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HOLY COMMUNION WISH
IN THE SECOND GRADE TOM WAS TOLD IN CATECHISM
THAT IF HE WOULD CLOSE HIS EYES AND SAY
" MY FONDEST WISH IS ---
" MY FONDEST WISH IS ------ " AT THE MOMENT
HE RECIEVED COMMUNION, IF HE
HE RECEIVED COMMUNION, IF HIS WISH WAS NOT
SINFUL, IT WOULD BE GRANTED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INDIAN PRAYER
GREAT SPIRIT GRANT THAT I MAY NOT
CRITIZE MY NEIGHBOR UNTIL I HAVE WALKED
A MILE IN HIS MOCCASINS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): CRITICIZE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEGRO PRAYER
LORD HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
AIN'T GWINE TO LET NUTHEN' COME MY
WAY THAT YOU AND ME CAN'T HANDLE TOGETHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WELL WORSHIPING
MAKE A WISH AND TOSS A COIN INTO A WELL OR FOUNTAIN
AND IT IS BELIEVED, THAT YOUR WISH WILL COME
TRUE IF NOT REVEALED TO ANYONE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: DATE NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
A MAGICAL PRAYER
ST. JOSEPH CUPERTINO, WHO WHILE ON EARTH
WAS GRANTED TO BE ASKED AT YOUR EXAMINATION
ONLY THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU KNEW, OBTAIN
A LIKE FAVOR FOR THE EXAMINATION IN WHICH I AM
NOW PREPARING. IN RETURN I PROMISE TO TELL OTHERS
ABOUT YOU AND YOUR WORKS.
Submitter comment:
A SINCERE PRAYER TO THIS SAINT AND A "LITTLE" BIT
OF STUDYING IS GUARANTEED TO HELP ONE OUT
ON AN EXAM. LEGEND HAS IT THAT ST. JOSEPH WAS
PREPARING TO TAKE A TEST IN ORDER TO ENTER INTO PRIESTHOOD.
BEING A SLOW LEARNER HE PRAYED THAT THE
LORD WOULD HELP HIM ON THIS EXAM. THE LORD DID.
THE QUESTIONS WERE THOSE THAT HE KNEW.
HE PASSED THE TEST.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE SEEDS THAT A DANDELION GIVES OFF ARE CARRIED IN THE
WIND BY MEANS OF A LIGHT, AIRY, FUZZY METHOD.
IF A PERSON CATCHES SUCH A SEED, WISH ON IT,
AND LET IT GO SO THAT IT WOULD NEVER TOUCH
THE GROUND, HIS WISH WOULD COME TRUE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-15-1969
RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY
AND COME BACK ANOTHER DAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HEXING MULES
MR. REJAN HAD A GOOD SPAN OF YOUNG MULES THAT
HE WAS AFRAID TO SHOW OFF FOR FEAR SOMEBODY
WOULD WANT TO BUY THEM AND THEY WOULD BE HEXED.
Submitter comment: SEEMS LIKE THE EVIL EYE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 02-01-1971
EGYPTIAN CURSE
MAY ALL YOUR TEETH FALL OUT BUT ONE,
AND MAY THAT ONE GIVE YOU A TOOTHACHE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HUNGARIAN CURSE
MENGY A ANAYD KYNADBA
MAY YOU GO INTO YOUR MOTHER'S SUFFERINGS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
JAPANESE CHILDREN'S CURSE
BAKA KABA CHINDO YA
OMAE NOH OKASAN WA
OMPONTAN.
STUPID WATER BUFFALO BUFFOON
YOUR MOTHER IS A NUT.
Submitter comment: SERIOUS BECAUSE OF JAPANESE HONOR TOWARDS PARENTS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.644 BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ITALIAN CURSE
VA A MORRIRE AMAZZATO
GO DIE SLAUGHTERED.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN ITALY
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ITALIAN CURSE
I MORTACCI TUOI}
O YOUR BLASPHEMED DEAD ONES}
Submitter comment: THE DEAD ARE SACRED IN LATIN COUNTRIES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: DATE NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
WHEN YOU HAVE A BABY (IT COULD BE
ANYONE BUT BABIES ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE) AND
IF THAT BABY IS PRAISED ON HOW GOOD LOOKING
HE IS, AND THEN YOU COME HOME AND THE BABY
IS JUST SCREAMING FROM PAIN, THIS CAN
BE USED TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
PLACE A FEW GRAINS OF SALT IN A CLOTH
AND PIN THIS TO THE BABY'S UNDERSHIRT
THIS WILL INSURE A HAPPY BABY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): EVIL EYE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
IF A PERSON THINKS THAT HE HAS BEEN STARING OR
PRAISING A CHILD TOO MUCH AND IS AFRAID OF
SOMETHING HAPPENING TO THE CHILD
BECAUSE OF THIS HE SHOULD CLENCH HIS FISTS
SO THAT HIS NAILS DIG INTO HIS FLESH AND THEN
LOOK AT HIS FISTS FOR SOME TIME
WHILE DOING THIS. THIS WILL TAKE WHATEVER EVIL
THERE IS OFF THE CHILD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): EVIL EYE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
IF A BABY IS PRAISED ON HOW GOOD
LOOKING HE IS AND THEN THE BABY, WHEN HOME
SCREAMS FROM PAIN, MY GRANDFATHER USED
THIS TO RID THE CHILD OF THE PAIN.
