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NOT GIVEN
THERE WAS A MAN WHO WAS INSANE AND KILLED HIS WIFE AND AFTER HE
KILLED HER HE WAS FULL OF REMORSE. HE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HE WAS
THE MURDERER AND IT IS SAID THAT HE TAKES HIS LANTERN IN THE
EVENING, AND GOES TO LOOK FOR HER BODY. IF YOU DRIVE OVER THAT
BRIDGE ON THE FAR EAST SIDE AND STOP, YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE THE
LIGHT COME AND GO UNDER THE BRIDGE AND AS IT GOES UNDER THE
BRIDGE, IT SHAKES IT. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MAN DOING IT.
Submitter comment:
JEAN AND I HAVE BOTH GONE TO THIS PLACE BUT DO NOT RECALL THE NAME
OF THE STREET AND ALL OF THE MYSTERIOUS THINGS DO HAPPEN BUT
THE EXPLANATION IS THAT IT IS THE SWAMP GAS AND WHEN IT SETTLES
UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE IS WHAT CAUSES IT TO TREMBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS ; TOLD AT HER HOME
Keyword(s): GHOST
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
NUMBER SEVEN (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
THE WOMAN WHOSE PRESENT IS THE SEVENTH ONE OPENED AT A BABY SHOWER
WILL BE THE NEXT PERSON TO HAVE A BABY.
Where learned: TOLD AT HER HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Observation BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 01-21-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK IF SOME ONE GIVES YOU BABY ARTICLES AS SOON AS YOU
KNOW YOU ARE PREGNANT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR ; TOLD AT HER HOME
Keyword(s): IMPLIED WARNING ; MISFORTUNE
James Callow Keyword(s): GIFT-GIVING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
A MAN TOO GOOD FOR THE WORLD IS TOO GOOD FOR HIS WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK ; TOLD AT HER HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-25-1971
THE ROSARY
MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD GIVE EACH GRANDCHILD A ROSARY
SOME TIME DURING THE VERY EARLY PART OF THEIR LIFE.
THIS ROSARY IS TO BE HUNG FROM THE BED.
IN THIS WAY, THE ROSARY WILL GIVE PROTECTION
AGAINST THE DEVIL.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT HER HOME
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 03-22-1970
IRISH TOAST
HEALTH AND LONG LIFE TO YOU
LAND WITHOUT RENT TO YOU
A CHILD EVERY YEAR TO YOU
AND MAY YOU DIE IN IRELAND.
Submitter comment: ATTITUDE: TRUSTING
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR ; TOLD AT HER HOME
Keyword(s): DRINKING BLESSING WISH
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; IDEAL BIRTHDAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 01-15-1972