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BELIEF
ALWAYS CRUSH EGG SHELLS COMPLETELY BEFORE THROWING THEM AWAY.
IF YOU DON'T THE SHELL HALVES WILL PROVIDE A SHELTER FOR
DANGEROUS SPIRITS.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
Keyword(s): Eggs ; GHOST ; Shells ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE
IT IS AN ITALIAN BELIEF THAT EVERY HOUSEHOLD HAS A GOOD
SPIRIT THAT REMAINS WITH IT, AND CAN SOMETIMES BE SEEN.
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Where learned: NEW YORK ; AUBURN
Keyword(s): GHOST ; Haunt ; HAUNTED HOUSE ; Home ; House ; Italian ; SPIRIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
WARDING OFF GHOSTS
GHOSTS DON'T COME IN TENS. WHENEVER YOU SEE ONE, SAY:
"TEN, TEN, THE BIBLE TEN," AND THEY WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMER DOESN'T BELIEVE IN THIS STRONGLY.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIBLE ; GHOST ; Haunt ; RELIGION ; Repel ; SUPERSTITION ; Ward Off
| Subject headings: | 686 First / Once / One / Newness BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
WHEN SOMEONE EVIL DIED THEIR GHOST WOULD BE HAUNTING ALL AROUND,
RUNNING AROUND SCARING PEOPLE, AND CHOKING PEOPLE TO DEATH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE THIS. SHE SAID IT WAS ONE OF THOSE
WIDE-SPREAD COUNTRY TALES SHE HEARD WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH ; EVIL ; GHOST ; Haunt ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 02-04-1972
GHOST SUPERSTITION
IF YOU SEE A GHOST IN YOUR MIRROR AT NIGHT, GET UP AND LIGHT A
CANDLE AND WALK NINE TIMES AROUND THE ROOM. THE GHOST WILL
DISAPPEAR.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK ; St. Hyacinth School
Keyword(s): GHOST ; Haunt ; NUMBER ; SUPERSTITION ; Ward
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
CHARMS AGAINST GHOSTS
IF YOU PASS BY A HAUNTED PLACE AT NIGHT, TURN YOUR POCKETS INSIDE-OUT
AND THE GHOST WILL NOT HURT YOU.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST ; Pockets ; Protect ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION ; Ward Off
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
BELIEF
THE PEOPLE OF LIBYA BELIEVE THE WHITE SPIRIT APPEARS AT NIGHT IN
SOME FORM OF LIGHT, SO WHENEVER THEY SEE ANY LIGHT AT NIGHT
THEY SHUDDER IN FEAR OF THE WHITE SPIRIT.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
Keyword(s): COLOR ; GHOST ; Haunt ; Libya ; Libyan ; MYSTERIOUS LIGHT ; SPIRIT ; White
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-29-1969
GHOST SUPERSTITION
SHE TOLD ME THAT WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH A FOREST YOU SHOULD HOLD
A PIECE OF BREAD IN YOUR HAND IN ORDER TO SCARE AWAY ALL THE GHOSTS.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
Keyword(s): BREAD ; Forest ; GHOST ; Protect ; Scare ; SUPERSTITION ; Ward Off
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-21-1969
FRESH GRAVES
NEVER STEAL FLOWERS OFF A FRESH GRAVE AS THE SPIRIT WILL RETURN
AND TAKE THEM BACK.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BURIAL ; FLOWERS ; GHOST ; Grave ; Haunt ; Steal
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
SPIRTIUAL BELIEF
EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN SPIRIT WHO WILL TALK TO HIM THROUGH
THE OUIJA BOARD.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): Communicate ; GAME ; GHOST ; Haunt ; Ouija ; SPIRIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
SPIRITUAL BELIEF
THE PRESENCE OF A GHOST IN A ROOM IS INDICATED BY A CHANGE IN
ROOM TEMPERATURE USUALLY COLDER.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): Cold ; Colder ; GHOST ; Haunt ; SIGN ; SPIRIT ; TEMPERATURE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
BRUISES
IF YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND YOU ARE ALL COVERED WITH
BRUISES, IT MEANS A DEAD PERSON HAS TOUCHED YOU IN THE NIGHT.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bruises ; Dead ; DEATH ; GHOST ; SLEEP ; Sleeping ; Touch
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 03-31-1968
THE ETERNAL WATCH
EMPEROR FREDERICK BARBARROSSA'S SPIRIT KEEPS WATCH OVER THE
GERMAN PEOPLE FROM HIS SUPPOSED RESTING PLACE AT THE
KHYFFAUSER CASTLE IN THURINGIA. A FLOCK OF RAVENS KEEP A
CONSTANT VIGIL OVER HIS GRAVE. WHEN THEY ARE GONE, THIS MEANS
THAT BARBARROSSA'S SPIRIT HAS LEFT THE GRAVE, AND IS ROAMING
GERMANY TRYING TO LEAD HER IN TIMES OF PERIL. IT IS SAID
THAT THE RAVENS WERE GONE DURING THE TIME OF THE "WELT DRIEGS."