HE WOULD PLACE THE CHILD ON THE FLOOR AND THEN
GRANDFATHER WOULD PLACE SOME OF HIS OWN SPIT
ON THE CHILD'S FOREHEAD AND CHEST.
THEN HE WOULD JUMP OVER THE CHILD AND SPIT EACH TIME
HE JUMPED. (THERE WAS A CERTAIN PATTERN TO THIS
JUMPING BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW JUST
WHAT IT WAS). 10 TO 15 MINUTES AFTER
THIS WAS DONE THE CHILD WAS HIMSELF AGAIN.
ONLY THE FIRST BORN OF THE FAMILY COULD
PERFORM THIS ACT AND MAKE IT WORK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): EVIL EYE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
VOODOO
HIT A STICK OF WOOD THREE TIMES,
CALL A PERSON EACH TIME YOU HIT IT,
BY NAME, WILL CAUSE HIM TO JUMP OUT OF BED
IF HE WAS ASLEEP .
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
CONJURATION
I WAS TOLD SOME YEARS AGO THAT WHEN
I WAS AROUND A YEAR OLD. I GOT TO CRYING AND
WOULD NOT STOP. I WOULD NOT STOP FOR ANYONE OR
ANYTHING.
MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD MY MOTHER THAT SOMEONE HAD GIVEN ME
THE EVIL EYE AND THAT WAS WHY I CRIED SO. SHE WANTED TO
TRY SOME "ITALIAN WITCHCRAFT" ON ME TO REMOVE THE EVIL EYE.
AT FIRST MY MOTHER WOULD NOT LET HER, BUT GRANDMA KEPT ASKING
UNTIL SHE DID. GRANDMA TOOK A BOWL OF WATER AND DROPPED
SOME WHEAT IN IT, SHE WATCHED THE GRAIN SINK AND COME
BACK TO THE SURFACE WITH SOME AIR BUBBLES. THE BUBBLES MEANT THAT
INDEED, SOMEONE HAD GIVEN ME THE EVIL EYE. TO REMOVE IT SHE
WENT THROUGH A RITUAL WHICH COMBINED
WITCHCRAFT AND CHRISTIANITY. FIRST,
MADE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS TO HERSELF AND TO ME. THEN SHE
BROKE THE BUBBLES, DIPPED HER FINGER IN THE WATER, MADE A
SIGN OF THE CROSS ON MY FOREHEAD AND SAID THE FOLLOWING VERSES;
OCCHI E MALOCCHI
CORNICELLI A L'OCCHI
SQUATA LE INVIDIA
E CREPA IL MALOCCHIA.
WHICH IN ENGLISH IS:
EYE OF EVIL
GIVEN TO THEE
SQUASH THE ENVY
AND BURST THE EVIL.
AS SOON AS SHE FINISHED ALL THIS , I STOPPED CRYING, TO THE
JOY OF ALL WHO HAD PUT UP WITH MY WAILING FOR A WEEK STRAIGHT.
MY MOTHER SAID THAT THERE WAS NO REASON WHY I WAS CRYING.
THE DOCTOR COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH ME. AS I HAVE SAID,
I CRIED FOR A WEEK STRAIGHT AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL IMMEDIATELY
AFTER GRANDMA HAD FINISHED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): INCANTATION
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WE HATE YOU MARY WORTH
I FIRST HEARD OF THIS BELIEF IN CLEVELAND.
IT WAS TOLD TO ME BY A COUPLE OF GIRLS WHOSE NAMES
I HAVE LONG FORGOTTEN. THESE GIRLS ACTUALLY BELIEVED
THIS: THE LEGEND IS THAT MARY WORTH WAS
A WITCH WHO LIVED IN THE 18 TH CENTURY,
AND SHE HAS NOT YET FOUND AN ETERNAL RESTING PLACE.
SHE IS ABLE TO BE CONJURED UP BY LOOKING IN A MIRROR
IN ALMOST COMPLETE DARKNESS AND BY REPEATING OVER
AND OVER, "I HATE YOU MARY WORTH,I HATE YOU MARY WORTH...."
ONE MUST REALLY CONCENTRATE ON THE EMOTION
OF HATE AND ONE MUST REALLY MEAN IT WHEN ONE SAYS,
" I HATE YOU MARY WORTH ". IF THISIS DONE CONVINCINGLY
ENOUGH, THINGS WILL START TO HAPPEN:
A GLOW WILL START TO DISFUSE THE ROOM FROM ABOVE YOUR HEAD
THE ROOM WILL GET COLD, ETC.
THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE WOULD HAPPEN AND THEY
WERE GETTING TOO SCARED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MAGIC TO DRIVE AWAY GHOSTS
IF A GHOST OR A DEVIL IS BOTHERING YOU, MAKE THE SIGN OF THE
CROSS OR SAY THE NAME JESUS AND THEY WILL BE FRIGHTENED AWAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN