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IT IS FATAL TO WALK OVER A FRESH GRAVE, AND BAD LUCK
TO WALK OVER ANY GRAVE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER (1920S) WHO
ACTUALLY BELIEVED IT. INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE
IT, BUT USUALLY AVOIDS WALKING OVER GRAVES.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
IF IT STARTS TO RAIN AFTER A PERSON IS BURIED, THE SOUL
HAS BEEN FREED AND HAS GONE TO HEAVEN.
Submitter comment: GREEK BELIEF.
Where learned: NORTH DADE ; FLORIDA, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IRISH LEGEND
IT SEEMS THAT MY GRANDMOTHER KNEW A WOMAN IN IRELAND WHO TOLD HER
THE STORY OF HER SON. ONE DAY WHEN THE LITTLE BOY WAS BEING CHASTISED
HE RAISED HIS HAND IN ANGER TO HIS MOTHER. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE
LITTLE BOY DIED. A FEW DAYS AFTER HE WAS BURIED HIS MOTHER WAS CALLED
TO THE GRAVE SITE. THERE WAS THE LITTLE BOY'S HAND STICKING UP OUT
OF THE GROUND. A PRIEST WAS SUMMONED AND AFTER A SERIES OF RITUALS
AND APPLICATIONS OF HOLY WATER THE HAND RECEDED INTO THE GROUND. THIS
INCIDENT OF COURSE WAS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF WHAT
HAPPENS TO CHILDREN WHO DO NOT RESPECT THEIR PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BODY PART
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
IF YOU SHUDDER ANGELS ARE WALKING OVER YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PREMONITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
SUPERNATURAL STORY CONCERNING DEATH
IN 1935 , MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO HAD BEEN CARING FOR MY SICK GRANDFATHER
WENT OUT THE BACK DOOR OF HER HOME
IN GREENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, TO PUMP
SOME WATER. SHE SAW A TALL YOUNG MAN WITH SHOULDER_LENGTH HAIR, LONG
ROBES, AND A STRANGE GLOW ABOUT HIM,
WALK AROUND THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
SHE FOLLOWED HIM BUT HE DISAPPEARED. THAT SAME DAY MY GRANDFATHER
DIED. SINCE THAT DAY,SHE HAS REPEATED THE STORY TO MEMBERS OF OUR
FAMILY, REFERRING TO THE YOUNG MAN AS THE "ANGEL OF DEATH."
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; Greenville
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Angel BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
VAMPIRE
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN KILL A VAMPIRE IS BY DRIVING A WOODEN STAKE
THROUGH HIS HEART WHILE HE SLEEPS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
WEREWOLF
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN KILL A REAL WEREWOLF IS WITH SILVER BULLETS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
SEA
MRS. JESSICA BUCKLEY'S HUSBAND WAS AN IRISH SEA CAPTAIN. HE WAS
OUT TO SEA AND NOT EXPECTED BACK FOR QUITE A WHILE. ONE NIGHT MRS.
BUCKLEY HEARD A STRANGE KNOCK AT THE DOOR. WHEN SHE OPENED THE
DOOR SHE SAW A MAN DIVE INTO A PUDDLE, IT HAD BEEN RAINING OUT.
THE NEXT MORNING SHE FOUND A PAIR OF SEA BOOTS AT THE DOOR FULL OF
SEA WEED AND WATER. LATER SHE FOUND OUT THAT HER HUSBAND HAD DIED
AT SEA.
Submitter comment:
MR BOZICH HEARD THIS TALE FROM HIS WIFE'S GRANDMOTHER, MRS
JESSICA BUCKLEY. MRS. BUCKLEY AND SEVERAL OF HER CLOSE FRIENDS
SWEAR THAT IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. MRS. BUCKLEY IS STILL ALIVE AND
LIVES IN WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-00-1963
DEATH OMEN
THE INFORMANT'S THREE YEAR OLD BROTHER APPROACHED HIS MOTHER IN THE
KITCHEN OF THEIR HOME AND ASKED HER, "MOMMA, WHAT'S THAT MAN DOING
STANDING IN THE LIVING ROOM?" SHE SAID, "DON'T BE SILLY, JIMMY."
