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WHO BECOMES A VAMPIRE
A PERSON WILL BE A VAMPIRE IF HE IS BORN ON HALLOWEEN
OR CONCEIVED ON WOLFPURGIS NIGHT, THE NIGHT BEFORE MAY 1.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
Keyword(s): SUPERNATURAL ; SUPERSTITION ; Undead ; Vampire
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 30 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F103 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
APRIL 30, FEAST OF ST. PETER
GDY NA SIV. PIOTRA JEST PODODA ALBO STOTA, TO NA SIV NIKODEMA JEST
DESZCZ ALBO GO NIE MA.
WHEN ON THE FEAST OF ST. PETER (APRIL 30) THE WEATHER IS
PLEASANT THAN ON THE FEAST OF ST. NICODEMUS THERE WILL BE RAIN
OR NOT.
Data entry tech comment: ENGLISH TRANSLATION AS PER INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 30 BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED.
APRIL 30
ON APRIL 30, THE PEOPLE OF GERMANY STUFF THEIR KEYHOLES AND ANY
KIND OF OPENINGS IN THEIR HOUSE WITH LEAVES, IN ORDER TO STOP THE
EVIL SPIRITS OF SPRING FROM ENTERING THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HIS GRANDMOTHER, WHO IS GERMAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 30 BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Measure of time Spring |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
WHO WILL BECOME A VAMPIRE
A PERSON WILL BE A VAMPIRE IF HE IS BORN ON HALLOWEEN
OR CONCEIVED ON WOLPURGIS NIGHT--THE NIGHT BEFORE MAY 1.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 30 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PUT A CUP OF MILK OUTSIDE THE DOOR THE NIGHT BEFORE
MAY 1. THE NEXT MORNING THERE WILL BE A DESIGN
ON THE MILK. THIS WILL BE AN INDICATION OF YOUR
FUTURE SPOUSE. (I.E., A PICTURE OF A SHIP WOULD
MEAN YOU WILL MARRY A SAILOR).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 30 |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
AT THE END OF THE MONTH, RIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED, YOU SAY
"RABBIT, RABBIT." THEN THE NEXT MORNING WHEN YOU WAKE UP
YOU SAY "RABBIT, RABBIT" AND MAKE A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 04-00-1972