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TO CURE WARTS, TAKE A POTATO AND SLICE IT IN HALF. PRESS ONE HALF
ON THE WART AND THEN PRESS THE POTATO BACK TOGETHER AND THROW
IT OVER YOUR SHOULDER AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-13-1968
TO GET RID OF WARTS: YOU SNEAK INTO A GENERAL STORE AND STEAL A
SACK OF SALT AND THEN WALK DOWN THE STREET LOOKING FOR TWO
WHITE HORSES. UPON SEEING THE HORSES, YOU THROW THE SALT
UNDER THEIR HOOFS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF YOU TOUCH A TOAD, YOU'LL GET WARTS ON YOUR HAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
DON'T EAT THAT WART!
WHEN YOU TOUCH A TOAD YOU GET WARTS, BUT IF YOU TRY TO BITE
IT OFF AND ACCIDENTLY SWALLOW SOME OF IT, YOU WILL
START TO CROAK LIKE A FROG.
Submitter comment:
CHRIS TOLD ME THIS ONE DAY WHILE WE WERE SITTING DOWN IN
THE STUDENT UNION. HE SAID THIS IS WHAT HE USED TO TELL
HIS FRIENDS SO THEY WOULD BE AFRAID TO TRY AND GET RID
OF THEIR WARTS, ESPECIALLY BY BITING THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-16-1969
DON'T PICK UP A TOAD OR YOU'LL GET WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
TYPOGRAPHICAL DISPLAY
CIN2 AT I
IT READS "CINNCINATI"
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): CINCINNATI, OHIO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 02-00-1967
TYPOGRAPHICAL DISPLAY
BA NA2
IT READS AS "BANANA".
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 02-00-1967
BRIDGE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING A BRIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, ONE
OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FELL OFF THE PART THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED
AND FELL INTO A PILLAR. THEY NEVER FOUND THE BODY. SOME WONDER
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MAN, IF HE LIVED AND NEVER CAME BACK OR JUST
DISAPPEARED.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): VANISH
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARE " THE BRIDGE OF ARTA ". ; FOUNDATION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-30-1968
IF YOU TOUCHED A TOAD, YOU WOULD GET WARTS ALL OVER YOUR
HANDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
YOU GET WARTS FROM TOADS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
IN INDIA ONE MUST NOT SLEEP WITH HIS FEET POINTING IN THE
DIRECTION OF THE SOUTH, BECAUSE THE GOD OF DEATH, YAMA,
COMES FROM THE SOUTH WITH A NOOSE AND WILL LASOO HIS
FEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
SPANISH PEOPLE DO NOT CONDUCT WEDDINGS OR TRAVEL ON
FRIDAYS BECAUSE THEY FEAR BAD LUCK ON THIS DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.4 |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
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
DEATH CAR
IN 1963 A MAN DIED IN A CAR AND WAS NOT FOUND FOR A NUMBER
OF WEEKS. AFTER THEY FOUND HIM THE CAR HAD A HORRIBLE SMELL
WHICH THEY COULD NOT GET RID OF. THE CAR WAS A CORVETTE
WHICH SELLS FOR USUALLY OVER $4000, WAS ON SALE FOR $300.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-02-1968
KNOCK, KNOCK
A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO A GIRL WAS KILLED BY A CAR ON AN EAST SIDE
STREET. WHEN THE CAR WAS RUNNING OVER HER, SHE WAS KNOCKING ON
THE CAR TO LET THE DRIVER KNOW THAT SHE WAS THERE. SHE WAS KILLED
ANYWAY. NOW WHEN A CAR DRIVES DOWN THE STREET THERE IS THE
SAME KNOCKING ON THE CAR THAT HAPPENED WHEN THE GIRL WAS KILLED
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): KNOCK - KNOCK STREET
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
PLANT LEGEND
THERE IS A TREE IN THE JUNGLES OF PANAMA
WHICH WHIPS PEOPLE IF THEY DO NOT SAY
" I HAVE SEEN YOU" IN SPANISH.
Submitter comment:
(MISS ZITZEWITZ STATED THAT THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO HER
FATHER WHEN HE FIRST MET HER MOTHER IN PANAMA.)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-02-1963
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
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