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IF YOU HEAR ABOUT ONE DEATH, YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT
TWO MORE. ALL THREE DEATHS WILL BE OF PEOPLE
ABOUT THE SAME AGE AND USUALLY OF THE SAME SEX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A SUDDEN RISING OF FOG MEANS THAT IT WILL RAIN WITHIN
TWO DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 10-10-1970
IF YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF CARS IN A FUNERAL
PROCESSION, YOU'LL BE THE NEXT TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- War BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
DURING A SEVERE THUNDER STORM IT IS A CUSTOM OF
PEOPLE IN POLAND TO LIGHT A CANDLE, WHICH WAS
BLESSED ON ST. BLAISE'S DAY, AND SAY THE WORDS:
"HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, THE LORD WILL SHIELD US."
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBER MY MOTHER DOING THIS, MANY YEARS
AGO WHEN I WAS STILL VERY YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-21-1970
STEPPING OVER A CHILD LYING ON THE FLOOR WILL STUNT
HIS GROWTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-14-1970
IN POLAND, WHEN A PIG IS SLAUGHTERED, THE GALLBLADDER
IS CUT OUT AND LARD IS STUFFED INSIDE WITH THE BILE,
THE GALLBLADDER STUFFED WITH LARD IS LEFT TO
FERMENT FOR SEVERAL DAYS, AFTER WHICH A SALVE IS
FORMED, WHICH IS GOOD FOR HEALING VARIOUS SKIN
DISORDERS, LIKE, INFECTIONS, CUTS, RASHES, ETC.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE PRODUCTION OF THE SALVE
WAS ONE OF THE THINGS DONE WITH VARIOUS ORGANS
OF THE PIG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; POLAND ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-21-1970
A RAW ONION PLACED ON A WART WILL REMOVE IT WITHIN
A MONTH.
Submitter comment:
A REMEDY, RECALLED BY MY MOTHER, WHICH I REMEMBER
HAVING WORKED ON ME SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-11-1970
RAW BACON PLACED ON AN INFECTED WOUND WILL RELIEVE
THE INFECTION WITHIN A DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-03-1970
FRIED ONIONS PLACED ON A BOIL WILL TAKE OUT THE POISON
CAUSING THE BOIL AND HEAL THE WOUND WITHIN A FEW
DAYS.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A COMMON METHOD OF GETTING RID OF BOILS ON
PEOPLE AS WELL AS OTHER ANIMALS, LIKE HORSES, COWS,
ETC. THIS METHOD WAS USED IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; POLAND ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-03-1970
PUT A PIN IN THE ERASER OF A PENCIL AND TIE A STRING
TO THE PIN. HOLD THE STRING DIRECTLY OVER THE
EXPECTANT MOTHER'S ARM. IF THE PENCIL GOES BACK
AND FORTH, THE BABY WILL BE A GIRL. IF IT GOES UP
AND DOWN, IT WILL BE A BOY. IF IT GOES IN A CIRCLE
THE MOTHER WILL HAVE A MISCARRIAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of object for determining number of children or sex of unborn P863.3 |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
DOG-LIKE CREATURE
WHILE GOING HOME FROM THE MILL, MY GRANDFATHER HAD TO
CROSS A BRIDGE OVER A RIVER. WHILE ON THE BRIDGE, A
DOG-LIKE CREATURE CLIMBED FROM UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE,
HIS EYES GLEAMED IN THE MOONLIGHT. THE CREATURE SLOWLY
FOLLOWED BEHIND. THE WAGON WAS SPEEDED UP BUT STILL
THE CREATURE FOLLOWED CLOSELY BEHIND. EVERYTHING
REMAINED THE SAME THRU THE ENTIRE NIGHT. SOON MORNING
WAS COMING AND AS MY GRANDFATHER TURNED FOR THE LAST
TIME HE SAW THE CREATURE DISAPPEAR RIGHT IN FRONT OF
HIS EYES. IT WAS THEN HE NOTICED THAT THE SUN HAD
JUST RISEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A STORY TOLD TO MY MOTHER (THE INFORMANT BY
HER FATHER). ACCORDING TO HER, HER FATHER SEEMED TO
BELIEVE IN WHAT HE SAID, EVEN UP TO THE POINT OF
SWEARING TO THE TRUTH OF THE STORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): MAGIC APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being |
Date learned: 10-03-1970
PHANTOM SHIP
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN WAS A PHANTOM SHIP THAT HAD TO ROVE THE SEAS
FOREVER WITHOUT TOUCHING LAND BECAUSE HER CAPTAIN HAD OFFENDED A
SEA GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Date learned: 10-29-1068
DOG-LIKE CREATURE
WHILE GOING HOME FROM THE MILL, MY GRANDFATHER HAD TO
CROSS A BRIDGE OVER A RIVER. WHILE ON THE BRIDGE, A
DOG-LIKE CREATURE CLIMBED FROM UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE,
HIS EYES GLEAMED IN THE MOONLIGHT. THE CREATURE SLOWLY
FOLLOWED BEHIND. THE WAGON WAS SPEEDED UP BUT STILL
THE CREATURE FOLLOWED CLOSELY BEHIND. EVERYTHING
REMAINED THE SAME THRU THE ENTIRE NIGHT. SOON MORNING
WAS COMING AND AS MY GRANDFATHER TURNED FOR THE LAST
TIME HE SAW THE CREATURE DISAPPEAR RIGHT IN FRONT OF
HIS EYES. IT WAS THEN HE NOTICED THAT THE SUN HAD
JUST RISEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A STORY TOLD TO MY MOTHER (THE INFORMANT BY
HER FATHER). ACCORDING TO HER, HER FATHER SEEMED TO
BELIEVE IN WHAT HE SAID, EVEN UP TO THE POINT OF
SWEARING TO THE TRUTH OF THE STORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): MAGIC APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being |
Date learned: 10-03-1970
PHANTOM SHIP
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN WAS A PHANTOM SHIP THAT HAD TO ROVE THE SEAS
FOREVER WITHOUT TOUCHING LAND BECAUSE HER CAPTAIN HAD OFFENDED A
SEA GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Date learned: 10-29-1068
THE MAN SLOWEST IN MAKING A PROMISE, IS THE QUICKEST IN
KEEPING IT.
Submitter comment: THIS STATEMENT IS A COMMON EXPRESSION USED BY THE INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-10-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
YOU CAN GET MORE WITH A GRAIN OF SUGAR THAN WITH A
CUP OF VINEGAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
VOCABULARY
CAR JOCKEY - ONE WHOSE JOB IS TO MOVE CARS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER
AS IN SAY DRIVING CARS OFF AN ASSEMBLY LINE AND INTO SOME STORAGE
AREA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 10-30-1970
REMEMBERING THE WORD "HOMES" TO HELP YOU TO REMEMBER
THE NAMES OF THE GIVE GREAT LAKES (HURON, ONTARIO,
MICHIGAN, ERIE, SUPERIOR).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 02-08-1970
REMEMBERING THE SENTENCE "EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE"
TO HELP YOU TO REMEMBER THE MUSICAL PITCH INDICATED
BY THE HORIZONTAL LINES OF THE MUSICAL STAFF.
Data entry tech comment: ILLUSTRATION OF THE MUSICAL LINES ON 5 X 8 CARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 01-28-1970
REMEMBERING THE WORD "FACE" TO HELP YOU TO REMEMBER THE
MUSICAL PITCH OF THE SPACES BETWEEN THE FIVE HORIZONTAL
LINES OF THE MUSICAL STAFF..
Data entry tech comment: ILLUSTRATION OF THE MUSICAL LINES ON 5 X 8 CARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 01-28-1970