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MAGIC BLESSED CANDLES
PROTECT YOUR HOUSE FROM DANGER
BY BURNING A BLESSED CANDLE DURING AN ELECTRIC STORM.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
MAGIC BLESSED PALMS
ALWAYS KEEP BLESSED PALMS IN YOUR HOUSE TO KEEP EVIL AWAY.
THE EFFECT IS EVEN STRONGER WHEN YOU BRAID THE PALMS
LIKE YOU WOULD BRAID A PERSONS HAIR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
FOUR LEAF CLOVERS
IF A PERSON FINDS A FOUR LEAF CLOVER
HE WILL GET WHATEVER WISH HE MAKES ON IT.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
PENNIES IN THE FOUNTAIN.
IF YOU THROW A PENNY IN TO A FOUNTAIN
IT WILL BRING YOU WHATEVER YOU WISH FOR ON THE PENNY.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): MONEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
NEW YEARS DAY BELIEF
IF THE FIRST PERSON TO ENTER A HOUSE
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY IS A WOMAN, THAT HOUSEHOLD
WILL HAVE BAD LUCK AND SICKNESS THROUGHOUT THE
NEW YEAR.
Submitter comment: I WAS TOLD THIS IS AN ENGLISH CUSTOM.
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
BELIEF
TAKE AN EYELASH THAT HAS FALLEN FROM YOUR EYE,
PLACE IT ON YOUR LEFT HAND, MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
BELIEF IN THE PATRON SAINTS
MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER,
CAROLINE SASSAK, ALWAYS PRAYED THAT SHE
WOULD DIE ON HER PATRON SAINTS FEAST DAY
AND SHE DID. MY AUNT, MARY DROTAR, ALSO SAID
SHE WOULD DIE ON HER PATRON SAINT'S DAY (OCTOBER 25)
AND SHE DID ALSO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
CROUP
TO CURE THE CROUP, PUT GOOSE GREASE ON YOUR CHEST; THEN PUT
A PIECE OF RED FLANNEL OVER IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-15-1970
BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD WENT DOWNTOWN./ BLONDIE BOUGHT AN EVENING GOWN./
DAGWOOD BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES,
COOKIE BOUGHT THE EVENING NEWS./ THIS
IS WHAT IT SAID- LADY ON ONE FOOT, ONE FOOT, ONE FOOT,/ LADY ON TWO
FEET, TWO FEET, TWO FEET,
LADY ON THREE FEET, THREE FEET, THREE FEET,
LADY ON FOUR FEET, FOUR FEET, FOUR.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-03-1967
PALM SUNDAY TRADITION
ON PALM SUNDAY THE PEOPLE USED TO HAVE PROCESSIONS AROUND THE
CHURCH WITH PALMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
PREGNANCY SUPERSTITION
WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT AND SEES SOMETHING HORRIBLE SHE SLAPS
HER HAND ON ANY PART OF THE BODY AND IT WILL LEAVE A BIRTHMARK
OF THE THING SHE SAW.
Data entry tech comment:
There are three others similar to this in archive.
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Specific distinguishing characteristic Dimple, wart, mole, scar, freckle, birthmark, strawberry mark, bruise, spot (on any part of body) BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-22-1969
BELIEF(CUSTOM) (POLISH)
FISH MUST BE EATEN ON NEW YEARS
EVE FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
SIGN OF THE CROSS
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON
AND THE HOLY SPOOK.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
BELIEF(CUSTOM)
A CRUST OF BREAD AND PENNIES SHOULD BE HIDDEN IN THE
HOME ON NEW YEARS EVE SO THAT THE FAMILY WILL
HAVE A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FOOD MONEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
NUMBERS
FRIDAY THE 13TH IS A UNLUCKY DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 11-13-1970
Never open an umbrella in a building.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-07-1992
SUPERSTITION EVIL EYE
MY MOTHER USED TO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE CAME
AND CARRIED YOUR SLEEP AWAY,
ESPECIALLY IF THERE WAS
A NEW BABY .
IF A STRANGER STARES AT THE BABY THEY
TAKE THE SLEEP AWAY.
TO UNDO THIS YOU TAKE A HOT COAL
FROM THE FIRE AND DROP IT IN A TALL GLASS
OF WATER. IF IT DOES NOT SINK, THEN IT IS TRUE
THAT THE PERSON HAD WICKED EYES.
IF THE COAL GOES TO THE BOTTOM THE BABY WILL
GO TO SLEEP. SHE WOULD ALSO
TAKE A DRINK OF THE WATER AND SHE WOULD
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS OVER THE WATER.
Submitter comment:
THE MOTHER OF MARY ABRAMS WAS BORN IN HUNGARY AND
RAISED IN EUROPE. SHE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AND
LIVED ON A FARM IN SCANTON, PENN.
WITH HER HUSBAND AND FAMILY.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 11-10-1970
BELIEF IN THE EVIL EYE
IF SOMEONE HAS VERY VIVIDLY DARK BROWN EYES,
THEY MUST ONLY STARE AT YOU TO PLACE A HEX.
THE BELIEF IS ONE OF POLISH AMERICANS,
AND THE POLISH WORD IS OCZAROWANIA.
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
MATCHMAKING
IN INDIA A COUPLE IS MATCHED FOR MARRIAGE BY MATCHING THEIR
HOROSCOPES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR STARS ARE AGREEABLE.
Where learned: HOME ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; EAST QUAD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Parental arrangement of marriage |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
WARDING OFF DEVIL
IF YOU THROW SALT OVER YOUR SHOULDER
YOU'LL WARD OFF THE DEVIL.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 03-24-1970