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"LOOKING INTO AN EMPTY GRAVE IS TABOO FOR A PREGNANT WOMAN: HER
UNBORN CHILD WILL BE GREEDY BECAUSE HE/SHE CAN'T BE FILLED."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MUSKEGON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-19-1982
"ALABAMA -- I'VE HEARD OF PEOPLE SEEING SOMEONE (AN APPARITION OF
THE PERSON) HOURS BEFORE THE PERSON'S DEATH. MY GRANDMOTHER SAW
HER BOYFRIEND WALKING ALONG A PATH ON FRIDAY MORNING, BUT HE
SHOWED UP AT HER HOUSE A FEW MINUTES LATER FROM THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION AND COULDN'T HAVE BEEN WHERE SHE HAD SEEN HIM. HE WAS
KILLED LATE THAT FRIDAY EVENING IN AN AMBUSH."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MUSKEGON
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CA00001948
IF A PERSON WASHES ON NEW YEAR'S DAY SOMEONE CLOSE WILL
DIE BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
IF IN A DREAM A PERSON SHAKES HANDS WITH OR EMBRACES
A DECEASED LOVED ONE, HE WILL GO TO JOIN THE DEAD SHORTLY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM A FRIEND WHO WAS RAISED IN
VIRGINIA. THE FRIEND HAD SUCH A DREAM BUT DID NOT DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 841 Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick |
Date learned: 04-00-1983
FOLLOWING A DEATH IN A FAMILY, THERE WILL BE A BIRTH.
AND THE NEWBORN WILL HAVE SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AS
THE DECEASED HAD.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT'S NEPHEW WAS BORN AFTER THE DEATH OF HER
BROTHER AND FATHER. PEOPLE WHO KNEW THE ELDER MEN ALWAYS
SAY HOW MUCH THE NEPHEW IS LIKE THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-00-1983
BELIEF
YOU MUST KEEP YOUR HEAD BOWED WHILE IN THE PRESENCE
OF THE DEAD. THIS IS DONE OUT OF RESPECT AND BECAUSE
THEY ARE NOW WITH THE LORD AND US HUMANS MUST SHOW
HUMILITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial SPEECH -- Gesture |
IF YOU DREAM THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE
THEN THEY WILL LIVE A LONG TIME.
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DREAM IS ALWAYS OPPOSITE
OF WHAT THE DREAM WAS ABOUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; LONGEVITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 03-00-1983
YOU SHOULD NEVER WEAR BLACK TO A WEDDING OR THE GROOM
WILL DIE EARLY WITHIN THE MARRIAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Color Design BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 03-00-1983
SNEEZING LORE
SAY BRAHMA OR GOD BLESS YOU AFTER ONE SNEEZES TO GIVE GOD'S GRACE
FOR GOOD HEALTH.
SAY SHAHADIH AFTER ONE SAYS OR THINKS UP SOMETHING ABOUT SOME
PERSON, PLACE, OR THING WHEN ONE SNEEZES. THEN IT IS TRUE ABOUT
IT. E.G. I SAY WE WILL BE RICH ONE DAY, THEN A PERSON SNEEZES.
THEN IT WILL BE TRUE. IT IS LIKE A CERTIFICATE OF GRADUATION.
BRAHMA MEANS GOD BLESS YOU, AND SHAHADIH MEANS IT IS CERTIFICATION
TO THE TRUTH. BOTH ARE CHALDEAN WORDS OR DIALECT.
I ONCE READ IN A DOCTOR'S COLUMN THAT IF ONE SNEEZES, ONE WILL
LOSE 15 SECONDS OF ONE'S LIFE. IT IS ACCREDITTED TO BIOLOGICAL
REASONS.
Submitter comment: I PICKED THIS LORE UP MOSTLY FROM HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001960S
IF A BIRD GETS INTO YOUR HOUSE, THEN THERE WILL BE A DEATH
IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BALDWIN COUNTY ; FOLEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
IF A FUNERAL GOES BY, HOLD YOUR BUTTON OR
YOU'LL BE THE NEXT TO DIE.
Submitter comment:
"YOUR BUTTON" REFERS TO ANY BUTTON THAT MAY BE ON ONE'S CLOTHING.
AS THE INFORMANT SAID, "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT BUTTON, BUT YOU'D
BETTER JUST HOPE YOU'VE GOT A BUTTON."
