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GOOD LUCK
IF YOU PUT A PENNY IN A PURSE AND GIVE THE PURSE AS A GIFT,
THE PERSON RECEIVING THE GIFT WILL BECOME RICH.
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
GIFT SUPERSTITION
WHEN GIVING A GIFT WITH A SHARP EDGE, ALWAYS INCLUDE A COIN
SO THE FRIENDSHIP WON'T BE CUT.
Submitter comment: THAT SAME DAY I RECEIVED A PURSE WITH A PENNY IN IT.
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
BELIEF
WHEN A FRIEND LEAVES, DON:T WATCH HIM GO OUT OF SIGHT
OR YOU WILL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN.
Submitter comment: I WAS TOLD THIS WHEN PARTED FROM BOY FRIEND WHO BELIEVED THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
LUCK SUPERSTITION
A PENNY IN A PURSE GIVEN AS A GIFT WILL BRING THE RECEIVER WEALTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
DEATH BELIEF
IF SOMEONE LEAVES, DO NOT SHUT THE GATE RIGHT AFTER HIM
OR HE WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
GIFT BELIEF
A PURSE GIVEN AS A PRESENT SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A PENNY IN IT SO
THE RECEIVER WON'T GO BROKE.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS MOTHER
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
GIFT BELIEF
IF SOMEONE GIVES YOU A KNIFE FOR A GIFT, YOU MUST PAY SOMETHING
FOR IT, OTHERWISE THE KNIFE CUTS YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
GIFT BELIEF
A SHARP OBJECT (KNIFE ETC.) GIVEN AS A PRESENT SHOULD ALWAYS
BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PENNY SO THE FRIENDSHIP WILL NOT BE CUT.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS MOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
IT IS VERY IMPORANT TO A JEWISH STORE-OWNER THAT THE FIRST
CUSTOMER ON A MONDAY MORNING MUST BUY SOMETHING, REGARDLESS
OF THE PRICE. IF AND WHEN THE CUSTOMER DOES BUY SOMETHING, IT
MEANS GOOD LUCK AND GOOD SELLING THE REST OF THE WEEK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC ; SEMITISM
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Good luck |
PREGNANCY BELIEF
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULD NOT EAT APPLES, IT WILL CAUSE HARM TO
THE CHILD.
Submitter comment:
HER MOTHER TOLD HER, OLD CROAATION BELIEF
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): APPLE AS ORIGINAL SIN SYMBOL ; HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-07-1970
BIRTH BELIEF
AFTER THE BABY IS BORN THE MOTHER IS TO HOLD THE BABY IN HER
ARM AND WALK OVER WHEAT THAT HAS BEEN STREWN OVER THE FLOOR OR
GROUND, TO INSURE THE GOOD LIFE TO COME.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER DID THIS WITH EACH OF HER CHILDREN SOON AFTER
BIRTH, ALSO DONE IN EGYPT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): BABY ; BIRTH ; CHILD ; CUSTOM ; Good ; LUCK ; MOTHER ; Practice ; RITUAL ; Wheat
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-23-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
INFORMANT HAS BEEN TOLD SEVERAL TIMES BY HER PATIENTS, MOSTLY
POOR BLACK GHETTO RESIDENTS, THAT A BABY WILL LOOK
LIKE THE PERSON THE PREGNANT WOMAN HATES THE MOST. A POSSIBLE
PARTIAL EXPLANATION OF THIS IS THE HIGH PERCENTAGE OF DESERTED MOTHERS,
HATING THE LOST FATHER, OR LOVERS, SEE A RESEMBLANCE IN THE CHILD TO THE FATHER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREGNANCY BELIEF
INFORMANT HAS REPEATEDLY HEARD THAT BATHING IN PREGNANCY CAUSES THE
BABY TO DROWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BIRTH BELIEF
A PREGNANT WOMAN WHO IS CARRYING AN ACTIVE CHILD IS USUALLY
CARRYING A BOY.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HER MOTHER, SHE ACTUALLY
BELIEVES THIS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC ; PASSIVE GIRLS?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
FOOD SUPERSTITIONS REGARDING PREGNANCY
IF WHILE A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, AND SHE HAS A CRAVING FOR A
CERTAIN FOOD AND SHE THEN TOUCHES HERSELF, THE BABY WILL HAVE
A BIRTHMARK ON THAT SPOT THE WOMAN TOUCHED.
Submitter comment:
KEYPUNCHERS COMMENT, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS LIKE THIS IN THE
ARCHIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC?
Date learned: 03-07-1971
MOON BELIEF
IN INDIA IF A WOMAN IS PREGNANT SHE SHOULD NOT CUT ANYTHING
SUCH AS MATERIAL FOR SEWING.
IF SHE DOES CUT DURING AN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, THE CHILD IS BORN
WITH A HARELIP.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.6 |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IT IS BELIEVED BY SOME THAT IF PREGNANT WOMEN HAVE BEAUTIFUL
THOUGHTS, THEY WILL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CHILD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS TO BE A COMMON PRACTICE IN HER
YOUNGER DAYS, AND KNEW OF MANY WHO USED IT, APPARENTLY WITH SUCCESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
BIRTH BELIEF
AFTER A BABY IS BORN THERE IS A PIECE OF THE UMBILICAL CORD
WHICH IS STILL ATTACHED TO THE CHILD
EVENTUALLY FALL OFF. IF YOU THROW THIS PIECE AWAY, THE CHILD
WILL BE A RUN AROUND. IF YOU IMPLANT IT SOMEWHERE IN THE
HOME, THE CHILD WILL GROW UP AND NEVER LEAVE HOME.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER DID THIS TO HER SON, HE IS 40 AND STILL LIVING AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
PREGNANCY BELIEF
NEVER MOCK OTHERS WHEN YOU ARE PREGNANT, AS YOUR CHILD WILL BE
BORN WITH THOSE CHARACTERISTICS YOU MOCKED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IF YOU ARE PREGNANT AND YOU LOOK AT THE VEINS IN SOMEONES LEGS, YOUR
BABY WILL BE DEFORMED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Lower body, legs BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-19-1970