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MANY WOMEN THINK THAT THEIR HAIR WILL NOT TAKE A
PERMANENT WAVE WHILE THEY ARE MENSTRUATING.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: LIBRARY ; MERCY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
TAKING A BATH DURING MENSTRUAL PERIOD, WILL NOT ONLY
STOP THE FLOW, BUT WILL CAUSE TUBERCULOSIS.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIEND.
Where learned: MERCY COLLEGE ; GIRLS DORM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
THE OLD SAYING "EAT SPINACH AND BE CALM, AND STRONG,"
Submitter comment: FROM RELATIVES
Data entry tech comment: SOMETHING MISSING?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MERCY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
THE BODY IS WAKED IN THE HOME FOR TWO (DAYS?)
THEN IT IS BROUGHT TO THE CHURCH FOR OVERNIGHT.
THE NEXT MORNING, MASS IS SAID OVER THE CASKET.
Submitter comment: FAMILY CUSTOM IN IRELAND.
Where learned: MERCY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CUT BREAD AT BOTH ENDS OF THE
LOAF.
Submitter comment: FROM DORM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MERCY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 10-19-1967
SPILLING OF SALT AND THEN THROWING A PINCH OF IT
OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER, SO YOU DON'T HAVE BAD
LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM DORM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MERCY COLLEGE
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
SUPERSTITION
A COMMON BELIEF IS THAT A MUSTARD FOOT BATH WILL
BRING ON DELAYED MENSES.
Submitter comment: FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; DETROIT ; MERCY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-19-1967
IT IS ALSO BELIEVED THAT PRESERVES WILL NOT TURN OUT
RIGHT, CAKES WILL NOT RISE, CREAM WILL NOT THICKEN
WHEN WHIPPED DURING THE MENSTRUAL TIME.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; DETROIT ; MERCY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-06-1967