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JESUIT NOVITIATE CUSTOMS
A COMMON PENANCE PRACTICE DURING THE JESUIT NOVITIATE
PRIOR TO THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL WAS "PARVA MENSA"
DURING THE DINNER MEAL. THIS PRACTICE ENTAILED KNEELING
AT THE TABLE FOR THE ENTIRE MEAL HOUR AS A SIGN OF PENANCE
FOR ONE'S SINS. THIS PRACTICE WAS ENCOURAGED FOR THE
SAKE OF HUMILITY.
Submitter comment: THIS PRACTICE IS NO LONGER ENCOURAGED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 09-20-1984
JESUIT NOVITIATE CUSTOMS
DURING THE NOVITIATE PRIOR TO THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL,
VARIOUS PENANCE PRACTICES WERE ENCOURAGED. ONE OF THESE
PRACTICES WAS KNOWN AS THE CHAINS, WHICH INVOLVED WEARING
A METAL CHAIN AS A BELT UNDERNEATH ONE'S CASSOCK. THE BELT
WAS DESIGNED SO THAT SMALL METAL PRONGS JABBED ONE'S STOMACH
TO MAKE THEM FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. THE PHYSICAL DISCOMFORT WAS
VIEWED AS APPROPRIATE PENANCE FOR ONE'S SINS. THE BELT WAS
WORN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND MANY NOVICES FOLLOWED THIS
PRACTICE DUE TO PEER PRESSURE AND CONFORMITY.
Submitter comment: THIS PRACTICE IS NO LONGER ENCOURAGED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 09-20-1984
A HOWLING DOG MEANS SOMEONE WILL DIE IN THAT HOUSE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
CRICKETS ARE GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A SUPERSTITION COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals BELIEF -- Good luck P881.33 |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
IF YOU KILL A SPIDER, IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ARACHNID
Date learned: 10-00-1967
IF YOU SEE THE MOON OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER, YOU WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
SEEING LITTLE CHILDREN DANCING IN THE SKY IS AN OMEN THAT
SOMEONE YOU KNOW WILL SOON DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-20-1970
SEEING A FULL MOON OVER ONE'S LEFT SHOULDER IS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM HER HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Good luck P881.111 |
Date learned: 07-24-1964
WHEN THE HOT WINDS BLOW OUT OF THE DESERTS INTO CALIFORNIA,
THE CRIME RATE WILL RISE IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA.
Submitter comment: COULDN'T REMEMBER WHERE HE LEARNED THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
ROCKING AN EMPTY ROCKER IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: HER HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 07-23-1964
IN A JEWISH STORE, IF THE FIRST CUSTOMER TO COME IN
IN THE MORNING IS A WOMAN, THE DAY WILL NOT BE A
PROSPEROUS ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Observation BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER IS GOOD LUCK. A FIVE-LEAF CLOVER
IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A SUEPRSTITION COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Good luck P881.11 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.11 |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
IT ONCE WAS CONSIDERED A SIGN THAT THEY WOULD LOSE IF A
BASEBALL TEAM SAW A WAGON FULL OF BARRELS ON THE WAY
TO A GAME. OPPOSING COACHES SOMETIMES WOULD PAY
SOMEONE TO DRIVE IN FRONT OF A TEAM WITH A LOAD OF
BARRELS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics BELIEF -- Use of Object Manufactured objects, homemade, machined |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR SHADOW AND CANNOT SEE THE SHADOW OF YOUR
HEAD YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
IF YOU ARE LOOKING AROUND QUICKLY AND YOU SEE THE
SHADOW OF SOMEONE FALLING DOWN, IT MEANS SOMEONE
YOU KNOW DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-31-1968
THE BUBBLES ON THE SURFACE OF A CUP OF TEA FORETELL
HOW MUCH MONEY ONE WILL RECEIVE IN A BUSINESS
TRANSACTION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
HAUNTED HOUSE
CHAIR ROCKING BY ITSELF.
Submitter comment:
ANOTHER AUNT HAD MOVED TO AN OLDER HOME ON DETROIT 'S EAST SIDE.
THIS TIME A GHOST OR SPIRIT WOULD OCCUPY A CERTAIN ROCKING CHAIR
WHICH WOULD ROCK BY ITSELF, THERE WOULD BE NO DOORS OR WINDOWS TO
CAUSE THE CHAIR TO ROCK. AGAIN A PREIST WAS CALLED TO BLESS THE
HOUSE TO GET RID OF THE SPIRIT.
EXORCISM
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-00-0019
IF YOU HEAR A KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR AND YOU GO TO
ANSWER IT BUT NOBODY IS THERE, THIS MEANS DEATH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS CUSTOM IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
IF THERE'S A KNOCK ON THE WALL, THERE WILL BE A DEATH.
Submitter comment:
SYLVIA LEARNED THIS FROM HER SISTER, WHO HAD IN TURN,
LEARNED IT AT THE NURSES' LOUNGE AT BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
IN ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
IF A BANSHEE SQUEALS, THERE'S BEEN A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment:
SYLVIA HEARD THIS ON THE "TONIGHT SHOW" ONE EVENING
WHEN MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN WAS ON. (AN ACTRESS).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-23-1967