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BABIES
CHILDREN ARE NOT TAKEN OUT TILL THEY ARE BAPTIZED.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
SEVENTH GIFT GIVER
WHEN A GIRL HAS A BABY SHOWER, THE PERSON WHO GAVE HER THE SEVENTH
GIFT THAT SHE OPENS WILL HAVE A BABY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S MOTHER, AND SHE REMEMBERS THIS FROM ALL HER
LIFE.
Data entry tech comment: THIS IS ONE SIMILAR ITEM IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Measure |
TESTS
SMOKE ONLY BEFORE AND AFTER A TEST AND YOU WILL PASS IT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): MAGICAL CONTROL ; SMOKING TABU DURING EXAMINATIONS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
LUCKY PIECES
SUNDIALS AND BIRDFEEDERS OUTSIDE YOUR HOME KEEP NATURE HAPPY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck P881.1 |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
ST. CHRISTOPHER
A ST. CHRISTOPHER MEDAL IS WORN FOR PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): AMULET TALISMAN
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
A DOG HOWLING MEANS A DEATH IN THE FUTURE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
WHEN YOU COME OUT OF CHURCH ON YOUR WEDDING DAY, IF YOU
CAN COUNT THE PIGEONS THAT IS HOW MANY CHILDREN
YOU WILL HAVE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Use of object for determining number of children or sex of unborn |
Date learned: 11-10-1970
IF A BIRD FLEW INTO THE ROOM THERE WOULD BE A DEATH
IN FAMILY.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 00001950S
A SMALL SPOON DROPPED MEANS A LITTLE GIRL WILL VISIT.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-25-1968
DROP A SPOON, COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
IF YOU DROP A SPOON A CHILD WILL SOON COME.
Submitter comment: GRANDMOTHER HAD MANY SUCH OMENS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A KNIFE DROPPED MEANS A MAN WILL SOON VISIT.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-05-1968
TOSS OR DAMAGE TO THE SHIP'S FLAG WAS SURE
DISASTER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-29-1968
IF, DURING MASS A CANDLE GOES OUT, SOMEONE YOU KNOW
WILL DUE DURING THE WEEK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Fire BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
MRS. CIVITELLA SAID THAT IT WAS AN OLD SUPERSTITION
THAT IF A DISH BREAKS BEFORE TEN IN THE MORNING,
SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY WILL DIE. SHE WITNESSED
THIS FACT WHEN ONE OF HER SISTERS BROKE A DISH,
AND THEIR AUNT DIED THE NEXT DAY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
IN THE OLD COUNTRY (BACK IN EUROPE--YUGOSLAVIA)
MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE WILL DIE VERY SOON
IF A CROSS OR A HOLY PICTURE FALLS FROM THE WALL BY
ITSELF.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT EXPERIENCED THIS.
Where learned: HOME ; YUGOSLAVIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
IF YOUR SHOES SQUEAK, THEY AREN'T PAID FOR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
IF SHOES SQUEAK, THEN THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PAID FOR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Manufactured objects, homemade, machined |
Date learned: 10-03-1968
IF YOU FIND A LONG STRING ON YOU--YOU'LL RECEIVE A
LETTER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR TEMPER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 09-20-1967