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PLANTING METHOD
THIS IS A COMMON METHOD USED BY INDIANS IN PLANTING TOMATOES. A HOLE ABOUT 18 INCHES DEEP IS DUG. ABOUT HALF OF THIS HOLE IS FILLED WITH DRY CHOPPED CORNSTALKS. THIS IS COVERED WITH A FEW INCHES OF GROUND, THE TOMATO SEED AND A FINAL THIN LAYER OF GROUND.
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
GARLIC BELIEF
GARLIC BUILDS UP THE BLOOD.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
PLANT LORE
IF YOU STEAL A ROSE THAT HAS THREE LEAVES GROWING ON ONE STEM BELOW THE FLOWER, YOU CAN PLANT IT AND IT WILL GROW.
Submitter comment:
ROSE CUTTINGS ARE HARD TO TRANSPLANT.
Where learned: informant's home
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-11-1970
VITAMIN BELIEF
IF YOU EAT GREEN VEGETABLES, THEY'LL MAKE YOUR HAIR THICK AND FASTER-GROWING
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME ; 26257 Elba
Keyword(s): VEGETABLES
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; FUNCTION ; Positive
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
A NATURAL TRANSITION
AT ABOUT TEN YEARS, I BEGAN A COLLECTION OF THE WHITE BALLS OF FUZZ WHICH COME OFF THE TREES IN OUR OLD NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN MY FRIEND HEARD OF THE COLLECTION, HE TOLD ME TO RID MYSELF OF IT BEFORE THE LITTLE BALLS EVOLVED INTO HUGE SPIDERS. I RUSHED HOME AS QUICKLY AS POSIBLE AND SCATTERED THEM FAR FROM MY HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
Informant learned this in childhood.
Where learned: informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ARACHNID
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WEATHER BELIEF
LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE.
Where learned: informant's home
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1.2 BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 10-03-1968
COUGH
A GOOD REMEDY FOR A COUGH IS TO MIX A LITTLE WHISKEY WITH
HONEY AND TAKE AS NEEDED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-30-1971
MAMMAL
ONLY ON CHRISTMAS EVE, IT'S BELIEVED THAT THE CATTLE TALK AMONG
THEMSELVES. THEY TLAK OF THE DAY, DURING THE NEW YEAR, WHEN THEY
WILL CART THE CASKET OF ONE OF THE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS TO THE CEMETARY.
Submitter comment:
OUR FATHER HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER DURING THE EARLY 1900'S. IT
WAS CONSIDERED TO BE AN OLD SAYING EVEN THEN. DURING THE 1800'S ONE
MAN DID DIE AND HIS CATTLE TOWED HIS BODY TO THE CEMETARY (THIS
COULD HAVE BEEN THE ORIGIN OF THIS SAYING).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT HOME
Keyword(s): BELIEF
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Beliefs |
Date learned: 11-14-1971
HOMEMADE COUGH SYRUP
PASSED ON THROUGH THE GENERATIONS- PRESENTLY IN WRITTEN FORM:
1 CUP SUGAR
1 CUP WINE
1/2 PINT GLYCERINE
1/4 OUNCE BEECHWOOD CREOSOTE
BOIL SUGAR, WINE AND GLYCERINE AND ADD CREOSOTE, REMOVE FROM
HEAT AND BOTTLE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WOULD ALWAYS STORE THIS SYRUP IN A WINE BOTTLE.
THIS MAY BE FOUND IN AN OLD HANDWRITTEN RECORDBOOK, ITS PAGES
BROWN AND WORN, IN THE POSSESSION OF THE INFORMANT.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-27-1968
PIMPLES
IF YOU GO TO THE BATHROOM WITH FOOD IN YOUR MOUTH
YOU WILL GET PIMPLES ON YOUR TONGUE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HIS PARENTS
WHEN HE WAS NINE YEARS OLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; COLLECTORS HOME ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): CAUSE ; FUNCTION ; URINATION, DEFECATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
WORMS
WEAR A PIECE OF GARLIC AROUND NECK TO CHASE OFF BAD SPIRITS AND TO
CURE STOMACH WORMS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
PLANT CUREALLS
IF YOU CUT A SPANISH ONION AND SIT IT AT THE FOOT OF YOUR BED
WHEN YOU ARE SICK
AND THEN OPEN YOUR WINDOW A LITTLE,
IT WILL DRAW THE SICKNESS OUT OF THE ROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-16-1971
DROWNING
SCAPULAR - PROTECTION AGAINST DROWNING
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): AMULET ; PREVENTION ; RELIGIOUS BELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-25-1968
TO PREVENT A SORE THROAT, PUT 3 OR 4 STRIPS OF RAW BACON AROUND YOUR
NECK; THEN PUT A PIECE OF RED FLANNEL OR A BLACK STOCKING
ON TOP OF IT.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE 3 OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-15-1970
THE HATCHET MAN
TWO GIRLS WENT TO THE BEACH FOR THE SUMMER WHERE THEY RENTED A
COTTAGE. PEOPLE AROUND THE AREA WARNED THEM ABOUT THE HATCHET MAN
WHO COMES OUT ON THE BEACH EACH SUMMER AND HAS ALREADY KILLED THREE
PEOPLE THIS SEASON. THE GIRLS FIGURED THEY WOULD BE ALRIGHT IF THEY
LOCKED THE DOORS EACH NIGHT. ONE NIGHT ONE OF THE GIRLS HAD A DATE
AND SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET THE GUY ON THE BEACH. TO BE SAFE, THEY
DECIDED TO WORK OUT A SIGNAL SO THAT THE GIRL LEFT INSIDE THE HOUSE
WOULD KNOW WHEN TO OPEN THE DOOR. LATER ON IN THE EVENING THE
GIRL HEARD SOME NOISES AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS. THEN THE NOISE WENT
AWAY. BUT AFTER A FEW MINTUES SHE HEARD THE NOISE AGAIN, THIS TIME
AT THE FRONT DOOR. SHE HEARD SOMETHING SCRATCHING AT THE DOOR AND
IT KEPT GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER. SHE SCREAMED AND TOLD IT TO GO
AWAY. THE SCRATCHING SLOWLY FADED AWAY. AFTER A WHILE THE GIRL FELL
ASLEEP. WHEN SHE AWOKE THE NEXT MORNING SHE OPENED THE DOOR AND FOUND
DEEP SCRATCH MARKS IN IT, BLOOD ON THE PORCH AND HER GIRLDFRIEND,S
PURSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): INATTENTION TO WARNINGS-SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ; MURDER OF GIRL
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
CURE
TREATMENT FOR SUNBURN: PLACE A FRYING PAN ON THE HEAD
(TO DRAW OUT THE HEAT).
Submitter comment: HE HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; MADISON HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
ONE OF THE MEN'S FAVORITES IS TO HIT ALL THE IRISH BARS IN THE AREA.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick |
Date learned: CA1960-1975
HEADACHE
A CURE FOR A MIGRAINE HEADACHE IS TO DIP A PAPER BAG IN VINEGAR
AND WRAP IT AROUND YOUR HEAD, AND SHORTLY THE HEADACHE WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-16-1971
HEADACHE
WHENEVER MY GRANDMOTHER HAD A HEADACHE WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, SHE WOULD
PUT BROWN PAPER AND VINEGAR ON HER FOREHEAD AND TIE IT WITH A CLOTH.
THEN SHE WOULD REST FOR A WHILE.
Submitter comment:
SHE HAD HEADACHES QUITE OFTEN AND SHE USED THIS REMEDY
EVERY TIME. SUPPOSEDLY IT WORKED.
Where learned: COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-31-1971