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Warm Blood
Vivien's mother would drink warm blood from the butcher shop to prevent disease and sickness.
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Stamped into Archive; December 1969
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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 |
Ethnic: Polish
House Initiation / Polish Custom:
Put a cat in a house before you move into it and there will always be good luck.
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A neighbor came over to borrow our cat for one of their relatives who had just bought a new house. These relatives of ournaighbors had just recently come over from Poland. I don't know the people's names and the neighbor doesn't live around here any more.
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Original BN [F532] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
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[Please copy this item on the yellow card below so it will ALSO be filed under F686]
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Myself
Keyword(s): CAT ; ETHNIC ; fortune ; Good ; House ; Housewarming ; LUCK ; OMEN ; POLAND ; POLISH ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing BELIEF -- Mammal |
Proverb
A house without a woman and firelight is like a body without a soul or sprite.
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Original BN [V700] crossed out. Replaced with current classfication.
Located in a pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): BODY ; Domesticity ; Feminine ; FIRE ; Firelight ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Soul ; SPIRIT ; Warmth ; Woman
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
DANDRUFF CURE:
WARM BORAX WATER WILL REMOVE DANDRUFF
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Borax ; CURE ; Dandruff ; REMEDY ; Warm
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
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IF YOU VISIT PEOPLE IN A NEW HOME, BRING BREAD AND SALT
AS A GIFT, AND THE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS HAVE PLENTY TO EAT.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NATIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY ; UTICA
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BREAD ; Eat ; FOOD ; GIFT ; Housewarming ; Salt ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-31-1969
Long Johns (long underwear)
Long underwear is worn the winter months under your clothes
to protect you from the cold.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; Cold ; Fashion ; Layers ; Warmth ; WINTER
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Lower body and legs |