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SUPERSTITION--FUNERAL PROCESSION
IN THE OLD DAYS, THEY SAY WHENEVER A FUNERAL PROCESSION PASSED
YOUR HOUSE, YOU SHOULD RUN AND CLOSE ALL THE WINDOWS AND DOORS
SO THE PERSON'S SPIRIT WON'T STAY IN YOUR HOUSE AND SCARE YOU.
Where learned: BAHAMAS ; NASSAU
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
IF YOU EAT BAKING SODA AND WATERMELON YOU WILL DIE.
Submitter comment:
BAKING SODA IS USED TO CURE A STOMACH ACHE.
OFTEN, PEOPLE GET STOMACH ACHES AFTER EATING A LOT OF
WATERMELON.
IF YOU GET A STOMACH ACHE AFTER EATING WATERMELON, USE
ANOTHER REMEDY INSTEAD OF BAKING SODA.
MY INFORMANT'S GRANDFATHER FIRMLY BELIEVES THIS BECAUSE
HE KNEW SOMEONE WHO DIED AFTER EATING BAKING SODA AND
WATERMELON.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; WAUGH
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
SAYINGS
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULD NOT ATTEND FUNERALS BECAUSE HER CHILD WILL
RESEMBLE THE DEAD.
Submitter comment:
I WAS PREGNANT AND ATTENDED MY GRANDFATHER'S FUNERAL AND MY SON
LOOKS LIKE HIM AND WALKS LIKE HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
IF A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL,
A LOVED ONE WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: SHE DOES NOT BELIEVE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1970 ; 00-00-1985
DEVIL'S NIGHT
"MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT BACK IN THE 1800'S
THAT DEVIL'S NIGHT WAS NOT CALLED DEVIL'S
NIGHT. IT WAS CALLED TURNING OF THE SOULS
NIGHT BECAUSE ON DEVIL'S NIGHT THE DEAD
PEOPLE IN THEIR GRAVES WOULD TURN OVER IN
THEIR GRAVES."
Submitter comment:
SHE WAS NERVOUS WHEN SHE RECORDED THE STORY.
SHE WAS ALSO AFRAID TO LET OTHERS HEAR HER
VOICE ON THE TAPE RECORDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F103 BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001800S ; 10-00-1985
DURING A FUNERAL, IF THE DEAD PERSON
SUDDENLY OPENS HIS EYES, HE IS
LOOKING OVER WHO CAME TO SEE HIM.
THE EYES HAVE TO BE SOWN TOGETHER
IN ORDER FOR THEM TO REMAIN SHUT.
IF THE DEAD PERSON SUDDENLY AROSE FROM
HIS CASKET HE WANTS TO GET OUT, OR
HIS SPIRIT HAS LEFT HIM. HE NEEDS
TO BE PUSHED BACK DOWN OR ONE WILL
HAVE TO WAIT TILL HE LIES DOWN HIMSELF.
Submitter comment:
THESE ARE OLD FUNERAL STORIES THAT
HAVE BEEN TOLD TO JOE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001960S
WHEN A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL
IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A SUPERSTITION THAT IS
KEPT IN JEAN'S FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001970S
IF A WILD BIRD GETS INTO YOUR
HOUSE, OR IF A DOG KEEPS ON
HOWLING, YOU CAN EXPECT SOMEONE
CLOSE TO YOU TO DIE SOON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED HE FOUND THIS
TO BE TRUE. HE STATED A WILD
BIRD FLEW INTO HIS HOUSE AND HIS
FATHER DIED SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; BATON ROUGE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
IF YOU SNEEZE THREE OR MORE
TIMES BEFORE BREAKFAST THAT
IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
HOLD YOUR BREATH WHEN YOU DRIVE BY A CEMETERY OR YOU
WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
IF A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL YOU'RE
GONNA DIE.
OR IF A ROCKING CHAIR ROCKS BY ITSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): EMPTY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 00001930S
YOU KNOW DEATH ALWAYS COMES IN THREES. AND A BIRD IN THE HOUSE SHOWS YA AND ANUMBRELLA TOO.
MRS. MILLER TALKS IN ALMOST A SLANG LANGUAGE BUT
SOMETIMES SHE DOES IT PURPOSELY FOR EFFECT.
