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BRIDE AND GROOM CUSTOM
TO PREVENT BAD LUCK DURING THE MARRIAGE, THE GROOM SHOULDN'T
SEE THE BRIDE BEFORE THE CEREMONY.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bride and groom must not see each other |
Date learned: 00001950S
VAMPIRE BELIEF
VAMPIRES CAN BE KEPT AWAY BY HANGING GARLIC AROUND YOUR
DOORS AND WINDOWS
GARLIC HUNG AROUND THE NECK ALSO SERVES THE SAME PURPOSE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
VAMPIRE BELIEF
A VAMPIRE CAN BE FRIGHTENED OFF BY MAKING A CROSS OUT OF
ANYTHING, SUCH AS TWO STICKS OR EVEN YOUR ARMS.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ON AGES OF VAMPIRES
VAMPIRES NEVER SHOW AGING PHYSICALLY. THEY ALWAYS LOOK THE SAME
AS THE DAY THEY BECAME VAMPIRES AND WILL ONLY SHOW
THEIR TRUE AGE WHEN THEY ARE
DESTROYED.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SIGN OF A LIAR
IF THE PART OF YOUR FINGERNAIL AT THE BASE IS VERY LARGE,
THEN YOU ARE APT TO LIE A LOT.
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
JUMP ROPE CHANT
NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE.
TWENTY-FOUR ROBBERS CAME KNOCKIN AT MY DOOR.
AS I RAN OUT, THEY RAN IN.
I HIT EM ON THE HEAD WITH A ROLLING PIN.
I ASKED EM WHAT THEY WANTED - THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID;
"SPANISH DANCERS TURN AROUND.
SPANISH DANCERS TOUCH THE GROUND.
SPANISH DANCERS DO HIGH KICKS.
SPANISH DANCERS DO THE SPLITS."
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBERED LEARNING THIS WHEN MY COUSIN AND I USED
TO JUMP ROPE TOGETHER.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
Mrs. Wolf reported that as a young child growing up
on a farm, that her mother would coat a piece of lint
with lard and tie it around the base of a toe to heal a crack
in the skin (often caused by going barefoot).
Submitter comment:
Mrs. Wolf's mother, Martha (Kyle) Welty, was late in marrying.
Many of her customs and cures were, therefore, those which
were popular in the 1880's.
Where learned: OHIO ; Hicksville
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001910s
STAR BELIEF
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, THE BRIGHT STAR TO THE NORTH IS SHINING OVER
THE STABLE AT BETHLEHEM.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 BELIEF -- Star |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEVE;R WALK OVER A GRAVE IT WILL GIVE YOU BAD LUCK
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
TO STOP SPASM HAVE THE PERSON AFFECTED DRINK A CUP OF FRESHLY
BREWED SAGE TEA.
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
NEVER STAND LOOKING IN A MIRROR WITH SOMEONE, IT WILL BRING YOU
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.14 |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
WHEN YOU BORROW SALT DO NOT RETURN IT , YOU WILL BRING BAD
LUCK ON THE PERSON WHO LENT IT TO YOU.
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.17 |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
BED BUGS
POUR GASOLINE OVER WOODWORK WHERE THERE IS NO FIRE, OR USE
CEDAR OIL.
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN IS SCARED BY A SNAKE HER CHILD WILL HAVE
A BIRTHMARK.
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
Date learned: 10-03-1972
WASHING YOUR HAIR OR GOING TO BED WITH A WET HEAD WILL CAUSE
YOU TO HAVE CONSUMPTION.
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
NEVER PUT AN UMBRELLA UP INSIDE A HOUSE, IF YOU DO SOME ONE
YOU KNOW WILL DIE.
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
WHEN A BIRD FLIES INTO A WINDOW AND IT KILLS ITSELF THE PERSON
STANDING CLOSEST TO THE WINDOW WILL HAVE A LOVED ONE DIE.
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
NEVER THROW OUT THE BACK DOOR WHAT YOU BRING IN THE FRONT, IT
WILL CAUSE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
WART REMOVAL
20 DRAMS OF SUBLIMED SULPHUR
5 FLUID DRAMS OF GLYCERINE
1 FLUID DRAM OF ACETIC ACID
APPLY MIXTURE REPEATEDLY TO EACH WART FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE
WARTS WILL DRY UP AND FALL OFF. FOR HANDS APPLY AT NIGHT AND
WRAP.
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
SPIDER IN THE EAR
PUT SOME WATER AND OLIVE OIL OR CASTER OIL TOGETHER AND POUR IN
EAR AND SPIDER WILL COME OUT.
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
James Callow Keyword(s): CASTOR OIL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-03-1972