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WAYS TO KILL A VAMPIRE
SHOOTING A VAMPIRE WITH A SILVER BULLET OR OTHER BULLET WITH
A CROSS CARVED ON IT WILL KILL THE VAMPIRE.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PINCH OF THE DEAD
WHEN YOU FIND A BLACK AND BLUE MARK ON YOUR BODY AND
YOU DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT IS FROM, IT MEANS THAT SOMEONE
WHO IS CLOSE TO YOU AND THAT DIED, NEEDS YOUR PRAYERS
AND HAS COME BACK TO TELL YOU THIS. THE BLACK AND BLUE MARK.
IS A SIGN THAT HE HAS PINCHED YOU TO TELL OF HIS NEED.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLORS
Date learned: 03-31-1970
GHOST IN WHITE
A WOMAN IN WHITE ROAMS THE WOODS OF BELLE ISLE NEAR DOWNTOWN DETROIT WITH A HOOK-HANDED FRIEND.
THIS STORY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails SPEECH -- Proper Name |
LA SALAMANDRA
THE PEASANTS DEEPLY FEEL THAT IF A MAN IS EVIL, THAT SOMETIME
WHEN HE IS IN THE JUNGLE ALONE, HE WILL DELVE AND SEE A BEAUTIFUL
WOMAN WEARING A WHITE DRESS WITH BLACK HAIR AND FIERY EYES.
SHE IS THE REPRESENTATION OF DEATH AND WHEN THEY MEET IT MEANS
THAT HE IS DESTINED TO DIE SOON.
Submitter comment: MR. MARCHETT WAS TOLD THIS IN LATIN AMERICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
MYTH
SANTA CLAUS- A FAT JOLLY OLD MAN WITH A WHITE BEARD WHO LIVES AT
THE NORTH POLE AND DISTRIBUTES GIFTS ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve BELIEF -- Supernatural Being |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF YOU SEE LIGHTS MOVING ABOUT AND THEY DISAPPEAR WHEN YOU
APPROACH, IT WAS A GHOST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
LIGHTS MOVING IN THE GRAVEYARD ARE GHOSTS FOR SURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
WHEN A LITTLE FLAME OF A CANDLE BURNS BLUE, A GHOST IS PRESENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF A BLACK CAT WALKS ACROSS YOUR PATH IT IS EITHER A WITCH
OR A GHOST AND CAN PUT A SPELL ON YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL SYMBOL ; COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF YOU ARE WALKING ACROSS A ROAD LATE AT NIGHT AND HAPPEN TO
HEAR A STICK BREAK, IT WAS A GHOST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF YOU SEE SOMEONE ON A BRIGHT MOONLITE NIGHT,
THAT (WHO) HAS NO
SHADOW, IT IS A GHOST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF YOU ARE WALKING ON A ROAD AT NIGHT AND STEP ONTO A CURRENT
OF HOT AIR, YOU HAVE JUST WALKED INTO A GHOST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
A TINY WHIRLPOOL OF DUST IS A SIGN OF A GHOST PASSING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
IF YOU SEE SOMEONE WEARING BIRCH LEAVES IN THEIR HAT OR HAIR
(THEY) ARE A GHOST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE
IT IS AN ITALIAN BELIEF THAT EVERY HOUSEHOLD HAS A GOOD
SPIRIT THAT REMAINS WITH IT AND SOMETIMES CAN BE SEEN.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; AUBURN
James Callow Keyword(s): COBOLD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
BRUISES
IF YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND YOU ARE ALL COVERED WITH
BRUISES, IT MEANS THAT A DEAD PERSON HAS TOUCHED YOU IN THE NIGHT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 03-31-1968
NUNS PRAY TO ST. PATRICK
WHEN NUNS ARE DRIVING IN A CAR AND WANT TO GET SOMEWHERE IN
A HURRY, THEY PRAY TO ST. PATRICK TO MAKE THE LIGHTS FREEZE
GREEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS PRACTICED BY THE INFORMANT'S DAUGHTER, WHO IS A NUN,
AND SAID IT IS COMMON PRACTICE AMONG NUNS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHRISTMAS BELIEF
WHEN THE MORNING SKY IS RED AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME, IT IS MRS.
SANTA CLAUS BAKING LOTS OF CHRISTMAS COOKIES.
Submitter comment: LEGEND TOLD TO ELAINE BY GERMAN GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 11-20-1967
OMEN
QUITE OFTEN ONE SIGN OF A WITCH IS RED HAIR. THIS IS BECAUSE
JUDAS HAD RED HAIR AND DEALT WITH THE DEVIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR SYMBOL ; HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 02-12-1968
BELIEF ABOUT DEVILS
THE SUBJECT OF WITCHES IS CLOSELY RELATED TO BLACK CATS, THE
MOON, DEVILS, ASTROLOGY. IT IS JOKED TODAY THAT IF
A BLACK CAT CROSSES
YOUR PATH BAD LUCK WILL COME. IN EARLY YEARS IT WAS BELIEVED
DEVILS DISGUISED THEMSELVES AS BLACK CATS, DOGS OR GOATS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MOUNT PLEASANT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.3 |
Date learned: 10-28-1971