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CARRY A SILVER DISC IF YOU GO OUT AT NIGHT, FOR
PROTECTION AGAINST WEREWOLVES. MM
SLEEP WITH A WOODEN CROSS OR PUT A WOODEN CROSS OVER
YOUR BED TO PROTECT YOU FROM VAMPIRES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 11-03-1971
TO GUART AGAINST WEREWOLVES, OR VAMPIRES, PEOPLE WOULD
WEAR CROSSES, GARLIC OR WOLFBANE. MM
ONE COULD ONLY KILL A WEREWOLF WITH A SILVER BULLET
THROUGH ITS HEART. MM
ONE COULD ONLY KILL A VAMPIRE BY DRIVING A WOODEN
STAKE WITH ONE BLOW THROUGH ITS HEART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 03-20-1970
GARLIC KEEPS DRACULA AWAY-IT SCARES HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
VAMPIRE
YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL A VAMPIRE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO REFLECTION IN THE
MIRROR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
VAMPIRE
THE ONLY WAY TO SCARE A VAMPIRE OFF AT NIGHT IS TO MAKE SIGN OF THE
CROSS.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE MANY STORIES LIKE THIS ONE ON ORIGINAL 5X8 CARDS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
VAMPIRE
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN KILL A VAMPIRE IS BY DRIVING A WOODEN STAKE
THROUGH HIS HEART WHILE HE SLEEPS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
WEREWOLF
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN KILL A REAL WEREWOLF IS WITH SILVER BULLETS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
(AS HE TOLD IT)
TO HIS COFFIN BEFORE DAWN-BREAK, THAT'S WHAT HE LIVES IN, YOU KNOW.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING' IS THAT HE CAN STILL GET BACK AND DIE HIS EVIL
DEATH. SEE IF HE GETS BACK AND SOMEONE HAS GOT AWAY WITH HIS DIRT
HE IS DONE IN. YOU SEE HE LIVES IN DIRT FROM HIS HOMELAND AND
NO OTHER AND SO IF IT AIN'T THE RIGHT DIRT HE'S DONE FOR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
"SOUCOUNIANT" OR "VOLANT" ARE PEOPLE THAT TAKE OFF THEIR SKIN AND
GO SUCK ANIMALS' BLOOD. THEY HAVE FLAMES COMING FROM UNDERNEATH
THEIR ARMS AND THEY CAN FLY. IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO GET BACK
INTO THEIR SKIN, YOU ADD SOME SALT, GARLIC, LEMON, ETC. TO THE
SKIN WHICH IS USUALLY LEFT IN A BIG BUCKET. ANOTHER WAY TO STOP
THEM IS TO DRAW A CROSS WITH A KNIFE, AND AT THE INTERSECTION OF
THE TWO LINES YOU STAB THE KNIFE.
Submitter comment:
MOST OF THE TIMES, THE "SOUCOUNIANTS" ARE WOMEN. I REMEMBER MANY
YEARS AGO THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED THAT THEY CAUGHT ONE AND
THEY TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
Keyword(s): "VOLANT" MEANS SOMETHING THAT COULD FLY.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IN ORDER TO BRING A "LOUP-GAROU" BACK TO HIS HUMAN STATE, YOU
HAVE TO SHOOT HIM WITH A SILVER BULLET THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY
BLESSES BY A "QUIMBOISEUR", AND YOU SHOULD BE WEARING A GOLDEN
CRUCIFIX. AFTER SHOOTING, YOU SHOULD KISS THE CRUCIFIX, LAY
FACING THE GROUND, AND RECITE THE "OUR FATHER".
Submitter comment:
A "QUIMBOISEUR" IS A PERSON THAT DOES WITCHCRAFT AS WELL AS
HEALING OR WHITE MAGIC.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SOME "DIABLESSES" CHANGE THEIR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE TO BECOME A
THREE LEGGED CALF. IN ORDER TO BRING THEM BACK TO THEIR HUMAN
STATE, YOU SHOULD HIT THEM WITH A CUTLASS OR ANY GLITTERING OBJECT.
YOU SHOULD BE WEARING A GOLDEN CRUCIFIX, AND AS SOON AS YOU HIT
THE THREE LEGGED CALF, YOU SOULD LAY FACING THE GROUND AND
RECITE THE "OUR FATHER".
Submitter comment: "DIABLESSE" IS THE FEMININE OF "DIABLE" WHICH MEANS DEVIL.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
EUPOPEAN BELIEF IN VAMPIRES
WHEN A PERSON DIES IN EUROPE, A SPRIG OF HAWTHORNE
IS LAYED OUT BY THE GRAVE. IF THE DEAD PERSON IS A
VAMPIRE, HE MUST PICK UP THE SPRIG OF THE HAWTHORNE.
ONCE THIS IS DONE, THE TOWNS PEOPLE TAKE THE APPROPRIATE
MEASURES SO THAT THE PERSON DOES NOT COME BACK FROM THE DEAD.
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED OF THE BELIEF FROM AN UNCLE.
Where learned: RELATIVE IN OHIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: CAN'T REMEMBER ; 11-00-1987
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
PROTECTION AGAINST VAMPIRES
THE USE OF A CROSS BETWEEN YOUR EYES AND THE VAMPIRES
WILL PROTECT YOU FROM HIM (?).
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROTECTION AGAINST VAMPIRES
A HANGING CROSS MADE OF ROWAN WOOD TIED TOGETHER
WITH RED THREAD AND SAYING:
HOLY TREE, RED THREAD,
SAVE US NOW FROM THOSE UNDEAD.
WILL PROTECT ONE FROM A VAMPIRE.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.646 BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF A VAMPIRE BITES YOU AND YOU'RE UNDER A FULL MOON,
YOU TOO WILL BECOME A VAMPIRE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
IF A WEREWOLF SCRATCHES YOU, YOU TOO WILL BECOME A
WEREWOLF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
IN SCOTLAND, IT IS BELIEVED THAT ON THE NIGHT OF A
FULL MOON, SOME MEN TURN INTO WEREWOLVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SCOTLAND ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 01-20-1970
WHEN A FULL MOON IS PRESENT, THEN THIS IS THE TIME
WHEN WEREWOLFS ARE SAID TO BE LURKING IN THE NIGHT.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 11-22-1967
BELIEF
THE VICTIM OF A VAMPIRE BECOMES ONE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN