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NEGRO SUPERSTITION
IF YOU KILL A SPIDER, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
LEAVES
WHEN THE LEAVES TURN UP ON TREES IT'S GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
APRIL 1ST.
IF IT RAINS ON THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL, THE COMING
SUMMER WILL BE VERY WARM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- P040 BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
TO MAKE YOUR HAIR GROW, YOU SHOULD WASH
YOUR HAIR IN THE FIRST RAIN IN MAY.
Date learned: 12-07-1971
PADDIE'S HIGHWATER
AFTER THE FIRST SNOWFALL IN MAY, WAIT FOR THE SNOW TO MELT AND THEN
WASH THE EYES. THIS IS CALLED PADDIES HIGHWATER. IT IS GOOD FOR
EYE DISORDERS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT ONLY TRIED TO RECALL AN OLD IRISH CUSTOM.
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
BELIEF
DURING THE FIRST SNOW, IF YOU GO OUT BAREFOOT,
YOU WILL NOT BE SICK ALL WINTER.
Where learned: PLACE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): SHOES
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
IT'S RAINING
IT'S RAINING , IT'S POURING,
THE OLD MAN IS SNORING,
HE BUMPED HIS HEAD AND
HE WENT TO BED AND HE
COULDN'T GET UP IN THE MORNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NICKNAME FOR GOD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
RAINBOW BELIEF
THERE IS A POT OF GOLD AT THE END OF EVERY RAINBOW.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
END OF THE RAINBOW
IF YOU SEE A RAINBOW AND WALK TO ONE END OF IT, YOU WILL
FIND A POT OF GOLD AT THE END.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17331 Glenmore
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
WEDDING BELIEF
IN SMALL ITALIAN CITIES IT IS CONSIDERED
GOOD LUCK TO HAVE RAIN ON YOUR WEDDING DAY. IN LARGER ITALIAN CITIES IT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK WHEN IT RAINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Date learned: 09-00-1969
DEVIL
IF IT RAINS WHEN THE SUN IS OUT, THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; RATHSKELLER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 09-20-1968
RAINBOW BELIEF
FIND THE END OF THE RAINBOW AND YOU'LL FIND A POT OF GOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; UNION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
Weather
IF IT RAINS, THE DEAD ARE HAPPY.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
WEATHER BELIEF AND PRECAUTION
NEVER TOUCH METAL WHEN IT'S RAINING OR YOU WILL BE ELECTROCUTED.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HAD WITNESSED THIS CATASTROPHE MANY TIMES.
Where learned: during a thunderstorm ; garage
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
BELIEF IN SNOWBALLS AND HAIL
DON'T MAKE SNOWBALLS, IF YOU DO HAIL WILL FALL DURING THE SPRING
AND RUIN THE CROPS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S FAMILY TOLD HIM THIS WHILE HE LIVED IN POLAND.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant is collector's father.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 11-14-1971
WEATHER
WHEN THE CLOUDS ARE PINK AT SUNSET, IT MEANS THAT SANTA CLAUS IS MAKING CANDY.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
Date learned: 10-00-1971
RAINBOW
IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE "OLD FOLKISMS" THAT AFTER A RAIN, WHEN THE
RAINBOW COMES OUT, IF YOU GO TO THE END OF THIS RAINBOW YOU WILL FIND
A POT OF GOLD, OR A SACK OF MONEY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE ONCE BELIEVED THIS BUT NOW THAT SHE HAS GROWN OLDER, SHE FOUND THAT
THIS WAS JUST AN OLD FOLKISM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BELIEF ; DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 02-10-1972
TOADSTOOLS
IF YOU KICK A TOADSTOOL IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S YARD HAD SEVERAL TOADSTOOLS GROWING IN IT, MY LITTLE SISTER SAW THEM AND WAS GOING TO KNOCK IT OUT AND THIS IS WHEN THE INFORMANT SAID THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CALUMET ; informant's home ; 1688 Laurium
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF IT RAINED WHEN A PERSON DIED, IT MEANT THAT THE ANGELS WERE CRYING FOR HIM AND HE WENT TO HEAVEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT WHEN HE WAS TEN YEARS OLD BY HIS PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE FARMS ; informant's home ; 138 Mapleton
Keyword(s): TEARS
Date learned: 10-03-1971
WEATHER BELIEF
WHEN I SAW CLOUDS ROLLING IN THE SKY, I USED TO BELIEVE THAT THE ANGELS WERE ROLLING OUT THEIR CARPET FOR THE SUN, SO IT COULD SHINE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN