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LUCK AND GOOD FORTUNE
THE NAILS OF A NEWBORN ARE CUT AND PUT INTO A POUCH AND THEN IF
KEPT IN THE POCKET OF THE FATHER'S WILL BRING GOOD LUCK
THE INFORMANT BELIEVED THIS BUT HER HUSBAND DIDN'T SO SHE HAD TO SLIP
IT IN TO HIS BACK POCKET AT NIGHT. SHE DIDN'T SAY IF IT WORKED.
FINGERNAILS
Submitter comment:
GIFTGIVING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
LUCK AND GOOD FORTUNE
CLIPPING NAILS AT NIGHT WILL BRING BAD LUCK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
MENTAL TELAPATHY
WHEN YOUR EAR RINGS IT MEANS SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
IT WILL STOP IF YOU SAY THE NAME OF THE PERSON IS WHO IS TALKING
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THIS HAPPENS TO HER QUITE A LOT AND THINKS IT
COULD BE SOMEONE FROM TURKEY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
HOUSE PLANTS
IF YOU HAVE A SPIDER PLANT AND IT GROWS TO BE A METER LONG YOU WILL
BUY A NEW HOME
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMER HAD A SPIDER PLANT BEFORE SHE VISITED THE U.S.A. AND
DECIDED TO BUY A NEW HOME TO LIVE HERE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
MAGIC
(IN TURKEY) IF YOU SEE A BLACK PERSON YOU'LL SEE SOMEONE YOU HAVEN'T
SEEN FOR A LONG TIME BUT YOU HAVE TO SQUEEZE THE BLACK'S ARM AND SAY
THIRTEEN AND A HALF
Submitter comment: THERE AREN'T TOO MANY BLACKS IN TURKEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described Observation SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
CHEWING GUM IN CHURCH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING AND IN CHURCH IF YOU CHEW GUM IT
WOULD BE LIKE CHEWING A CADAVER
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WOULD TELL HER CHILDREN THIS TO KEEP THEM FROM CHEWING
IN CHURCH FUNCTION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
CLIPPING NAILS
IF YOU CLIP YOUR NAILS AND THROW THEM IN THE STREET WHO-EVER WALKS
ON THEM WILL BE YOUR ENEMY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
LUCK AND GOOD FORTUNE
IF YOU WEAR YOUR NIGHT GOWN BACKWARDS WITHOUT KNOWING ABOUT IT YOU'LL
HAVE A VERY NICE DAY WHEN YOU WAKE UP
Submitter comment: REVERSE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Observation ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Overall body coverUpper body and arms BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
MARRIAGE CUSTOMS
AT A WEDDING IF YOU TAKE THE FIRST PIECE OF CAKE WITHOUT ANYONE
SEEING YOU AND PLACE IT UNDER YOUR PILLOW YOU WILL BE THE NEXT PERSON
TO GET MARRIED
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT ENCOURAGES HER GRANDDAUGHTER TO DO THIS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Marriage Wedding cake |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
TRAVELING
WHEN SOMEONE IS GOING SOMEWHERE FAR, AS THEY ARE LEAVING CHASE AFTER
THE CAR AND THROW WATER AT THEM THEN THEY WILL RETURN WITH NO PROBLEM
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
DREAMS
IF YOU SEE GREEN IN YOUR DREAMS YOU WILL RECEIVE WHAT YOU MOST
WANTED OR ANTICIPATED GETTING
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT BELIEVES IN DREAMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Dreams Objects in color |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
CHILDREN'S FIRST SPEECH
IF A CHILD IS LATE STARTING TO TALK THE PARENTS TAKE THE CHILD TO
THE CHURCH IN THE MORNING AND WITH THE CHURCH KEY THEY PUT IT IN THE
BABY'S MOUTH, THEN OPEN THE DOOR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
EXPECTING MOTHERS
EXPECTANT MOTHERS GO TO CHURCH AND SAY A SERIES OF PRAYERS THAT THE
CHILD WILL HAVE A LONG AND PROSPEROUS LIFE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS RELUCTANT TO SAY WHAT THE PRAYERS WERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
NEW BORN CHILDREN
A WOMAN SHOULD NOT BE LEFT ALONE FOR 40 DAYS AFTER SHE DELIVERS OR
AN EVIL SPIRIT WILL COME AND STEAL THE CHILD AND EXCHANGE IT WITH ONE
OF HIS OWN. IF THIS HAPPENS THE PARENTS TAKE THE EVIL CHILD TO
THE CHURCH AND PLACE IT ON THE STEPS FOR ONE HALF HOUR AND GO IN
SIDE TO PRAY. WHEN THEY RETURN THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CHILD BACK
Submitter comment: CHANGELING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Number P686.1.40 |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
DURING AND AFTER PREGNANCY
A WOMAN WHO HAS JUST HAD A CHILD SHOULD HAVE A RED RIBBON ON HER HEAD SO THAT THE FAT RED FAIRY DOESN'T STEAL HER LIVER
IN TURKEY BEFORE LEAVING THE HOSPITAL A RED RIBBON WAS PLACED IN HER
HAIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
BEFORE AND AFTER PREGNANCY
THEY PUT A BROOM BEHIND THE DOOR OR A NEEDLE UNDER THE PILLOW OF NEW
MOTHERS SO THAT THE BAD FAIRIES DON'T STEAL THE BABY. BECAUSE THEY
ARE AFRAID OF NEEDLES AND BROOMS
Submitter comment:
IN TURKEY THE BROOM BELONGS BEHIND THE DOOR ANYWAY.
CHANGELING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
DREAMS
IF YOU DREAM OF HORSES IT IS GOOD LUCK
Submitter comment: NONE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about animals BELIEF -- Good luck P881.31 |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
DREAMS
IF YOU DREAM OF EGGS YOU WILL HAVE A FIGHT WITH SOMEONE
Submitter comment: NONE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Food and liquids |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
EVIL EYE
40 BLACK SEEDS, 3 PINCHES OF SALT, 3 PINCHES OF SUGAR. PUT IN A POUCH
AND CARRY IT AROUND WITH YOU. PEOPLE WILL THINK YOU ARE SWEET AND
WON'T GIVE YOU THE EVIL EYE
Submitter comment: THIS IS GOOD FOR SOCIAL EVENTS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Number P686.1.40 |
Date learned: 10-00-1977