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BELIEF-DAILY LIFE
IF YOU DROP A FORK, A WOMAN WILL BE COMING TO VISIT YOU, COMING
FROM THE DIRECTION WHICH THE FORK IS POINTED. IF THE KNIFE DROPS,
IT WILL BE A MAN. IF IT IS A SPOON, IT WILL BE A CHILD.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- P553 |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
BELIEF-DAILY LIFE
IF THERE ARE BUBBLES IN YOUR COFFEE AND YOU CAN PICK THEM UP IN A
SPOON, YOU WILL RECEIVE MONEY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
REMEDY
MAKE A BREAD AND MILK POULTICE TO BRING A BOIL TO A HEAD.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE 3 SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF ARCHIVE.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
Keyword(s): BOILS ; HEAT REMEDY ; INFECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
ACTIVITY-ASTRONOMY
ANYTHING PLANTED UNDER GEMINI, WILL BE ABUNDANT. / LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER.
IN ORDER TO GET A GOOD CROP OF CUCUMBERS, PLANT THE SEED UNDER PISCES. / LEARNED FROM HIS MOTHER.
PLANT POTATOES DURING THE SIGN OF CAPRICORN FOR GOOD POTATO YIELD; BUT ONLY WHEN THE POINTS OF THE MOON POINT DOWNWARD. / LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT POTATOES TO GROW TOO DEEP, PLANT THEM IN THE QUARTER OF THE MOON DURING ARIES. / LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER.
PLANT TOMATOES UNDER LIBRA AND THEY WOULD BE LARGE AND HEAVY. / LEARNED FROM HIS MOTHER.
Data entry tech comment: GEMINI=TWINS ; PISCES=FISH, WATER SIGN. ; LIBRA=SCALES--BALANCE
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOLISM
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
PLANT POTATOES ON GOOD FRIDAY FOR A GOOD CROP.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F555 |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
PLANT SWEETPEAS ON MARCH 17 FOR BEAUTY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Data entry tech comment: WE ASSUME SHE IS TALKING ABOUT FLOWERS, NOT VEGETABLES.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
CIDER SHOULD BE DRAWN OFF OF VINEGAR ONLY IN THE
SIGN OF LEO.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER.
Data entry tech comment: CIDER TURNS TO VINEGAR, SO THIS ITEM SEEMS UNCLEAR.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
NEVER SEAT THIRTEEN AT A TABLE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, IT IS A SIGN THAT SOMEONE IS
COMING.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
WHEN YOU STEP ON A NAIL, PUT BACON ON THE PUNCTURE TO
DRAW OUT THE POISON.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
IF A DOG HOWLS AT MIDNIGHT, IT MEANS THERE WILL BE
A DEATH.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER SCHOOL FRIENDS.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
A FEW MAGIC WORDS REPEATED OVER (SILENTLY) A WART WILL MAKE IT
DISAPPEAR. THESE MAGIC WORDS CAN BE PASSED ON BY A FEMALE TO
THREE MALES, OR A MALE CAN PASS THESE WORDS ON TO THREE
FEMALES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
AFTER WASHING DISHES, WRING OUT THE DISHRAG, SWING IT OVER YOUR
HEAD THREE TIMES, THEN THROW IT OUT IN THE YARD AND YOUR WARTS
WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
TO REMOVE WARTS, CUT AN APPLE, A TURNIP, OR AN ONION INTO
HALVES AND RUB THE WART WITH THE PIECES AND BURY THEM
UNDER THE EAVES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
MISFORTUNES COMES IN THREES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.5 |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
THROW SALT OVER YOUR SHOULDER FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck P881.17 |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
NEVER WALK ON CRACKS ON SIDEWALKS OR IT WILL BRING
YOU BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER SCHOOL FRIENDS.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.2 |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
DEAR ST. ANTHONY, SWEET ST. ANN,
PLEASE HELP (NAME) CATCH A MAN.
Submitter comment: THIS PLEA TO A SAINT TO HELP A YOUNG GIRL ATTRACT A
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
ORDINARY FOLKTALE
DURING ADVENT A YOUNG GIRL WENT TO A MASQUERADE DANCE
AGAINST HER PARENTS' WISHES. SHE DRESSED AS A DEVIL
WITH MASK AND ALL. WHEN THE TIME CAME TO REMOVE THE
MASKS, THE YOUNG GIRL COULD NOT TAKE HERS OFF. THE
GIRL BECAME SERIOUSLY ILL AND SOON DIED. THE GRIEVING
PARENTS HAD A TOMBSTONE PUT ON THE GRAVE WITH A
DEVIL'S MASK ENGRAVED ON IT AND ALSO THE WORDS
TELLING THE TRAGIC STORY. THIS THEY DID TO GIVE
WARNING TO OTHERS.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO THE INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL
ATTENDING SCHOOL IN OTIS, INDIANA.
DRESSED AS DEVIL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; INDIANA ; OTIS ; ORIGINALLY HEARD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Magic |
Date learned: CA12001965
ORDINARY FOLKTALE
DURING ADVENT A YOUNG GIRL WENT TO A MASQUERADE DANCE
AGAINST HER PARENTS' WISHES. SHE DRESSED AS A DEVIL
WITH MASK AND ALL. WHEN THE TIME CAME TO REMOVE THE
MASKS, THE YOUNG GIRL COULD NOT TAKE HERS OFF. THE
GIRL BECAME SERIOUSLY ILL AND SOON DIED. THE GRIEVING
PARENTS HAD A TOMBSTONE PUT ON THE GRAVE WITH A
DEVIL'S MASK ENGRAVED ON IT AND ALSO THE WORDS
TELLING THE TRAGIC STORY. THIS THEY DID TO GIVE
WARNING TO OTHERS.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO THE INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL
ATTENDING SCHOOL IN OTIS, INDIANA.
DRESSED AS DEVIL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; INDIANA ; OTIS ; ORIGINALLY HEARD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Magic |
Date learned: CA12001965