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WAYS TO KILL A VAMPIRE
THROWING HOLY WATER ON A VAMPIRE WILL KILL HIM.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
WAYS TO KILL A VAMPIRE
FEEDING A VAMPIRE TYPE "O" BLOOD WILL KILL HIM.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
WHO BECOMES A VAMPIRE
DEAD PEOPLE NOT BURIED WITHIN 5 DAYS WILL BECOME A VAMPIRE.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
WHO BECOMES A VAMPIRE
WEREWOLVES KILLED BY MAGICAL MEANS WILL
IN FIVE DAYS RETURN AS A VAMPIRE.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
WHO WILL BECOME A VAMPIRE
A PERSON WILL BE A VAMPIRE IF HE IS BORN ON HALLOWEEN
OR CONCEIVED ON WOLPURGIS NIGHT--THE NIGHT BEFORE MAY 1.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 30 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
WHO BECOMES A VAMPIRE
A PERSON BECOMES A VAMPIRE IF HE HIMSELF IS A VICTIM OF A VAMPIRE.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROTECTION AGAINST VAMPIRES
TORCHES WAVED WILDLY IS A PROTECTIVE CHARM AGAINST VAMPIRES.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
Keyword(s): FIRE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
WAYS TO KILL A VAMPIRE
CUTTING OFF A PART OF A VAMPIRE'S BODY WILL KILL HIM--
BECAUSE VAMPIRE SPIRITS CAN ONLY RESIDE IN THE WHOLE BODIES.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
My aunt heard this story from a friend whose
friend had it happen to her. She had gone to
a large nursery and bought a cactus that was
about two or three feet tall. She had just had
a baby and was home alone all day caring for it.
When she sat down to rest she thought she saw the
the cactus moving a little. When she told her
husband he just figured that she was fatigued from
taking care of the baby all day. One day it really
started to bother her so she called the store.
The manager got on the phone and told her not to
panic but to put the cactus in a dark closet and
to leave the house until he arrived. A few minutes
later, they arrived, went into the house, covered
it up and carried it to a truck. The manager was
also sending an exterminator to the house.
Apparently a whole shipment of cactuses from the
southwest had eggs laid in them by tarantulas.
When the sun warmed up the cactus, the eggs would
begin to hatch and that's what gave the cactus the
appearance of moving. If they don't eat their way
out, the cactus will literally explode from the
pressure created by all the baby tarantulas inside.
Submitter comment:
I thought that this story was true, but in the
last couple years I've heard other people tell
similar stories. I think my aunt also thought it
was true.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Plant BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001980S
WHO BECOMES A VAMPIRE
UNBAPTISED PEOPLE BURIED IN UNHALLOWED GROUND WILL BECOME VAMPIRES.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFORMATION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
WAYS TO KILL A VAMPIRE
SHOOTING A VAMPIRE WITH A SILVER BULLET OR OTHER BULLET WITH
A CROSS CARVED ON IT WILL KILL THE VAMPIRE.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
BLACK-EYED PEAS COOKED ON NEW YEARS DAY BRINGS GOOD LUCK THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT CONTINUES TO PRACTICE THE ACT WHICH SHE FIRST
BEGAN IN YAZOO CITY, MISSISSIPPI, EVEN THOUGH SHE DISMISSES
THE BELIEF AS NONSENSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DEPARTMENT STORE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F 57 F 57.2 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 02-13-1979
SUPERSTITION
LEFT EYE JUMPING MEANS SOMEONE WANTS TO SEE YOU.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT GIVES A VERY SIMPLISTIC EXPLANATION FOR THE BELIEF.
SINCE THE PURPOSE OF THE EYE IS VISION, HE EXPLAINS A
JUMPING EYE AS IN NEED OF VISION. HOWEVER, THE NEED IS SEEN
IN SOMEONE ELSE. SOMEONE WANTS TO SEE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DEPARTMENT STORE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-20-1979
ACCA BACCA SODA CRACKER. ACCA BACCA BOO IF YOUR FATHER CHEWS TOBACCO
HE'S A REGULAR JEW. OUT GOES THE CAT, OUT GOES THE RAT, OUT GOES YOU.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
POLISH CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
THE DINNER CONSISTS OF THIRTEEN COURSES, ALL OF WHICH ARE MEATLESS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
James Callow comment:
Christmas Day?
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION BUILDING
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT ; CHRISTMAS ; Course ; CUSTOM ; Dinner ; FOOD CUSTOM ; holiday ; Ingredients ; Meal ; Vegetarian
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Menus |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
POLISH EASTER MONDAY CUSTOM
EVERYONE GIVES FOOD TO EVERYONE ELSE FOR FERTILITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION BUILDING ; told at work
Keyword(s): EASTER GIFTS ; FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
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FOLK ART: FUNCTIONAL SHIFT
MANY OLD RAILROAD DEPOTS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED FOR USE AS
RESTAURANTS, SHOPS AND OFFICES.
Submitter comment:
A CLOSE-BY EXAMPLE IS THE FORMER MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD IN
ANN ARBOR. IT IS NOW THE GANDY DANCER RESTAURANT.
Where learned: UNITED STATES
James Callow Keyword(s): ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Color Design ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Public Building |
FOLK ART: FUNCTIONAL SHIFT
OLD RAILROAD LANTERNS ARE OFTEN COVERTED FOR USE AS TABLE LAMPS.
Where learned: UNITED STATES
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Color Design |
FOLK ART: FUNCTIONAL SHIFT
RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVE BUILDER'S PLATES ARE USED AS WALL
DECORATIONS BY RAILROAD LOVERS (RAILFANS) OR MODEL RAILROADERS.
Submitter comment:
A BUILDER'S PLATE IS A CAST METAL PLATE FASTENED TO THE LOCOMOTIVE
WHICH LISTS ITS MANUFACTURER, SERIAL NUMBER AND DATE OF MANUFACTURE.
Where learned: UNITED STATES
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Color Design |
Date learned: 00001960'S