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IF YOU STRIKE A NUN YOUR ARM WILL FREEZE IN THAT
SAME POSITION THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY A NUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P439 BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
THE SIKH, A SECT OR GROUP IN INDIA, NEVER CUT THEIR
HAIR OR SHAVE. THEY ALWAYS WEAR A BANGEL AND A
KNIFE ON THEIR BELT. THESE CUSTOMS ARE ESSENTIAL
TO THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR WARRIOR CHARACTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P439 |
Date learned: 10-24-1968
MY MOTHER WAS DEATHLY AFRAID OF GYPSIES AND THEY USED
TO COME AROUND. SHE BELIEVED THEY HAD UNNATURAL
POWERS AND COULD PUT A CURSE ON YOU.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P439 |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
TOLD TO SMALL GRADESCHOOL CHILDREN BY NUNS:
IF YOU BITE THE HOST, IT WILL BLEED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EUCHARIST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P439 BELIEF -- Church |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE CARMELITES CUT THEIR FRUIT OR PIECES OF CAKE
INTO THREES BEFORE EATING THEM, TO COMMEMORATE
THE BLESSED TRINITY.
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED OF THIS CUSTOM FROM THE SISTERS OF THAT
COMMUNITY WHEN I ENTERED IN OCTOBER, 1961.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LATHRUP VILLAGE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- P439 BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
DEAN OF WOMEN TALE
FRIENDS OF MINE IN OTHER GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOLS WERE
TOLD BY THE NUNS NOT TO WEAR PATENT LEATHER
SHOES OR PEARLS, BECAUSE BOTH REFLECT.
Data entry tech comment: ONE CAN SEE THE REFLECTION OF UNDERWEAR IN PATENT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 BELIEF -- P439 |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
BEFORE GOING TO THEIR SENIOR PROM, FRIENDS OF MINE
WERE TOLD BY THE NUNS TO BRING A TELEPHONE BOOK
ALONG, IN CASE THEIR DATES ASKED THEM TO SIT ON THEIR
LAPS. ALSO, THEY WERE CAUTIONED TO TAKE THEIR
GLOVES OFF CAREFULLY, BECAUSE IT MIGHT AROUSE THEIR
DATES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 BELIEF -- P439 |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
DEAN OF WOMEN TALE
FRIENDS OF MINE IN OTHER GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOLS WERE
TOLD BY THE NUNS NOT TO WEAR PATENT LEATHER
SHOES OR PEARLS, BECAUSE BOTH REFLECT.
Data entry tech comment: ONE CAN SEE THE REFLECTION OF UNDERWEAR IN PATENT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 BELIEF -- P439 |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
BEFORE GOING TO THEIR SENIOR PROM, FRIENDS OF MINE
WERE TOLD BY THE NUNS TO BRING A TELEPHONE BOOK
ALONG, IN CASE THEIR DATES ASKED THEM TO SIT ON THEIR
LAPS. ALSO, THEY WERE CAUTIONED TO TAKE THEIR
GLOVES OFF CAREFULLY, BECAUSE IT MIGHT AROUSE THEIR
DATES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 BELIEF -- P439 |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
A DISTINCTIVE STYLE OF WALKING CAN BE OBSERVED IN
MEMBERS OF THE YOUNG, INTELLECTUAL, NON-CONFORMIST
GROUP AND THE RELATED HIPPIE GROUP. THEY TEND TO
LEAN SLIGHTLY FORWARD FROM THE HIPS AND WALK WITH
A SORT OF BOUNCE TO EACH STEP. (THIS BOUNCING MAY
BE THE RESULT OF WEARING TENNIS SHOES OR RUBBER-SOLED
BOOTS).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- P439 SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN