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WHEN ANYONE DIES IN YOUR FAMILY, SOMEONE ELSE IS BORN
INTO IT SOMEWHERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
DEATH CAR
IN 1963 A MAN DIED IN A CAR AND WAS NOT FOUND FOR A NUMBER
OF WEEKS. AFTER THEY FOUND HIM THE CAR HAD A HORRIBLE SMELL
WHICH THEY COULD NOT GET RID OF. THE CAR WAS A CORVETTE
WHICH SELLS FOR USUALLY OVER $4000, WAS ON SALE FOR $300.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-02-1968
KNOCK, KNOCK
A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO A GIRL WAS KILLED BY A CAR ON AN EAST SIDE
STREET. WHEN THE CAR WAS RUNNING OVER HER, SHE WAS KNOCKING ON
THE CAR TO LET THE DRIVER KNOW THAT SHE WAS THERE. SHE WAS KILLED
ANYWAY. NOW WHEN A CAR DRIVES DOWN THE STREET THERE IS THE
SAME KNOCKING ON THE CAR THAT HAPPENED WHEN THE GIRL WAS KILLED
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): KNOCK - KNOCK STREET
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
PLANT LEGEND
THERE IS A TREE IN THE JUNGLES OF PANAMA
WHICH WHIPS PEOPLE IF THEY DO NOT SAY
" I HAVE SEEN YOU" IN SPANISH.
Submitter comment:
(MISS ZITZEWITZ STATED THAT THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO HER
FATHER WHEN HE FIRST MET HER MOTHER IN PANAMA.)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-02-1963
IF THERE ARE THREE PERSONS IN A PHOTOGRAPH, THE CENTER
PERSON WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
IF ONE OF YOUR WISDOM TEETH COMES OUT, ONE OF YOUR
RELATIVES WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
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AN AUTOGRAPH SAYING
I WISH YOU LUCK, I WISH YOU JOY
I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY
AND WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL
I WISH YOU THEN A BABY GIRL
AND WHEN HER HAIR IS UP IN PINS
I WISH YOU THEN A SET OF TWINS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): IAMBIC TETRAMETER ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: AABBCC ; WISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.342 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-15-1969
IF A BIRD KNOCKS OUTSIDE YOUR HOME, IT'S A SIGN
OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
IF A PICTURE OR MIRROR FALLS OFF A WALL, YOU'LL HEAR
OF A DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
IF YOU GO TO CHURCH NINE FIRST FRIDAYS IN A ROW,
YOU WILL NEVER DIE WITHOUT A PRIEST AT YOUR SIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 03-02-1972
IT IS A TRADITION IN SOME PEOPLES' HOUSES TO COVER
ALL MIRRORS WHEN SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE DIES, SO THAT
ONE DOES NOT THINK OF ONES SELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
TIME STOPPER
CATHY'S UNCLE FRANK HAD A SON IN THE SERVICE WHO BOUGHT
UNCLE FRANK A WATCH. WHEN HIS SON DIED IN THE SERVICE, THE
WATCH STOPPED AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.
Submitter comment: A TRUE STORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
CHURCH CUSTOM
FAMILY ROSARY: A LARGE ROSARY, BIG ENOUGH SO THAT ALL
THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY COULD HOLD IT AND PRAY
TOGETHER.
Submitter comment: ETHNIC CUSTOM FROM FLINT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORMS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
IT IS BELIEVED THAT WHEN AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR IN A ROOM
BEGINS TO ROCK SPONTANEOUSLY, THAT SOMEONE WILL SOON DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
CAN TELL IF A PERSON IS DEAD IF HIS EYES ROLL TO THE
BACK OF HIS HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
NUNS
BE CAREFUL OF GOING OUT WITH BOYS WHO WEAR LONG NECKTIES
BECAUSE LONG NECKTIES POINT IN AN OBVIOUS DIRECTION.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE HEARD THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL FROM A
DERANGED NUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P439 BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
BELIEVED THAT I WOULD LIVE ON A CLOUD OVER PARIS WHEN I
TURNED 8 YEARS OLD.
Submitter comment: GRANDMOTHER LIVED IN PARIS--THAT'S WHERE I BELONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Maturity |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
WISHING
IN INDIA IF YOU WANT SOMETHING
REALLY BAD AND IF AN ALARM CLOCK OR A BELL
RINGS WHILE YOU ARE WISHING, THAT IS A SIGN THAT
YOU WILL GET IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; BRIGGS BUILDING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-26-1971