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PREDICTION DIVINATION
A HOWLING DOG MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
DEATH OMEN
A HOWLING DOG PREDICTS A DEATH OR A FIRE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT STRONGLY BELIEVES THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-07-1972
WAR
WHEN YOU FIND A LOCUST WITH A MARK LIKE A "W" ON IT, IT IS A SIGN
OF WAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS HEARING THIS SAID WHEN A YOUNG MAN DURING THE
1920'S. HE DOES NOT REMEMBER THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH HE HEARD
IT SAID, AND DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE SAYING.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
SIGNS OF WAR
WHEN YOU ARE HUSKING CORN AND FIND A BLOODY EAR
%ONE WITH RED KERNELS< IT IS A SIGN OF WAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM A FARMER IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, PA. WHO HE
HAS KNOWN FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS. INFORMANT BELIEVES HE FIRST HEARD
THIS SAID DURING THE 1940'S.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
BELIEF
IF A PICTURE DROPS FROM THE WALL FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THEN YOU
WILL HEAR OF A DEATH OF SOMEONE YOU KNOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
PREDICTION
A BIRD SITTING ON THE WINDOW SILL MEANS YOU WILL HEAR OF A DEATH.
Where learned: VERMONT ; VERGENNES
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
BELIEF
YOU WILL HEAR OF A DEATH IF YOUR DOG SUDDENLY HOWLS FOR NO APPARENT
REASON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
BELIEF
IF YOU SPILL SALT THROW SOME OF IT OVER YOUR SHOULDER OR YOU WILL
HAVE AN ARGUEMENT WITH SOMEONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
BELIEF
IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE AND AN ODD ACCIDENT HAPPENS THE
PERSON YOU ARE TALKING WITH WILL BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE TOLD A LIE
ABOUT THE PERSON YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
SUPERSTITION
IF IT RAINS ON YOUR WEDDING DAY, THAT IS HOW MANY TEARS YOU ARE
GOING TO CRY IN YOUR FUTURE LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
BELIEF
IF YOU FIND A DEAD BIRD IN YOUR HOUSE THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN YOUR
FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
OMEN
IF YOU WALK INTO A FRIEND'S OR RELATIVE'S HOME AND IT'S DINNERTIME,
THAT MEANS THAT YOUR MOTHER_IN_LAW LOVES YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HIM THIS WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 15, HIS MOTHER
IS A LEBANESE-AMERICAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE FARMS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
SUPERSTITION
IF A STRANGE DOG COMES TO YOUR DOOR A HERO WILL ALSO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
SUPERSTITION
DROP A KNIFE AND A MAN IS GOING TO COME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
SUPERSTITION
DROP A SPOON AND A WOMAN WILL COME FOR A VISIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
SUPERSTITION
SPILLING SALT MEANS THAT A FIGHT WILL COME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
SUPERSTITION
IF YOUR DRESS TAIL IS TURNED UP, IT MEANS THAT YOU WILL GET A NEW
DRESS SOON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT EVERYTIME THIS HAD HAPPENED TO HER SHE GOT A
NEW DRESS OR SOME CLOTHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-18-1971
SUPERSTITION
IF A BIRD FLIES THROUGH YOUR WINDOW, SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY WILL DIE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THEIR NEIGHBOR'S PARAKEET FLEW THROUGH THEIR
PATIO DOOR ONE SUMMER AND THAT THE NEXT DAY THEIR DOG WAS HIT BY
A CAR AND DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 12-01-1971
BELIEF
IF YOU HAVE TWO PIECES OF BREAD AND YOU START TO EAT THE SECOND
PIECE BEFORE YOU HAVE FINISHED THE FIRST PIECE, SOMEONE HUNGRY WILL
COME TO YOUR HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-26-1970
DEATH OMEN
IF AN OBJECT SUCH AS A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL THEN SOMEONE IN THE
FAMILY WILL SOON DIE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HER THIS AND BELIEVES THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |