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IF YOU KILL A BEE ON THE FIRST DAY OF MAY AND KEEP
IT IN YOUR PURSE, YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE MONEY.
Submitter comment: FROM RELATIVES.
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
NEVER KILL A LADY BUG IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT EATS
THE MOTH EGGS-LARVA.
Submitter comment:
LEARNED WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO
AND STILL BIDES BY IT TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
IF YOU STEP ON A SPIDER, IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
IF YOU STEP ON AN ANT YOU WILL MAKE YOUR MOTHER CRY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS WAS A POPULAR BELIEF
AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN. SHE SAID THAT EVERYONE
VERY CAREFULLY AVOIDED ANTS ON THE WAY HOME FROM
SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 02-23-1971
KILL A SPIDER AND IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECALLS THIS FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SHELBY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 10-17-1970
BELIEF
IF THERE'S A CRICKET IN YOUR HOUSE, IT MEANS GOOD LUCK.
IF YOU KILL A CRICKET, YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Conversions P883.33 |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU SEE A SPIDER SPINNING HER WEB IN THE MORNING YOU WILL
HAVE BAD LUCK. BUT, IF YOU SEE THE SPIDER SPINNING HER WEB AT
EVENING YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; JACKSONVILLE
Keyword(s): INSECTS: SPIDERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Good luck P881.33 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.33 |
LUCK AND BAD LUCK
SEEING A PREYING (PRAYING) MANTIS ON A WINDOW SILL IS GOOD LUCK.
KILLING ONE IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: SCHOOL APARTMENT ; TOLD AT
James Callow Keyword(s): CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: KILLING A PRAYING MANTIS ; POSITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck P881.33 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.33 |
Date learned: 09-18-1969
TO DRIVE AWAY FLIES, BOIL THREE OR FOUR ONIONS IN A PINT OF WATER.
APPLY IT WITH A BRUSH TO GLASS, PICTURE FRAMES, ETC.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD IN INDIANA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 03-04-1982
WEATHER BELIEFS
IF YOU KILL A DADDY LONG LEGS (SPIDER), IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001950S
WEATHER BELIEF
IF A FLY LANDS ON YOUR NOSE
SWAT IT TIL IT GOES.
IF IT THEN LANDS AGAIN
IT WILL BRING BACK HEAVY RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001970S
IF THERE IS A BUZZING FLY IN THE ROOM, SOMEONE WILL BE
RECEIVING SOME TYPE OF NEWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 04-00-1983
IF A MAN DREAMS OF A BUTTERFLY OR IF ONE LANDS ON HIM,
HE WILL MARRY A SWEET AND BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER UNCLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about animals |
Date learned: 04-00-1983
PINE TAR WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST NEEDED THINGS FOR A LUM-
BERJACK. THEY USED IT TO KEEP BUGS AND MOSQUITOES AWAY.
THAT REMINDS ME OF A FUNNY STORY. ONE TIME THE MATTER BOY AND
BILL CRAIG WERE IN A TAR PAPER SHANTY WHEN A CYCLONE HIT.
WELL THAT CYCLONE HIT THAT TAR PAPER SHANTY AND PICKED IT UP
AND TURNED IT AROUND. FINALLY, IT BROUGHT IT BACK DOWN TO
EARTH AND SET THE FRONT WHERE THE BACK WAS BEFORE. WELL, THE
MATTER BOY CAME OUT AND HE WAS O-K. WHEN HE ASKED BILL IF HE
WAS HURT, BILL TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS CUT UP PRETTY BAD AND WAS
BLEEDIN SOMETHIN AWFUL. WELL, WHEN THE MATTER BOY WENT IN TO
SEE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH BILL, HE SAW THAT BILL WAS NOT HURT
BUT WAS ONLY COVERED WITH PINE TAR THAT HAD SPILLED FROM A
SHELF ABOVE HIS HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HOUGHTON LAKE
James Callow Keyword(s): LUMBERJACK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Insect PROSE NARRATIVE -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 00001930S
IF A BLACK BUTTERFLY ENTERS YOUR HOUSE, THIS MEANS THAT A RELATIVE
OF YOURS IS TO DIE. IF THE BUTTERFLY IS OF ANOTHER COLOR, THIS
MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE SOME NEWS VERY SOON.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THERE IS A KIND OF BLACK FLY THAT IS 3/4 OF AN INCH IN LENGTH,
QUITE COMMON IN GUADELOUPE, THAT PEOPLE CALL "DEATH FLY", AND
EACH TIME IT COMES INTO A HOUSE, IT IS BELIEVED THAT IT BRINGS
DEATH. THEREFORE PEOPLE CHASE IT FROM THE HOUSE.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
SPIDER IS A SIGN OF BAD OMEN AMONG THE YORUBA'S TRIBE.
IF A PERSON IS SLEEPING, AND THERE IS A SPIDER BY THE BEDSIDE OF THE
FELLOW, HE WILL HAVE A NIGHTMARE.THUS, PEOPLE MAKE SURE THAT THERE
IS NO SPIDER AROUND BEFORE THEY SLEEP.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LOOKED SERIOUS WHEN NARRATING THE ITEM.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; GUELPH
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 00-00-1983
IF YOU HAVE BOLL WEEVILS IN THE
CUPBOARD, BREAK A DISH, WRAP IT IN A
WET DISHRAG AND BURY IT IN THE YARD
UNDER A ROSE BUSH AND THE BUGS WILL
DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BOLL WEEVIL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
REMEDIES
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR WILL TAKE THE STING OUT OF INSECT BITES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
WHEN YOU STEP ON AN ANT, IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment:
SHE SAYS SHE TRIED IT AND IT DID
NOT HAPPEN; THEREFORE SHE DOES
NOT BELIEVE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1983 ; 00-00-1985