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NO DEATH OCCURS WITHOUT A WARNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-22-1970
IF SOMEONE IS WAKED OVER THE WEEKEND, THREE MORE
PEOPLE IN THAT VICINITY WILL DIE SHORTLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
IF A PALLBEARER FINDS A COFFIN EXTREMELY HEAVY, HE
WILL BE THE NEXT VICTIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
NEVER TAKE A SHOWER OR BATH AT NIGHT OR SOMEONE IN THE
FAMILY WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: FROM PHILIPPINES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; PHILIPPINES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
IF YOU HEAR ABOUT ONE DEATH, YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT
TWO MORE. ALL THREE DEATHS WILL BE OF PEOPLE
ABOUT THE SAME AGE AND USUALLY OF THE SAME SEX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A PREGNANT WOMAN DOES NOT VISIT A FUNERAL HOME
BECAUSE IF SHE DOES, HER CHILD WILL BE PALE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
YOU MUST NEVER TELL A PERSON, EVEN IN A JOKING MANNER,
THAT HE WAS DEAD OR THE FUNERAL YOU ATTENDED WAS HIS,
BECAUSE, IN A WEEK, HE WOULD REALLY DIE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD OF THIS BY HER MOTHER, TO WHOM
THIS SUPPOSEDLY REALLY HAPPENED--WHEN A MAN ASKED
HER WHY SHE WAS WEARING BLACK, SHE SAID IT WAS FOR
HIS FUNERAL. HE DIED THE NEXT WEEK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
NEVER PUT THE HEAD OF A BED FACING THE DOOR, BECAUSE
THAT WAS THE WAY THEY LAYED OUT THE DEAD. IF YOU DID,
THE BED OWNER WOULD DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
MY MOTHER SAYS THAT IF YOU KEEP LEAVING YOUR
DRAWER OPEN, YOU'LL DIE WITH YOUR MOUTH OPEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
BEING THE LAST CAR IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION DENOTES ILL
FATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IF IT RAINS ON THE DAY OF A
FUNERAL IT IS A SIGN THAT THE SOUL WENT STRAIGHT TO
HEAVEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-27-1970
IT WAS A SIGN OF ANOTHER DEATH TO FOLLOW IF IT RAINED
ON THE DAY OF A BURIAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
WHEN IT RAINS ON THE DAY OF BURIAL, THIS TYPE OF
WEATHER SYMBOLIZES THAT THE WORLD IS CRYING FOR THAT
PERSON ALSO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-21-1970
IF YOU ARE IN THE ROOM WITH SOMEONE WHO IS DYING, YOU
CAN USUALLY TELL WHAT KIND OF LIFE THE PERSON HAS LED.
A GOOD PERSON WILL START SMILING BECAUSE HE CAN SEE
THE LORD COMING FOR HIM. WHEN A BAD PERSON DIES, YOU
CAN FEEL THE HEAT OF THE DEVIL COMING TO CLAIM HIS
SOUL.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO BE A NURSE AND HAS WITNESSED
THIS MANY TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
HEARING THE DOOR SLAM BEFORE THE PERSON COMES
THROUGH IT, MEANS THAT THAT PERSON'S DEATH WILL
SOON FOLLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-20-1970
IF YOU TOUCH THE BODY OF THE DEAD IN THE CASKET AND IF IT
IS SOFT, THREE RELATIVES OF THE DEAD PERSON WILL DIE
WITHIN A YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALPENA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-26-1970
IF YOU HAVE A FIGHT AT NIGHT, ACCORDING TO AN INDIAN
LEGEND, YOUR SPIRIT WILL ROAM THE EARTH FOR ETERNITY
AFTER YOUR DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRCH RUN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
HOW TO DIE
THE BUDDHISTS BELIEVE THAT IF YOU DIE AND YOU ARE
MISSING A PART OF YOUR BODY YOU WILL NOT GO TO
BUDDHA BUT WILL WANDER FOR ALL TIME LOOKING FOR THE
LOST PART.
REASON WHY PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS BURIED ALTOGETHER, EVEN
IF THEY WERE DISMEMBERED.
Submitter comment: FOUND THIS OUT WHILE SERVING IN VIETNAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THE VIKINGS BELIEVED THAT IF YOU DIED WITH YOUR
SWORD IN YOUR HAND, YOU WENT TO VALHALLA, BUT IF YOU
DIED WITHOUT IT, YOU WENT NOWHERE.
Submitter comment: FOUND THIS WHILE SERVING IN ICELAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
NORSE FOLKLORE
EVERY MALE VIKING'S WISH WAS TO DIE IN BATTLE.
THIS WAS GLORIOUS TO THEM. WHEN A VIKING DIED IN
BATTLE, HE WAS SURE TO GO TO VALHALLA OR HEAVEN.
THREE VIKING SHIELDMAIDENS CALLED VALKIYRIES
CAME AT THE END OF THE BATTLE TO SPIRIT THE DEAD
TO HEAVEN. THESE VALKIYRIES CAME IN FULL DRESS
OF WAR WHILE RIDING SWIFT HORSES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN