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MAGIC
A PERSON WEARING A FOUR LEAFED SHAMROCK CAN UNDERSTAND
BARKING DOGS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID IT WAS AN OLD IRISH CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
YOU SHOULD NOT SPREAD BUTTER WITH A FORK, IT WILL MAKE THE COW
KICK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN ZOO
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
CHIPEWYAN ESKIMO
THEY DO NOT KILL WOLVES OR WOLVERINES BECAUSE THEY ARE
POWERFUL SPIRITS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARQUETTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business |
TO BECOME A WEREWOLF
TAKE AN IRON COOKING POT INTO WHICH MUST BE DUMPED WATER, PARSLEY,
OPIUM, AND SAFFRON. YOU DO NOT EAT IT, IT IS TO ATTACK THE DEVIL.
RUB YOUR BODY WITH FAT OF A FRESHLY KILLED CAT AND PUT ON A
WOLF'S SKIN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
Keyword(s): DEVIL ; Legend ; MYTH ; SUPERNATURAL ; Werewolf
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFORMATION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Flavoring Spice BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
PROVERBIAL SIMILE
NERVOUS AS A LONG TAILED CAT IN A ROOM OF ROCKING CHAIRS
USED WHEN TRYING TO POINT OUT HOW NERVOUS A PERSON, YOURSELF
OR SOMEONE ELSE, CAN BECOME IN A GIVEN SITUATION
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS BEING USED DURING HIS CHILDHOOD
HE HAS USED IT AND HEARD OTHERS USE IT IN TIMES OF STRESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ANXIETY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1971
THAI PROVERB
NEVER TRUST A COBRA, AN ELEPHANT IN HEAT, OR A LOVING WIFE
Where learned: THAILAND
Keyword(s): EPIGRAMS
James Callow Keyword(s): REPTILE ANIMALS ; SUSPICION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
JAMAICAN SPIRIT BELIEF
NEVER HIT A BLACK DOG AT NIGHT BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE A GHOST. THERE
WERE GUYS WHO WOULD STONE STRAY DOGS UNTIL ONE NIGHT THEY SAW A BLACK
DOG. THEY THREW STONES AT IT BUT SOON FELT TNE STONES COMING BACK
AT THEM NO MATTER WHERE THEY WOULD GO. THE STONES JUST KEPT
FOLLOWING THEM. THEY ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL.
Submitter comment: DONALD LEE LEARNED THIS ITEM IN BUFF BAY, JAMAICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL COLOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 10-31-1975
EASTER CUSTOM
AMONG THIS MAN'S FAMILY, IT WAS CUSTOMARY TO HAVE THE CHILDREN PUT A
CARROT ON THE FRONT PORCH ON THE EVENING OF HOLY SATURDAY (THE DAY
BEFORE EASTER) SO THAT THE EASTER BUNNY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT
WHEN HE CAME TO VISIT THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Bunny BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 10-16-1971
EASTER CUSTOM
IN HUNGARY, CHILDREN MAKE A NEST AND PUT IT OUTSIDE THE HOUSE. THE
EASTER BUNNY COMES THE NIGHT BEFORE EASTER AND FILLS THE NEST WITH
EGGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GIFTS
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Bunny BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
BELIEF
A CAT IN THE SAME ROOM AS A BABY CAN TAKE ALL THE OXYGEN FROM THE
BABY (YOU CAN KILL THE BABY THIS WAY).
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A NURSE AND SHE HEARD THIS AT A HOSPITAL. SHE IS UNSURE
IF SHE KNOWS OF ANYONE PRACTICING THIS BELIEF.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1976
WHEN YOU MILK A COW, ALWAYS APPROACH HER FROM HER RIGHT SIDE.
SHES USED TO THAT AND WONT BREAK YOUR FOOL SKULL FOR SCARING HER.
GIVE HER PLENTY TO EAT WHILE YOU MILK HER OR SHELL GET MAD.
