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THERE IS A HOUSE ON MUIRLAND ROAD THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
HAUNTED BY A FRIENDLY GHOST. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE
NOTICED THAT IF THEY LEFT FOR AN EVENING AND LEFT A FEW
LIGHTS ON, WHEN THEY RETURNED DIFFERENT LIGHTS WOULD BE
ON. HANGERS WOULD FALL OFF THE CLOSET RACK FOR NO REASON
AND AS SOON AS THEY WERE HUNG BACK UP AND THE PEOPLE WERE
DOWNSTAIRS, THEY WOULD HEAR THE HANGERS ALL FALL OFF AGAIN.
ALSO THEY WOULD HEAR FOOTSTEPS OF SOMEONE WALKING UPSTAIRS
WHEN ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE HOUSE WERE TOGETHER DOWN-
STAIRS AND WHEN THEY INVESTIGATED, THERE WAS NO ONE THERE.
Submitter comment:
KATHY BELIEVES IN THIS BECAUSE SHE WAS IN THE HOUSE WHEN
SOME OF THESE MYSTERIOUS THINGS HAPPENED. SHE ALSO BELIEVED
ALONG WITH THE INHABITANTS OF THE HOUSE THAT THE GHOST WAS
FRIENDLY BECAUSE IT NEVER DID ANY HARM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
IF YOU CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY,
THEN IT MUST BE A LIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 04-01-1970
WHEN YOU SNEEZE YOUR HEART STOPS. (THIS MAY BE TRUE, BUT
SOME CLAIM IT IS JUST A BELIEF AND HAS NO MEDICAL SUPPORT).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 11-24-1970
MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO SAY THAT SNEEZING IS CAUSED
BY DUST ON THE BRAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
TRUTH BELIEF
WHEN SOMEONE CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT HE WANTED TO SAY,
"IT MUST HAVE BEEN A FIB."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 10-19-1970
PEOPLE THAT HAVE TOOTHPICKS IN THEIR POCKETS ARE
USUALLY SMILING.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO ME A SECOND TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.3 |
Date learned: 11-18-1969
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A PERSON EATS BURNT TOAST,
IT WILL PUT HAIR ON HIS CHEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.1 |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
PEOPLE USING LOTS OF SALT ARE USUALLY VERY JEALOUS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ALSO A BELIEF WHICH WAS PASSED FROM GENERATION
TO GENERATIONS OF THE GLASS FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.1 |
Date learned: 02-15-1971
THIRST
IF A PERSON IN INDIA GETS THIRSTY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT, HE BELIEVES HE MUST GET UP AND GET A DRINK OF
WATER, OR HIS SOUL WILL WANDER FOREVER IN SEARCH OF
WATER AND NEVER COME BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.1 |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
SUPERSTITION
WHEN JEWISH WOMEN ARE PREGNANT THEY DO NOT BUY A LAYETTE FOR FEAR IF
THEY DO, THEY WILL LOSE THE CHILD OR ELSE THE CHILD WILL BE BORN DEA
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-09-1971
SYMBOLISM OF NATURE
THUNDER WAS A SIGN THAT THE ANGELS WERE HAVING A WAR.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 04-04-1967
SYMBOLISM OF NATURE
LIGHTNING WAS GOD BECOMING ANGRY AND PUNISHING THE
ANGELS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 04-04-1967
A RISING SUN MEANS A GOOD DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
STARS ARE PIECES OF THE MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Star |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
THE OWL
AN OWL AFTER A RECENT OPERATION, WAS QUOTED AS SAYING:
'SINCE THEN I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HOOT WORTH A SHIT,
OR SHIT WORTH A HOOT!'
Submitter comment:
I FOUND THIS ON A WALL OF THE MEN'S JOHN AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF DETROIT LIBRARY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LAVATORY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
IF YOU SNAP YOUR FINGER AT DAWN, BUTTERFILES WILL COME
AROUND.
Submitter comment: ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Sun |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
BELIEF CONCERNING CHRISTMAS
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF YOU ARE SPANKED ON CHRISTMAS EVE, YOU WILL BE
SPANKED ALL YEAR LONG. I GUESS WE WERE TOLD THIS TO BE EXTRA GOOD
ALL DAY LONG IN PREPARATION FOR CHRIST'S BIRTH, AND ALSO SO AS TO
STAY OUT OF THE BUSY MOTHERS' WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
GRAFFITI
I.P. DAILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GRAFFITI
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG FOR URINATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IF RATS LEAVE A HOUSE, SO GOES THE WEALTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
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