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WHEN SAIL WAS THE PRIMARY MEANS OF LOCOMOTION ON
THE GREAT LAKES, IT WAS CUSTOMARY, WHEN BUILDING A
VESSEL, TO PUT A SILVER DOLLAR UNDER THE MAIN MAST
WHEN IT WAS STEPPED. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO INSURE
GOOD LUCK, ESPECIALLY DURING STORMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Money BELIEF -- Good luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PLACE A STATUE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN IN THE WINDOW TO INSURE GOOD
WEATHER ALL DAY. DONE BY AN AUNT ON THE DAY OF HER DAUGHTER'S HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATION.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
LIGHT A CANDLE DURING A STORM TO KEEP THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOME
SAFE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: 00001950S
CHINESE FESTIVAL
"THE BIRTHDAY OF TIN HAU, WHO IS THE PATRON GODDESS OF
FISHER FOLK, IS HONOURED ON THE 23RD DAY OF THE THIRD
MOON (SPRING). THE FISHERMEN GATHER AT TIN HAU'S
GREAT TEMPLE AND BURN JOSS STICKS AND THE SMALL
PIGS WILL BE ROASTED AND IS OFFERED TO THE GODDESS,
TIN HAU. AFTER THE OFFERINGS, THERE WILL BE LION DANCES
AND THE ROASTED PIGS WILL BE DIVIDED.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THOSE WHO HAVE EATEN THE ROASTED
PIGS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO TIN HAU, WILL BE BLESSED
BY HER, AND SHE WILL ALSO PROTECT THE FISHERMEN FROM
STORMS AND GRAND THEM PLENTY OF FISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Rituals BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
IN A THUNDERSTORM, BURN BLESSED PALMS TO KEEP THE
HOUSE SAFE FROM LIGHTNING.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM MY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: 03-22-1967
IF YOU WASH YOUR CAR ON ALMOST ANY GIVEN DAY, IT WILL
MOST SURELY GO THROUGH SAID DAY CLEAN, BUT THE NEXT
DAY, THE RAINS WILL COME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: 00001960S
TO WARD OFF WITCHCRAFT, LEAVE AN OPEN PAIR OF
SCISSORS ON A TABLE.
Submitter comment: A GIRL FROM EL PASO, TEXAS TELLS THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ADRIAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
BURNING A PALM DURING A STORM TO WARD OFF DANGER.
Submitter comment: FAMILY CUSTOM.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
IF A WINDSTORM IS APPROACHING, BURN A BLESSED PALM
ON THE WINDOW SILL; THE SMOKE WILL RISE CARRYING
THE WIND OVER THE TOP OF THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
FATHER MALONY LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER, WHO IS
OF IRISH DESCENT AND WAS RAISED IN A RURAL
COMMUNITY NEAR KINNECOTT, ONTARIO (CANADA).
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.1 BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
BURN A BLESSED CANDLE IN A WINDOW TO PROTECT THE
HOUSE FROM STORM DAMAGE.
Submitter comment:
FATHER MALONY LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER, WHO IS
OF IRISH DESCENT AND WAS RAISED IN A RURAL
COMMUNITY NEAR KINNECOTT, ONTARIO (CANADA).
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.1 BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
BEFORE A STORM, YOU MUST GO INTO EACH ROOM OF YOUR
HOUSE AND SPRINKLE HOLY WATER TO THE FOUR CORNERS
OF THE ROOM. THIS WILL PROTECT YOUR HOUSE FROM ANY
DANGER DURING THE STORM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Date learned: 11-20-1970
PALMS ARE BURNT IN HOMES DURING SEVERE STORMS
AS A PROTECTION AGAINST MISHAP TO THE HOME.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU HAVE A DUCK, HEN, OR TURKEY SETTING, PUT ROCKS AROUND
ITS NEST TO KEEP THUNDER FROM JARRING THE EGGS, BECAUSE
THUNDER WILL KEEP THE EGGS FROM HATCHING.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |