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SUPERSTITION
DROPPED SILVERWARE MEANS SOMEONE WANTS TO COME OVER. IF IT IS A
FORK, IT IS A MAN WHO WANTS TO COME OVER. IF IT IS A SPOON,
IT IS A WOMAN.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LACKED AN EXPLANATION BUT NOTES THAT AS A CHILD,
SHE CAN REMEMBER, IN FAIRY TALES, THE SPOON BEING SYMBOLIC OF
A FEMALE, AND A FORK BEING SYMBOLIC OF A MALE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DEPARTMENT STORE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 02-20-1979
SUPERSTITION
COVER ALL MIRRORS IN THE HOUSE WITH SHEETS DURING A STORM TO PREVENT
LIGHTENING FROM STRIKING THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
THIS BELIEF WAS BELIEVED JUSTLY EXPLAINED BY THE FACT THAT LIGHTENING
IS ATTRACTED TO MIRRORS. THUS, ACCORDING TO THE INFORMANT,
COVERING THE MIRRORS IN A HOUSE WILL PREVENT THE ATTRACTION OF
LIGHTENING, AND THEREBY PREVENT LIGHTENING FROM STRIKING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DEPARTMENT STORE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 02-20-1979
SUPERSTITION
CUT HAIR DURING A FULL MOON AND HAIR WONT GROW.
Submitter comment:
THIS BELIEF WAS EXPLAINED THROUGH THE WAXING AND WANING OF THE
MOON. GROWTH IS THOUGHT TO OCCUR ONLY DURING THE WANING PERIOD
WHEN THE MOON IS PALE, AND NOT DURING THE WAXING PERIOD WHEN THE
MOON IS FULL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DEPARTMENT STORE
James Callow Keyword(s): NOT HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 02-20-1979
SUPERSTITION
LETTING UP AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE RESULTS IN BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LACKS AN EXPLANATION FOR THE BELIEF, BUT HAS HEARD
THE BELIEF REPORTED BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DEPARTMENT STORE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-13-1979
SUPERSTITION
WALKING WITH ONE SHOE ON AND ONE OFF RESULTS IN BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SEES THIS BELIEF AS VALID. SHE REASONS THAT HAVING ONE
ARCH SUPPORTED AND THE OTHER UNSUPPORTED RESULTS IN BAD FEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DEPARTMENT STORE
Date learned: 02-20-1979
SUPERSTITION
A BIRD IN THE HOUSE IS A SIGN OF BAD LUCK, MORE SPECIFICALLY,
A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT STATES THAT SHE REMEMBERS HEARING THIS BELIEF FROM
HER GRANDMOTHER WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE, BUT OFFERS NO EXPLANATION
FOR THE BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DEPARTMENT STORE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-13-1979
SUPERSTITION
STEPPING OVER THE BROOM HANDLE MEANS YOU'LL SOON BE MARRIED.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT STATES THAT ONCE, AS A CHILD, SHE STEPPED OVER A BROOM
THAT WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR, AND REMEMBERS HER MOTHER STATING
THE BELIEF THAT SHE WOULD SOON BE MARRIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DEPARTMENT STORE
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Marriage |
IF AN EXPECTANT MOTHER EATS LOADS OF BANANAS, SHE'LL
HAVE A BOY.
Where learned: DEPARTMENT STORE ; HUDSONS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
TAKING YOUR TROUBLES TO BED AT NIGHT IS LIKE SLEEPING
WITH A PACK ON YOUR BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT A&P FOOD STORE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
SLIP SPOON
WHEN I WAS WORKING AS A SHOE CLERK A LADY ASKED ME FOR A SLIP SPOON,
TO PUT HER SHOE ON WITH.
Submitter comment: (I USUALLY USE A SHOE HORN)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; FEDERAL DEPARMENT STORE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 08-00-1969
NAME
"BELGIANS ARE BUFFALO." THE REASON WHY THEY CALL BELGIAN PEO-
PLE BUFFALOS IS THAT DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION, THE BELGIAN
PEOPLE MIGRATED TO BUFFALO NEW YORK FOR BETTER JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
AFTER THE DEPRESSION, THE BELGIANS MOVED BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL
HOMES. SINCE, THEY WERE STUCK WITH THE NAME BUFFALO.
THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY A BELGIAN MEAT TRUCK DRIVER,
WHOSE NAME WAS GEORGE, ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; A&P FOOD STORE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
RED RIBBON
A RED RIBBON PLACED ON THE BOTTOM OF A BABY
MATTRESS WILL WARD OFF THE EVIL EYE
OF A WOMAN WHO HAS NEVER HAD CHILDREN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; A&P FOOD STORE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
SAYING
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS SAID, "I'D TRADE WITH THE DEVIL IF HE
HAD WHAT I WANTED."
Submitter comment:
MARGARET PREFACED ALL HER GRANDMOTHER DYER'S SAYINGS THIS
WAY--HER GRANDMOTHER WAS A CHARACTER. WHEN SOMEONE SAID,
"WELL, I DON'T THINK I'LL GO TO THAT STORE," HER GRANDMOTHER
WOULD RETORT WITH THIS SAYING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREEN HILLS ; CAIN SLOAN DEPARTMENT STORE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-08-1964
SAYING
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS SAID, "IF I EVER GET HYDROPHOBIA,
I HAVE A LONG LIST OF PEOPLE I WANT TO GO OUT AND BITE."
Submitter comment:
MARGARET'S GRANDMOTHER DYER WAS A CHARACTER AND THIS
POINTS IT OUT. THIS COULD PROBABLY BE TRUE OF MARGARET
AND HER FATHER TOO--IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREEN HILLS ; CAIN SLOAN DEPARTMENT STORE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IF YOU GET SOMEONE'S HAIR AND BURY IT UNDER YOUR DOOR, THAT PERSON WILL COME TO VISIT YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ; BOOKSTORE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 05-00-1970
THE FUNERAL MARCH
WHEN A DANGEROUS OR TICKLISH SITUATION IS ABOUT TO BE
ENTERED, THE PARTICIPANT(S) OFTEN HUM THE FUNERAL MARCH
(DUM-DUM-DE-DUM, DUM-DE-DUM-DE-DUM-DE-DUM).
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; DETROIT ; A&P FOOD STORE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
LIGHTNING AND THUNDER
WHEN IT IS LIGHTNING JESUS IS TAKING YOUR PICTURE SO YOU SHOULD
SMILE. WHEN IT THUNDERS, HENRY HUDSON AND HIS MEN ARE BOWLING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; A&P FOOD STORE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creator BELIEF -- Secular hero BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
PLANT SUPERSTITION
A PLANT OR FLOWER WILL NOT GROW IF YOU THANK THE PERSON WHO GAVE IT TO YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; A&P FOOD STORE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 04-04-1970
THORN BUSHES
THE REASON THAT THERE ARE SO MANY THORN BUSHES IN HAWAII, IS WHEN THE MISSIONARIES FIRST CAME TO HAWAII, THE NATIVES WORE NO CLOTHING. IN ORDER TO GET THEM TO WEAR CLOTHES, THE MISSIONARIES PLANTED THORN BUSHES SO THAT THE NATIVES WOULD CUT THEMSELVES ON THEM, AND THUS REALIZE THE NEED TO WEAR CLOTHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; A&P FOOD STORE
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 04-03-1970