THIS MEANS THAT THE "HEMICHEKAISER" WAS GONE FROM HIS TOMB.
Submitter comment:
MR. STOERKEL IS GERMAN AND THE SOURCES ARE TRADITIONAL TRANSMISSION.
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SPELLING CORRECTED BY KEYPUNCHER
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
Keyword(s): Castle ; Germany ; GHOST ; Legend ; SPIRIT ; Tomb
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Secular hero BELIEF -- Bird |
WITCHES
NEVER WALK ALONE AFTER MIDNIGHT, BECAUSE THAT IS THE TIME
WITCHES AND SPIRITS COME OUT.
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Where learned: KILLARNEY ; EIRE
Keyword(s): GHOSTS ; Night ; SPIRITS ; WARNING ; WITCHES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
CEMETERY BELIEF
IT WAS BELIEVED THAT AFTER EIGHT 'O CLOCK AT NIGHT THE DEAD
WOULD WALK
AROUND MT. ELIOT CEMETERY IN DETROIT.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Dead ; Detroit ; GHOST ; Legend ; Lore ; Mt. Eliot Cemetery ; SUPERNATURAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
SHOE BELIEF
DO NOT PUT YOUR SHOES ON THE TABLE, OR YOU WILL HAVE A FIGHT.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; FIGHT ; SHOES ; SUPERSTITION ; Table
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; CLOTHING ; HOSTILITY ; NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | Daily Life BELIEF -- P87O |
Date learned: 03-21-1972
BELIEF
IF SOMEONE LOANS YOU A NEEDLE, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO
PAY THEM A PENNY OR ELSE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE ENEMIES.
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Where learned: SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): ; BELIEF ; enemies ; Lend ; MONEY ; Relationship ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): HOSTILITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 02-17-1972
BELIEF
DO NOT GIVE ANY SHARP OBJECTS,(SCISSORS, KNIVES, ETC.)
AS A GIFT. YOU WILL SEVER YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH THAT PERSON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANTS MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS VERY DEVOUT IN THIS BELIEF.
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Keyword(s): BELIEF ; FRIENDSHIP ; GIFT ; Relationship ; Sever ; Sharp ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC ; HOSTILITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
SUPERSTITION ABOUT SCISSORS (POLISH)
POLISH BELIEF. YOU MUST NEVER HAND A PAIR OF SCISSORS OR A KNIFE
TO A PERSON. BECAUSE THIS WILL SEVER THE FRIENDSHIP. YOU LAY
THEM DOWN ON A TABLE AND LET THE OTHER PERSON PICK THEM UP.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
Keyword(s): BEHAVIOR ; BELIEF ; m Friendship ; Relationship ; Sever ; Sharp ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC ; HOSTILITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 01-00-1970
PREDICTION BELIEF
DO NOT GIVE A KNIFE AS A GIFT OR YOU WILL FIGHT WITH THE
PERSON TO WHOM YOU GAVE IT.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; FRIENDSHIP ; GIFT ; Relationship ; Sharp ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC ; HOSTILITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-00-1969