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FEET
YOU'D WALK IN MUD TO STRENGTHEN YOUR FEET IN SPRING.
Submitter comment: BELIEF IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
HEADACHE
IF YOU HAVE A HEADACHE, IT MEANS THAT BIRDS ARE EATING HAIRS
WHICH HAVE FALLEN OUT.
YOU SHOULD DISPOSE OF IT IN THE TOILET OR OTHERWISE.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CAUSE ; PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
LIGHTNING
IF YOU LIGHT CHARCOAL BEFORE A STORM
YOU WILL NEVER GET HIT BY LIGHTING.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): PREVENTION ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00001950'S
PLANT CUREALLS
FOR CONTINUED WELL BEING ALWAYS EAT PLENTY OF LEAFY SALADS
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-13-1971
SWEATS, SWEATING
IF YOU SWEAT AT NIGHT, PAT VINEGAR ON THE SURFACE OF YOUR BODY
WITH THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
AND YOU WILL PREVENT NIGHT SWEATS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
CHILD WORMS
TO PREVENT A BABY FROM GETTING WORMS, CHOP UP A PIECE OF GARLIC AND
RUB THE JUICE ON THE BABY'S BELLY BUTTON AND UNDER ITS NOSE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHEN INFORMANT WAS A YOUNG GIRL.
(1915-1920) MOTHER ACTUALLY DID THIS WITH HER CHILDREN.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
CONVERSION; SPIT (CLASSIFIER,S TITLE)
IF SOMEONE SWEEPS YOUR FEET WITH A BROOM
YOU MUST SPIT ON THE BROOM TO KEEP YOU FROM HAVING BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): PREVENTION OF BAD LUCK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Conversions P883.2 |
Date learned: 11-18-1971
KING KAHMAI MAI
IN HAWAII, ON THE ISLAND OF PAUI, THERE IS AN UPSIDE DOWN WATERFALL,
AND THIS IS CAUSED BY THE TRADEWINDS, WHICH PUSH THE FALLING WATERS
UPWARD. THE LEGEND BEHIND THIS DEALS WITH KING KAHMAI MAI, WHO WAS
KING OF THE ISLAND MANY YEARS AGO. IT IS SAID THAT HE DROVE ALL THE
PAGANS OFF THE ISLAND, AND THOSE THAT DID NOT LEAVE WERE SACRIFICED
TO THE GODS BY BEING PUSHED OFF THIS WATERFALL. WHEN ALL OF THE
PAGANS HAD LEFT THE ISLAND, THE KING VOWED THAT NO OTHER MAN WOULD
BE ABLE TO DIE BY JUMPING OFF THIS WATERFALL. UP TO THIS DAY THERE
HAS BEEN NOBODY KILLED FROM JUMPING OFF THE WATERFALL BECAUSE OF THE
STRONG TRADEWINDS, AND THEY SAY THAT THE TRADEWIND IS ACTUALLY
KING KAHMAI MAI FULFILLING HIS PROMISE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; A&P FOOD STORE
Keyword(s): DEAD KING RETURNS AS WIND TO PREVENT SUICIDE FROM WATERFALL.
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Running water |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
UP NORTH, NEAR LAPEER, IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A BESPECTACLED
PERSON COMES INTO A WARM HOUSE WALKING BACKWARDS AFTER BEING
OUT IN THE COLD FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, HIS GLASSES WILL
NOT FOG UP. NO REASON FOR THIS BELIEF IS GIVEN.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE TRIED THIS SEVERAL TIMES, BUT IT HASN'T WORKED.
WHEN MY COUSIN WENT BACK UP NORTH, HE ASKED AROUND ABOUT
THIS, AND FOUND NO REASON WHY THIS SHOULD WORK. HE DID
FIND OUT THAT MOST PEOPLE UP THERE BELIEVED IT. I, BEING
NEARSIGHTED, HAVE FOUND THAT THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO
FOGGED GLASSES IS CONTACT LENSES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH BRANCH
Keyword(s): GLASSES ; PREVENTIVE MEASURE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-00-1985
PROVERB
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
Warm Blood
Vivien's mother would drink warm blood from the butcher shop to prevent disease and sickness.
Data entry tech comment:
Stamped into Archive; December 1969
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BLOOD ; Butcher ; ILLNESS ; MEDICAL ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE ; PREVENTION ; Vampire ; Vampirism
James Callow Keyword(s): PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE ; Warm Blood
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Remedy - Animal
Whoever carries the right eye of a wolf fastened inside his right sleeve, remains free from all injury.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
Keyword(s): "NATURAL" REMEDY ; AMULET ; ANIMAL ; BELIEF ; CLOTHING ; CURE ; Injury ; MEDICAL ; PREVENTION ; talisman
James Callow Keyword(s): "NATURAL" REMEDY ; ANIMAL ; BELIEF ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: |
Remedy: Animal
Whoever carries the right eye of a wolf fastened inside his right sleeve, remains free from all injury.
Data entry tech comment:
Motif added by T.R. Davidson
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
Keyword(s): "NATURAL" REMEDY ; ANIMAL ; CLOTHING ; PREVENTION ; REMEDY ; Wolf
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Omen
A cat on board a ship will keep death and disaster away.
Data entry tech comment:
Motif added by T.R. Davidson
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; TORONTO
Keyword(s): CAT ; DEATH ; Disaster ; Nautical ; OMEN ; PREVENTION ; Ship
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Japanese Snake Medicine
Japanese may eat snakes because of their belief in its medicinal value, especially when charred black.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by T.R. Davidson
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; COOKING ; Culinary ; CURE ; Japanese ; MEDICINE ; Natural Remedy ; PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Superstition: Pregnancy
To Spit on a New-Born Baby:
Whenever a woman looks at another's new-born baby, they must have a little saliva fall on the child. If not, the evil-eye is cast upon the baby.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Written in the bottom left hand corner of the card: [IA25 Mark again for S600 + S644]
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BABY ; CHILD ; CURE ; CURSE ; EVIL EYE ; Newborn ; PREVENTION ; REMEDY ; Saliva
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Gesture SPEECH -- Shame |
Proverb
An ounce of prevention is a pound of cure
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. replaced with current classification.
The word [worth] is written in between is and a , with a question mark next to it.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Ail ; CURE ; Ill ; MEDICINE ; PREVENTION ; Remedies ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK ;
Keyword(s): Ail ; CURE ; Ill ; MEDICINE ; PREVENTION ; Remedies ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Submitter comment:
Proverb remembered by the informant - real source unknown
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): Ail ; CURE ; Ill ; MEDICINE ; PREVENTION ; Remedies ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Time is an herb that cures all diseases
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): CURE ; DISEASE ; Herb ; PATIENCE ; PREVENTION ; REMEDY ; TIME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |