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IT WAS CUSTOMARY FOR PEOPLE TO WALK IN PROCESSION FROM
THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD PERSON TO THE PLACE OF BURIAL
(WITH THE CASKET) TO KEEP HIM COMPANY ON HIS LAST
JOURNEY ON EARTH.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-04-1967
ITALIAN BURIAL CUSTOM
SOME ITALIANS BELIEVE THAT IF THEY SCATTER THE ASHES
OF A CREMATED FRIEND OR RELATIVE OVER THE TOWN, THE
DEAD PERSON'S SPIRIT WILL REMAIN WITH THE TOWNSPEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
HEARING THE DOOR SLAM BEFORE THE PERSON COMES
THROUGH IT, MEANS THAT THAT PERSON'S DEATH WILL
SOON FOLLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-20-1970
NAVAHO LEGEND
MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A LAKE THAT COVERED THE
NORTH-EASTERN PART OF ARIZONA. IT DRAINED THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON.
THE NAVAHO INDIANS BELIEVED THAT THEIR FOREFATHERS WERE THERE
BEFORE THE LAKE. THE LAKE WAS MADE BY THE BACKING UP OF THE
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER. IN ORDER TO SURVIVE THESE INDIANS TURNED
THEMSELVES INTO FISH. TO THIS DAY THE NAVAHOS DON'T EAT FISH
BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY WILL EAT ONE OF THEIR ANCESTORS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT MENTIONED THAT HE KNEW A PERSON OF NAVAHO ORIGIN
THAT WOULD NOT EAT FISH.
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S SPELLING CORRECTED BY KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Creation and Order of Animal Life |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE DOG OF A DEAD MAN KNOWS THE
INSTANT HIS MASTER IS PUT IN THE GROUND, AND WILL
YELP AT THAT SPECIFIC MOMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
THE RACCOON'S EYE MARKINGS
BECAUSE THE RACCOON WAS SUCH A SNEAKY ANIMAL, GOD GAVE HIM A BLACK
MASK SO HE'D LOOK LIKE A CRIMINAL.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RACCOON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Characteristics of Animals |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
WEEPING WILLOWS
WEEPING WILLOWS WERE ONCE STRAIGHT LIKE ORDINARY TREES. ONCE UPON
A TIME SEVERAL WILLOWS WERE GROWING AROUND THIS SMALL COTTAGE.
SOME TERRIBLE TRAGEDY BEFELL THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THAT HOUSE AND
THE WILLOWS BOWED THEIR BRANCHES IN SORROW. THEY HAVE BEEN THAT
WAY EVER SINCE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Origin of Characteristics of Plants |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PUT A PENNY IN A CASKET AND MAKE A WISH.
Submitter comment:
SYLVIA LEARNED THIS FROM HER SISTER, WHO IN TURN
LEARNED IT AT THE HURSES' LOUNGE AT BEAUMONT
HOSPITAL, DETROIT (ACTUALLY IN ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
IF YOU SLAP YOUR MOTHER, YOUR HAND WILL STICK OUT
OF THE GRAVE WHEN YOU ARE BURIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-27-1968