SQUEEZE FROM THE TOP OF THE TEAT DOWN OR YOULL HURT HER.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; AGENCY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
Date learned: CA00001967
POINT AT COWS WHEN YOU CALL THEM. IF YOU DONT, THE DEVIL WILL
COME TO CARRY BOTH YOU AND THE COW AWAY.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; AGENCY
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Mammal SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: CA00001967
INDEX OF TAPE 750002 SIDE B
BROOM
LUCK
THE NUMBER 9 AND 3
OMEN
DREAMS
THROWING TEETH AND BURYING TEETH TO MAKE THEM GROW
LEFT AND RIGHT
LENGTH OF TOES AS OMENS OF PARENTS' DEATH
FINGERS THAT RINGS ARE WORN ON
WIZARDS
BLACK CAT
ONOMATOPOETIC
FLOATING THE WATER LILY FESTIVAL, SEPTEMBER 22 OF EVERY YEAR
Where learned: THAILAND
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC FOR TEETH AND TOES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- September 22 ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress HandsFeet BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia |
MARRIAGE BELIEF
ON THE EVE OF SAINT ANDREW'S FEAST DAY; NOVEMBER 29, ALL THE GIRLS
LIVING IN A CERTAIN AREA WOULD GET TOGETHER AT ONE OF THE GIRLS'
HOMES AND EACH GIRL WOULD BAKE ROLLS. WHEN THE ROLLS WOULD BE DONE
THEY WOULD PUT THEM ON A BENCH AND CALL THE FAMILY DOG. THE GIRL
THAT GETS HER ROLL EATEN FIRST BY THE DOG WILL BE THE FIRST TO BE
MARRIED THAT YEAR.
THIS IS A POLISH CUSTOM. MY MOTHER SAID THAT THE GIRLS REALLY
LOOKED FORWARD TO THIS EVENT. THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED IT TO OCCUR
OFTENER THOUGH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F112 BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 10-09-1971
LIVESTOCK BELIEF
IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, AT THE END OF THE SUMMER, ALL SORTS OF HERBS AND
PLANTS ARE MADE INTO A BOUQUET, TAKEN TO CHURCH TO BE BLESSED AND
DURING THE YEAR, FED TO THE LIVESTOCK TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
BLACK CAT
NEVER CROSS A STREET IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES BEFORE YOU.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
Keyword(s): STREET BLACK CAT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00001920S
CUSTOM
"GIRI" IS ONE OF THE MAJOR FORMS OF SOCIAL CUSTOM WHICH IS BASIC TO
THE JAPANESE SOCIAL STRUCTURE. ROUGHLY MEANING "MORAL OBLIGATION"
IT BINDS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS INCURRED ANY DEBT TO DISCHARGE
THIS NO MATTER THE COST OR ELSE BRING DIRE SHAME UPON HIMSELF
AND HIS FAMILY NAME. IT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH "ON" (MORAL AND
MATERIAL INDEBTEDNESS) AND MAINTAINS A RIGID HOLD ON JAPANESE
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR. THIS IS WHY JAPANESE ARE RELUCTANT TO HELP OTHERS
OUT OR ARE RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT HELP BECAUSE THEY ARE AWARE OF THE
SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS: OF PLACING OTHERS IN MORAL OR MATERIAL DEBT
TO THEMSELVES, OR OF BEING PLACED IN SUCH AN UNCOMPROMISING AND
RIGID SITUATION. TO GIVE FREELY BECAUSE ONE WANTS TO IS NOT THE
CUSTOM IN JAPAN (AS IT IS HERE IN AMERICA).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 08-01-1964
IF YOU HEAR A HEN CROW LIKE A ROOSTER, BE SURE TO KILL HER THE
SAME DAY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): HEN ROOSTER CROWING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
MUSIC
MUSIC CHARMS MICE.
Submitter comment:
THIS BELIEF WAS HEARD BY THE PERSON IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE PIED PIPER OF HAMLIN TALE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 03-01-1968