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BANSHEE
IN IRELAND, WHEN YOU HEAR THE WAIL OF THE BANSHEE,
YOU KNOW THAT SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE WILL SOON DIE.
THIS WAILING PRECEDES THE COMING OF THE COACH OF DEATH
WHICH IS DRAWN BY FOUR BLACK HORSES. THIS COACH CARRIES THE ONE WHO
IS TO DIE TO THE UNDERWORLD.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BANSHEE ; DEATH ; Haunt ; IRELAND ; OMEN ; SIREN ; SUPERSTITION ; Undead ; Underworld
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00001968 (FALL)
MYTH
SANTA CLAUS- A FAT JOLLY OLD MAN WITH A WHITE BEARD WHO LIVES AT
THE NORTH POLE AND DISTRIBUTES TOYS AND GIFTS ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; Claus ; holiday ; MYTH ; Santa ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Supernatural Being |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
CHARMS AGAINST GHOSTS
CANDLE LIGHT IS A POWERFUL PROTECTION AGAINST GHOSTS.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARMS ; GHOST ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL ; Ward
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
A NET WILL KEEP GHOSTS AWAY.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST ; SUPERSTITION ; Ward
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
ALWAYS CARRY A KEY, IF A KEY IS THROWN AT A GHOST, THE GHOST
WILL DISAPPEAR.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST ; Key ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION ; Undead
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
GHOSTS CAN'T CROSS RUNNING WATER.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION ; Ward ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF YOU SEE LIGHTS MOVING ABOUT AND THEY DISAPPEAR WHEN YOU
APPROACH, IT WAS A GHOST.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST ; MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS ; SIGN ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF A BAT FLIES INTO A HOUSE A GHOST IS NEAR.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bat ; GHOST ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
WHEN A LITTLE FLAME OF A CANDLE BURNS BLUE, A GHOST IS PRESENT.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COLOR ; Flame ; GHOST ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION ; 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.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Black ; CAT ; COLOR ; GHOST ; SIGN ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL ; Witch
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF YOU ARE WALKING ACROSS A ROAD AT NIGHT AND HAPPEN TO
HEAR A STICK BREAK, THAT WAS A GHOST.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST ; MYSTERIOUS NOISE ; NOISE ; Portent ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
CHURCH BELLS OR BANGING ON POTS AND PANS MAKE GHOSTS APPEAR.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bells ; GHOST ; SIGN ; Sound ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
CHARMS AGAINST GHOSTS
IF YOU SEE A GHOST AND WALK THROUGH IT NINE TIMES IT WILL
GO AWAY.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF YOU SEE SOMEONE ON A BRIGHT MOONLITE NIGHT, THAT HAS NO
SHADOW, IT IS A GHOST.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; GHOST ; MOON ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
A TINY WHIRLPOOL OF DUST IS A SIGN OF A GHOST PASSING.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Dust ; GHOST ; Portent ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
CARRY AN EVERGREEN STICK WITH YOU AND A GHOST WILL HAVE NO
POWER AGAINST IT.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; GHOST ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF YOU SEE SOMEONE WEARING LIVE BIRCH LEAVES ON THEIR HAT OR HAIR,
THEY'RE A GHOST.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; GHOST ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
MAGIC OF SPEECH
TO KEEP SPOOKS AWAY WHEN WALKING PAST A CEMETERY, YOU MUST
WHISTLE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LIVES NEXT TO A CEMETERY, AND DID THIS WHEN I WAS WITH
HER.
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James Callow comment:
WHISTLING WILL SUMMON A GHOST--F. M. PAULSEN
Where learned: NEW YORK ; FRANKLIN
Keyword(s): CEMETERY ; GHOST ; GRAVEYARD ; Haunt ; Haunt ; Spook ; SUPERSTITION ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 07-00-1967
SPIRITS
IN ORDER FOR ONE TO KEEP SPIRITS OUT OF THE HOUSE HE OR SHE
SHOULD NAIL A PENNY OR MORE ON THE FLOOR OF THE DOORWAY OR
HE SHOULD WEAR PENNIES AROUND ONE'S ANKLE.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COINS ; Copper ; GHOST ; Haunt ; MONEY ; Repel ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): MINERALS -- IRON (NAIL) COPPER (PENNY)
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 02-10-1972
SUPERSTITION
NEVER TRY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH SPIRITS BECAUSE THEY WILL
COME BACK AND TRY TO GET YOU TO DO WHAT THEY COULD NOT GET YOU
TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Control ; GHOST ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 03-00-1972