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EVIL_EYE BELIEF
CHILDREN IN MALTA ARE GIVEN A SPECIAL RELIGIOUS
BLESSING AND ALSO CARRY A RELIGIOUS MEDAL
TO WARD OFF THE EVIL EYE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE GOOD LUCK IN YOUR BUSINESS
HAVE A PRIEST BLESS THE BUILDING WHEN IT IS
FIRST BUILT OR BEFORE YOU MOVE IN.
REPEAT IT FOR EACH YEAR FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS HER HOME AS WELL
AS FAMILY BUSINESSES BLESSED AT LEAST ONCE A
YEAR AND USUALLY ON A MAJOR HOLIDAY SUCH
AS CHRISTMAS . OTHER ORTHODOX, INFORMANT RELATED,
ALSO DO THE SAME.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-08-1971
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS/ THERE SAT --- SWEET
AS A ROSE/ SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET/ ALONG CAME --- AND
KISSED HER CHEEK/ HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE? (COUNT)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEF
WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, PAT THE INFORMANT TOLD ME SHE BELIEVED THAT THE
REASON WE SAY "GOD BLESS YOU" WHEN A PERSON SNEEZES IS BECAUSE THAT
PERSON HAS JUST LOST A LITTLE BIT OF HIMSELF IN THE SNEEZE AND GOD
OUGHT TO GIVE HIM A BLESSING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
WISH: EYELASH HAIR
WHEN A HAIR FELL OUT OF A YOUNG GIRL'S
EYELASH SHE WOULD PUT IT IN THE PALM OF HER HAND.
THEN WITH THE INDEX FINGER OF THE OPPOSITE HAND
SHE WOULD TRY TO PICK UP THE EYELASH SIMPLY BY
APPLYING PRESSURE UPON THAT FINGER AND HOPING THAT
THE HAIR WOULD STICK TO HER FINGER.
THIS WAS THE METHOD OF WISHING(MOST PROBABLY FOR A MATE)
AND HOPING THAT HER WISH WOULD COME TRUE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT CLAIMS THIS METHOD OF WISHING WAS
FORMALLY USED BY THE YOUNG GIRLS OF HER TIME.
SHE ALSO REMEMBERS USING IT HERSELF.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
THREE
DEATH ALWAYS COME IN GROUPS OF THREES.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
DEATH BELIEF
PEOPLE DIE THREE AT A TIME.
Submitter comment:
BY THIS THE INFORMANT MEANS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
EACH OTHER DIE IN THREES OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. HE CITED
AN EXAMPLE - THREE OF HIS BOSSES DIED WITHIN A YEARS TIME.
INFORMANT SAID OTHER PEOPLE HAVE AGREED WITH HIS BELIEF.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
HAWAIIAN FOOD
THE HAWAIIANS EAT FOR THEIR STARCH - TORO ROOT POUNDED
AND MIXED WITH WATER FOR A FASTE. THEY EAT IT WITH THEIR FINGERS.
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): STARCH
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation |
Date learned: 04-08-1971
PROVERB
DEATH COMES IN THREE'S
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-16-1970
INNNOCENT HARE
SPORTSMAN AROUSE THE MORNING IS CLEAR,
THE LARKS ARE SINGING ALL IN THE AIR
SPORTSMAN AROUSE THE MORNING IS CLEAR,
THE LARKS ARE SINGING ALL IN THE AIR
GO TELL YOUR SWEET LOVER THE HOUNDS ARE OUT
GO TELL YOUR SWEET LOVER THE HOUNDS ARE OUT
SADDLE YOUR HORSE, YOUR SADDLE PREPARE,
WITH A WAY TO SOME COVER TO SEEK FOR OUR HARE.
WE SEARCHED THE WOODS, THE GROUNDS ALL ROUND
WE SEARCHED THE WOODS, THE GROUNDS ALL ROUND
THE TRAIL BEING OVER THE GAME IS FOUND
THEN UP SHE SPRINGS
THE TRAIL IS OVER THE GAME IS FOUND
THEN UP SHE SPRINGS
THROUGH THE BREAKS SHE FLY
THROUGH THE BREAKS SHE FLY
FOLLOW, FOLLOW THE MUSICAL HORN
SING FOLLOW HER FORWARD THE INNOCENT HARE.
