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BELIEF ABOUT DEVILS
THE SUBJECT OF WITCHES IS CLOSELY RELATED TO BLACK CATS, THE
MOON, THE DEVILS, ASTROLOGY. IT IS JOKED TODAY THAT IF
A BLACK CAT CROSSES
YOUR PATH BAD LUCK WILL COME. IN EARLY YEARS IT WAS BELIEVED
DEVILS DISGUISE THEMSELVES AS BLACK CATS, DOGS OR GOATS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MOUNT PLEASANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-28-1971
BUILDING A FIRE
WITCHES BUILD A FIRE IN THE OPEN AND DRAW A MAGIC
CIRCLE ABOUT IT WITH A SWORD. MEN AND WOMEN ALTERNATELY JOIN
HANDS AND QUICKEN THEIR PACE FROM A WALK
TO A RUN, CHANTING ANCIENT RITES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MOUNT PLEASANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-28-1971
SPELL
IF SOMEONE CASTS A SPELL ON YOU THAT YOU WISH TO BREAK
URINATE IN A GUN BARREL AND CORK IT SAYING:
"I'VE GOT YOU." THE PERSON WHO CAST THE SPELL WILL COME
TO YOU BECAUSE HE CANNOT URINATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LOCKING THE KIDNEYS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
MAGIC
IN CHINA, A WOMAN CALLED 'OOPOH' IS CONSIDERED A "MAGICAL WOMAN."
SHE CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE, WORK SPELLS, PERFORM MAGIC.
IF A MAN DIES AWAY FROM HOME, HIS SPIRIT CAN BE BROUGHT HOME BY THE
WIZARD (OOPOH), AND HIS FAMILY CAN SEE THAT IT IS INTERRED.
THE BODY IS NOT TRANSFERRED--JUST THE SPIRIT. AND ONLY THE SPIRIT
OF A GOOD MAN CAN BE BROUGHT HOME FOR BURIAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | 820 BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
ONE CAN TELL IF YOU HAVE TRULY KILLED A WITCH IF A CROW CROWS.
IF YOU DID NOT HEAR THE CROW IT WAS A SIGN THAT THE WITCH HAD TAKEN
OVER A NEW BORN BABY'S SOUL.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 03-20-1970
SPIRIT MEDIUMS
MEDIUMS, PEOPLE WHO CAN CONTACT DEAD
SOULS, CAN CAUSE TROUBLE BY PULLING THEM INTO ACTIVITY.
IF A MEDIUM CALLS A SPIRIT, HE CAN CAPTURE THE SOUL OF A MAN
JUST DIED. THE SPIRIT OF THE NEWLY DEAD CAN BE FORCED OUT
BY THE MEDIUM. IT IS DANGEROUS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A BELIEF IN INDIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
BELIEF IN WITCHES
SHARON MCCORMICK'S GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER,
WHO WERE PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH, WERE WITCHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 09-24-1969
BELIEF
TO KILL A WITCH- CLOSE THE BOOK, RING THE BELL, AND BLOW
OUT THE CANDLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
WITCH OF TRAVERSE
ABOUT 9 YEARS AGO, A CLASSMATE OF MINE NAMED JOHN PUTRASS TOLD
ME ABOUT A WITCH THAT LIVED ON HIS STREET. SHE LIVED IN AN
OLD HOUSE ON TRAVERSE NEAR ST. CYRIL AND VAN DYKE. THE HOUSE
WAS UNPAINTED AND SEVERAL DEAD TREES GREW AROUND IT. WHEN I WENT
TO SEE IT, SHE WAS STANDING ON THE PORCH WITH LONG STRINGY
WHITE HAIR AND A LONG GREEN DRESS. AS WE DROVE BY HER HOUSE
ON OUR BIKES, SHE STARED AT US COLDLY. THE LEGEND ON THE STREET WAS
THAT SHE BURIED HER HUSBAND, WHO HAD BEEN MISSING FOR YEARS,
IN THE CELLAR
I WENT TO SEE THE HOUSE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS
CONDEMNED BY THE CITY. AT PRESENT IT NO LONGER STANDS, BUT WHEN
I WENT TO ST. THOMAS SCHOOL. IT STRUCK FEAR INTO ANYONE THAT SAW IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MARY WORTH
STAND IN THE BATHROOM WITH THE DOOR CLOSED AND THE LIGHTS OFF,
LOOK DIRECTLY IN THE MIRROR AND REPEAT THREE TIMES
"I BELIEVE IN MARY WORTH"
THE FACE OF THE FAMOUS SALEM WITCH, MARY WORTH, IS SUPPOSED TO APPEAR
IN THE MIRROR.
