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ITEM IN A BULLETIN PUT OUT BY THE LAND AND FORESTS
DEPARTMENT OF ONTAIN, CANADA: (ONTARIO?)
THE BEST WAY TO EFFECT CAPTURE OF A PROCUPINE IS
TO WAIT UNTIL HE'S IN THE OPEN. THEN WATCHING
FOR HIS SLAPPING TAIL, RUSH IN QUICKLY AND POP A
LARGE WASTETUB OVER HIM. THUS YOU WILL HAVE
SOMETHING TO SIT ON WHILE YOU FIGURE YOUR NEXT
MOVE.
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MY MOTHER WAS DEATHLY AFRAID OF GYPSIES AND THEY USED
TO COME AROUND. SHE BELIEVED THEY HAD UNNATURAL
POWERS AND COULD PUT A CURSE ON YOU.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P439 |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
MAKE YOUR OWN WEDDING DRESS, AND YOU'LL NOT LIVE TO
WEAR IT.
Submitter comment:
I GOT THIS FROM SEVERAL SOURCES WHEN I WAS CONSIDERING
MAKING MY WEDDING GOWN; THIS GIRL MUST NOT BELIEVE IT,
HOWEVER, SINCE SHE'S MAKING HER OWN.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Bride |
Date learned: 09-01-1968
IT IS GOOD LUCK FOR A SPIDER TO FALL ON A BRIDE AT
HER WEDDING.
Submitter comment:
SHE HAD HEARD THIS FROM A GREAT AUNT AND TOLD IT TO ME
AT THE TIME OF MY WEDDING; SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Ceremony |
Date learned: 09-01-1967
THOSE ENGAGED WITH AN EMERALD RING WILL NOT BE MARRIED.
I WAS CAUTIONED THIS BY MY MOTHER-IN-LAW AT THE TIME
WE WERE SELECTING MY ENGAGEMENT RING; SHE REALLY SEEMED
TO BELIEVE IT.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage P545.015 |
Date learned: 07-00-1966
YOUR DAUGHTERS WILL NOT MARRY IF PEACOCK FEATHERS ARE
KEPT IN THE HOME.
Submitter comment:
INTERESTING CONTRADICTION, SINCE THIS PERSON WON'T
EVEN ALLOW A PET BIRD (EVEN CANARY OR PARAKEET) IN
HER HOME--SHE HAS FOUR DAUGHTERS.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
NEVER TAKE THE LAST PIECE OF ANYTHING ON A PLATE
OR YOU WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IF YOU STEP OVER A MOP HANDLE, YOU WILL NEVER GET
MARRIED; IF YOU JUMP OVER A BROOM HANDLE, YOU WILL
MARRY.
Submitter comment:
I CAN REMEMBER AS A CHILD BEING VERY CAREFUL TO FOLLOW
THESE PRESCRIPTIONS.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
CHILDREN WERE CAUTIONED NOT TO PICK UP TOADS AS THEY
WOULD GET WARTS.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
A PREGNANT WOMAN IS NOT ALLOWED TO HOLD A CHILD IN
BAPTISM FOR FEAR HARM WILL COME TO HER OWN BABY OR TO
THE GODCHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; TOLEDO ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AT THE SOUND OF FIRE TRUCKS, IT IS CUSTOMARY TO MAKE
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS AND PRAY FOR THOSE IN THE
FIRE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT'S VERY BAD LUCK TO PLAY PIANO WHILE SOMEONE IN
THE HOUSE IS ILL, BECAUSE THIS MAY HASTEN THEIR
DEATH.
James Callow Keyword(s): MUSIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
WHEN SALT IS SPILLED, SOME OF IT MUST BE TOSSED
OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER.
Submitter comment: TO AVERT BAD LUCK, SAYS COLLECTOR.
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITIN DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IF YOU GET MARRIED ON A CLOUDY OR RAINY DAY,
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Superstition about good weather BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IT'S BAD LUCK TO KILL A LADYBUG.
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
NEVER OPEN YOUR UMBRELLA INSIDE THE HOUSE. IT
MEANS BAD LUCK.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PUT A HAT ON THE BED.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Keyword(s): Bed ; BELIEF ; CLOTHING ; Fashion ; Hat ; LUCK ; Placement ; PREDICTION ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
BREAKING A MIRROR MEANS SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK.
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO GET MARRIED AS THE BIG HAND OF THE
CLOCK GOES UP AND BAD LUCK TO GET MARRIED AS THE
HANDS GO DOWN.
Data entry tech comment: LIKE AT 12:00 NOON RATHER THAN 12:15
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Time or day of ceremony BELIEF -- Good luck Activities BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS
THERE SAT ANNIE AS SWEET AS A ROSE
ALONG CAME A BEE AND SAT ON HER NOSE.
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.