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IF YOU TOUCH THE DECEASED PERSON'S HAND, HE WILL NEVER
COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU IN YOUR SLEEP.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
LEBANESE CUSTOM
AFTER PAYING RESPECT TO A PERSON WHO HAS DIED, BY GOING
TO A FUNERAL PARLOR, ONE SHOULD NEVER RETURN HOME
WITHOUT VISITING A PUBLIC PLACE FIRST. THIS IS
SO THE CURSE OF DEATH DOES NOT FOLLOW YOU HOME. INSTEAD,
YOU CONFUSE IT BY GOING TO A PUBLIC PLACE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DID THIS WHILE DATING A LEBANESE GIRL WHO
BELIEVED THIS IN 1970.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-28-1971 ; 00-00-1970
SLOVENE BURIAL CUSTOM
WHEN SOMEONE DIES IN THE FAMILY, THE MIRRORS IN THE HOUSE
ARE COVERED WITH CLOTHS SO THE EVIL SPIRITS DO NOT SEE
THEM AND TAKE THEM TOO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
A PICTURE OR REFLECTION OF A PERSON IS BELIEVED TO
POSSESS PART OF HIS SOUL. THIS IS WHY IT IS WISE
TO COVER PICTURES AND MIRRORS AT THE TIME OF DEATH.
IT IS ALSO THE REASON WHY IT IS BAD LUCK TO BREAK
A MIRROR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-18-1968
ROMANIAN CUSTOM
WHEN A PERSON DIES, ALL THE MIRRORS IN HIS HOME ARE
COVERED. THIS LASTS SIX WEEKS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT THINKS THIS IS SO THE SPIRIT WON'T COME
BACK TO SEE ITSELF IN A MIRROR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
IF SOMEONE DIES IN THE FAMILY, STOP ALL THE CLOCKS IN
THE HOUSE UNTIL AFTER THE FUNERAL. THIS WILL PREVENT
THE DEAD PERSON FROM RETURNING AT THE TIME OF HIS
DEATH ON THE FOLLOWING NIGHT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THAT HER MOTHER TOLD HER THE ABOVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
POLISH CUSTOM
WHEN SOMEONE WOULD DREAM OF A DEAD RELATIVE, THEY
WOULD KNEEL DOWN AND PRAY. THEY THOUGHT THAT THE
REASON WHY THEY DREAMED OF A DEAD PERSON WAS
BECAUSE THAT PERSON WAS IN NEED OF PRAYERS.
Submitter comment:
ALICE CAME FROM A POLISH FAMILY WHERE THIS CUSTOM WAS
REALLY BELIEVED AND PRACTICED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SCOTCH CUSTOM
IMMEDIATELY AFTER A DEATH IN THE HOUSE, A PIECE OF
IRON (USUALLY A NAIL) IS PLUNGED INTO ALL BUTTER,
MEAT, CHEESE, WHISKEY TO PREVENT DEATH FROM
ENTERING THE FOOD AND EVENTUALLY THE REST OF THE
MEMBERS IN THE FAMILY. THIS KEEPS THE FOOD PURE.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GYPSY CUSTOM
WHEN SOMEONE DIES ALL THE FRIENDS ARE TO GO OVER TO
THE DEAD ONE'S HOUSE AND SPRINKLE FLOUR ON ALL THE
FLOORS AND THEN HOLD A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR VIGIL.
