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WEREWOLF BELIEF
IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE MOON OVER YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER
YOU WILL IMMEDIATELY
ENCOUNTER A WEREWOLF.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P870] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: CHICAGO
Keyword(s): Lycan ; MOON ; OMEN ; SUPERNATURAL ; SUPERSTITION ; Werewolf
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
LEGEND
WEREWOLVES COME OUT IN A FULL MOON.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
WEREWOLF
PEOPLE LIVING IN SLAVIC COUNTRIES STRONGLY BELIEVE IN THE
EXISTENCE OF WEREWOLVES. THEY CLAIM THAT THE GYPSY WOMAN DELIVERS
A CURSE ON THE WEREWOLF AND THAT WHEN THE MOON IS FULL, PEOPLE
IMMEDIATELY LOCK THEIR DOORS, BECAUSE THE WEREWOLF IS COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
WEREWOLF
WEREWOLVES ARE SAID TO COME OUT AT NIGHT WHEN THERE IS A
FULL MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 12-00-1965
WITCH BELIEF
TO BECOME A WITCH, TAKE ONE GOLD RING, ONE CANDLE STICK HOLDER
AND ONE SCARF; BURY THESE IN THE EARTH TILL THE NEXT FULL MOON;
AT THE NEXT FULL MOON, AT MIDNIGHT, DIG UP THE RING, CANDLE-STICK
HOLDER AND SCARF AND BOIL THEM TOGETHER IN A LARGE POT THE
CANDIDATE WITCH THEN RECITES CERTAIN MAGICAL PHRASES AND
BECOMES A FULL-FLEDGED WITCH.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
BELIEF ABOUT DEVILS
THE SUBJECT OF WITCHES IS CLOSELY RELATED TO BLACK CATS, THE
MOON, 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 DISGUISED THEMSELVES AS BLACK CATS, DOGS OR GOATS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MOUNT PLEASANT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.3 |
Date learned: 10-28-1971
IRISH BELIEF ABOUT THE MOON
WHENEVER THE MOON IS RED IT MEANS THERE WILL BE BLOODSHED.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS GIVEN TO MRS. CHESNEY BY MATILDA MELLON, HER MOTHER,
WHO WAS AN IRISH IMMIGRANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME ; SYMBOL ; SYMPATHETIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 09-16-1975
SUPERSTITION (MOST NATIONALITIES)
FARMERS WOULD NEVER PLANT THEIR CROPS EXCEPT WHEN THERE WAS A
NEW MOON.
Where learned: NOT INCLUDED
Keyword(s): PLANTING, MOON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 09-25-1968
BELIEF (CUSTOM)
WHEN PLANTING CORN, PLACE A FISH IN EACH HOLE AND PLANT BY THE
LIGHT OF THE HALF MOON. YOU WILL, THEREFORE, REAP A BIGGER CROP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): PLANTING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
PLANTING CORN
ALWAYS PLANT CORN ON MARCH 17 TH, BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN THE MOON
IS RIGHT DOWN SOUTH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S MOTHER, AND HER FATHER USED TO DO
THIS ON THEIR FARM IN ALABAMA.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
BLEED
IF YOU PULL YOUR TEETH ON THE WASTE OF THE MOON
YOU'LL BLEED TO DEATH.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER BELIEVED IN THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC-IMITATIVE MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-17-1972
BELIEF
A LUNATIC IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BECOME THAT WAY BECAUSE HE SLEPT
WITH THE FULL MOON (LUNA-LATIN) SHINING ON HIS PERSON.
Data entry tech comment: ONE OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCE IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
DOG HOWLING IN THE FULL MOON - BELIEF
IT IS SAID THAT IF A DOG HOWLS IN THE LIGHT OF THE
FULL MOON THAT SOMEBODY WILL DIE. AND IT IS VERY LIKELY
THAT THIS WILL COME IN MUTIPLES OF THREE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
WOMAN
IN INDIA, IF A PREGNANT WOMAN SEES AN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, THAT
MEANS THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN TO HER BABY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD FROM EXPERIENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; BRIGGS BUILDING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.6 BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
MOON BELIEF
A FULL MOON BRINGS BABIES.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
LEGEND
THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN THE MATERNITY WARD AFTER A FULL
MOON OR A THUNDERSTORM.
Submitter comment: BELEIF OF NURSES AT HENRY FORD HOSPITAL, DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
CHINESE FESTIVAL
CHENG YEUNG FESTIVAL IS THE "FESTIVAL OF ASCENDING HEIGHTS."
ON THE 9TH DAY OF THE 9TH MOON, LEGEND SAYS THAT THE WISE
CLIMB TO HIGH PLACES TO AVOID DISASTER.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): Celebration ; Chinese ; FESTIVAL ; Heights ; Legend ; MOON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Fixed DateFor specific dates, use the following system: BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
FULL MOON
WHEN THE FULL MOON APPEARS PEOPLE GET LOONEY.
James Callow comment:
LOONEY COMES FROM WORD FOR MOON IN LATIN=LUNA; MADNESS
Where learned: HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
MOON SICKNESS
THE FULL MOON ACTUALLY HAS AN EFFECT ON SOME PEOPLE.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT A COUPLE TYPES OF MENTAL DISORDERS CAN
ACTUALLY BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE MOON. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHOSE
MOODS FOLLOW THE CYCLES OF THE MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
ITALIAN BELIEF
PLANT YOUR POTATOES AT THE FULL MOON.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 10-01-1969