SHOWS YA REFERS TO THE FACT THAT IF ONE OF THE
ABOVE SUPERSTITIONS OCCUR, DEATH WILL HAPPEN
SHORTLY TO SOMEONE CLOSE.
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED THESE OVER THE PHONE. WL[ DETROIT, MICHIGAN
SHE KNEW THESE FROM HER DETROIT CHILDHOOD.
DT[ 00001930S
SD[ 10251985
MM[ YOU KNOW DEATH ALWAYS COMES IN THREES. AND A BIRD IN THE HOUSE SHOWS YA AND ANUMBRELLA TOO.
MRS. MILLER TALKS IN ALMOST A SLANG LANGUAGE BUT
SOMETIMES SHE DOES IT PURPOSELY FOR EFFECT.
SHOWS YA REFERS TO THE FACT THAT IF ONE OF THE
ABOVE SUPERSTITIONS OCCUR, DEATH WILL HAPPEN
SHORTLY TO SOMEONE CLOSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): UMBRELLA
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001930S
A FEW SAYINGS
OH YES, I CAN REMEMBER MANY SUPERSTITIONS. AH
YOU SHOULDN'T PART IF THERE'S A POST OR TREE;
NEVER SIT UNDER AN ARCHWAY AT A FUNERAL HOME;
IF YOU PUT SALT ON A BIRD'S TALE IT WON'T MOVE;
IF THE POCKET OF A PALLBEARER IS TORN HE WILL DIE
THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment:
SHE WAS ZIPPING THEM RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF HER
HEAD!!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights ; IN HER HOUSE
Date learned: 00001930S
AMONG THE IBO TRIBE IN NIGERIA, SUICIDE IS CONSIDERED THE
ULTIMATE TABOO. A MAN WHO COMMITS SUICIDE MUST BE BURIED BY
MEMBERS OF ANOTHER TRIBE, BECAUSE HE HAS DESECRATED HIS BODY
AND HIS TRIBAL LANDS. THE MAN'S ANIMALS, IF HE OWNS ANY,
MUST BE SACRIFICED IN ORDER TO CLEANSE THE DESECRATED LAND.
HIS BODY MUST BE BURIED IN AN AREA CONSIDERED STRICTLY FOR
OUTCASTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-13-1987
ONE OF THE GREATEST TERRORS FEARED BY THE IBO TRIBE IN NIGERIA
IS THE OGBANJE, A CHANGELING, WHICH IS A CHILD THAT CONSTANTLY
DIES AND RETURNS TO ITS MOTHER TO BE BORN AGAIN. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE
TO SAVE THE CHILD FROM DYING. MUTILATION OF THE CORPSE MAY
TERRIFY THE CHILD'S SPIRIT INTO STAYING AWAY FROM THE MOTHER,
BUT THIS DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF THE
CHILD BEING BORN AGAIN BEARING THE SCARS OF THE MUTILATION
ON ITS BODY. THE ONLY TO SAVE THE CHILD IS TO FIND THE
IYI-UWA, THE ENCHANTED OBJECT THAT MAINTAINS THE CHILD'S
SOUL, AND DESTROY IT. THEN THE CHILD WILL NOT DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-13-1987
BELIEF IN VAMPIRES IN CHINA
WHEN A PERSON IN CHINA DIES, RICE IS SCATTERED AT THE
GRAVESITE. IF THE DEAD PERSON IS A VAMPIRE, HE/SHE
MUST COUNT THE PELLETS OF RICE. NO ONE KNOWS WHY THIS
IS.
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED OF THE BELIEF FROM AN UNCLE.
Where learned: RELATIVE IN OHIO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1978 ; 11-00-1987
HOLD YOUR BREATH WHEN PASSING A CEMETERY SO YOU DON'T END
UP BURIED THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1974 ; 11-00-1987
WHEN YOU GET AN UNEXPECTED CHILL IT MEANS THAT SOMEONE IS
STEPPING OVER YOUR GRAVE.
Submitter comment: YOUR GRAVE SHOULD BE INTERPRETED AS YOUR FUTURE BURIAL SITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1974 ; 11-00-1987
IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 11-00-1987 ; 11-00-1987
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LOOK BACK IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-00-1987 ; 11-00-1987