IF THE PERSON WAS HAPPY WHEN HE DIED, HIS SOUL WILL
NOT RETURN, BUT IF HE WAS NOT AT PEACE WHEN HE DIED,
HIS SOUL WILL RETURN AND THE PEOPLE WILL KNOW IT'S
THERE BY THE FOOTPRINTS IN THE FLOUR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S PARENTS OWN A BAR AND GYPSY MUSICIANS
PLAY THERE AND TOLD HER THIS PIECE OF INFORMATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-13-1971
THAI CUSTOM
DO NOT SAY THE NAMES OF THE DEAD BECAUSE IT WILL
STOP THOSE THAT ARE STILL ALIVE FROM BEING
CHANGED TO ANOTHER STATE OR FORM OF BEING.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
GERMAN SUPERSTITION
IT IS A LITTLE KNOWN GERMAN SUPERSTITION THAT IF
WHEN A KINSMAN IS BURIED HE HAS WITH HIM AN
ARTICLE OWNED BY YOU, HE WILL WATCH OVER YOU FOR
ETERNITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-21-1968
WHEN A WOMAN IS SEPARATED, DIVORCED, OR ESTRANGED
FROM HER HUSBAND AND HE DIES, SHE TAKES A RIBBON
OFF THE FLOWERS ON THE COFFIN AND HANGS IT ON HER
DOOR TO WARD OFF HER HUSBAND HAUNTING HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
TO KILL A SNAKE
I HAVE LONG HAD A KIND OF DREAD FEAR OF SNAKES, ANY KIND
OF SNAKE. I'M SURE THAT MY FEAR WAS NOT HELPED OUT BY
SOME PEOPLE THAT I KNEW. I REMEMBER BEING TOLD BY A
CERTAIN MR. H., WHOSE OPINION I RESPECTED VERY HIGHLY AT
THE TIME, THAT REGARDLESS WHAT YOU DID TO TRY TO KILL
A SNAKE, IT WOULD NEVER DIE UNTIL THE SUN WENT DOWN.
YOU CAN'T IMAGINE MY HORROR AS I WOULD TRY DESPERATELY
TO KILL LITTLE GARTER SNAKES THAT I FOUND. I WOULD HACK
THEM INTO LITERALLY MILLIONS OF PIECES AND THEN STAND
BACK FEARFULLY AS I WAITED FOR THE DISMEMBERED
PIECES OF SNAKE TO REGROUP ITSELF AND ATTACK ME. AND
EVEN THOUGH NONE OF THEM EVER DID, I STILL RETURNED TO
THE SCENE OF MY ENCOUNTER, RIGHT AFTER SUNSET. I NO
LONGER BELIEVE IN THIS SUPERSTITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRASER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
CONTRARY TO WESTERN CUSTOM, WEARING BLACK IN MORUNING,
THE CHINESE WEAR WHITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
JEWISH PEOPLE DO NOT SLEEP WITH THEIR HEAD(S)
TOWARDS THE DOOR. SOME BELIEVE THAT IF THEY DIE,
IT IS EASIER TO REMOVE THEIR BODIES WHEN THEY ARE
FACING THE DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-07-1969
HAPPY IS THE BRIDE THE SUN SHINES ON.
HAPPY IS THE CORPSE THE RAIN RAINS ON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Ceremony BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
IN UKRAINE, IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF THE WREATH FALLS
OFF OF THE HEAD OF EITHER THE BRIDE OR THE GROOM DURING
MATRIMONIAL CEREMONIES, HE OR SHE WILL DIE SOON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION PASSED ALONG FROM
RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Headdress BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
BREAD AT THE GRAVE
ON THE THIRD DAY OF EASTER, TWO PIECES OF BREAD ARE PUT
ON A GRAVE WHILE A PRIEST IS HAVING A SERVICE OVER IT.
THE BELIEF (STILL FOLLOWED BY SOME UKRAINIANS) IS
THAT THE DECEASED IN PURGATORY WILL HAVE IT EASIER--
THE BREAD SYMBOLIZING FOOD FOR HIS SOUL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting After all BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
RACING DRIVERS WON'T HAVE A GREEN CAR. GREEN IS AN
UNLUCKY COLOR. A GREEN RACING CAR IS CALLED THE
"DEATH CAR."
Where learned: SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Vehicle propelled by mechanical or other force on land BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Objects |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
IT IS NOW CONSIDERED VERY BAD LUCK TO RECEIVE ORDERS
ABOARD THE U.S.S. ORISKANY (CALLED THE BIG O), FOR
SAILORS FEEL SHE IS A DEATH SHIP.
Data entry tech comment: BECAUSE OF THE NAME? O RISK ANY?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Water craft or boat propelled by human, wind, mechanical or other force BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Objects |
Date learned: 03-09-1970