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IF YOU LEAVE YOUR HOMELAND AND GO TO A NEW COUNTRY
AND ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN DIES, YOU MUST GO BACK TO YOUR
HOMELAND TO LIVE TO AVOID FURTHER DEATHS IN THE
FAMILY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S AUNT MOVED FROM IRELAND TO U.S. AND BACK
TO IRELAND AGAIN WHEN ONE OF HER CHILDREN HAD DIED.
SHE HAS SINCE MOVED BACK TO THE U.S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
WHEN A HOUND BAYS AT A FULL MOON, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Submitter comment: DON NOT REMEMBER WHERE OR WHEN I HEARD THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DEATH ALWAYS HAPPENS IN THREE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-14-1967
IF SOMEONE HAS DREAMS ABOUT A DEATH, THERE WILL BE A
WEDDING IN THE FAMILY. BUT, IF THERE IS A DREAM
ABOUT A WEDDING, THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED THAT THIS WAS A FAMILY BELIEF, THAT
GOES BACK MANY GENERATIONS ACCORDING TO HER MOTHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
Date learned: 04-18-1965
IF YOU DREAM OF A WEDDING, IT IS A SIGN OF A FUNERAL
IN THE FAMILY.
IF YOU DREAM OF A FUNERAL, IT IS A SIGN THERE WILL BE A
WEDDING IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about weddings, funerals, and other crucial moments of life |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
IF A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL IN YOUR HOUSE,
SOMEONE YOU KNOW WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
IF A BIRD FLIES IN THE HOUSE, IT IS A SIGN THAT
THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
(IF) PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL OF A DEAD PERSON,
IT IS A SIGN THAT THEY NEED PRAYERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
MY GRANDFATHER SAID THAT BEFORE A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY
DIED THERE WAS ALWAYS A LIGHT OVER THE WATER TROUGH.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-09-1967
WHEN YOU THINK OF SOME LIVING PERSON, SOMEONE WILL
DIE; WHEN YOU THINK OF SOMEONE DEAD A BABY WILL
BE BORN.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-08-1967
NEVER PUT A HALO ON YOUR HEAD IN (A) PLAY BECAUSE
IT MEANS DEATH AND USUALLY FOR YOU.
Submitter comment: FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
YOU SHOULD NEVER SWEEP DUST OUT OF THE BACK DOOR WHEN
SWEEPING THE FLOOR, BECAUSE IF YOU DO, YOUR FATHER
WILL DIE IN A SHORT TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: 10-28-1967
IF YOU STEP ON A PERSON'S GRAVE, THAT PERSON WILL TURN
OVER IN HIS GRAVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ROLL OVER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
A TEACHER I HAD IN GRADE SCHOOL ONCE TOLD US THAT
EVERYTIME A PERSON COUGHS, A NAIL IS PUT IN HIS
COFFIN AND IF THE PERSON COUGHS TOO MUCH, THERE
WILL BE NO ROOM IN HIS COFFIN FOR HIM, BECAUSE THERE
WILL BE TOO MANY NAILS IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-23-1968
THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE EARLY 1900S. MRS.
LASKEY'S STEPFATHER, NAMED AUGUST, WAS IN THE BARBER
SHOP IN THE EARLY SPRING AND THE BARBER TOLD HIM THAT
HIS SKIN WAS BEGINNING TO DECAY, AND BECAUSE OF THIS
HE THOUGHT THAT "ABOUT THE FIRST OF MAY WOULD BE
THE LAST OF AUGUST." ON MAY FIRST OF THAT YEAR, HE
DROPPED DEAD ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK. THIS
BARBER SAID THAT HE KNEW THIS BECAUSE HE HAD SEEN
SUCH A THING HAPPEN BEFORE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001900s ; 11-04-1969
MARY'S UNCLE BELIEVED THAT DREAMING OF RAW MEAT WAS
A SIGN OF DEATH. THEN, HE HAD THIS DREAM AND
WITHIN A FEW DAYS, HE DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 02-24-1971
IF YOU DREAM OF A WEDDING, OR HEAR DOGS HOWLING, OR IF
RELIGIOUS PICTURES FALL FROM THE WALLS, YOU MAY TAKE
THESE AS PREDICTIONS OF DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
DONNA'S MOTHER HAS THE POWER TO READ CARDS. SHE
READ CARDS FOR A FRIEND ONCE AND PREDICTED THAT
BOTH HER PARENTS WOULD DIE SOON. EVERYONE KNEW
HER FATHER WOULD DIE BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN ILL, BUT
THE MOTHER WAS HEALTHY. THE FATHER DIED WITHIN
TWO DAYS. THE MOTHER WAS REACHING UP INTO THE
CUPBOARD ONE WEEK LATER AND FELL BACK ONTO A POLE
WHICH WENT THROUGH HER AND KILLED HER INSTANTLY.
AFTER MRS. LALLY PREDICTED THIS, SHE REFUSES
TO READ CARDS FOR ANYONE BECAUSE IT ALWAYS COMES
TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Numerology, related to playing cards |
IF A CHILD IS SICK, DROP OIL IN WARM WATER; IF IT
SEPARATES, THE CHILD WILL DIE. IF IT DOESN'T
SEPARATE, THE CHILD WILL GET WELL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS IS PRACTICED AMONG SOME ITALIAN GROUPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of object for determining future of young |
Date learned: 03-23-1972
NOSEY PEOPLE DON'T LIVE LONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): REBUKE ; THREAT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-15-1968