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WHEN TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME WORD AT THE SAME TIME, ONE OF THEM WILL
SAY "JINX, PINCH POKE, OWE ME A COKE. THE OTHER PERSON WILL HAVE TO
BUY THE FIRST A COKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
GERMAN-AMERICAN MARRIAGE CUSTOM
BEFORE GERMAN MEN GET MARRIED, THEY MUST EAT TWO RAW EGGS THE
NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING TO PRODUCE A LARGE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: THE EGG IS A FERTILITY SYMBOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: CA00001930
GERMAN-AMERICAN CUSTOM
A WOMAN IS NEVER TO EAT A DOUBLE-YOLKED EGG BECAUSE IT WILL
CAUSE INFERTILITY.
Submitter comment:
MOST DOUBLE-YOLKED EGGS DO NOT HATCH. THIS MAY EXPLAIN THE
INABILITY TO BEAR OFFSPRING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: CA00001930
DEATH SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOU HEAR KNOCKING AT NIGHT, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE. THE
INFORMANT HEARD KNOCKING ON TWO NIGHTS AND THE DEATH OF TWO
RELATIVES FOLLOWED.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD OF THIS DEATH PREDICTOR IN POLAND AROUND 1910.
SINCE SHE CLAIMS THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO HER, SHE HELD A GREAT
CONVICTION TO ITS TRUTH. KNOCKING IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH
COMMUNICATION FROM THE DEACEASED. PERHAPS, THE DEAD WILL WARN OF
AN UPCOMING DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Observation BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; CA00001910
PREGNANCY SUPERSTITION
A PREGNANT WOMAN MUST EAT FOR TWO.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
A MOTHER MUST LOSE A TOOTH FOR EACH CHILD SHE BRINGS
INTO THIS WORLD.
BABIES BORN TO PARENTS OF MATURE YEARS, ARE MORE
LIKELY TO HAVE BRILLIANT MINDS.
Submitter comment: FROM NEIGHBOR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
MARY WENT INTO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. HE EXAMINED HER
AND ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE THE MOTHER OF
TWINS. MARY ONLY LAUGHED -- SHE KNEW SHE DID IT ONLY
ONCE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO TAKE A SECOND HELPING BEFORE YOU ARE THROUGH
WITH THE FIRST, MEANS THAT SOMEONE IS COMING WHO
IS HUNGRY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Observation |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
SUPERSTITION
IF IN THE COURSE OF A CONVERSATION BOTH PEOPLE HAPPEN TO SAY THE
SAME THING SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE FIRST PERSON TO SAY "COKE" MUST BE
GIVEN ONE BY THE OTHER.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1981
MARRIAGE CUSTOM
IN THE NIGERIAN TRIBE HAUSA, THE COUPLE DOES NOT BEGIN TO LIVE
TOGETHER UNTIL TWO WEEKS FOLLOWING THE WEDDING.
Submitter comment: THIS IS DONE IN NIGERIA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour BELIEF -- Number P686.1.14 |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
AN IRISH BELIEF IS THAT DEATH COMES IN THREES, USUALLY WITHIN THE
SPAN OF TWO WEEKS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001930S
THE FAMILY THAT IS IN THE FIRST CAR OF A FUNERAL
PROCESSION, EXCLUDING THE DECEASED'S FAMILY'S CAR,
WILL SOON HAVE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
TO KEEP YOUR MAN THROUGH HIS STOMACH
IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR MAN, HUSBAND, OR BOYFRIEND; COOK HIM SOME
DINNER CONSISTING OF TOMATO SAUCE IN NOODLES OR WHATEVER YOU
PREFER. BUT THE SAUCE HAS TO BE RED! YOU ARE TO TAKE TWO TEASPOONS
OF YOUR MENSTRUAL BLOOD AND ADD IT TO THE SAUCE. HE WILL NEVER
LEAVE YOU EVER BUT YOU CAN NOT LEAVE HIM EITHER BECAUSE HE WILL BE
OBSESSED WITH YOU.
Where learned: DETROIT ; NORWEST THEATER
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 01-30-1984
IF YOU SLEEP ON YOUR STOMACH DURING YOUR FIRST TWO
MONTHS OF PREGNANCY, YOUR BABY WILL BE STRONG AND
HEALTHY. "MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME THIS WHEN I WAS
PREGNANT WITH MY FIRST CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time Month BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-00-1985 ; 00-00-1981
Balinese custom
If a set of twins are born, a boy and a girl, one of the
babies must be given away or left out on the street for three
days until someone else takes it.
Where learned: Bali ; Indonesia
Date learned: 00-00-1955
Chinese custom
When a family member dies, that same night two white candles
are to be lit and placed outside the front door to signal to
the deceased where to come home to.
Where learned: CHINA
Keyword(s): Deceased
Date learned: 00-00-1955
Chinese custom
When a close family member dies, the first day of the funeral
one of the children must place one pearl and two coins in the
mouth of the deceased for burial.
Where learned: CHINA
Keyword(s): Gem or Money
Date learned: 00-00-1955
Custom
In a Sicilian family, it is customary to name the first
son after the paternal grandfather. The second son is
named after the maternal grandfather.
Date learned: 00001977CA
If your soap breaks in two, it's a true sign of parting.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR
Keyword(s): breaking up, end
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
IN THE PHILIPPINES MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE IT BAD LUCK TO EAT MEAT
WITHIN TWO DAYS OF A LOVED ONE'S DEATH. THIS IS SO IN CASE THE
PERSON HAS BEEN REINCARNATED INTO A PIG OR A COW.
Where learned: PHILIPPINES
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial Food Drink -- Meat Food Drink -- Meat Bred animal BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |