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IF A CAT JUMPS ON A BABY'S LAP, IT WILL TAKE ITS
BREATH AWAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS BELIEF WAS IN HER FAMILY
SINCE SHE COULD REMEMBER. SHE IS THE COLLECTOR'S
MOTHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 04-18-1965
IF YOU STEP ON THE CRACK OF A SIDEWALK, YOU WILL
BREAK YOUR AUNT'S BACK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM MY SISTER WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: 03-22-1967
FULL MOON
PEOPLE ACT STRANGELY DURING THE NIGHT OF A FULL MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU SHOULD NEVER SWEEP DUST OUT OF THE BACK DOOR WHEN
SWEEPING THE FLOOR, BECAUSE IF YOU DO, YOUR FATHER
WILL DIE IN A SHORT TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: 10-28-1967
EAT CARROTS FOR GOOD EYES; EAT FISH FOR BRAINS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
IF YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD IT IS ATTRIBUTED TO GETTING
UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I USED TO THINK THAT IF YOU SHOULD
ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOW A FRUIT PIT, THAT KIND OF TREE
WOULD GROW OUT OF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NAME TABU
DON'T CALL A BABY'S TEETH "TEETH," BECAUSE IF YOU DO,
THE BABY MIGHT NOT GET ANY MORE TEETH. CALL THEM
RICE GRAINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TABU
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MY GRANDFATHER (INFORMANT) TOLD ME THAT HIS MOTHER TOLD
HIM THAT IF IT HURT YOU TO DO ANYTHING, YOU SHOULD
NOT DO IT. THIS WOULD SUPPOSEDLY MEAN YOU WOULD
BE IN EXCELLENT HEALTH. THE INFORMANT SAYS HIS MOTHER
ACTUALLY BELIEVED IN THIS METHOD OF STAYING HEALTHY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
IF YOU TICKLE A BABY'S FOOT, IT MAY DEVELOP A
SPEECH IMPEDIMENT.
Submitter comment:
HEARD IN DEVELOPMENT PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC 250, SECT. II)
AT UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT (DETROIT, MICHIGAN). HEARD FROM A
STUDENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-24-1970
IF YOU HAVE PIERCED EARS AND WEAR EARRINGS WITH A
GOLD BASE, YOU WILL NEVER HAVE HEADACHES.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED OF THIS FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
Date learned: 10-28-1970
MAKING OF A FUNNY OR UGLY FACE WHILE OUTDOORS IN COLD
WEATHER, MAY CAUSE YOUR FACE TO FREEZE IN THAT
POSITION.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT USED THIS TO SCARE HER CHILDREN.
Data entry tech comment:
IF WE POUTED OR MADE A FACE AT SOMEONE, OUR MOTHER USED
TO SAY THIS ALSO, REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER.--PAC
I BELIEVE, IT WAS TO DISCOURAGE THE PRACTICE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; LE ROY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
IF YOU DO NOT WIPE DRY BETWEEN YOUR TOES AFTER A BATH
OR SHOWER, YOUR TOES MIGHT BECOME INFECTED AND FALL
OFF.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD THIS TO SCARE HER CHILDREN INTO WIPING
TOES.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; LE ROY
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNGUS ATHLETE'S FOOT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
MY GRANDMOTHER (INFORMANT) BELIEVES IN THE SUPERSTITION
THAT IF ONE WEARS A HAT IN THE HOUSE, HE WILL GO BALD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-31-1971
STEPPING OVER A CHILD LYING ON THE FLOOR WILL STUNT
HIS GROWTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-14-1970
DO NOT WALK OVER A PERSON WHEN HE IS LYING DOWN,
BECAUSE HE WILL STOP GROWING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
MEAT AND WATER AND GREEN(S?) BREAKS UP FAT, BUT
MEAT IS IMPURE AND HAS A TENDENCY TO WEIGHT (SIC)
YOU DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO CUT A BABY'S FINGERNAIL BEFORE HE REACHED HIS
FIRST BIRTHDAY WAS TO CUT OFF HIS INTELLIGENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
IF YOU STEP ON AN ANT, YOU WILL MAKE YOUR MOTHER CRY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS WAS A POPULAR BELIEF
AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN. SHE SAID THAT EVERYONE WAS
VERY CAREFUL TO AVOID ANTS ON THE WAY HOME FROM
SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-23-1971
FROGS CAUSE WARTS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECALLS THIS FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SHELBY
Date learned: 10-17-1970