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BELIEF ABOUT CRIMINALS
A CRIMINAL ALWAYS RETURNS TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CRIME ; Criminal ; Habit ; Revisit
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MAGIC BELIEF
IF A COW DOESN'T PRODUCE MILK, IT'S BECAUSE THE WITCH
HAD CAST A SPELL, THEREFORE, BEFORE ALL HOLY DAYS, POLISH
VILLAGERS WOULD BURN BLESSED HERBS IN AN INCENSE BURNER IN THE
BARN, BELIEVING THAT THE SMOKE WOULD CHASE AWAY THE WITCH.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Cow ; CURSE ; FARMING ; MAGIC ; Milk ; POLAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
BELIEF-WITCHES
IF A WOMAN ( SUPPOSEDLY) A WITCH HAS A DAUGHTER SHE WISHES
TO MARRY OFF, SHE WILL BURN A STOCKING AND THIS WILL BEWITCH
A BOY AND DRAW HIM TO THE DAUGHTER.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CHILDREN ; DAUGHTER ; MAGIC ; Offspring ; Son ; Spell ; WITCHES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-20-1969
CHRISTMAS EVE BELIEF
AT THE CHRISTMAS EVE MEAL SET THE TABLE WITH THE EXACT NUMBER OF
UTENSILS. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN SUPPOSED TO BE THERE WILL BE
AN INCREASE IN THE FAMILY. IF THERE AREN'T ENOUGH, THERE WILL
BE A DEATH.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS BELIEVED BY THE INFORMANT'S FATHER STRICTLY.
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Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Holiday: Christmas ; Lore ; SUPERSTITION ; Table Setting
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.2 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 02-11-1972
SLEEP BELIEF
IF YOU CAN NOT GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT THE SAND
MAN WILL COME AND PUT SAND IN YOUR EYES TO MAKE YOU SLEEP.
IN THE MORNING YOU MAY FIND A GRITTY DEPOSIT IN THE CORNER OF
YOUR EYE. THIS IS SOME OF THE SAND HE USED TO PUT YOU TO SLEEP.
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Keyword(s): BELIEF ; ETIOLOGY ; Lore ; Sandman ; SLEEP ; SUPERSTITION ; Tale
James Callow Keyword(s): ETIOLOGY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 02-19-1968
MUSHROOM BELIEF
TO SEE IF THE MUSHROOMS YOU PICKED ARE
REALLY MUSHROOMS AND NOT TOAD STOOLS, PUT A PENNY IN
THE POT WHEN YOU COOK THEM. IF THE PENNY DOES NOT
TURN BLACK THEN THEY ARE MUSHROOMS AND SAFE TO EAT.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [N242] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; COIN ; COOKING ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; Lore ; Mushroom ; Penny
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
SPINACH BELIEF
EATING SPINACH WILL MAKE YOU STRONG.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Consume ; FOOD ; Spinach ; STRENGTH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-13-1968
HEALTH BELIEF
MY INFORMANT SAID THAT HER MOTHER STRICTLY BELIEVED THAT,
"BEETS GIVE YOU RED BLOOD."
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Beets ; BELIEF ; BLOOD ; COLOR ; FOOD ; Red ; SUPERSTITION ; VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
CELERY BELIEF
CELERY MAKES A PERSON SEXY.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): APPEARANCE ; BELIEF ; Celery ; FOOD ; Sexy ; VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
Superstition
IF YOU CUT DOWN A TREE, A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY WILL DIE.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; DEATH ; FAMILY ; Legend ; Lore ; SUPERSTITION ; Tree
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-06-1969
FRUIT BELIEF
IF YOU SWALLOW A GRAPEFRUIT OR ORANGE SEED, IT WILL GROW IN YOUR
STOMACH.
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Keyword(s): BELIEF ; FRUIT ; Lore ; Seed ; SUPERSTITION ; Swallow
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
PARSLEY BELIEF
A WOMAN WILL LOSE HER HUSBAND IF SHE TRANSPLANTS
PARSLEY.
Submitter comment:
HER MOTHER BELIEVED THIS, AND ATTRIBUTED THE PREMATURE
DEATHS OF SEVERAL NEIGHBORS TO THEIR WIVES TRANSPLANTING
PARSLEY.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; DEATH ; GARDENING ; HUSBAND ; Parsley ; SUPERSTITION ; Transplant ; Wife
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
SNEEZE BELIEF
WHEN A PERSON SNEEZES TWICE ALMOST EVERY TIME HE SNEEZES,
THEN HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE PRETTY INTELLIGENT.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Intelligent ; SNEEZE ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
SNEEZE BELIEF
IF A GIRL SNEEZES MORE THAN TWICE AT A TIME, THEN SHE IS PREGNANT.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; PREGNANCY ; SNEEZE ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-30-1971
SNEEZE BELIEF
IT IS KNOWN THAT WHEN ONE SNEEZES, YOU ARE SUPPOSED
TO SAY, "GOD BLESS YOU." BECAUSE AT THAT MOMENT THEIR HEART STOPS
AND THEY ARE CLOSEST TO DEATH.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHGATE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; DEATH ; HEART ; SNEEZE ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
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
FORMULA SPEECH
GOD BLESS YOU, SAID WHEN SOMEONE SNEEZES.
ORIGIN: PEOPLE WOULD SAY THIS WHENEVER SOMEONE SNEEZED TO FORCE
THE BAD SPIRITS BACK INTO THE PERSONS BODY. THEY
BELIEVED COLDS WERE CAUSED BY EVIL SPIRITS AND THEY COULD
PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE SPIRITS COMING OUT IN THE
SNEEZE, BY USING GODS NAME.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Legend ; Lore ; SNEEZE ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 01-00-1972
BELIEF
WHENEVER MY MOTHER STARTED TO SAY SOMETHING AND SHE FORGOT WHAT
SHE WAS GOING TO SAY, SHE WOULD SAY, "IT MUST HAVE BEEN A LIE."
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; FORGET ; Lie
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-02-1972
BELIEF: SUPERSTITION
SNEEZING TWICE IN THE NIGHT FOR THREE SUCCESSIVE NIGHTS WAS A SIGN
OF DEATH IN THE HOUSE.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; DEATH ; SNEEZE ; Succession ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-27-1971
FINGER LAKES BELIEF
THE IROQUOIS BELIEVED THAT THE FINGER LAKES OF UPPER NEW
YORK STATE WERE FORMED BY THE HAND OF GOD, DESCENDING IN BLESSING
UPON THE LAND.
Submitter comment:
MR. WYATT LEARNED OF THE LEGEND WHILE LIVING IN GENEVA, NEW YORK
HIS HOME. GENEVA IS ONE OF THE FINGER LAKES.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AMERICAN INDIAN ; BELIEF ; BLESSING ; ETYMOLOGY ; Finger ; Finger Lakes ; Hand of God ; INDIAN ; Iroquois ; Lakes ; Lakes ; Legend ; NEW YORK ; Origin ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Still water Small body. |
Date learned: 10-22-1965