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YOU CAN GET WARTS FROM PICKING MUSHROOMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
IF YOU COUNT THE STARS IN THE SKY YOU WILL GROW
WARTS ON YOUR HAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
BY BURYING A PIECE OF SOMEONE'S NAILS OR HAIR ON A FULL
MOON BY A TREE, YOU CAN WISH A WART ON THAT PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT WHEN YOU HANDLE A TOAD, YOU GET WARTS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
CHILDREN WERE CAUTIONED NOT TO PICK UP TOADS AS THEY
WOULD GET WARTS.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
DON'T PICK UP A TOAD OR YOU'LL GET WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
DON'T EAT THAT WART!
WHEN YOU TOUCH A TOAD YOU GET WARTS, BUT IF YOU TRY TO BITE
IT OFF AND ACCIDENTLY SWALLOW SOME OF IT, YOU WILL
START TO CROAK LIKE A FROG.
Submitter comment:
CHRIS TOLD ME THIS ONE DAY WHILE WE WERE SITTING DOWN IN
THE STUDENT UNION. HE SAID THIS IS WHAT HE USED TO TELL
HIS FRIENDS SO THEY WOULD BE AFRAID TO TRY AND GET RID
OF THEIR WARTS, ESPECIALLY BY BITING THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-16-1969
IF YOU TOUCH A TOAD, YOU'LL GET WARTS ON YOUR HAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IF YOU HAVE A WART, RUB A PENNY OVER IT AND THROW THE PENNY OVER
YOUR SHOULDER SO YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE IT LANDS.
WHOEVER FINDS THE PENNY WILL GET THE WART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-16-1969
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IF A PREGNANT WOMAN IS FRIGHTENED BY SOMETHING
I.E. A DOG, THEN THE CHILD WILL HAVE A FEAR OF THE
SAME THING.
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MADISON HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DON'T LOOK THROUGH A BROKEN MIRROR OR YOUR FACE WILL
WRINKLE EARLY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-08-1967
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IF A PREGNANT WOMAN EATS TOO MANY STRAWBERRIES, THE CHILD
WILL HAVE A STRAWBERRY (BIRTH)MARK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): GLUTTONY
Date learned: 02-14-1967
DYSPEPSIA IS CAUSED BY EATING BETWEEN MEALS.
Submitter comment:
LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER WHO SAID SHE HAD SEEN
IT IN A COOKBOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-09-1967
IF YOU TOUCH A MUSHROOM OR A TOAD, YOU WILL GET A WART.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 02-14-1967
IF YOU WALK AN INFANT AROUND THE DINING ROOM ON SUNDAY
DURING THE HIGH MASS, THE CHILD WILL BE ABLE TO
WALK SOONER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EXERCISE
Date learned: 03-25-1967
MY GRANDFATHER REFUSED TO POSE FOR SNAPSHOTS, SAYING
THAT HE WOULD DIE WITHIN A YEAR IF WE TOOK HIS PICTURE.
IN 1957 (SEPTEMBER) HE ALLOWED US TO TAKE HIS PICTURE
BECAUSE IT WAS A SPECIAL OCCASION--I WAS GETTING MARRIED.
IN OCTOBER, 1958 HE DIED--AT THE AGE OF 90, OF CANCER.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER'S NAME WAS SAMUEL GONDEK; HE WAS BORN IN
POLAND. WHEN HE CAME TO AMERICA, HE SETTLED IN
BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Gaylord
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
THE POLISH PEOPLE CUT THE HAIR OF THE GIRLS SLIGHTLY
ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH. THIS WILL INSURE A
HEAVY TEXTURED HEAD OF HAIR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU STEP ON A BLANKET?
YOU BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS BROTHER, JOE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-15-1967