AGAIN HE SAID, "NO, WHAT'S THAT MAN IN THE BLACK SUIT DOING STANDING
THERE IN THE LIVING ROOM?" WITH THAT SHE GRABBED THE CHILD.,
AND WITHOUT LOOKING IN THE LIVING ROOM, RAN DOWNSTAIRS. THE
MOTHER'S BROTHER DIED THE SAME DAY.
Submitter comment:
YEARS LATER, THE THREE YEAR OLD STILL CONTENDS HE SAW A MAN
STANDING IN THE LIVING ROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
SUPERSTITION
THERE ARE ALWAYS THREE DEATHS TOGETHER.
Submitter comment: VERY SERIOUSLY BELIEVED.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1981
DEATH BELIEF
WATER DEVIL: A ONE-TOED, ONE-LEGGED CREATURE WHO IS SAID TO BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR PEOPLE DROWNING DURING FLOODS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS BELIEVED IN NIGERIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
LUCK
A SYRIAN BELIEF IS THAT UPSIDE-DOWN SHOES ARE SYMBOLIC OF
INTENSELY BAD LUCK AND/OR DEATH TO THEIR OWNER.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress HandsFeet BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00001930S
DEATH BELIEFS
IT IS AN IRISH BELIEF THAT IF A PICTURE FALLS FROM A WALL,
SOMEONE WILL DIE SOON AFTERWARD.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001950S
DEATH BELIEFS
IF A BIRD FLIES IN THE OPEN WINDOW OF A HOUSE, ONE OF THE
RESIDENTS OF THAT HOUSE WILL DIE WITHIN THE YEAR.
Submitter comment: IRISH
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 00001950S
DREAM
ANY DREAM THAT IS REPEATED THREE TIMES WILL COME TRUE
ACCORDING TO MANY IRISH BELIEFS. ANOTHER INTERPRETATION IS THAT
THE DREAM IS OMEN OF DEATH IF REPEATED THREE TIMES.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00001940S
AN IRISH BELIEF IS THAT DEATH COMES IN THREES, USUALLY WITHIN THE
SPAN OF TWO WEEKS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001930S
DEATH CUSTOMS
WHEN SOMEONE IS DYING AND HEARS A KNOCKING ON A DOOR THAT
NOONE ELSE DOES, THIS IS A SIGN OF THEIR IMPENDING DEATH, MANY
TIMES WITHIN HOURS. THE DOORS ARE TAKEN TO BE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001930S
CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS
ON CHRISTMAS, A SPECIAL CANDLE IS LIT BY THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY.
THIS CANDLE, AROUND WHICH THE ENTIRE FAMILY GATHERS, IS
SYMBOLIC OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DIED IN THE PAST YEAR. THE
FAMILY WATCHES THE CANDLE BURN AND MEDITATES ON THE SOULS OF
THOSE PEOPLE THEY HAVE KNOWN OF WHO ARE NOW DEPARTED.
THEY DO THIS UNTIL THE CANDLE BURNS OUT OR IS SNUFFED OUT BY THE
PERSON WHO LIT IT.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 00001930S
SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEF
IF THERE ARE THIRTEEN PEOPLE SITTING AT THE TABLE THEN SOMEONE AT
THAT TABLE WILL DIE WITHIN THE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
IF A MAN DRINKS WATER AT NIGHT AND LEAVES THE VESSEL UNCOVERED, HIS
SOUL WILL PLUNGE INTO IT DURING THE NIGHT, AND IF SOMEONE
ACCIDENTALLY PUTS ON THE LID, HE WILL DIE AT ONCE.
Submitter comment:
THIS EAST AFRICAN BELIEF RELATES TO HEALTH HABITS AND THE NEED TO
KEEP DRINKING WATER PURE.
Where learned: TANZANIA ; EAST AFRICA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-00-1982