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MARRIAGE
PARSIS OF INDIA WILL NOT PERFORM A MARRIAGE IN THE DARK OF THE
MOON
Submitter comment: THIS INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO ME BY RABBI HALPERN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): PARSEE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
NEVER INDULGE IN ONIONS, UNLESS YOUR LOVE EATS ONIONS TOO.
FOR YOUR SCENTED BREATH WILL BE THE DEATH
OF THE LOVE, HE BEARS, FOR YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
Keyword(s): FOOD SEX ; MONOLOGUE INDIRECTION ADVICE ; QUATRAIN? ; RHYME: IMPERFECT, ABCA ; RHYME: INTERNAL, MASCULINE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
JEWISH BIRTH CUSTOM
A PIECE OF IRON PLACED IN THE WOMAN'S BED OR UNDER HER PILLOW.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS SHOWN TO ME IN THE BOOK OF THE HOLY AND PROFANE.
TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRIT AT BIRTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
A CHARM TO BE SAID BY WHITE MAGICIANS WHEN PLUCKING
HEALING HERBS FROM THE GROUND:
OH SWEET HERB, ON CALVARY, MM'TWAS FIRST WHERE YOU WERE FOUND,
IN THE NAME OF HIM WHO DIED THERE,
I PLUCK YOU FROM THE GROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.646 |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
BELIEF
ALWAYS CRUSH EGG SHELLS COMPLETELY BEFORE THROWING THEM AWAY.
IF YOU DON'T THE SHELL HALVES WILL PROVIDE A SHELTER FOR
DANGEROUS SPIRITS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
Keyword(s): Eggs ; GHOST ; Shells ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
CHARM
SALT IS A GOOD GENERAL DEFENSE AGAINST WITCH CRAFT
AND SORCERY. PUTTING A FEW GRAINS IN YOUR
FOOD WILL PREVENT IT FROM BEING USED AS A MEDIUM
FOR BEWITCHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
BELIEF
ALWAYS CHRUSH EGGSCHELLS COMPLETELY BEFORE THROWING THEM AWAY
IF YOU DO NOT, THE SHELL HALVES WILL PROVIDE A SHELTER FOR
DANGEROUS SPIRITS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
JEWISH CUSTOM --BARMITZVAH
AT THE AGE OF 13 A BOY IS READY TO ACCEPT THE FULL
RESPONSIBITIES OF THE JEWISH FAITH.
Submitter comment:
BY THIS CUSTOM A BOY TAKES ON THE ROLE OF A MAN IN THE JEWISH
RELIGION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
Date learned: 00-00-1974
FOOD CUSTOM
IRANIANS ABSTAINED FROM ALL FISHES THAT DO NOT HAVE FINS & SCALES
Submitter comment: THIS ITEM WAS FOUND TO BE TRUE FROM BERTHOLET,"COMMENTARY ON LEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
DEATH
IT IS CUSTOMARY TO MAKE A HOLE IN THE HUT, TO ALLOW THE PASSAGE
OF THE SPIRIT OF THE DEAD PERSON OUT.
Submitter comment:
THIS STATMENT CAN BE SEEN IN M. COX'S BOOK INTRODUCTION TO
FOLKLORE (1897) AND IS CUT IN THE WALLS OR IN THE CEILING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
DEATH
OPENING THE WINDOW FOR A FEW MOMENTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LAST
BREATH HAS BEEN DRAWN
Submitter comment: WHEN A PERSON HAS DIED, TO LET OUT THE SPIRIT OF DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
DEATH
IN ENGLAND NO PERSON IS ALLOWED TO DIE ON A FEATHER BED.
Submitter comment:
THIS CAN BE FOUND IN J. HARLAND & WILKINSON BOOK LANCASHIRE
FOLK}LORE (1869)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
BIRTH
IN SWITZERLAND WHEN A BOY IS BORN IT IS THE PRACTICE TO PLANT AN
APPLE TREE. WHEN A GIRL IS BORN A NUT TREE IS PLANTED.
Submitter comment: CAN BE FOUND IN MC CARTNEY "FOLKLORE HEIRLOOMS"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
BIRTH
MOHAMMED'S MOTHER HAD A PIECE OF IRON BOUND UPON HER HAND AT TIME
OF HIS BIRTH TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS
Submitter comment:
THIS CAN BE FOUND IN SPRENGER, DAS LEBEN UND DIE LEHRE
MOHAMMED (1861-65)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
BIRTH
ALL FEARS AND HAZARDS OF CHILD BIRTH ARE IN THE FIGURE OF LILITH.
Submitter comment:
SHE IS A PHANTOM FIGURE WHO STEALS NEWBORN BABIES & KILLS OR
INJURES THEIR MOTHERS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
BIRTH
IN INDIA MOTHERS AND CHILDREN ARE PROTECTED BY KEEPING A PIECE
OF IRON BOILING IN AN EARTHENWARE POT.
Submitter comment:
FOUND IN W. CROOKE'S BOOK 1896 BY RABBI HALPERN, TRIBES AND CAST
OF THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
SUPERSTITION
WHEN AN ARAB ENCOUNTERS A SANDSTORM , HE FANCIES THAT HE
HAS MET WITH A JINN OR DEMON & AT ONCE CRIES OUT "IRON! IRON!"
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME BY RABBI HALPERN
AND IS STILL DONE TODAY AT TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Word Letter X570 |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
SUPERSTITION
ANCIEMT GERMANS WERE LOATHE TO EMBARK ON ANY NEW ENTERPRISE WHEN
THE MOON WAS INVISIBLE
Submitter comment: THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME BY RABBI HALPERN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
BIRTH
MONDAY'S CHILD IS FAIR OF FACE,
TUESDAY'S CHILD IS FULL OF GRACE.
WEDNESDAY'S CHILD IS FULL OF WOE,
AND THURSDAY'S CHILD HAS FAR TO GO.
FRIDAY'S CHILD IS LOVING & GIVING
AND SATURDAY'S CHILD HAS TO WORK FOR A LIVING.
BUT THE BAIRN THAT IS BORN ON THE SABBATH DAY,
IS BONNY AND LUCKY AND WISE AND GAY
Submitter comment: WAS GIVEN TO ME BY RABBI HALPERN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
MARRIAGE
IN RURAL DISTRICTS OF GERMANY THE BRIDE SENDS THE GROOM AN
ENBOIDERED SHIRT WHILE HE SENDS HER A PRESENT OF SLIPPERS,
HANDKERCHIEFS, & SCARVES.
Submitter comment: GIVEN TO ME BY RABBI HALPERN, HE COULD NOT REMEMBER THE SOURCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1974