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IF A CHILD STRIKES HIS PARENTS, HE WILL LATER BE
PUNISHED WHEN HE DIES. IN THE COFFIN HIS ARMS WILL
NOT LIE DOWN FLAT AND THEY WILL HAVE TO BE BEATEN
DOWN IN PLACE BY THE BISHOP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-18-1970
ITALIAN BURIAL CUSTOM
SOME ITALIANS BELIEVE THAT IF THEY SCATTER THE ASHES
OF A CREMATED FRIEND OR RELATIVE OVER THE TOWN, THE
DEAD PERSON'S SPIRIT WILL REMAIN WITH THE TOWNSPEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
WHEN A FUNERAL PASSES, BE VERY QUIET AND SHUT OFF
ANY RADIO OR SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN TO YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
GYPSY BURIAL CUSTOM
AT A BURIAL, EACH PERSON EXCEPT THE NEAREST RELATIVE
OF THE DECEASED TAKES A DRINK OF WINE BEFORE ANY DIRT
IS THROWN OVER THE CASKET. WHEN ALL HAVE FINISHED,
THE NEAREST RELATIVE POURS HIS WINE ON THE CASKET.
THIS SIGNIFIES THE DEAD TAKING HIS LAST DRINK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DORMITORY ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
COFFINS SHOULD ALWAYS BE BROWN--ANY OTHER COLOR IS A
SIGN OF DISRESPECT FOR THE DEAD ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY TO CLEAN OFF
THE GRAVE OF ANOTHER MEMBER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 01-27-1971
IT'S BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF CARS IN A PASSING
TRAIN OR FUNERAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-05-1971
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULDN'T ATTEND A FUNERAL BECAUSE THE
CHILD WILL BE BORN BLIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
A LOAF OF BREAD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN MEANS A DEATH OF A
LOVED ONE WILL OCCUR IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
IF IT RAINS ON THE DAY OF A FUNERAL, THE PERSON BURIED
WAS A GOOD PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
DEATH KNELL
IF YOU HEAR A RINGING IN YOUR EARS, IT MEANS THAT SOMEONE
YOU KNOW IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
IF SOMEONE DIES IN A FAMILY, AT THE MOMENT OF DEATH, THE
MIRRORS SHOULD BE TURNED TOWARD THE WALL, SO THE DEAD
PERSON CAN'T COME BACK AND TAKE SOMEONE ELSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
IF YOU DIE WITH A ROSARY IN YOUR HAND, YOU WILL GO
STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT BELIEVES VERY STRONGLY IN THIS AND
CARRIES A ROSARY WITH HER WHEREVER SHE GOES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
WHENEVER YOU GO TO A CEMETERY, DO NOT STEP ON A GRAVE,
IF YOU DO YOU WILL GIVE THAT PERSON AN UGLY ETERNITY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT CAN REMEMBER HER MOTHER TELLING HER THIS
WHENEVER THEY WENT TO A CEMETERY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
GESTURE
WHEN GOING PAST A CEMETERY, HOLD YOUR BREATH SO YOU
WON'T BREATHE DEAD AIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
POLISH SUPERSTITION
NEVER RAISE YOUR HAND TO YOUR MOTHER, FOR IF YOU DO,
THEN WHEN YOU DIE NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO SHUT THE
COFFIN TO BURY YOU; YOUR HAND WILL BE FROZEN UP IN
THAT SAME POSITION.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A YOUNG GIRL IN A POLISH NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; YONKERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-26-1963
JAMAICAN SUPERSTITION
WHEN A WOMAN'S HUSBAND DIES, SHE MUST IMMEDIATELY PUT
ON BLACK PANTIES. TO CARRY THEM ON HER ALWAYS
IS A GOOD IDEA.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM A JAMAICAN LADY-FRIEND.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; JAMAICA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-01-1964
JAMAICAN SUPERSTITIONS
IF YOU SEE A CHICKEN FLY UP SUDDENLY AND THEN DROP
DOWN DEAD IMMEDIATELY, IT MEANS SOMEONE HAS JUST DIED.
(OR WOULD HAVE DIED).
WHEN A DOG HOWLS AT NIGHT, IT MEANS A DEATH OF SOMEONE.
IF A PERSON DIES, REMOVE ALL HIS CLOTHES FROM THE ROOM
THAT HE DIED IN OR ELSE HE WILL RETURN EVERY NIGHT
TO TRY THEM ON.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM A LADY FRIEND FROM JAMAICA.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; JAMAICA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-01-1964
ITALIAN SUPERTITION
NEVER PLACE THE FOOT OF YOUR BED FACING THE FRONT DOOR
OF YOUR HOUSE, OR YOU MAY WAKE UP DEAD. (WHEN FUNERALS
USED TO BE HELD IN THE HOME, THE COFFIN WAS ALWAYS
PLACED THAT WAY.)
Submitter comment: LEARNED WHILE TRAVELLING IN ITALY, 1960.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; JAMAICA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-24-1963 ; 00-00-1960
BURIAL DAY BELIEF
A SUNNY DAY MEANS JOY ON BURIAL DAY.
A RAINY DAY MEANS TEARS OF HAPPINESS.
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED THIS FROM HIS PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MADISON HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-01-1967