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IN INDIA ONE MUST NOT SLEEP WITH HIS FEET POINTING IN THE
DIRECTION OF THE SOUTH, BECAUSE THE GOD OF DEATH, YAMA,
COMES FROM THE SOUTH WITH A NOOSE AND WILL LASOO HIS
FEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
REMEDY
COUNT THE NUMBER OF WARTS OR MOLES,
CONCENTRATE ON THE NUMBER,
AND THEY WILL SOON DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MEASURING ; POWER OF NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
SPANISH PEOPLE DO NOT CONDUCT WEDDINGS OR TRAVEL ON
FRIDAYS BECAUSE THEY FEAR BAD LUCK ON THIS DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.4 |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
TOOTHACHE
WHEN YOU HAVE AN ABCESSED TOOTH
TO CEASE THE SWELLING, PUT HALF A RAISIN
ON THE TOOTH AND THE RAISIN WILL TAKE THE POISON OUT OF THE TOOTH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER PARENTS WHEN SHE LIVED
ON A FARM AS A GIRL.
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S SPELLING CORRECTED BY KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
JEWISH DANCE--THE HORA
THE HORA IS A DANCE FROM ISRAEL WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS THE
"HARVEST DANCE." IT IS DANCED IN ISRAEL AT ALL HAPPENINGS.
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, IT IS USUALLY DONE AT WEDDINGS,
BAR MITZVAHS, OR ANY HAPPY OCCASION.
ANY NUMBER OF PEOPLE JOIN HANDS IN A CIRCLE. DANCERS KICK ONE
FOOT AND THEN THE OTHER AS ALL TURN ABOUT IN A CIRCLE, WHILE
THEY DO THE DANCE AND SING THE SONG, HAVA NIGELLA.
HAVA NIGELLA:
RUN THRU THE VALLEY, RUN THRU THE CLOVER,
HARVEST IS OVER, DANCE, EVERYONE, DANCE.
DANCE WHERE THE CORN IS HIGH, UNDER A GOLDEN SKY,
DANCE WHERE THE WINE WAS BORN, DANCE, EVERYONE, DANCE.
WHIRL AND TURN ABOUT, LIFT UP YOUR HEAD AND SHOUT,
JOIN HANDS, SKIP ALONG, DANCE EVERYONE, DANCE.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: PARENTS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Form Grouping Movement |
DANCE SONG
PUT YOUR LITTLE FOOT,
PUT YOUR LITTLE FOOT,
PUT YOUR LITTLE FOOT RIGHT OUT.
POINT YOUR LITLE TOE,
POINT YOUR LITTLE TOE,
POINT YOUR LITTLE TOE ABOUT.
NOW WE CLAP OUR HANDS,
NOW WE CLAP OUR HANDS,
NOW WE CLAP OUR HANDS SO HIGH. MM[
SEE US DO OUR DANCE,
COME AND JOIN OUR DANCE,
YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU TRY.
Submitter comment: THE ACTIONS ARE DONE AS VERSES INDICATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance |
SEPERATION OF FRIENDS
IF YOU ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH SOMEONE AND YOU SEPERATE
TO GO AROUND A POLE OR OBSTACLE, YOU ARE GOING TO FIGHT.
Submitter comment: COULDN'T REMEMBER WHERE SHE HAD LEARNED THIS.
Data entry tech comment:
THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AND A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS NO LONGER
SPEAKING TO ME BECAUSE OF A FIGHT. WE WERE SEPERATED BY A PARKED
CAR, AND THIS COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CAUSE OF OUR FIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
IT WAS AN OLD NORSE BELIEF THAT TO DIE IN BATTLE
WITHOUT ONE'S WEAPON CURSED HIS SOUL FOREVER TO
BEL HALLA (LIMBO).
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED OF THIS WHILE IN VIET NAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; Vietnam
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- War |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
CUSTOM
THERE IS A LAW IN SICILY THAT PEOPLE POSSESSING THE EVIL EYE
CAN BE BROUGHT TO COURT AND FINED FOR DAMAGES IF IT CAN
BE PROVEN THAT THEY HAVE IT.
Submitter comment: KNOWN TRUE IN SICILY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TV STUDIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye |
Date learned: 10-06-1970
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
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
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
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
ORANGES GROW IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY GROW IN FLORIDA TOO.
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN,
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Data entry tech comment: LINE DIVISION CHANGED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; FRUIT ; PRAISE ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
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
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
WORRY: THE INTEREST PAID BY THOSE WHO BORROW TROUBLE.
Submitter comment: WE SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
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
EYE
IF YOUR RIGHT EYE JUMPS, GOOD NEWS.
Submitter comment:
WHENEVER HIS RIGHT EYE JUMPS HE REMARKS TO HIMSELF
THAT HE MAY HEAR GOOD NEWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye |
Date learned: 01-23-1971