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BALDWIN COUNTY ; FOLEY
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
THE HOWLING OF A DOG OR AN OWL NEAR YOUR HOUSE MEANS THAT A
RELATIVE OF YOURS IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
WHEN THERE IS A DEAD PERSON IN A HOUSE, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO COVER
ALL MIRRORS THAT ARE IN THE HOUSE; OTHERWISE THEY WILL FADE OR IF
YOU LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THEM YOU MIGHT SEE THE DEFUNCT STANDING
BEHIND YOU.
Submitter comment:
IN GUADELOUPE, AS WELL AS IN MARTINIQUE, WE KEEP THE DEFUNCT IN
THE HOUSE. THE FUNERAL HOME JUST DELIVERS THE COFFIN TO THE HOUSE,
PUTS THE BODY IN THERE, MAKES THE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE CEMETERY
FOR THE BURIAL. USUALLY, THE BODY IS KEPT TWO DAYS IN THE HOUSE,
AND BY THE SECOND DAY, THE DEFUNCT IS BURIED. FUNERALS ARE
GENERALLY HELD LATE AFTERNOON.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
IF A BLACK BUTTERFLY ENTERS YOUR HOUSE, THIS MEANS THAT A RELATIVE
OF YOURS IS TO DIE. IF THE BUTTERFLY IS OF ANOTHER COLOR, THIS
MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE SOME NEWS VERY SOON.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THERE IS A KIND OF BLACK FLY THAT IS 3/4 OF AN INCH IN LENGTH,
QUITE COMMON IN GUADELOUPE, THAT PEOPLE CALL "DEATH FLY", AND
EACH TIME IT COMES INTO A HOUSE, IT IS BELIEVED THAT IT BRINGS
DEATH. THEREFORE PEOPLE CHASE IT FROM THE HOUSE.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
THE MEDICINES THAT WERE USED BY A DEAD PERSON SHOULD NOT BE USED
BY SOMEONE ELSE EVENTHOUGH THEY WERE NOT USED, AS WELL AS THE
COLONE; THIS BRINGS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
IF SOMEONE HAS A DRINKING PROBLEM, YOU TAKE A GLASS OF WATER AND
PUT IT UNDER THE BED OF A DEAD PERSON. AFTER THE BURIAL, GET RID
OF THE WATER, AND GIVE TO THE ALCOHOLIC PERSON THIS GLASS SO HE
CAN USE IT. HE WILL STOP DRINKING.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | Favorites Food Drink -- Service BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
AS SOON AS A PERSON IS DEAD, YOU SOULD STOP ALL THE CLOCKS IN THE
HOUSE AND COVER THEM; TURN OR COVER ALL MIRRORS; LIGHT A CANDLE
NEXT TO THE BED; PUT SOME BLESSED WATER AND A BRANCH OF "TAMARIN"
NEXT TO THE BODY; PUT A BUCKET OF WATER IN THE ROOM SO THAT THE
SOUL OF THE DEFUNCT COULD WASH ITSELF.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
Keyword(s): TAMARIN IS A VERY COMMON TREE IN GUADELOUPE. IT GIVES SOME FRUITS ; THAT ARE EITHER SWEET OR SOUR DEPENDING ON THE TREE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR A PREGNANT WOMAN TO WALK ABOUT
IN A SUNNY DAY OR SIT UNDER A TREE, BECAUSE EVIL SPIRITS
WALK ABOUT IN THE SUNNY DAY AND THEY ALSO
HOLD MEETINGS UNDER THE TREE.
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN IGNORES THIS WARNING, AN EVIL SPIRIT WILL ENTER
HER TUMMY AND DRIVE AWAY THE REAL CHILD. THUS, SHE WILL GIVE
BIRTH TO A DEVIL-POSSESSED CHILD. THE CHILD WILL TORTURE
HER PARENTS WITH THE EVIL SPIRIT, AND DIE IN INFANCY.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LOOKED SERIOUS WHEN NARRATING THIS ITEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
THERE IS A MASQUERADE CALLED "ORO" THAT SHOWS UP ONCE IN A YEAR
IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF NIGERIA. IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR WOMEN TO
SEE IT. IF ANY WOMAN SEES IT, SHE WILL DIE BEFORE THE SEVENTH DAY.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANTS LOOKED SCARED WHILE NARRATING ITEM.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Form Grouping Movement BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1984