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WHEN YOU HICCUP, IT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE GROWING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 09-17-1967
IF SOMEONE HICCUPS SUDDENLY, IT IS BELIEVED THAT SOMEONE
IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
IF YOU HAVE THE HICCUPS, SOMEONE IS THINKING ABOUT YOU. IF
YOU CAN TELL WHO IS THINKING ABOUT YOU, THE HICCUPS WILL
GO AWAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT ACTUALLY BELIEVES IN THIS METHOD OF CURING THIS
THIS PARTICULAR AILMENT.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; MENONOMEE FALLS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU HAVE THE HICCOUGHS, IT MEANS SOMEONE IS THINKING
ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, OUR PARENTS TOOK MY BROTHER AND ME
OUT TO MY UNCLE MATT'S HOUSE. IN THE EVENING, WE WENT
TO BED IN MY UNCLE MATT'S BED. ABOVE THE HEADBOARD
WAS A LARGE CRUCIFIX. MY BROTHER WAS SOUND ASLEEP, AND
SUDDENLY, I JUST LET OUT A YELL. EVERYONE CAME RUNNING
TO TH ROOM. I SAID THE CRUCIFIX WAS MOVING ON THE
WALL FROM SIDE TO SIDE. IT WAS MOVING LIKE A PENDULUM.
LIKE SOMEONE WAS SWINGING IT. I SHRUGGED IT OFF AS
'PARENTS KNOW BETTER.' BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WAS
GIVING THIS EXPLANATION, THE FRONT DOOR OF THE HOUSE
BLEW OPEN. NOW THERE WASN'T EVEN A BREEZE OUTSIDE.
THERE WAS NO WIND VELOCITY.
A FEW HOURS LATER, WE LEFT FOR HOME. WHEN WE ARRIVED
WE FOUND A TELEGRAM SAYING MY GRANDMOTHER HAD PASSED
AWAY AT EXACTLY THE SAME TIME THAT THE CRUCIFIX HAD
MOVED AND THE DOOR HAD BLOWN OPEN IN MY UNCLE'S HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 02-22-1967
THE SISTER-IN-LAW, IN HER SLEEP, IMAGINED THAT HER
MOTHER WAS CALLING TO HER. SHE AWAKENED FRIGHTENED
BUT SHRUGGED IT OFF AS A BAD DREAM. THE NEXT MORNING
WHEN SHE WENT TO SEE HER MOTHER, WHO LIVED TWO
HOUSES AWAY, SHE WAS DEAD. THE DOCTOR SAID SHE DIED
ABOUT 4:30 THAT MORNING, THE SAME TIME THAT THE
SISTER-IN-LAW AWAKENED FROM HER DREAM.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS COLLECTED ON JAN. 31, 1967; MRS. SWEROCK
RELATED THIS INCIDENT AS HEARD FROM HER SISTER-IN-LAW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 01-31-1967
JENNIE HOREN, MY GRANDMOTHER'S MOTHER, DREAMT THAT
IT WAS A LIFE OR DEATH MATTER TO TAKE AN IMMEDIATE
TRIP TO NEW YORK. IT WAS A LONG AND EXPENSIVE TRIP
AND ALTHOUGH THE FAMILY COULD NOT AFFORD IT, SHE
WAS INSISTANT THAT SHE GO SEE HER BROTHER IN NEW YORK.
FINALLY, MY FATHER CONSENTED AND OFF SHE WENT TO NEW
YORK. THREE DAYS AFTER HER ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK, HER
BROTHER DIED. THIS WAS NOT THE ONLY OCCASION HER
DREAMS CAME TRUE.
Submitter comment: AS TOLD BY MY GRANDMOTHER, IDA MARIE COHEN
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT LOUIS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO, MY GRANDMOTHER, KATE PACE,
GOT VERY ILL AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. SHE WAS
EXPECTED TO DIE AT ANY TIME. ABOUT 2:00 OR 3:00 IN THE
MORNING, WHILE SHE WAS DYING, HER HUSBAND WAS HOME
SLEEPING...AFTER MANY HOURS AT THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS
EXHAUSTED.
