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SUPERSTITION
IF YOU WERE BORN AT NIGHT, YOU CAN SEE FAIRIES AND GOBLINS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN IRISH BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU HEAR A CAT CRYING IN THE NIGHT IT SIGNIFIES THAT A PERSON
CLOSE TO YOU IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SIMILAR TO DOG HOWLING
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-11-1971
RAVENS
LONDONERS BELIEVE THAT WHEN ALL RAVENS LEAVE THEIR CITY DISASTER WILL
FOLLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
TRUNK
IT IS SAID, THAT IF YOU SIT ON A TRUNK, YOU LL BE DISAPPOINTED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
BELIEF
IF YOU LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES OFF ONE MATCH, YOU ARE GONNA DIE.
Submitter comment:
OTHER VERSIONS SAY IT IS JUST BAD LUCK.
INFORMANTS GRANDFATHER SAID HE LEARNED THIS IN WORLD WAR 2,
BECAUSE BY LIGHTING A MATCH TOO LONG, THE ENEMY
WOULD SPOT AND KILL YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
STRING HANGING
IF THERE IS A STRING HANGING FROM YOUR DRESS, YOU WILL GET A LETTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
WEATHER BELIEF
IF IT RAINS ON THE DAY A COUPLE GET MARRIED, THE LADY WILL NOT
KEEP A CLEAN HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
BELIEF: DROPPING SILVERWARE
IF YOU DROP A FORK, YOU SHOULD EXPECT A FEMALE VISITOR, IF YOU DROP
A KNIFE, YOU SHOULD EXPECT A MALE VISITOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
MONEY
IF YOU HAVE A LONG STRING ON YOUR DRESS, YOU LL COME INTO MONEY.
Submitter comment: THIS ONE HAS NEVER WORKED FOR ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 01-17-1972
OBJECT BELIEF
IF SOMEONE DROPS A KNIFE IT MEANS SOMEONE IS COMING TO DINNER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
PREDICTION OF DEATH
IF YOU SMELL FLOWERS AND THERE AREN T ANY AROUND, SOMEONES GOING
TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
OBSERVATION
THERE IS A STAR IN THE SKY FOR EVERY PERSON ON EARTH, AND IF
YOU SEE A SHOOTING STAR IT MEANS (SOMEONE) HAS DIED, AND THEIR STAR I
FALLING OUT OF THE SKY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; SOUTH QUAD HALL
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-02-1972
BELIEF
WHILE WASHING DISHES IF YOU BREAK A GLASS, YOU WILL FIND SOMETHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-22-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, YOU WILL RECEIVE A VISIT FROM A MAN. IF YOU
DROP A FORK A WOMAN WILL COME, AND IF YOU DROP A SPOON A BABY
WILL VISIT YOU.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
COMPANY S COMIN
IT IS SAID THAT WHEN SILVERWARE IS DROPPED, COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRENTON
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU GO TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE BUT ONLY MANAGE TO LIGHT HALF OF IT,
IT MEANS THAT SOMEBODY LOVES YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
LOVE
YOU RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO TELL HOW A LOVE RELATIONSHIP WILL
TURN OUT BY CROSSING OUT THE LETTERS (IN THE NAMES OF TWO PEOPLE)
THAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON. THEN YOU COUNT OFF THE REMAINING LETTERS
SAYING "LOVE, HATE, FRIENDSHIP, MARRIAGE." THE WORD YOU END ON IS THE
RESULT.
Submitter comment: EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
OMENS
IF A GUEST ENTERS YOUR HOUSE BY ONE DOOR AND LEAVES BY ANOTHER
DOOR YOU WILL HAVE MORE GUESTS SOON.
Where learned: HOME ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
OMEN
IF THERE IS A ROOSTER CROWING ON THE PORCH, THEN THERE IS COMPANY
COMING.
Submitter comment: TOLD AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE INFORMER ON 10121969
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-12-1969
OBSERVATION/OMEN
IF YOU DROP A TOWEL, EXPECT COMPANY SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-15-1969