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IF YOUR LEFT EYE ITCHES, YOUR GOING TO LAUGH.
IF YOUR RIGHT EYE ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO CRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions P842.14 |
Date learned: 10-15-1968
IF SOMEONE'S EARS START BURNING, THEN SOMEONE IS
TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 842 Ringing ears / buzzing / hot, burning Observation |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
HUNGARIAN MARRIAGE PREDICTION
IF IT RAINS THE DAY A PERSON IS BURIED, HIS/HER
SPOUSE WILL GET REMARRIED WITHIN ONE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
IF A PIGEON COMES TO YOUR HOUSE, SOMEONE IN THE
FAMILY WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
WHEN A DOG HOWLS DURING THE DAY FOR NO APPARENT
REASON, SOMEONE IS SAID TO HAVE DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
IF A DOG HOWLS AT NIGHT, IT MEANS DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
IN A SUGAR BEET FIELD IF THERE IS A WHITE LEAF
DURING HARVEST, SOMEONE WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
IF YOU HEAR KNOCKS AT THE DOOR AND WHEN YOU GO TO ANSWER
THERE'S NO ONE THERE, IT'S A SIGN OF A PENDING DEATH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THESE KNOCKS OCCURRED ON THE
NIGHT HER HUSBAND DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
ITALIAN LUCK
FOR GOOD LUCK, A RED RIBBON IS BLESSED WITH HOLY WATER
AND PLACED IN A NEW CAR, OR NEW HOME, ETC. OR SHOULD
BE PINNED ON A NEW BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Good luck Religious (relic, etc.) |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
ITALIAN LUCK
A GOLD KEY DEDICATED TO THE BLESSED MOTHER IS GOOD
LUCK TO HAVE HANGING BEHIND A DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Religious (relic, etc.) |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
IF YOU SEE AN OPEN SAFETY PIN LYING ON THE GROUND,
PICK IT UP BECAUSE THIS IS A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO PICK UP A PIN WITH ITS POINT
TOWARD YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 01-22-1970
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO SEAT AN ODD NUMBER OF PEOPLE
FOR THE CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve BELIEF -- Number Odd number (not specific) BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
HAUNTED STREET
ON TUMBLEWOOD ROAD IN DETROIT, IF YOU DRIVE DOWN IT, YOU WILL
HEAR SOMEONE KNOCKING ON YOUR CAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): KNOCK-KNOCK STREET
Date learned: 01-00-1968
WITCHES' COUNCIL
BETWEEN APRIL 30 AND MAY 1 IN THE BROCNEN MOUNTAINS IN GERMANY,
THE WITCHES GATHER FOR A COUNCIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
GIFT CUSTOM
YOU MUST ALWAYS PUT A PENNY IN A NEW WALLET OR PURSE WHEN YOU
GIVE IT AS A GIFT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
OBJECT CUSTOM
YOU MUST ALWAYS GIVE A PENNY WHEN GIVING A SHARP OBJECT, OR THE
OBJECT WILL CUT YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
GERMAN ROBIN HOOD
HE STOLE FROM THE RICH TO GIVE TO THE POOR, BUT HE NEVER GOT CAUGHT
BECAUSE THE SHOES ON HIS HORSE WERE ON BACKWARDS AND THIS MADE IT
LOOK AS IF HE WERE GOING THE OPPOSITE WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
BAYERISCHE HIASL (PRONOUNCED HEE-UH-SELL)
IN BAVARIA THERE LIVED A MAN NAMED MATHIAS KLOSTERMAYER. HE WAS
KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE ALPS AS THE BAYERISCHE HIASL. HE WAS THE
LEADER OF A BAND OF MEN WHO ROBBED FROM THE RICH AND GAVE TO THE
POOR.
AT THIS TIME, OTHER GANGS EXISTED IN THE AREA. WHENEVER THESE
GANGS WOULD TRY TO ROB A FLOUR MILL OR BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT,
THE BAYERISCHE HIASL WOULD FIGHT THE GANGS OFF.
OVER THE YEARS THE BAYERISCHE HIASL AND HIS MEN HID OUT DURING
THE DAY AND CONDUCTED THEIR BUSINESS AT NIGHT. THEY SHOT AND
KILLED PEOPLE AND FOUGHT AGAINST PROVINCIAL GUARDS.
THE BAYERISCHE HIASL WAS CAUGHT AND SENTENCED TO DEATH. AS HIS
PUNISHMENT, HE WAS TIED TO THE TOP OF A WHEEL, AND THE WHEEL WAS
SPUN UNTIL IT TORE HIM APART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | -- |
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED TO (SUPPLY A NAME)
AND YOU HAVE TWINS
DON'T COME TO ME
FOR SAFETY PINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN