Dr. James T. Callow publications
Browse by
Questions or comments on this site? Please email davidsor@udmercy.edu.
The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
Your search for P454 returned 6 results.
FULL MOON EFFECTS
IN ENGLAND A MAN WILL NOT BE EXECUTED IF HE CAN PROVE THAT HE
COMMITTED HIS CRIME DURING THE TIME OF A FULL MOON. THEY HAVE
LAW AGAINST EXECUTION DURING THIS TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRASER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Planet |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CLANCY
CLANCY WAS A COOK AT CAMP OZANAM. HE LIVED IN AN APARTMENT NOW CALLED
ASH. CLANCY WAS BELIEVED TO BE FROM ANOTHER PLANET. ONE DAY CAMPERS
HEARD SCREAMS. THE COUNSELORS WENT IN AND SAW A MEAT GRINDER AND SOME
KIDS. CLANCY WOULD TAKE KIDS AND GRIND THEM UP. HE WAS SERVING THE
CAMP CHILDREN GROUND UP PEOPLE. THE COUNSELORS CALLED THE POLICE AND
CLANCY RAN OUT. THE POLICE SHOT CLANCY BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. CLANCY
RAN ONTO A ROCK AND SHOT UP INTO THE AIR. HE WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): CANNIBALISM ; INEFFECTIVE BULLETS INVULNERABILITY
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being BELIEF -- Planet |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
RECENT BELIEF
WHEN APOLLO ASTRONAUTS TOOK PART OF THE MOON, THAT CAUSED HURRICANES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MODERN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Planet BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
SILVER BELIEF
IF YOU BURY SILVER, IT TURNS WITH THE EARTH, AND WILL
MOVE TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Planet BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- P47O BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
RECENT BELIEF
WHEN APOLLO ASTRONAUTS TOOK PART OF THE MOON, THAT CAUSED HURRICANES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; E313
James Callow Keyword(s): MODERN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Planet BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
SILVER BELIEF
IF YOU BURY SILVER IT TURNS WITH THE EARTH AND WILL
MOVE TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.
Where learned: told at work
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Planet BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- P47O BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |