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GOOD LUCK FOR A SAILOR
SOME BABIES ARE BORN WITH A THIN VEIL OF SKIN OVER THEIR FACES.
SAILORS WILL PAY A GREAT PRICE FOR THIS SKIN BECAUSE
IT WILL PREVENT SHIPWRECK WHILE ON A JOURNEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST QUAD ; DORMS
Keyword(s): CAUL
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
EVIL EYE DISTRACTION
TO PREVENT A CHILD FROM BEING OVERCOME BY THE
EVIL EYE THE PEOPLE FROM INDIA PUT A BLACK
SPOT ON THE FOREHEAD OF THE CHILD,
THUS DISTRACTING FROM IT'S BEAUTY AND
KEEPING THE EVIL EYE AWAY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST QUAD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
MATCHMAKING
IN INDIA A COUPLE IS MATCHED FOR MARRIAGE BY MATCHING THEIR
HOROSCOPES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR STARS ARE AGREEABLE.
Where learned: HOME ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; EAST QUAD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Parental arrangement of marriage |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
EVIL EYE IN INDIA
IF THE EYE HAS BEEN CAST UPON YOU
YOU WILL GET SICK OR SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN.
TO TAKE IT AWAY YOU MUST WAVE A MIXTURE OF RED CHILES
AND SALT OVER THE CHILD'S HEAD. AT THE SAME TIME
YOU RECITE A CRADLE AND END UP BY WAVING OVER THE
HEAD IN THE SHAPE OF A CROSS.
THEN YOU MUST THROW IT INTO THE FIRE TO BURN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; EAST QUAD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
THE PEOPLE IN INDIA ADVISE THE WOMAN WHO IS PREGNANT NOT TO
LOOK AT AN UGLY PICTURE FOR FEAR OF THE CHILD BEING BORN UGLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST QUAD
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
WEATHER BELIEF
WHEN A TORNADO-LIKE WIND OR WHIRLING OF WATER APPEARS IN INDIA INHABITANTS WARN ONE NOT TO JUMP IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE THERE IS A SPIRIT IN THE MIDDLE AND WHOEVER DOES WILL BECOME POSSESSED
BY THE DEVIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST QUAD ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IN INDIA WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT SHE CAN NOT EAT PAPAYA BECAUSE IT IS A HEATY FRUIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST QUAD ; INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
PIPAL TREE
THE PIPAL TREE IS A TREE FOUND IN INDIA WHICH THE PEOPLE BELIEVE IS A TREE INFESTED WITH GHOSTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST QUAD ; TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; GHOST ; GHOSTS ; India ; Pipal ; SUPERSTITION ; Tree
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-05-1971