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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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LUCK
IF YOU SEE A WHIRLWIND COMING TOWARDS YOUR HOUSE, IT IS A SIGN OF TROUBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home ; 28244 Grixdale
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 01-12-1970
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
WEATHER BELIEF
WHEN THE WIND IS PARTICULARLY STRONG, A WITCH COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-19-1970
MYSTERY SPOT-WATER
AT THIS PARK WATER RUNS UPHILL BECAUSE A GHOST HAUNTS THE WHOLE PARK.
THIS IS AT ST. IGNACE, MICHIGAN, IN THE U.P.
Data entry tech comment:
"U.P." IS MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): UPPER PENINSULA = U.P.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Earth BELIEF -- Water |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
MYSTERY SPOT-GRAVITY
THIS IS A PARK AT ST. IGNACE, MICHIGAN, IN THE U.P. WHERE, BECAUSE OF A GHOST HAUNTING IT, THE GRAVITY IS EXTRA-STRONG, AND YOU CAN STAND ON THE WALL OF A CABIN AND NOT FALL BECAUSE OF THIS
GRAVITATIONAL FORCE.
Data entry tech comment:
"U.P." IS MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-GRAVITY ; UPPER PENINSULA = U.P.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Universe BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Earth BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
CAVE LEGEND
HE WHO SLEEPS IN THE CAVE OF THE PUNKO WILL DIE.
(FROM HAWAII)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; informant's home ; 80 Tourraine
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Formation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
BAD LUCK
IF YOU BORROW SALT, YOU SHOULD NEVER GIVE IT BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Flavoring BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
TREE BELIEF
TREES WHICH BEAR FRUIT, WILL BEAR BETTER FRUIT IF ONE DRIVES A NAIL INTO THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): IRON?
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
SUPERSTITON
AN ENGLISH IVY PLANT IN THE HOUSE WILL BRING BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STRONGLY BELIEVES THIS. SHE CLAIMS THAT WHENEVER SHE HAD SUCH A PLANT IN THE HOUSE, THE RESULT WAS NOTHING BUT BAD LUCK UNTIL SHE DISPOSED OF THE PLANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
PLANT FOOD
PUT A PENNY IN YOUR TULIPS, THEY WILL KEEP FRESHER IN THE VASE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): MINERAL: COPPER ; PLANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
GARLIC BELIEF
HANG GARLIC OVER YOUR WINDOW TO KEEP THE EVIL SPIRITS AWAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant is collector's father.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
BLACK TABOO
IF YOU EAT BLACK GRAPES OR BLACK FIGS THEN SOME SORT OF BAD LUCK WILL FOLLOW, SUCH AS BAD NEWS, OR YOU'LL DO SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL FEEL SORRY ABOUT LATER. HOWEVER, RED, WHITE, GREEN, AND BLUE GRAPES/FIGS ARE OK TO EAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO ; TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME ; 5583 South 4th St.
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC, COLOR
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
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
CUCUMBER BELIEF
NEVER EAT THE END OF A CUCUMBER WHERE THERE ARE NO SEEDS BECAUSE IT IS POISONOUS.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER ACTUALLY BELIEVES THIS BECAUSE HER MOTHER BELIEVED IT. IN OUR HOME WE NEVER EAT THAT END OF A CUCUMBER EVEN THOUGH ALL OF A PICKLE IS REGARDED AS SAFE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK ; collector's home ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PLANT BELIEF
TOMATOES ARE SEX APHRODISIACS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
Spinach Belief
SPINACH GIVES YOU MUSCLES.
Submitter comment:
Purpose of consumption.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home ; 4308 Tyler
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
SASSAFRAS BELIEF
SASSAFRAS IS FOR ENERGY.
Submitter comment:
Purpose of consumption.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT HERB?
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-26-1970
ALWAYS GET INTO BED ON THE SAME SIDE AS YOUR HUSBAND IF YOU WANT TO STAY TOGETHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 08-02-1970
Sweet Sally
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT SALLY AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET.
ALONG CAME JIMMY AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, (UNTIL ONE MISSES)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
Dutch Girl
I'm a littel Dutch girl dressed in blue.
These are the things I like to do.
Salute to he captin,
Curtsy to the queen,
Turn my back on the mean old king.
Submitter comment:
Informant and collect share the same surname.
Where learned: informant's home
Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |