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BELIEF
THE WORDS "HOCUS POCUS" WERE FIRST USED TO MAKE
FUN OF WORDS OF THE TRANSUBSTANTIATION.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
LUCKY PENNY
MEL FARR OF THE DETROIT LIONS WEARS A PENNY IN HIS LEFT SHOE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT GOT IT FROM NEWSPAPERS.
Where learned: RATHSKELLER
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
A CHARM
THE OCTOBER BIRTHSTONE IS THE OPAL OR AMBER
AND IS A SYMBOL FOR LOVABLENESS.
Submitter comment: FROM A BOOK
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
A CHARM
THE NOVEMBER BIRTHSTONE IS THE TOPAZ AND IS A
SYMBOL FOR CHEERFULNESS.
Submitter comment: FROM A BOOK
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
A CHARM
THE DECEMBER BIRTHSTONE IS THE TURQUOISE AND
IS A SYMBOL FOR UNSELFISHNESS.
Submitter comment: FROM A BOOK
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
CHARMS
IF YOU FEAR FOR YOUR LIFE'S BLOOD, YOU MUST WEAR A
MAGIC AMULET AROUND YOUR NECK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
BELIEF
IN CELTIC COUNTRIES PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IT IS GOOD LUCK
TO PUT NAILS IN THE CRIB OF A NEWBORN BABY. THIS PROTECTS
THEM FROM THE FAIRIES WHICH ACCORDING TO LEGEND CAME IN THE
NIGHT AND TOOK ALL BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN AND LEFT UGLY BABIES OR
"CHANGLINGS" IN THEIR PLACE. IF A MOTHER HAD A PARTICULARLY
UGLY CHILD SHE WOULD OFTEN SAY IT WAS A CHANGLING AND NOT HER
REAL CHILD. INCIDENTLY, PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT IRON WAS MAGICAL AND
SO IT IS NOT THE NAILS BUT THE IRON THAT THEY ARE MADE OUT OF
WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BRING THE GOOD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment: "YOU" IS PROFESSOR FRANK PAULSEN.
Where learned: CLASS DURING WHICH HE SUBSTITUTED FOR YOU
Keyword(s): CHANGELINGS
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WISHING DITTY
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT,
FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT;
I WISH I MAY, I WISH I MIGHT
HAVE THE WISH I WISH TONIGHT.
Submitter comment: MUST BE RECITED TO FIRST STAR SEEN FOR WISH TO COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 04-05-1967
A BED HAS TO BE FACING NORTH AND SOUTH
THE BED HAS TO BE FACING NORTH AND SOUTH IN ORDER FOR
THE SPIRITS TO CIRCULATE PROPERLY
AROUND THE SLEEPING PERSON.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER GREAT-AUNT WHOSE NAME
IS JOSEPHINE SWITZER AND WHO IS EIGHTY-THREE YEARS OLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED AT UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
A CHARM
THE SAPPHIRE IS THE SEPTEMBER BIRTHSTONE AND
IS A SYMBOL FOR REPENTANCE.
Submitter comment: FROM A BOOK
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
A CHARM
THE SARDONYX IS THE AUGUST BIRTHSTONE AND
IS A SYMBOL FOR CONJUGAL HAPPINESS.
Submitter comment: FROM A BOOK
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
A CHARM
THE RUBY IS THE JULY BIRTHSTONE AND
IS A SYMBOL FOR PASSION.
Submitter comment: FROM A BOOK
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
A CHARM
THE MOONSTONE OR THE AGATE IS THE JUNE BIRTHSTONE AND
IS A SYMBOL FOR HEALTH.
Submitter comment: FROM A BOOK
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
A CHARM
THE EMERALD IS THE BIRTHSTONE FOR MAY AND
IS A SYMBOL FOR HOPE.
Submitter comment: FROM A BOOK
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
A CHARM
THE DIAMOND IS THE BIRTHSTONE FOR APRIL AND
IS A SYMBOL FOR PURITY.
Submitter comment: FROM A BOOK
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
A CHARM
THE BLOODSTONE IS THE MARCH BIRTHSTONE AND
IS A SYMBOL FOR COURAGE.
Submitter comment: FROM A BOOK
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
A CHARM
THE AMETHYST IS THE FEBRUARY BIRTHSTONE AND
IS A SYMBOL OF SINCERITY.
Submitter comment: FROM A BOOK
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
CHARM
THE GARNET IS THE JANUARY BIRTHSTONE AND
IT IS A SYMBOL OF CONSTANCY.
Submitter comment: FROM A BOOK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
REMOVAL OF WARTS
THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN IN TOWN OF GRAND MARAIS, MICHIGAN,
WHO HAD THE POWER TO REMOVE WARTS BY RECITING
MAGIC WORDS AND SPECIFYING THE DATE BY WHICH THEY WOULD
DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HAD FOURTEEN WARTS CHARMED FROM HER HAND
IN 1912 IN GRAND MARAIS BY A LUMBERJACK WHO "CHARMED".
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Curer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IRISH SUPERSTITION
WHEN A CHILD IS SENT ON AN ERRAND HE MUST PUT A PIECE
OF COAL IN HIS POCKET AS A CHARM AGAINST THE FAIRIES.
Submitter comment:
MRS. MCCLOSKEY HEARD THIS AS A CHILD IN BELFAST,
IRELAND ABOUT 1910.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 01-12-1964