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EYELASH
IF SOMEONE TELLS YOU AN EYELASH IS ON YOUR CHEEK, GUESS WHICH SIDE.
IF YOU ARE RIGHT, YOU WILL HAVE A WISH COME TRUE.
Where learned: HOME ; SCHOOL ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
AN OLD NEGRO SUPERSTITION FROM THE SOUTH IS THAT IF YOU CATCH A
SPIDER HANGING FROM THE CEILING WITH YOUR POCKETBOOK, YOU HAVE
MONEY COMING YOUR WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ARACHNID
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 11-02-1972
MY GRANDMOTHER HAD A DREAM OF HER SISTER BEING -
KILLED BY HER BROTHER-IN-LAW.
THEN A MAN ON A WHITE HORSE CAME UP TO HER TO TELL HER THE
NEWS. THE NEXT MORNING SHE RECEIVED WORD THAT HER SISTER WAS KILLED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about animals |
Date learned: 11-02-1972
EASTER EGGS
SEE SU 10 5 X 8 CARDS AND 9 8 1/2 X 11 MAY BE FOUND LISTED UNDER F663
OR 711459
Submitter comment: THIS WAS A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR ME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs |
Date learned: 12-00-1973
IF YOU DROP A PIECE OF SILVERWARE, IT MEANS THAT
COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
WHEN A DOG CRIES, IT MEANS SOMEONE WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 04-17-1971
WHEN SAIL WAS THE PRIMARY MEANS OF LOCOMOTION ON
THE GREAT LAKES, IT WAS CUSTOMARY, WHEN BUILDING A
VESSEL, TO PUT A SILVER DOLLAR UNDER THE MAIN MAST
WHEN IT WAS STEPPED. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO INSURE
GOOD LUCK, ESPECIALLY DURING STORMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Money BELIEF -- Good luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FINDING A PENNY (IS GOOD LUCK).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A GIRL WEARS SOMETHING WITH RED IN IT TO A DANCE,
SHE WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK AND BE SUCCESSFUL WITH HER
PARTNERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-27-1970
HERMIT ISLAND TREASURE
ON HERMIT ISLAND, ONE OF THE APOSTLE GROUP IN LAKE SUPERIOR, A
SHORT DISTANCE OUT OF BAYFIELD, WISCONSIN, IS BURIED A BRITISH
PAYROLL. IT WAS BURIED TO KEEP IT FROM HOSTILE INDIANS, WHO
RAIDED THE OUTPOST AND MASSACRED ALMOST ALL OF THE TROOPS
STATIONED THERE. TWO MEN SURVIVING TOLD OF THE BURIAL OF THE
MONEY BUT DID NOT KNOW WHERE THE OFFICERS BURIED IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quality Medium of exchange BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
BUSIER THAN A ONE ARMED PAPER HANGER WITH THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH.
Where learned: DEARBORN
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUSTRATION
Date learned: 04-06-1971
CAVES OF THE BLOODY CHIEFS
THE PICTURED ROCKS EXTEND EASTWARD ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE-
LINE FROM MUNISING. SOME OF THE VARIOUS FORMATIONS IN THE ROCKS
ARE NAMED. THE CAVES OF THE BLOODY CHIEFS ARE SO NAMED BECAUSE
INDIAN CHIEFS SUPPOSEDLY TORTURED THEIR VICTIMS THERE. THEY
WOULD BE BOUND AND LEFT FOR THE WAVES TO DASH THEM TO PIECES. THE
ROCK OF THE CAVES IS BRIGHTLY COLORED BY MINERAL SEEPAGE, MOSTLY
IRON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
A POLISH PROVERB
ZEGAR NIE JE, NIE PYE, A JEDNAK BYE. (POLISH)
TRANSLATION: A CLOCK NEITHER EATS, NOR DRINKS, AND YET HE GOES
ON TICKING.
Where learned: DEARBORN
Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM ; HUMAN CREATIONS ; ONOMATOPEIA
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
STAR BELIEF
WHEN YOU SEE A STAR FALL, SAY THE WORD 'MONEY' THREE TIMES.
BEFORE THE STAR HITS THE GROUND AND YOU WILL COME INTO CONTACT
WITH SOME MONEY, OR YOU WILL WIN IT.
Where learned: DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Star SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
CHILDREN'S SONG
HELLO, HELLO, HELLO, HELLO.
WE ARE GLAD TO MEET YOU.
WE ARE GLAD TO GREET YOU.
HELLO, HELLO, HELLO, HELLO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
CHILDREN'S SONG
IT'S RAINING, IT'S POURING,
THE OLD MAN IS SNORING,
BUMPED HIS HEAD
AND HE WENT TO BED
AND HE COULDN'T GET UP IN THE MORNING.
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY
COME AGAIN SOME OTHER DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
A BELIEF IN JANOWIEC, POLAND
IN THE VILLAGE OF JANOWIEC, POLAND, THE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IF ONE
HAS NOT COMBED HIS HAIR, AND IT BCOMES MATTED AND IMPOSSIBLE TO
COMB OUT, IT IS NECESSARY TO WAIT UNTIL THE BELLS RING ON EASTER
SUNDAY BEFORE THE HAIR IS CUT. OTHERWISE THE PERSON WILL BECOME
CRIPPLED.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A COMMON BELIEF FROM MY GRANDFATHER'S CHILDHOOD DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER HAS ALWAYS
MADE A GREEN IRISH WHISKEY PIE. IT'S A BASIC
CHEESECAKE WITH FOOD COLORING AND WHISKEY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert |
Date learned: CA1960-1975
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
ONE OF THE WAYS WE ALWAYS CELEBRATED WAS TO HAVE ALL THE RELATIVES
OVER FOR AN IRISH DINNER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: CA1960-1975
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
SINGING IRISH SONGS AROUND THE TABLE OR AT A BAR IS A FAVORITE OF
MANY FAMILIES
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick |
Date learned: 00001960-1975