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A MISHAP ABOUT AN OPEN, FRESHLY-DUG GRAVE: SUCH AS THE
CASKET FALLING INTO THE GRAVE HARSHLY, INSTEAD OF
BEING LOWERED GENTLY, WILL BRING A BAD OMEN UPON
THE SOUL OF THE DEAD.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER, AGE 75.
Where learned: CANADA ; BONREX RIVER ; NEW BRUNSWICK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO POSTPONE A FUNERAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO KEEP FROM DREAMING OF A DEAD BODY, YOU MUST TOUCH
IT. THE COFFIN MUST BE OPENED AT THE GRAVE AND EACH
PERSON HAS TO PLACE HIS HAND ON THE DEAD BODY'S
FOREHEAD TO WARD OFF GHOSTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-09-1968
CHIPEWYAN ESKIMO
THERE IS NO NATURAL DEATH OR ILLNESS, BUT IS CAUSED
BY HOSTILITY OF THE SUPERNATURAL SPIRITS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARQUETTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
DESTINY LEGEND
ANY SAILOR, LOST AT SEA, FOUND HIS FINAL RESTING
PLACE IN THE SEA CHEST AT THE OCEAN'S BOTTOM,
CALLED DAVY JONES' LOCKER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-29-1968
INDIANS BELIEVE THAT THEIR SOULS GO TO THE "HAPPY
HUNTING GROUNDS" UPON DEATH, REGARDLESS OF
WHAT THEY DID IN LIFE.
Where learned: WORK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
INDIANS BELIEVE THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS IN WHICH THE
SOUL CAN BE PREVENTED FROM REACHING "THE HAPPY HUNTING
GROUNDS." ONE WAY IS BY BEING SCALPED, AND THE
OTHER METHOD IS BY STRANGULATION. THEY BELIEVE THAT
THE SOUL ESCAPES THROUGH THE MOUTH AND HENCE
STRANGULATION PREVENTS IT.
Where learned: WORK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IF A NEAR RELATIVE IS LATE AT A FUNERAL, IT IS A SIGN
THAT THERE WILL SOON BE ANOTHER DEATH.
Submitter comment:
BELIEVED BY THIS PERSON'S MOTHER, WHO WAS GENUINELY
WORRIED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A SECOND DEATH IN
THE FAMILY WHEN HER BROTHER WAS LATE TO HIS UNCLE'S
FUNERAL.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
TO MEET A PREACHER OR MINISTER AFTER SUNDOWN
INDICATES A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVER ROUGE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-10-1968
IF YOU SLAP YOUR MOTHER, YOUR HAND WILL STICK OUT
OF THE GRAVE WHEN YOU ARE BURIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-27-1968
JAPANESE FUNERAL
WHILE MY DAD WAS LIVING IN JAPAN, HE ATTENDED THE
CREMATION OF A JAPANESE FRIEND'S FATHER. THE ACTUAL
CREAMATION WAS NOT OBSERVED BY THE MOURNERS AND SO
THE CEREMONIES BEGAN AFTER THE ASHES OF THE DECEASED
WERE PLACED IN A JAR. AFTER THE CEREMONIES, EACH
VISITOR WENT UP AND BOWED DOWN IN FRONT OF THE JAR
AND TOUCHED THEIR FOREHEAD TO THE GROUND. THIS
GESTURE WAS TO SHOW RESPECT FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE
DECEASED AND THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
PUT A PENNY IN A CASKET AND MAKE A WISH.
Submitter comment:
SYLVIA LEARNED THIS FROM HER SISTER, WHO IN TURN
LEARNED IT AT THE HURSES' LOUNGE AT BEAUMONT
HOSPITAL, DETROIT (ACTUALLY IN ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
IF A DEAD PERSON IS LAID OUT OVER A SUNDAY, THEN
ANOTHER DEATH WILL OCCUR SOON IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
DEATHS COME IN THREES.
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
JEWISH BELIEF
IT IS A JEWISH BELIEF THAT IF YOUR PARENTS ARE STILL
ALIVE, YOU SHOULD NOT GO TO THE CEMETERY FOR FEAR
THAT THEY MIGHT BE DRAWN TO DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-02-1968
IT IS BELIEVED IN MY FAMILY, THAT IF A PERSON WOULD GET
UP FROM A ROCKING CHAIR AND LEAVE IT ROCKING, THEN A
PERSON WOULD DIE IN HIS FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-22-1970
IF SOMEONE IS LAID OUT IN A FUNERAL HOME OVER THE
WEEDEND, ANOTHER PERSON WILL DIE SOON FROM THE
FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-07-1970
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE DOG OF A DEAD MAN KNOWS THE
INSTANT HIS MASTER IS PUT IN THE GROUND, AND WILL
YELP AT THAT SPECIFIC MOMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
IF IT RAINS ON A FUNERAL DAY, THEN SOMEONE ELSE IN THE
FAMILY WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-05-1969
IF YOU POINT AT A FUNERAL PROCESSION, YOU WILL BE
NEXT TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-22-1970