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INDIAN WOMEN WEAR A MARK ON THEIR FOREHEAD FOR GOOD
LUCK.
Where learned: HOME
Date learned: 10-24-1968
MEN WHOSE EYEBROWS GROW TOGETHER OVER THE NOSE, CANNOT
BE TRUSTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Forehead |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
A HIGH FOREHEAD IS BELIEVED TO BE A SIGN OF INTELLIGENCE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Forehead |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
SLOVAK CHRISTMAS SUPPER CUSTOM
BEFORE CHRISTMAS DINNER THE OLDEST MALE MEMBER OF THE HOUSEHOLD
TAKES A CLOVE OF GARLIC AND DIPS IT INTO HONEY. HE THEN MAKES
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS ON THE FOREHEAD OF EACH MEMBER OF THE
HOUSEHOLD. THIS SIGNIFIES THE SWEETNESS AND BITTERNESS OF LIFE.
Submitter comment: SLOVAK IMMIGRANTS. THEY NOW LIVE IN ERII, PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Body part Senses Forehead BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
BELIEF
IT IS BELIEVED THAT A HIGH FOREHEAD IS AN INDICATION OF
EXCEEDINGLY HIGH INTELLIGENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Forehead |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, WE WERE TOLD THAT IF WE DROPPED A PIECE OF
BREAD OR OTHER SOLID-TYPE FOOD, WE SHOULD PICK IT UP QUICKLY,
KISS IT, AND PUT IT TO OUR FOREHEADS AND GOD WOULD BLESS IT AND MAKE
IT CLEAN FOR US TO EAT. (THIS WAS ONLY TRUE IN OUR OWN HOUSE.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Body part Senses Forehead SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001950S
A PERSON WHO HAS A HIGH HAIR LINE, A WIDE FOREHEAD,
HAS AN OPEN MIND AND SEES CLEARLY.
Submitter comment:
I WAS TOLD THIS BY THE MOTHER OF MY IRANIAN FRIEND WHEN
SHE NOTICED I HAD A WIDE FOREHEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Forehead |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
FRENCH CANADIAN
THE FIRST TIME ANYONE SEES A BABY, THEY SHOULD KISS
IT ON THE FOREHEAD TO BRING GOOD LUCK AND GOOD
HEALTH TO THE CHILD FOR THE REST OF ITS LIFE.
Submitter comment:
A FRENCH-CANADIAN LADY DID THIS TO MY BROTHER AND THEN
TOLD MY MOTHER WHY SHE HAD DONE THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Date learned: 10-10-1968
WRITE SOMETHING ON YOUR FOREHEAD SO IT WILL BE REMEMBERED
Data entry tech comment: UNDER NAME D. B. GONYER ARE INITIALS "KZ"
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Forehead BELIEF -- Word Letter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN