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Prose Narrative - Weather
When the moon is a half cresent, it's going to rain because the moon is going to tip up and spill the rain out of the corners.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): MOON ; Narrative ; Prose ; Rain ; TALL TALE ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Air Weather Fire |
Rain-Prose
If the rain drops hang from the tree limbs - cold weather is coming.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Cold ; Narrative ; PREDICTION ; Prose ; Rain ; Tree ; WEATHER ; WINTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Prose-Snow
If the snow stays on the ground more than three days - its waiting on another snowfall.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): PREDICTION ; Saying ; SIGN ; SNOW ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Weather
All signs fail in dry weather
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
Keyword(s): Dry ; Signs ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year |
Custom
You should never say "good luck" to an actor or actress on opening night - you always say "break a leg"
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Keyword(s): Actor ; ACTRESS ; Break a Leg ; CUSTOM ; GOOD LUCK ; LUCK ; OMEN ; Opening Night ; Play ; Saying ; THEATER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
DEATH MEETING
JUST BEFORE A PERSON DIES, HE MEETS HIS OWN GHOST.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH ; GHOST ; Haunting ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-21-1968
HAPPY SPIRIT
THE RUSSIANS BELIEVE THAT WHEN SOMEONE HAS DIED, THEIR SPIRIT WILL
COME BACK AND, TO LET THE FAMILY KNOW THEY ARE HAPPY,
THEY WILL RAP TWICE ON THE FAMILY'S DOOR.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH ; Happy ; Russians ; SPIRIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
BELIEF CONCERNING DEATH
UKRANIANS BELIEVE THAT A PERSONS SPIRIT STAYS ON EARTH FOR
NINE DAYS AFTER DEATH. IT THEN TAKES THE SPIRIT FORTY DAYS TO GET TO
HEAVEN. IT IS THOUGHT THAT THIS BELIEF REPRESENTS
THE FORTY DAYS AFTER CHRIST'S DEATH, BEFORE HE AROSE.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): Christ ; DEATH ; NUMBER ; RELIGION ; SYMBOLISM ; UKRAINIAN
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Number P686.1.40 |
Date learned: 03-26-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU BURY A PERSON WITHOUT SHOES, THEY WILL COME BACK AND
HAUNT YOU.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Barefoot ; BELIEF ; Bury ; DEATH ; SHOES ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
GHOSTS
THE GHOSTS THAT DO THE MOST HARM ARE THOSE OF MURDERED PEOPLE.
THEY WANDER ABOUT UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN AVENGED.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH ; GHOST ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-21-1968
LA SALAMANDRA
THE PEASANTS FEEL THAT IF A MAN IS EVIL,
THAT SOMETIME WHEN HE IS IN THE
JUNGLE ALONE, HE WILL 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 WHILE HE
LIVED AND TRAVELLED IN LATIN AMERICA.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH ; OMEN ; SPIRIT ; SPIRIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
GHOST PROTECTION
WHEN A WOMAN IS SEPARATED, DIVORCED, OR ESTRANGED FROM HER HUSBAND
AND HE DIES, SHE TAKES A RIBBON OFF OF THE FLOWERS ON THE COFFIN AND
HANGS IT ON HER DOOR TO WARD OFF HER HUSBAND HAUNTING HER.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH ; Funeral ; Haunting ; HUSBAND ; SPIRIT ; Widow
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
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)
BIRTH BELIEF ABOUT A GHOST OR SPIRIT
THE MOTHER WHO DIES IN CHILDBIRTH WILL TRY AND COME BACK
FROM THE GRAVE TO NURSE THE BABY.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BABY ; BIRTH ; Breastfeeding ; CHILDBIRTH ; DEATH ; GHOST ; Haunt ; MOTHER ; Nurse ; Nursing ; SPIRIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P429, |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
WHEN SOMEONE EVIL DIED THEIR GHOST WOULD BE HAUNTING ALL AROUND,
RUNNING AROUND SCARING PEOPLE, AND CHOKING PEOPLE TO DEATH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE THIS. SHE SAID IT WAS ONE OF THOSE
WIDE-SPREAD COUNTRY TALES SHE HEARD WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH ; EVIL ; GHOST ; Haunt ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 02-04-1972
SPANISH BELIEF ABOUT DECEASED
WHEN A PERSON DIES HIS SPIRIT WALKS THE EARTH FOR NINE DAYS AND
STAYS WITH HIS LOVED ONES.
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Keyword(s): BELIEF ; DEATH ; Haunt ; Spanish ; SPIRIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 02-22-1972
BRUISES
IF YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND YOU ARE ALL COVERED WITH
BRUISES, IT MEANS A DEAD PERSON HAS TOUCHED YOU IN THE NIGHT.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bruises ; Dead ; DEATH ; GHOST ; SLEEP ; Sleeping ; Touch
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 03-31-1968
LEGEND
IF YOU WERE A BAD BOY WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG AND YOUR PARENTS
COULDN'T CONTROL YOU THEY WOULD SEND YOU AWAY TO THIS OLD
MAN'S HOUSE WHERE HE WOULD BEAT YOU TO MAKE YOU LISTEN. YOUR
PARENTS COULD ALSO CALL HIM ON THE PHONE AND TELL HIM YOU WERE
BAD AND HE WOULD COME TO YOUR HOUSE IF YOUR PARENTS WANTED HIM.
HIS NAME WAS MR. SKEEZIX. TO GET YOU TO OBEY YOUR PARENTS WOULD
SAY: "DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL MR. SKEEZIX?"
THAT WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU LISTEN.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): Behave ; Boogeyman ; CHILD ; CHILDREN ; Misbehaving ; Mr. Skeezix ; Parent ; Punish ; THREAT ; Threaten
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 11-12-1971
CHRISTMAS BELIEF
WHEN THE MORNING SKY IS RED AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME, IT'S MRS. SANTA
CLAUS BAKING UP LOTS OF CHRISTMAS COOKIES.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO ELAINE BY HER GRANDMOTHER WHO IS GERMAN.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): Baking ; CHRISTMAS ; COLOR ; Cookies ; Legend ; Mrs. Claus ; Red ; SIGN ; Sky ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 11-20-1967
COACH SHADA
AT ST. JAMES HIGH SCHOOL IN FERNDALE A
PORTRAIT OF THE LATE COACH JOHN SHADA, WHO PUT THE SCHOOL IN THE
TOP OF ITS DIVISION FOR MANY YEARS, IS ACROSS FROM THE TROPHY
CASE. THE PASTOR TELLS PEOPLE IT IS THERE "SO JOHN CAN
WATCH HIS TROPHIES."
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE ; Schusterbaurr
Keyword(s): Coach ; DEATH ; Legend ; Trophy
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Secular hero |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN