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CATCH A BRIDAL BOUQUET AND YOU'LL BE NEXT TO MARRY.
Submitter comment:
I MUST ADMIT I KNEW THIS ONE MYSELF, BUT I PUT VERY
LITTLE FAITH IN IT!
THIS IS A SUPERSTITION COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
JUNE BRIDES ARE ALWAYS THE HAPPIEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Time or day of ceremony |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
CURES
MRS. BOLCEN TOLD ME OF THE HOME MADE CURES HER MOTHER HAD.
SHE TOLD ME OF THE TIME THAT SHE CURED SCARLET FEVER BY MAKING THE
CHILDREN SOAK IN HOT WATER AND MUSTARD.
SHE ALSO CURED BOILS BY PUTTING BREAD AND MILK POULTICES ON THEM.
TO CURE BURNS SHE PUT COLD TEA ON THEM.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S SPELLING CORRECTED BY KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; BRASS RAIL CHOP HOUSE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
IF THE BRIDE'S PARTY ARRIVES AT THE CHURCH OF THE
WEDDING AND THERE IS A FUNERAL LEAVING THE CHURCH,
IT IS GOOD LUCK. THIS MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE A
LONG-LASTING MARRIAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Ceremony |
Date learned: 10-15-1971
IF THE BRIDE IF THE FIRST ONE TO START GETTING UP FROM
A KNEELING POSITION AFTER THE WEDDING CEREMONY, SHE WILL
BE THE BOSS IN HER NEW HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Marriage Ceremony |
Date learned: 03-08-1971
IF IT IS A BRIGHT AND SUNNY DAY ON THE DAY YOU ARE
TO BE MARRIED, IT MEANS THAT YOU WILL HAVE A BRIGHT AND
HAPPY FUTURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage P545.056 |
Date learned: 03-08-1971
FOR EACH RIBBON A GIRL CUTS AT HER BRIDAL SHOWER, SHE
WILL HAVE A CHILD (CUTS TEN RIBBONS, SHE'LL HAVE TEN
KIDS.)
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Breaking of BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
YOU ARE ENGAGED. THE THIRD PERSON WHO TRIES ON YOUR
ENGAGEMENT RING IS A LOSER. THEY WON'T GET A HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Marriage P545.015 |
Date learned: 01-25-1968
IF YOU SLEEP ON A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE, YOU'LL DREAM ABOUT
WHO YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dream about future husband |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
IF YOU SLEEP ON A SLICE OF WEDDING CAKE, YOU'LL DREAM OF
YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A SUPERSTITION COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dream about future husband |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A GIRL GOES OVER A RAILROAD TRACK
IN A CAR WITHOUT LIFTING HER FEET, THEN SHE WILL NEVER
MARRY HER TRUE LOVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
IF A GIRL EATS BOTH ENDS OF A LOAF OF BREAD, SHE
WILL FIND A HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
IF YOU TAKE THE LAST PIECE OF CANDY, COOKIE, PIECE OF
MEAT, ETC., IT MEANS YOU WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
IF SOMEONE SWEEPS ACROSS YOUR FEET WITH A BROOM, YOU
WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER HAD ALWAYS TOLD HER THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 10-13-1971
WHEN GOING BY A CEMETERY, YOU SHOULD PUT YOUR HANDS ON
TOP OF THE CAR, OR YOU WILL NEVER MARRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 03-26-1971
THAI CUSTOM
IF YOUR SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN YOUR BIG TOE, THEN
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED, YOU'LL BE THE DOMINANT PARTNER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
CHINESE MARRIAGE PREDICTIONS
IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A BAD MATCH WHEN A PERSON FROM
THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE MARRIES ONE FROM THE YEAR OF THE
RAT. IN FACT, THIS IS THE WORST POSSIBLE MATCH.
BEST MARRIAGE POSSIBILITIES ARE WHEN A PERSON FROM THE
YEAR OF THE DRAGON MARRIES ONE FROM THE YEAR OF THE
CHICKEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-15-1968
MARRY A UGLY WOMAN AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY FOR THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE.
Submitter comment: FROM FAMILY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NO NEED FOR JEALOUSY?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-07-1967
TO GET RID OF WARTS: GET A STRING AND TIE AS MANY KNOTS ON
THE STRING AS YOU HAVE WARTS. THEN TAKE THIS STRING
OUTSIDE, PLACING IT UNDER A ROCK WHICH IS PLACED AT
THE END OF A DRAIN PIPE. WHEN THE STRING HAS ROTTED
AWAY, YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY GRANDMOTHER TO MOTHER TO MONICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
BURY AN ONION AND GET RID OF WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-15-1967