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YOU KNOW HOW IT IS IN THE OLDEN DAYS; IT WAS CUSTOMARY
TO SIT WITH A DEAD PERSON. WELL, THERE WERE THESE
SIX GUYS KEEPING WATCH. THIS HAPPENED IN POLAND
MANY YEARS AGO. AS THEY WERE SITTING THERE, THEY
KEPT DRINKING. ONE OF THE GROUP HAD TO GO TO THE
OUT-HOUSE. WHILE HE WAS GONE THE OTHER GUYS DECIDED TO
PLAY A JOKE ON HIM. SO THEY SAID, "LET'S TAKE THE
CORPSE OUT OF THE COFFIN AND ONE OF US WILL LAY IN
THE COFFIN." THEY ALL AGREED. SO THEY TOOK OUT THE
CORPSE AND PUT IT BEHIND THE DOOR. ONE OF THE GUYS
CLIMBED IN THE COFFIN AND PRETENDED LIKE HE WAS DEAD.
WHEN THE GUY WHO WENT TO THE OUT-HOUSE CAME BACK IN,
THE GUY IN THE COFFIN STARTED GETTING UP VERY SLOWLY.
THE POOR GUY GOT SO SCARED HE DROPPED DEAD.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS COLLECTED 4/9/67 FROM MR. SWEROCK, WHO WAS
RECALLING STORIES TOLD HIM BY HIS FATHER, A NATIVE
OF POLAND.
Where learned: POLAND ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-09-1967
YOU ARE NEVER SUPPOSED TO CRY FOR THE DEAD, BECAUSE THEY
WON'T BE HAPPY. MARLENE TOLD HER MOTHER NOT TO CRY
FOR HER BECAUSE SHE WOULD NOT BE HAPPY. MARLENE IS
THE DAUGHTER OF THE INFORMANT, WHO DIED IN 1952.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-19-1967 ; 00-00-1952
THE CLOCK SHOULD BE STOPPED IN THE HOME OF THE DECEASED
TO SHOW THAT THE TIME IS OVER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
PICTURES SHOULD BE TURNED TO THE WALL IN THE HOME
WHERE A PERSON DIES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
IF A DOG HOWLS AT MIDNIGHT, IT MEANS THERE WILL BE
A DEATH.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER SCHOOL FRIENDS.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE NUMBERS OF CARS IN A
FUNERAL PROCESSION.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
IF A DOG HOWLS IN THE NIGHT, IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT
SOMEONE HAS DIED.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT MADE PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE
CHARACTERISTIC OF HOWL WHEN TOLD THAT OTHER VARIANTS
HAD BEEN COLLECTED WHICH INCLUDED SUCH THINGS AS
CRYING, OR YELLING, ETC.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
IF YOU HEAR A DOG CRY AT NIGHT, SOMEONE HAS DIED.
Submitter comment:
FR. MALONY LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER, AT HOME,
WHO IS OF IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
IF A DOG HOWLED AT A FULL MOON, THEN SOMEONE HAD DIED.
IF A BIRD FLEW INTO A HOUSE, SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY
IS GOING TO DIE.
Submitter comment: DOES NOT KNOW ORIGIN
Where learned: WORK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
WHEN A DOG HOWLS AT NIGHT, LOOK IN THE DIRECTION IT
IS HOWLING AND THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THAT HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED THE NIGHT BEFORE HER
GRANDFATHER DIED. COINCIDENCE?
FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-02-1967
IF YOU SAW A SHOOTING STAR, THEN SOMEONE WAS GOING TO DIE.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: DOESN'T KNOW.
Where learned: WORK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
FUNERAL SUPERSTITION
MY MOTHER WAS PREGNANT AT THE TIME AN IRISH RELATIVE
DIED. MY SUPERSTITIOUS IRISH RELATIVES TOLD HER THAT
IF SHE ATTENDED THE FUNERAL, HER CHILD WOULD BE BORN
DEAD. MY STUBBORN GERMAN MOTHER LAUGHED AT THEIR
WARNINGS, AND ATTENDED THE FUNERAL. A FEW MONTHS
LATER SHE GAVE BIRTH TO VERY HEALTHY TWINS (UNDERLINED.)
Where learned: NEW YORK CITY ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IF THERE'S A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, LEAVE FOOD AND WATER
ON THE WINDOWSILL BECAUSE THAT PERSON ALWAYS COMES BACK
IN THE FORM OF A DOVE TO DRINK AND EAT FOR THE LAST
TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
WHEN A DOG HOWLS, THEN SOMEBODY IS GOING TO DIE.
Submitter comment: FROM PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-06-1967
WHEN A DOG THROWS BACK HIS HEAD AND HOWLS, IT IS A
SIGN OF DISASTER OR DEATH.
Submitter comment: FROM RELATIVES
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
WHEN MR. LEHR WAS A KID, THEY BELIEVED THAT WHEN A DOG
WAS HOWLING, THEN SOMEONE WAS EITHER DEAD OR DYING.
MR. LEHR AND HIS FRIENDS WOULD WAIT FOR THE NEWS,
TO FIND OUT WHO HAD DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-24-1967
HOW TO TELL A MURDERER
IN SHAKESPEARE'S TIME, MANY PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT IF
THE MURDERER WAS BROUGHT NEAR THE MAN HE MURDERED
THAT THE DEAD MAN'S WOUNDS WOULD BEGIN TO BLEED AGAIN.
Where learned: ACT I, SCENE II
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
IT WAS BELIEVED IN SHAKESPEARE'S TIME THAT WHEN A PERSON
DIED ALL THE DOORS AND WINDOWS OF THE DECEASED PERSON'S
HOUSE SHOULD BE OPENED IN ORDER THAT THE SOUL OF THE
DYING OR DEAD MAN'S SOUL COULD PASS OUT FREELY.
Where learned: ACT I, SCENE II
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-04-1967
CAN TELL IF A PERSON IS DEAD IF HIS EYES ROLL TO THE
BACK OF HIS HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
IF YOU DIE WITH A ROSARY IN YOUR HAND, YOU WILL GO STRAIGHT
TO HEAVEN.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT BELIEVES THIS VERY STRONGLY AND CARRIES A
ROSARY WITH HER WHEREVER SHE GOES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-27-1971