SUDDENLY HE WOKE UP AND THOUGHT HE HEARD SOMEONE CALLING
HIM. HE HEARD KATE'S VOICE CALLING HIM. HE HEARD HER
VOICE CALLING AND SAYING SHE LOVED HIM AND SAYING
GOODBYE. THEN HE SAW SOME KIND OF IMAGE FLOATING
TOWARD HIM SAYING GOODBYE. THEN IT DISAPPEARED. HE
NOTED THE TIME AND CALLED THE HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY.
SHE HAD JUST DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 02-22-1967
YEARS. NEITHER OF THEM HAD THE MEANS TO VISIT THE OTHER.
ONE NIGHT, THE WOMAN HAD A DREAM THAT HER BROTHER WAS
DEAD. SHE AWOKE TO A KNOCK AT THE DOOR. SHE OPENED
IT AND FOR AN INSTANT HER BROTHER STOOD THERE. SHE
LATER LEARNED THAT HE HAD PASSED AWAY ON THAT NIGHT.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HIS IRISH GRANDMOTHER DURING HIS LATE TEENS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Gaylord ; JANS BAR
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 01-00-1964
BAD OMEN
IF A BIRD CRASHES INTO YOUR WINDOW AND DIES,
A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY
WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-00-1974
DEATH SUPERSTITION
AN ENTRANCE OF A BIRD INTO A HOME IS A WARNING OF
IMMINENT DEATH TO A MEMBER OF THAT FAMILY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about animals |
Date learned: 11-11-1974
ON HER HONEYMOON
A BRIDE SHOULD WEAR SOMETHING BORROWED AND SOMETHING BLUE
AND WEAR A PENNY IN HER SHOE. THIS MEANS SHE WILL ALWAYS HAVE
MONEY.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS LEARNED FROM HER ADOLESCENT STAGE IN HER HOME TOWN.
THIS SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEF THAT REQUIRES CERTAIN CLOTHES TO BE WORN
FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING MONEY FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE, IS
ASSOCIATED WITH DOMESTIC PURSUIT FOR A NEW BRIDE.
THIS BELIEF HAS A MAGICAL AIR ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THE OBJECT SEEMS
TO HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER THE COUPLE WHO IS TO BE MARRIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F545.0 BELIEF -- P545.0 |
Date learned: 00001930S
FUTURE OF CHILD
IF A CHILD HAS LONG FINGERS, HE IS SUPPOSED TO PLAY THE PIANO.
Submitter comment: HE WILL ALSO HAVE TO HAVE OTHER SKILLS IT WOULD SEEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 02-00-1974
FUNERAL PROCESSION CARS
NEVER COUNT CARS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION BECAUSE THAT IS HOW MANY
YEARS YOU WILL LIVE.
Submitter comment:
THIS COULD HAVE BEEN SAID TO KEEP CHILDREN FROM STARING AT
FUNERAL PROCESSIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 02-00-1974
FOOD IN DRINK
IF YOU DROP FOOD IN YOUR COFFEE, COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 02-00-1974
DOG HOWLING
IF YOU HEAR A DOG HOWLING, THEY SENSE A DEATH TO COME, OR THAT
SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY HAS DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1974
RAIN AND SNOW
IF A BUBBLE FORMS IN A PUDDLE OF RAIN, IT WILL RAIN ALL DAY. WHEN
YOU CAN HEAR YOURSELF WALKING IN THE SNOW, IT WILL GET COLDER.
AND IF IT RAINS ON A BRIDE'S WEDDING DAY, HER LIFE WILL BE FULL
OF TEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Marriage Morning before wedding |
Date learned: 02-00-1974
NEW YEARS
WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, YOU WILL DO IT FOR
THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Submitter comment: SOME SOURCES CLAIM IT IS WHAT YOU DO ALL WEEK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 02-00-1974
UTENSIL DROPPING
IF YOU DROP A FORK, WHATEVER DIRECTION THE PRONGS ARE IN, A MAN WILL
COME FROM THAT DIRECTION. A KNIFE DROPPED MEANS A WOMAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 02-00-1974
LUCK
IF YOU GET OUT OF THE BED ON THE LEFT SIDE YOU WILL BE CRABBY ALL
DAY.
Submitter comment:
WOMEN USUALLY SLEEP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BED WHICH CAUSES THEM
TO BE MORE CRABBY THAN MEN.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; UNICE
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: CA11001973