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THE WEATHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH
SHOULD REFLECT THE TYPE OF WEATHER FOR THE
FIRST 15 DAYS OF THAT MONTH.
Submitter comment: MENTIONED REPEATEDLY
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- P010 BELIEF -- P0201 BELIEF -- P030 BELIEF -- P040 BELIEF -- P0501 BELIEF -- P060 BELIEF -- P070 BELIEF -- P080 BELIEF -- P090 BELIEF -- P100 BELIEF -- P110 BELIEF -- P120 |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
A CHANT
TARZAN THE MONKEY MAN
SWINGIN ON A RUBBER BAND
ALONG CAME SUPERMAN
AND KNOCKED HIM IN THE GARBAGE CAN.
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; IMPERFECT RHYME ; MOVIE, TELEVISION, AND COMIC BOOK HEROES ; RHYME: AAAA ; RHYME: ABAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 10-13-1971
PLANTING METHOD
THIS IS A COMMON METHOD USED BY INDIANS IN PLANTING TOMATOES. A HOLE ABOUT 18 INCHES DEEP IS DUG. ABOUT HALF OF THIS HOLE IS FILLED WITH DRY CHOPPED CORNSTALKS. THIS IS COVERED WITH A FEW INCHES OF GROUND, THE TOMATO SEED AND A FINAL THIN LAYER OF GROUND.
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
A BELIEF
ON NEW YEARS DAY THE FIRST PERSON THAT SHOULD ENTER YOUR HOUSE
IS A MAN (IF YOU ARE A WOMAN). IF A WOMAN ENTERS FIRST YOU WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK ALL YEAR.
Submitter comment:
HIS MOTHER WILL NOT LET ANY WOMAN IN HER
HOUSE ON NEW YEARS DAY FIRST AND WILL GET
MAD IF A WOMAN SHOWS UP FIRST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED AT HOME
Keyword(s): FIRST FOOTING ; SEXIST
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
PREDICITION OF ARTHRITIS
WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG, IF YOU PUT YOUR FINGERS TOGETHER
AND THERE ARE SPACES BETWEEN YOUR FINGERS, YOU'LL GET
ARTHRITIS.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER GIRLFRIEND AT DOMINCAN HIGH SCHOOL.
HER GIRLFRIEND LEARNED IT FROM HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
SUPERSTITION REGARDING AN UMBRELLA
IF YOU OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN A HOUSE,
SOMEONE YOU KNOW WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-04-1967
ITALIAN SANTA CLAUS
THE BEFANA IS AN OLD WOMAN WHO WAS SWEEPING OUT
HER HOUSE ONE DAY WHEN THE THREE WISE MEN PASSED BY ON THEIR
WAY TO SEE THE CHRIST CHILD. SHE TOLD THEM TO WAIT UNTIL
SHE FINISHED HER SWEEPING SO THAT SHE COULD GO WITH THEM.
SHE FINISHED THE WORK AND GOT TOGETHER SOME FRUIT AND
CANDY BUT WHEN SHE WENT OUTSIDE THE MEN WERE ALREADY GONE.
AND NOW SHE ROAMS THE EARTH ON EVERY LITTLE CHRISTMAS LOOKING
FOR THE CHRIST CHILD AND GIVING FRUIT AND CANDY TO ALL LITTLE
CHILDREN ON THAT NIGHT. BAD CHILDREN RECEIVE COAL IN THEIR
STOCKING.
MY MOTHER SAYS THAT IN HER FAMILY THE BEFANA WOULD
COME AND THROW NUTS DOWN THE CHIMNEY TO WARN THE
KIDS TO BE GOOD BECAUSE SHE WAS COMING. THEN STOCKINGS WOULD
BE HUNG AND THE NEXT MORNING, THEY WOULD BE FILLED WITH
FRUIT AND COOKIES.
IN OTHER FAMILIES, THE CHILDREN WOULD ALL KNEEL AROUND
THE FIREPLACE AND PRAY WITH THEIR WHOLE HEART AND SOUL FOR
THE BEFANA TO COME. AND ONE BY ONE BASKERS FULL OF FRUIT
AND CANDY WITH EACH CHILD'S NAME IN IT WOULD COME DOWN.
IN THESE FAMILIES, THERE WERE NO STOCKINGS THEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED AT HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus BELIEF -- Prayer P642.64 |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
BASKETBALL PLAYER'S SUPERSTITION
DURING WARMUP SHOTS, IF THE FIRST GUY MAKES HIS
SHOT, THEN THEY'LL WIN FOR SURE. BUT IF THE FIRST
GUY DOESN'T MAKE HIS BASKET, THIS IS A VERY BAD
OMEN AND BOTHERS THE TEAM A LOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED AT HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Observation BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
IF YOU HAVE ANY UNPAID BILLS, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PUT THE NAME
OF THE BILL DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND PUT IT IN THE FREEZER AND
THE BILL COLLECTER CAN NOT COLLECT ON IT.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER SAW MY GRANDMOTHER DO THIS BEFORE 1956 IN INDIANA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED AT HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
PLANTING BELIEF
IF A ROSE IS TO BE STARTED FROM THE CUTTING OF ANOTHER ROSE, THE CUTTING SHOULD BE STUCK IN A POTATO AND THEN PLANTED.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
THERE IS A CERTAIN PRAYER THAT IF IT IS SAID
FAITHFULLY EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE,
WILL ALLOW YOU TO KNOW THE VERY HOUR
OF YOUR DEATH. THREE DAYS BEFORE YOU DIE
YOU WILL HEAR THREE KNOCKS ON YOUR DOOR AND THIS SAINT
WILL TELL YOU TO PREPARE FOR YOUR DEATH
AT A CERTAIN HOUR.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER CLAIMS THAT SHE KNOWS OF AT LEAST THREE OLDER
WOMEN WHO FORETOLD THE VERY HOUR OF THEIR
DEATH THIS WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED AT HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
JUMP ROPE RHYME
MISS LUCY HAD A BABY
HIS NAME WAS TINY TIM
SHE PUT HIM IN THE BATHTUB
TO SEE IF HE COULD SWIM
HE DRANK UP ALL THE WATER
AND ATE UP ALL THE SOAP
HE TRIED TO EAT THE BATHTUB
BUT IT WOULDN'T GO DOWN HIS THROAT
MISS LUCY CALLED THE DOCTOR
THE DOCTOR CALLED THE NURSE
THE NURSE CALLED THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE
OUT CAME THE DOCTOR, OUT CAME THE NURSE
IN STAYED THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-19-1971
STORM PROTECTION
IT IS A BELIEF OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE
UNITED STATES THAT WHEN THERE IS A VIOLENT ELECTRICAL STORM
THE SAFEST PLACE IN THE HOME IS UNDER A BED COVERED COMPLETELY
WITH A DOWN STUFFED QUILT. THIS IS BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT IF THE
HOUSE IS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PENETRATE
THIS QUILT.
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL PRODUCT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
PLANTING BELIEF
WHENEVER SOMETHING IS TRANSPLANTED IN THE LATE SUMMER OR FALL OF THE YEAR, IF OATS ARE PUT AROUND THE ROOTS OF THE PLANT TO KEEP THEM WARM, IT WILL SURVIVE THE WINTER.
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Measure of time Season |
Date learned: 10-26-1969