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GHOST LEGEND
THERE PERSISTS A LEGEND IN MACEDONIAN CULTURE THAT IF A
PERSON DIES THEN WITHIN 24 HOURS OF DEATH, THE GHOST OF THE
DECEASED WILL APPEAR TO SOME MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: JAMES LEARNED THIS FROM HIS PARENTS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
LEGEND OF SEAWEED SALLY
AT CAMP BIG SILVER BOY'S CLUB SUMMER CAMP, AT PICKNEY MICHIGAN
THERE WAS A GHOST ACROSS THE LAKE CALLED SEAWEED SALLY. THE BOYS
WERE WARNED TO WATCH FOR HER BECAUSE SHE KIDNAPPED LITTLE BOYS.
Where learned: TOLEDO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 12-00-1968
LEGEND
EVERY HALLOWEEN NIGHT THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN GOES LOOKING
FOR HIS HEAD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
PINCH OF THE DEAD
WHEN YOU FIND A BLACK AND BLUE MARK ON YOUR BODY AND
YOU DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT IS FROM, IT MEANS THAT SOMEONE
WHO IS CLOSE TO YOU AND THAT DIED, NEEDS YOUR PRAYERS
AND HAS COME BACK TO TELL YOU THIS. THE BLACK AND BLUE MARK.
IS A SIGN THAT HE HAS PINCHED YOU TO TELL OF HIS NEED.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLORS
Date learned: 03-31-1970
GHOST BELIEF
IN THAILAND EVERYONE IS AFRAID OF GHOSTS, WHEN MY AUNT
WAS THERE SHE HAD A HOUSEKEEPER WHO WAS AFRAID OF GHOSTS.
ONE DAY SHE CAME HOME AND HER HOUSEKEEPER WAS NOT THERE.
TWO DAYS LATER SHE RETURNED, SAYING SHE HAD HEARD A GHOST AND LEFT
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD FROM HER AUNT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-08-1965
GHOST IN WHITE
A WOMAN IN WHITE ROAMS THE WOODS OF BELLE ISLE NEAR DOWNTOWN DETROIT WITH A HOOK-HANDED FRIEND.
THIS STORY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails SPEECH -- Proper Name |
GREMLINS
GREMLINS ARE INVISIBLE DEMONS WHO CAUSE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
TO OPERATE ERRATICALLY FOR NO REASON
Submitter comment: COLLECTOR SAYS THIS IS NOT BELIEVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
HOT STEAM
A HOT STEAM IS SOMEBODY WHO CANNOT GET TO HEAVEN AND JUST
WALLOWS AROUND ON EARTH ON LONESOME ROADS, IF YOU WALK THROUGH ONE
WHEN YOU DIE, YOU WILL BE ONE TOO. AND THEN GO AROUND AT NIGHT
SUCKING THE BREATH OF PEOPLE. YOU CANNOT HELP WALKING THROUGH ONE.
SOMETIMES THEY STRETCH ALL THE WAY DOWN THE ROAD. BUT IF YOU
GO THROUGH ONE SAY, 'ANGEL-BRIGHT, LIFE IN DEATH, GET OFF THE
ROAD, DON'T SUCK MY BREATH,' THIS KEEPS THEM FROM YOU.
Where learned: ALABAMA
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CEMETERY STATUE
THERE IS A CEMETERY IN WILMENDING, PENNSYLVANIA WITH A SIX
FOOT STATUE OF A GIRL DRESSED IN A LONG FLOWING ROBE.
SHE IS CARRYING AN ARMFUL OF BOOKS FOR SCHOOL. THE HISTORY OF
THIS FIGURE IS A STORY THAT GOES LIKE THIS: THE GIRL WAS
COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL WHEN SHE WAS ATTACKED AND RAPED
AND KILLED BY TWO HOODLUMS, ON THE DAY OF HER BIRTHDAY.
HER PARENTS HAD A STATUE MADE OF HER AT THE TIME SHE WAS
KILLED AND PLACED ON HER GRAVE. BECAUSE SHE WAS A VIRGIN AT
THE TIME OF DEATH, IT IS BELIEVED THAT ANYONE GOING TO THE
CEMETERY IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT, WHO DARES TO WALK THE LONELY
WALK UP TO THE STATUE, AND TOUCH IT, WILL DISCOVER IF THEY ARE
A VIRGIN. A VIRGIN WILL RECEIVE NO HARM FROM THE STATUE, BUT
A NON-VIRGIN WILL RECEIVE A CUT AND CONSEQUENTLY BLEED FROM
TOUCHING THE GARMENT OF
THE STATUE. IN ADDITION ON THE EVE OF HER BIRTHDAY, THE
STATUE IS BELIEVED TO COME ALIVE AND WALK THE CEMETERY LOOKING
FOR HER MURDERERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MELVINDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of Object SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 10-15-1965
MAGIC RING
THIS IS A BELIEF OF INDIA. THERE IS A RING-- SET ON A TABLE--
THAT ATTRACTS SOULS. IT IS WHAT YOU CALL AN ANTENNA. THE SOULS
THAT IT ATTRACTS POSSESS THE BODY OF A LIVING PERSON, THIS IS
VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT USED PROPERLY, OR IS USED BY A WEAK MEDIUM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
BELIEF
MERMAIDS CAME TO THE HOMESICK SAILORS DURING LONG VOYAGES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-29-1968
BOOGIEMAN BELIEF
WHEN I WAS A KID, MY PARENTS USED TO TELL ME THAT OLD UNCLE
GEORGE WAS THIS GHOST THAT LIVED IN THE BASEMENT AND
THAT HE WOULD COME UP AT NIGHT AND EAT ME ALIVE IF I WAS BAD.
Submitter comment:
I USED TO HAVE A PICTURE IN MY MIND OF WHAT OLD GEORGE LOOKED
LIKE, HE WAS BIG AND DUMB LIKE JETHRO- OF THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
TELEVISION SHOW.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CANNIBALISM ; THREAT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-02-1970
BANSHE
IN IRELAND EVERYONE IS AFRQID OF THE NAMED CREATURE CALLED
THE BANSHE. THEY WERE FAIRY WOMEN AND WHEN ANY PERSON WAS NEAR DEATH
THE BANSHE CAME AROUND THE HOUSE CRYING THREE NIGHTS BEFORE THE
PERSON DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BANSHEE ; NUMBER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
THE SPIRIT WATCHES
IN SMALL VILLAGES OF THAILAND, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE SPIRIT
OF SOME NATIVE OF THAT TOWN STILL WATCHES OVER IT, PROTECTING
THE TOWN FROM EVIL, THE SPIRIT MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN BY
APPEARING TO A FEW OF THE VILLAGERS, MAKING HIS AUTHENTICITY BY
TELLING THE VILLAGERS THEIR LIFE HISTORY IN ITS' ENTIRETY.
THIS HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN MANY CASES, AND NO EXPLANATION
CAN BE GIVEN OF A NATURAL SORT.
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
LA SALAMANDRA
THE PEASANTS DEEPLY FEEL THAT IF A MAN IS EVIL, THAT SOMETIME
WHEN HE IS IN THE JUNGLE ALONE, HE WILL DELVE AND SEE A BEAUTIFUL
WOMAN WEARING A WHITE DRESS WITH BLACK HAIR AND FIERY EYES.
SHE IS THE REPRESENTATION OF DEATH AND WHEN THEY MEET IT MEANS
THAT HE IS DESTINED TO DIE SOON.
Submitter comment: MR. MARCHETT WAS TOLD THIS IN LATIN AMERICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
WHEN A WOMAN IS SEPARATED, DIVORCED OR ESTRANGED FROM HER HUSBAND
AND HE DIES, SHE TAKES A RIBBON OFF OF THE FLOWERS ON THE FACE
OF THE COFFIN, AND HANGS IT ON HER DOOR, TO WARD OFF HER
HUSBAND HAUNTING HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
SUPERSTITION
WHEN ONE HEARS NOISES THREE DAYS AFTER BURYING A LOVED ONE
IT MEANS HIS SPIRIT CAME BACK TO THANK THE FAMILY FOR ALL
THAT IT HAD DONE.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Use of Object SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
BANSHEE
IN IRELAND WHEN YOU HAVE HEARD THE WAIL OF THE BANSHEE, YOU
YOU KNOW THAT SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE WILL DIE.
THIS WAILING PRECEDES THE COMING OF THE COACH OF DEATH
WHICH IDENTIFIES THE BANSHEE, AND IS DRAWN BY 4 BLACK HORSES.
THIS COACH CARRIES THE ONE WHO IS TO DIE TO THE UNDERWORLD.
Where learned: TRENTON
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBER
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-00-1968
CHARMS AGAINST GHOSTS
CANDLE LIGHT IS A POWERFUL PROTECTION AGAINST GHOSTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
A NET WILL KEEP GHOSTS AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969