IN THE MIRROR
Submitter comment:
THERE WERE ALL SORTS OF STORIES ABOUT GIRLS THAT DID THIS AND
CAME OUT OF THE BATHROOM WITH BURNS AND SCRATCHES ON THEIR FACES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): CONJURATION
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 00001970S
SEVEN SISTERS IN A NEW ORLEANS SUBURB OF ALGIERS ARE SUPPOSED TO
HELP PEOPLE WITH THEIR LOVE AFFAIRS OR PUT CURSES ON PEOPLE.
PEOPLE, BELIEVING THAT THEY WILL BE HELPED, GO TO THEM WITH THEIR
PROBLEMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
EVIL EYE SYNDROME
IN GREECE, TO WARD OFF THE EFFECTS OF THE EVIL EYE, SMALL BLUE
PLASTIC EYEBALLS ARE SOLD EVERYWHERE.
Where learned: GREECE ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 12-00-1979
EVIL EYE SYNDROME
THE ANAHUATL INDIAN MAKES A NECKLACE OF BEADS, A B1LL OF YARN, AND
A RELIGIOUS (CATHOLIC) MEDAL TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE EVIL EYE
Where learned: MEXICO ; COXCATLAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
HAZY MOON, RAIN SOON.
Where learned: ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
"EL CURANDERO"- WITCHDOCTOR.
A PERSON WHO CAN CURE AN ILLNESS BY PRESCRIBING POTIONS OR REMEDIES
FOR PEOPLE. HE USES VARIOUS HERBS, TEAS, BROOM, FEATHERS,, ETC., TO
CONJURE UP THE RIGHT CURE. 'E/SHE CAN ALSO CAUSE EVIL ON SOMEONE BY
PLACING A CURSE EITHER ON HIS OWN OR BY THE REQUEST OF SOMEONE ELSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Curer |
Date learned: 06-02-1959
THE CHOCTAWS OF THE MISSISSIPPI HAVE MANY SUPERSTITIONS.
OF ALL, TWO ARE MOST IMPORTANT:
(1) BATS ALWAYS FLAP NEAR A WITCH'S HEAD. (P435, P442).
(2) BUZZARDS FORETELL DISASTER. (P444).
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bird |
LEGEND__BELLE ISLE
DOWN A CERTAIN STREET AT NIGHT, THERE IS A WITCH THAT HAD SPIKES IN
HER HANDS AND CLAWS AT YOUR CAR, TRYING TOO GET IN IF YOU
PARK TOO LONG
WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIEND
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION ; BALLROOM
Keyword(s): FUNCTIONAL FOLKTALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-22-1967
ON MARCH 15TH, THE IDES OF MARCH, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PUT A BROOM
BEHIND THE DOOR TO KEEP THE WITCHES OUT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 15 ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 03-00-1980
WITCH BELIEF
WHILE LIVING IN ITALY, THE INFORMANT'S GRANDFATHER USED TO SEE
A CERTAIN HORSE CROSSING A CERTAIN CREEK EVERY DAY. ONE DAY THE
HORSE STOPPED AT THE BANK AND DID NOT CROSS, BUT STOOD THAT
WAY, UNMOVING. THIS GRANDFATHER ATTRIBUTED THE HORSE'S REACTION
TO THE PRESENCE OF A WITCH.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT'S GRANDFATHER WAS WHOLLY CONVINCED OF THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
SPRINKLE RED PEPPER AROUND THE FRONT DOOR TO PREVENT
EVIL PEOPLE FROM ENTERING THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT SAYS RED PEPPER ALSO WARDS OFF STRAY DOGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 04-00-1983