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IT WAS AN OLD NORSE BELIEF THAT TO DIE IN BATTLE
WITHOUT ONE'S WEAPON CURSED HIS SOUL FOREVER TO
BEL HALLA (LIMBO).
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED OF THIS WHILE IN VIET NAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; Vietnam
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- War |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
WHEN ANYONE DIES IN YOUR FAMILY, SOMEONE ELSE IS BORN
INTO IT SOMEWHERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
IF THERE ARE THREE PERSONS IN A PHOTOGRAPH, THE CENTER
PERSON WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
IF ONE OF YOUR WISDOM TEETH COMES OUT, ONE OF YOUR
RELATIVES WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
IF A BIRD KNOCKS OUTSIDE YOUR HOME, IT'S A SIGN
OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
IF A PICTURE OR MIRROR FALLS OFF A WALL, YOU'LL HEAR
OF A DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
IF YOU GO TO CHURCH NINE FIRST FRIDAYS IN A ROW,
YOU WILL NEVER DIE WITHOUT A PRIEST AT YOUR SIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 03-02-1972
IT IS A TRADITION IN SOME PEOPLES' HOUSES TO COVER
ALL MIRRORS WHEN SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE DIES, SO THAT
ONE DOES NOT THINK OF ONES SELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
TIME STOPPER
CATHY'S UNCLE FRANK HAD A SON IN THE SERVICE WHO BOUGHT
UNCLE FRANK A WATCH. WHEN HIS SON DIED IN THE SERVICE, THE
WATCH STOPPED AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.
Submitter comment: A TRUE STORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
WATER LINE
THE NEW SEAMAN ABOARD SHIP IS ASSIGNED TO A "DECK
DIVISION." CHIEF BOSUN TELLS HIM ONE OF THE SHIP'S
BOATS IS LOOSE AND THEY NEED SOME LINE TO TIE IT
BACK UP TO THE SHIP. SO HE TELLS THE NEW SEAMAN TO
GO DOWN TO THE BOSUN LOCKER TO GET "TWENTY FEET OF
WATER LINE."
THE "WATER LINE" IS ACTUALLY WHERE THE WATER REACHES
ON THE BOAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAZEL PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BELIEVED THAT WHEN AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR IN A ROOM
BEGINS TO ROCK SPONTANEOUSLY, THAT SOMEONE WILL SOON DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
CAN TELL IF A PERSON IS DEAD IF HIS EYES ROLL TO THE
BACK OF HIS HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
NUNS
BE CAREFUL OF GOING OUT WITH BOYS WHO WEAR LONG NECKTIES
BECAUSE LONG NECKTIES POINT IN AN OBVIOUS DIRECTION.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE HEARD THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL FROM A
DERANGED NUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P439 BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
BELIEVED THAT I WOULD LIVE ON A CLOUD OVER PARIS WHEN I
TURNED 8 YEARS OLD.
Submitter comment: GRANDMOTHER LIVED IN PARIS--THAT'S WHERE I BELONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Maturity |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, IF SHE IS FAT STRAIGHT OUT IN
FRONT, THE BABY WILL BE A BOY, WHEREAS IF SHE IS FAT
ALL AROUND, THE BABY WILL BE A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
PUT HAND AND FEET INTO THE AIR WHEN A TRAIN IS
MOVING ON THE TRACK DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF YOU.
FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 |
Date learned: 02-05-1971
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THE BLARNEY STONE IS LOCATED IN A CASTLE IN IRELAND.
TRADITION SAYS IF YOU GO THERE AND CLIMB UP TO A POINT
ABOVE THE STONE, AND SOMEONE HOLDS YOU BY THE ANKLES,
SO THAT YOU HANG DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE STONE,
AND YOU KISS IT, YOU'LL GET THE GIFT OF BLARNEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 09-28-1968
ONE HUNGARIAN BURIAL CUSTOM IS FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE
IMMEDIATE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED TO PLACE SOME SMALL
PERSONAL TRINKET IN THE CASKET.
Submitter comment:
DIANE'S RELATIVES ON HER MOTHER'S SIDE ARE HUNGARIAN
AND SHE HAS SEEN THIS CUSTOM OBSERVED SEVERAL TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IF A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER HAS BEEN KILLED, THE ROCK THAT
KILLED HIM IS PUT ON HIS GRAVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-00-1967