT, IT WILL BE A BAD DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SEVERED FRIENDSHIP
IF YOU HAND A PERSON A PAIR OF SCISSORS WITHOUT FIRST
LAYING THEM DOWN, THE SCISSORS WILL SPLIT THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OTHER PERSON.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HAS MANY FRIENDS WHO FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT
THIS IS TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 06-29-1964
A KNIFE AS A GIFT WILL "CUT" THE FRIENDSHIP.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A COMMON SUPERSTITION IN THE UNDY HOUSEHOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
BEWARE WHEN SOMEONE GIVES YOU PEARLS, BECAUSE PEARLS
BRING TEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Precious stone Gem BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IF YOU FIND A STRAIGHT PIN ON THE FLOOR WITH THE POINT
FACING TOWARDS YOU, YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK THAT DAY.
IF THE HEAD IS AWAY FROM YOU, YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK
THAT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Good luck P881.18 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.18 |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
TO FIND A HAIRPIN IS A SIGN THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE A
LETTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 01-22-1970
IF YOU OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE, SOMEBODY WHO
LIVES IN THAT HOUSE WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Objects |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
OPEN AN UMBRELLA INSIDE THE HOUSE AND IT WILL RAIN
THREE EXTRA DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Human condition and activities |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
IF YOU MAKE A DOOR OUT OF A WINDOW, OR A WINDOW
OUT OF A DOOR, THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY
SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
IF YOU ARE SWEPT ACROSS THE FEET BY A BROOM, THAT'S
A SIGN THAT YOU WILL GO TO JAIL UNLESS YOU SPIT
ON THE BROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN SWEEPING THE HOUSE, DON'T LET THE BROOM SWEEP
OVER YOUR HOUSE (FEET?), OR YOU WILL NEVER GET
MARRIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 03-31-1968