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A WHISTLING GIRL AND A CACKLING HEN COMES TO NO GOOD END.
Submitter comment:
MRS. SULLIVAN'S GRANDMOTHER TOLD HER THAT IN CHILDHOOD WHENEVER
SHE HEARD HER WHISTLE, AND IS STILL SAID TODAY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
LUCK
IF ON YOUR WEDDING DAY THE BRIDE OR GROOM CRIES, THAT COUPLE WILL
HAVE TEARS ALL THEIR LIVES.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT AS RECENTLY THE MAID OF HONOR AT A POLISH WWEDDING AT
WHICH THE BRIDE AND GROOM WERE WARNED ABOUT CRYING BY THE
BRIDE'S FATHER..
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
IN THE TOWN THAT MY PARENTS CAME FROM IN AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, THE CHURCH
WAS HAUNTED AND PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT NO ONE COULD GO IN THERE AFTER
SUNSET. IF YOU WERE PASSING BY IN THE EVENING YOU COULD HEAR ALL
SORTS OF STRANGE NOISES AND MOANINGS, EVEN SCREAMS. ONE WOMAN SAID
THAT SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE THE STORIES AND THAT SHE MEANT TO GO IN
THERE ONE EVENING AND SEE FOR HERSELF. SHE DID GO IN THERE ONE
NIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN. THE NEXT MORNING
ALL OF HER CLOTHING WAS FOUND ON THE FLOOR OF THE CHURCH.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 09-10-1972
AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE CHILD, DEPENDING ON WHO HE OR SHE RESEMBLES
MOST, THAT WAS THE STRONGER PARTNER IN LOVE.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 09-10-1972
MENSTRUAL CUSTOM
AS A YOUNG GIRL I WAS TOLD THAT WHILE HAVING MY PERIOD
I SHOULDN'T WASH MY HAIR OR TAKE A SHOWER.
Submitter comment:
THIS CAME FROM A GIRLFRIEND OF MINE WHOSE NAME
I DON'T REMEMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MENSTRUAL TABU
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
THE BEARDED LADY
AS A CHILD LIVING WITH MY GRANDFATHER IN OMAHA I REMEMBER BEING
TOLD BY THE KIDS ON THE BLOCK, THE HOUSE ACROSS FROM OURS
WAS OCCUPIED BY A LADY WITH A BEARD. NO ONE EVER SAW HER BUT THE
STORY PERSISTED ANYWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
ST. JOHN'S GOLF COURSE
MANY YEARS AGO, A SPECULATOR INVESTED $20,000 IN
LANDSCAPING A GOLF COURSE AND BUILDING A COUNTRY CLUBHOUSE
ON A PIECE OF LAND IN PEARL BEACH, MICH. (NEAR ALGONAC).
ONE DAY THE WHOLE PROJECT SUNK AWAY INTO THE SWAMP WHICH THE
LAND HAD BECOME.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO ME WHEN DRIVING BY THE ALLEGED SITE. WHEN I
ASKED TO WHAT THE CHIMNEY I SAW BELONGED, I GOT THIS STORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANCHORVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ARCHITECTURAL RUIN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
RAILROAD CROSSING
WHEN YOU GO ACROSS A RAILROAD CROSSING IN A
CAR HOLD YOUR FEET UP AND TOUCH THE CEILING
TO KEEP THE ROOF FROM FALLING IN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
TRADITION NEW ORLEANS - ALL SOUL'S DAY
PEOPLE GO TO CEMETERY TO CLEAN AROUND TOMBS AND WHITEWASH
THEM. CITY RUNS THESE CEMETERIES. IF A FAMILY DOESN'T CLEAN UP,
THE BODY IS TAKEN OUT AND THE TOMB IS REUSED.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; KILMARNOCK
Date learned: 11-30-1972
A GIRL THAT WHISTLES IN THE HOUSE WILL COME TO A BAD END.
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.2 |
THE STATUE OF THE MINUTEMAN AT RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE FIRES HIS
MUSKET WHENEVER A VIRGIN GRADUATES. THE MUSKET HAS NEVER BEEN HEARD.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; TROY
James Callow Keyword(s): PESSIMISM INDIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
NEVE;R WALK OVER A GRAVE IT WILL GIVE YOU BAD LUCK
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
HAIR
IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR WHEN THERE IS A NEW MOON, IT
WILL MAKE THE HAIR GROW FASTER.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT BY A CO}WORKER WHO IS A BLACK
GIRL OF THE MUSLIM FAITH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
LEGEND
THERE IS A MAN BURIED IN THE NICHOLSON BRIDGE IN NICHOLSON, /A.
Submitter comment:
THE MAN WAS BURIED DURING AN ACCIDENT WHILE THE BRIDGE WAS BEING
BUILT.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
BELIEF
DON'T LET A BABY LOOK IN A MIRROR BEFORE IT'S ONE YEAR OLD, BECAUSE
IT WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THIS WAS AN ENGLISH SUPERSTITION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MONROE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
LOOP THE SPOOK
ON ROMEO PLANK ROAD AND 33 IN ROMEO, MICHIGAN, THERE IS A LITTLE
BRIDGE. YOU PARK YOUR CAR ON THE BRIDGE AND WAIT. A RED LIGHT COMES
OUT OF THE FIELD AND TOWARD YOUR CAR. YOUR CAR STARTS ROCKING. THE
EIGHT FOOT TALL GHOST OF A MAN WHO WAS MURDERED OUT THERE LIVES
UNDER THE BRIDGE AND COMES OUT WHENEVER A CAR COMES.
Submitter comment:
DID NOT BELIEVE THE LEGEND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; St. Clair Shores
James Callow Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS LIGHT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Abnormal in size BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
BURIAL CUSTOMS
IN PROTESTANT CEMETERIES, PEOPLE ARE BURIED WITH THEIR FEET
FACING TOWARDS THE EAST. WHEN GOD COMES ON RESURRECTION DAY
FROM THE EAST, YOU CAN RISE UP AND BE FACING HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION: EAST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
TELLING A LIE
IF YOUR TONGUE HURTS, YOU'VE TOLD A LIE. MARYLOU'S INFORMANT
WAS HER GRANDMOTHER BRIDGET O' CONNOR 81, WIDOWED FROM LONDON ONT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
GOOD LUCK
IF YOU COMPARE LEGS WITH ANOTHER PERSON, THERE WILL BE
A WEDDING IN THE FAMILY. CLAUDIA'S INFORMANT WAS HER MOTHER
OF POLISH DESCENT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 12-08-1972
OMEN
IF YOU COMPARE HANDS WITH ANOTHER PERSON, THERE WILL BE A DEATH
IN THE FAMILY.
CLAUDIA'S INFORMANT WAS HER MOTHER OF POLISH DESCENT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-08-1972