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IRISH SUPERSTITION
HAPPY IS THE CORPSE THE RAIN RAINS ON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
IF A BIRD KNOCKS OUTSIDE YOUR HOME, IT'S A SIGN
OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
IF ONE OF YOUR WISDOM TEETH COMES OUT, ONE OF YOUR
RELATIVES WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
GERMAN DEATH BELIEF
IF THE EYES OF A CORPSE REMAIN UNCLOSED, THERE WILL BE
ANOTHER DEATH, FOR IT IS LOOKING FOR THE NEXT ONE
TO FOLLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-16-1971
IF YOU TAKE FLOWERS FROM A GRAVE, THEY WILL NEVER GROW.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER (1920S) WHO
BELIEVED IT, BUT INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE IT NOW.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001920S ; 10-02-1971
IF IT RAINS WHEN YOU DIE, IT MEANS YOUR SOUL IS BEING WASHED
PURE AND CLEAN.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS BELIEVED BY INFORMANT'S MOTHER. THE INFORMANT
HEARD THIS SAID WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, BUT DOES NOT BELIEVE
IN THE TRUTH OF THE STATEMENT NOW. (1920S).
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001920S ; 10-02-1971
ITALIAN
IF YOU EVER TURN BREAD UPSIDE DOWN, YOU ARE HURTING
ALL OF THE POOR SOULS IN PURGATORY.
Submitter comment: BROUGHT HOME FROM HOMELAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-07-1971
IF THERE ARE THREE PERSONS IN A PHOTOGRAPH, THE CENTER
PERSON WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
WHEN ANYONE DIES IN YOUR FAMILY, SOMEONE ELSE IS BORN
INTO IT SOMEWHERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
ON THE EVE OF ALL SAINTS DAY (NOVEMBER 1), ALL DEAD PEOPLE
WALK IN A PROCESSION AND IF YOU HEAR A KNOCK AT THE DOOR,
DEATH WILL COME TO YOUR FAMILY DURING THAT YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F110 BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-28-1971
DO NOT COUNT FUNERAL CARS OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: TOLD AT GRANDPARENT'S HOUSE
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.44 |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
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
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
WHEN A DOG HOWLS SOMEONE IS DYING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
HIS FAMILY BELIEVED THAT DEATH IS A JOYFUL EVENT AND
BIRTH IS A SORROWFUL ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-22-1970
FAMILY DEATHS COME IN THREES.
Submitter comment:
THIS ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE THE CASE IN GEORGE'S
FAMILY AND HIS FAMILY BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-24-1970
WHEN THERE IS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, NEVER HAVE OR
PUT THREE CHAIRS IN A ROW. ONE OF THE THREE WHO SIT
IN THEM AT THE SAME TIME WILL DIE WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
THIS WAS COLLECTED WHILE AT VIRGINIA BEACH IN THE SUMMER
OF 1966. UPON LOOKING AT SEVERAL PEOPLE'S FEET,
MRS. SWEROCK MADE THE FOLLOWING REMARK; WHICH SHE HAD
HEARD WHEN A LITTLE GIRL:
IF A WIFE'S TOE NEXT TO THE BIG TOE IS TALLER THAN THE
BIG TOE, SHE WILL DIE BEFORE HER HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; WYANDOTTE ; VIRGINIA BEACH ; VIRGINIA, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN ; 00-00-1966
IF A DOG HOWLS OR BAYS DURING THE NIGHT, SOMEONE YOU
KNOW IS GOING TO DIE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
HOLD ON TO (A) BUTTON WHEN A FUNERAL PASSES IN FRONT OF
YOU. THIS IS TO PREVENT DEATH IN YOUR FAMILY.
Submitter comment: A FRIEND TOLD ME THIS ONE DAY AS A FUNERAL PASSED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
DON'T EVER COUNT THE CARS OF A FUNERAL PROCESSION FOR
THE NUMBER OF CARS YOU COUNT WILL BE HOW MANY YEARS
YOU HAVE LEFT TO LIVE.
Submitter comment: MY GIRLFRIEND ONCE TOLD ME THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 10-10-1967