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TAKING SIDES
WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT IF SHE SLEEPS ON HER RIGHT SIDE, THE
CHILD WILL BE A BOY, IF ON HER LEFT IT WILL BE A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-05-1969
PREGNANCY BELIEF
THE PEOPLE IN INDIA ADVISE THE WOMAN WHO IS PREGNANT NOT TO
LOOK AT AN UGLY PICTURE OF ANYTHING, OR THE BABY WILL BE UGLY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
WOMAN BELIEF
IN INDIA IF A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, SHE SHOULD NOT DO ANY DESTRUCTIVE
WORK, IT WILL DESTROY THE BABY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IF YOU ARE PREGNANT, THIS WOMAN SHOULD NOT WEAR A NECKLACE
OR SHE WILL BE CHOKING THE BABY B Y WEARING IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-07-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IT IS BELIEVED BY SOME THAT IF PREGNANT WOMEN HAVE BEAUTIFUL
THOUGHTS, THEY WILL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CHILD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS TO BE A COMMON PRACTICE IN HER
YOUNGER DAYS, AND KNEW OF MANY WHO USED IT, APPARENTLY WITH SUCCESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN LIFTS HER ARMS ABOVE HER HEAD, SHE WILL LOSE
HER BABY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM ONE OF HER FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IF A WOMAN WHO IS ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY IS NARROW
IN THE BACK, AND IS PROTRUDING OUT IN FRONT, MORE
THAN USUAL, SHE WILL HAVE A BOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IF A WOMAN ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY IS WIDE IN THE BACK,
IT WILL BE A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULD NOT ATTEND A FUNERAL, OR HER CHILD WILL
DIE.
Where learned: WARREN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 01-22-1970
BELIEF
LOOK AT BEAUTIFUL THINGS, THINK BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS, AND
YOU WILL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC ; OPTIMISM
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
SPIRITS,
THIS IS AN INDIAN BELIEF, GOOD SPIRITS WANDER AROUND
ETERNALLY SOMETIMES, DOING GOOD WORKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
SPIRITS
ALL SOULS WANDER IN INDIA AFTER DEATH, INCLUDING ANIMAL SOULS.
THEY WANDER IF THEY HAD AN UNHAPPY LIFE, OR IF THEY WERE UNSATISFIED
BEFORE THEY DIED. THEY KEEP SEARCHING FOR PEACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
MOTHER'S LOTION
MRS. ANGELA MAGOLEN, WHO WAS BORN IN POLAND AND LATER CAME
TO AMERICA, NOW LIVING IN WYANDOTTE, HAD A VISION OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN IN A DREAM. OUR LADY GAVE HER THE RECIPE
FOR A HEALING LOTION WHICH WAS TO CURE MANY PEOPLE. SHE USED IT
FOR THE FIRST TIME TO CURE HER HUSBAND WHO WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH
A CORONARY. SHE WAS IN DOUBT ABOUT MAKING THE LOTION BUT FATHER
SOLANUS CASEY, A WIDELY K,NOWN CAPUCHIN MONK URGED HER TO MAKE IT
AND TO CALL IT 'MOTHER'S LOTION.'
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- P780 SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
SPIRIT MEDIUMS
THIS IS A BELIEF IN INDIA, THERE ARE FAIR, AND EVIL MEDIUMS. A
MEDIUM CAN INVADE THE BODY OF A MAN NOT YET REALLY DEAD, AND
PULL THE SPIRIT RIGHT OUT, AND THEN THE MEDIUM CONTROLS IT.
I HAVE SEEN THE CASKETS BREAK OPEN UNEXPLAINABLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): BELIEF
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
SUPERSTITION
IN QUEBEC, THE FRENCH WHO HAD LAND LIVED BY FARMING, AND THOSE
WHO HAD NONE LIVED BY BEGGING. THE FARMERS TREATED THE BEGGARS
WITH CARE, FOR THEY HAD POWERS--FOR GOOD, FOR ILL.
Where learned: CANADA
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MAGIC
IN CHINA, A WOMAN CALLED 'OOPOH' IS CONSIDERED A "MAGICAL WOMAN."
SHE CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE, WORK SPELLS, PERFORM MAGIC.
IF A MAN DIES AWAY FROM HOME, HIS SPIRIT CAN BE BROUGHT HOME BY THE
WIZARD (OOPOH), AND HIS FAMILY CAN SEE THAT IT IS INTERRED.
THE BODY IS NOT TRANSFERRED--JUST THE SPIRIT. AND ONLY
THE SPIRIT OF A GOOD MAN CAN BE BROUGHT HOME FOR BURIAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | 646 800 820 840 BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
JUMPING EYE
IF YOUR LEFT EYE STARTS JUMPING IN THE MORNING YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
AN ARGUMENT WITH A FRIEND THAT DAY.
Submitter comment: I HAVE ALSO HEARD A SIMILAR STORY ABOUT A PERSON'S EYE IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
IF YOU HAVE LITTLE WHITE MARKS UNDER YOUR FINGERNAILS, EACH ONE
SIGNIFIES A WHITE LIE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
Keyword(s): LYING
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 10-05-1976
ST. AGNES EVE, JAN. 20
ON THE EVE OF ST. AGNES' DAY, A GIRL SHOULD GET A HANDKERCHIEF FROM
HER BOYFRIEND. SHE SHOULD PUT IT UNDER HER PILLOW AND SHE WILL DREAM
IF SHE WILL MARRY HIM OR NOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 20 BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
ST. AGNES EVE, JAN. 20
IF YOU GO TO BED BEFORE TWELVE O'CLOCK ON THE EVE BEFORE THE FEAST
OF ST. AGNES AND LIE FLAT ON YOUR BACK NOT MOVING IN THE LEAST,
YOU WILL DREAM OF YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND THAT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 20 BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-00-1967