THE HUNTSMAN BLOWS HIS JOYFUL SOUND
TALLY-HO ME BOY ALL OVER THE GROUND
THE HUNTSMAN BLOWS HIS JOYFUL SOUND
TALLY-HO ME BOY ALL OVER THE GROUND
FROM THE WOODS TO THE VALLEY SEE HOW SHE CREEPS
FROM THE WOODS TO THE VALLEY SEE HOW SHE CREEPS
FOLLOW, FOLLOW THE MUSICAL HORN
SING FOLLOW THE MUSICAL HARE
ALL ALONG THE GREEN TURF SHE PANTS FOR BREATH
THE HUNTSMAN HE CRIES OUT FOR DEATH
ALL ALONG THE GREEN TURF SHE PANTS FOR BREATH
THE HUNTSMAN HE CRIES OUT FOR DEATH
REALOUT, REALOUT, RETIRING HARE
REALOUT, REALOUT, RETIRING HARE
FOLLOW, FOLLOW THE MUSICAL HORN
SING FOLLOW HER FORWARD THE INNOCENT HARE.
THIS HARE HAS LEAD US A NOBLE RUN
SUCCESS TO SPORTSMAN EVERYONE
THIS HARE HAS LEAD US A NOBLE RUN
SUCCESS TO SPORTSMAN EVERYONE
FOR THE CHASE SHE HAS LED US,
FOUR HOURS OR MORE
FOR THE CHASE SHE HAS LED US,
FOUR HOURS OR MORE
WINE AND BEER WE WILL DRINK WITHOUT FEAR
WE WILL DRINK THE SUCCESS THE INNOCENT HARE.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Emotion |
BELIEF
IF DURING PREGNANCY A WOMAN HAS HEARTBURN CONSTANTLY, THEN THE BABY
WILL BE BORN WITH A LOT OF HAIR. IF THE WOMAN EXPERIENCES NO
HEARTBURN THEN THE BABY WILL BE BORN BALD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): PREDICTION SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
IF YOU CATCH IN A SPOON THE BUBBLES OFF THE TOP OF SOME HOT COFFEE
AND DRINK THEM WIYHOUT BREAKING ANY BUBBLES,
THEN YOU WILL GET SOME MONEY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
PNEUMONIA
A REMEDY FOR PNEUMONIA IS TO FRY ONIONS AND PUT THEM IN A CLOTH AND
APPLY IT TO THE CHEST UNTIL THE CONGESTION BREAKS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
THREE ON A MATCH SUPERSTITION
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THREE PEOPLE TO LIGHT
A CIGARETTE ON THE SAME MATCH.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
BUYING A NEW HOUSE
IF YOU BUY A BRAND NEW HOME, SOMETIMES BAD LUCK IN THE
FORM OF ILLNESS, WILL BEFALL A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
ITCH
IF YOU HAVE AN ITCHING PROBLEM
THROW A PENNY IN THE MIDDLE OF A CROSS STREET.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DECLARED THAT DESPITE MODERN MEDICINE,
SHE ACTUALLY SAW A WOMAN DO THIS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
THE WOMAN'S ITCHING PROBLEM DID GO AWAY
BUT THE INFORMANT BELIEVES IT WAS PROBABLY PSYCHOLOGICAL.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
CONJURATION
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DESIRE,
YOU MAY GET IT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
CHRISTMAS
ON CHRISTMAS EVE TAKE WHEAT STALKS AND THROW THEM AT THE PICTURES ON
THE WALL. THE MORE THAT STICK TO THE WALL, THE MORE PLENTIFUL THE
CROP WOULD BE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: 03-11-1970
WOMAN
IF A WOMAN ENTER YOUR HOUSE FIRST ON MONDAY MORNING,
IT IS SAID THAT YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK THE REST OF THE WEEK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED THIS.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): FIRST ON MONDAY MORNING ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
BURNING PALM
WHENEVER A BAD STORM OCCURED, PIECES OF
PALMS RECEIVED ON PALM SUNDAY WERE BURNED
TO INSURE PROTECTION FOR THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 03-27-1970