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IF YOU DREAM OF A BLACK DRESS, THAT IS A SIGN OF A FUNERAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Overall body coverUpper body and arms BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about objects BELIEF -- Dreams Objects in color |
Dogs howling at night (or singing as elders would say) was a
sign of death, meaning that someone was dead or someone was going
to die.
James Callow comment: See Hand, North Carolina, nos. 5208-5214.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 01001950 CA
When people stopped for funerals, this meant not only giving
respect to the deceased but to their family.
Where learned: GEORGIA
Keyword(s): DEATH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
If you dream of a death or a funeral it means that someone you
know will be getting married.
James Callow comment: See Hand, North Carolina, nos. 4389-4392.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
FUNERAL CUSTOM
IF A BODY IS LAID OUT OVER SUNDAY, YOU WILL HEAR
OF ANOTHER DEATH SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
UNCIVILIZED INDIANS BELIEVED THAT THEY SHOULD BE
BURIED ABOVE THE GROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
EGYPTIAN PHAROAHS BELIEVED THAT THEY SHOULD BE
BURIED WITH FOOD, WINE, WATER, WIVES AND SERVANTS
FOR THEIR AFTER LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
NEVER LET A CORPSE LIE OVER SUNDAY OR A DEATH WILL
FOLLOW IN THE SAME FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-21-1968
WHEN A DEAD PERSON IS LAID OUT OVER SUNDAY, TWO MORE
PEOPLE WILL SHORTLY DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
A PERSON SHOULD NEVER LAY IN STATE OVER A SUNDAY,
BECAUSE IF THEY DO A CLOSE RELATION WILL DIE WITHIN
THREE MONTHS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S FAMILY BELIEVES IN THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
IF YOU BURY A PERSON WITHOUT SHOES, THEY WILL COME
BACK AND HAUNT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
IRISH SUPERSTITION
THE IRISH BELIEVED THAT SOMEONE MUST STAY AWAKE ALL
NIGHT WITH THE DEAD PERSON AT A WAKE. THEY STAYED
UP ALL NIGHT AND CELEBRATED BY DRINKING.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-17-1965
PURGATORY SUFFERING
THE PURPOSE OF WAILING AND CRYING AT FUNERALS IS THE
FACT THAT THE DECEASED WILL NOT SUFFER AS MUCH
IN PURGATORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
THE HAUNTING HUSBAND
IF A WIDOW DOESN'T SHOW RESPECT FOR HER DECEASED
HUSBAND AT HIS FUNERAL, (SUCH AS CRYING AND PRAYING)
HE WILL HAUNT HER FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
GERMAN CUSTOM
IT IS A GERMAN CUSTOM THAT IF A PERSON DIES, ONLY ONE
PERSON STAYED UP ALL NIGHT WITH THE CORPSE. THE
CLOCK WAS STOPPED AT DEATH TIME AND ALL MIRRORS
WERE COVERED.
Data entry tech comment: JEWISH?
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
UKRAINIAN CUSTOM
THERE IS A BELIEF AMONG UKRAINIAN WHICH CONSISTS OF
THE FOLLOWING: WHEN A CASKET IS BEING TAKEN OUT
OF THE HOUSE FOR BURIAL, IT SHOULD BE CARRIED ONLY
THROUGH THE MAIN DOOR. IF THE CASKET IS CARRIED
THROUGH ANY OTHER DOOR, SOMEONE ELSE FROM THAT
FAMILY WILL DIE SHORTLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
CANADIAN SUPERSTITION
PEOPLE IN ALASKA AND CANADA WANT TO BE BURIED WITH
THEIR HEAD TO THE NORTH. THEY ARE AFRAID OF THE
MAGNETIC REVERSAL IF THEY WERE OTHERWISE BURIED.
Where learned: OHIO ; ALASKA ; TOLEDO ; CANADA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-07-1965
WHENEVER DRIVING OR WALKING PAST A CEMETERY, HOLD YOUR
BREATH, SINCE IT IS NOT POLITE TO BREATHE IN FRONT
OF THE DEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-15-1971
THE EYELIDS OF A DEAD PERSON MUST BE CLOSED IN ORDER
TO PREVENT THE DEVIL FROM ENTERING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
AFTER RETURNING FROM A WAKE, TOUCH STOVE THREE TIMES
TO AVOID DREAMING OF THE DECEASED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-23-1969