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EVIL EYE CURE
IF SOMEONE IS SICK FROM THE EVIL EYE,
PUT SALT IN THE CORNERS OF THE ROOM.
IT WILL GET RID OF THE EVIL.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER IN LAW DID THIS IN FRONT OF
INFORMANT TO CURE INFORMANT'S SON OF A FEVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 02-02-1972
EVIL EYE
TO KEEP AWAY EVIL EYE, BABY SHOULD ALWAYS
WEAR A RED RIBBON. THIS WILL KEEP THE
BABY FROM GETTING SICK FROM THE EVIL EYE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT SHE PUT A RED RIBBON
ON ALL SIX OF HER CHILDREN AND THEY
ALL WERE HEALTHY BABIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 01-21-1972
WISHING
WHENEVER YOU SEE A MAIL TRUCK
YOU SHOULD CROSS YOUR FINGERS AND MAKE A WISH.
YOU MUST KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED
UNTIL YOU SEE A DOG.
THEN YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Submitter comment: I CAN REMEMBER DOING THIS WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.1962-64
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LEGEND
THERE IS A HOUSE, OR WAS WHEN WE WERE KIDS, ON SAN JUAN IN DETROIT.
IN THIS HOUSE LIVED AN OLD LADY WHO WAS A WITCH. IF YOU EVER WENT
INTO HER BACK YARD, SHE WOULD TAKE YOU INTO HER HOUSE AND EAT YOU
ALIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 03-28-1970
MOUTH
IN THE OLD COUNTRY, TO CURE MOUTH SORES, PEOPLE WOULD TAKE THE SOOT
FROM INSIDE THE CHIMNEY AND PLACE IT ON THE SORES.
THE SORES HEAL UP QUICKLY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER IN CALABRIA, ITALY
DID THIS TO HER CHILDREN.
INFORMANT SAID THAT THE MOUTH SORES ALWAYS CLEARED UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-21-1972
GREETINGS
MAY YOUR TABLE HAVE ALL THE CHRISTMAS DISHES,
LOXS AND HERRING AND GEFILTE FISHES.
THESE TERMS ARE JEWISH FOODS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
CATCH
MOTHER, YOU ARE JUST LIKE CRISCO,
FAT IN THE CAN.
CRISCO IS GREASE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
COMMUNION HOSTS
THE INFORMANT'S AUNT WHO IS OF POLISH DESCENT, SENDS
SMALL SQUARES OF BLESSED HOSTS IN HER CHRISTMAS CARDS.
INFORMANT TOLD ME WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD, SHE AND HER
BROTHERS WOULD PLAY "CHURCH" AND PRETEND TO CELEBRATE
A MASS AND THEN EAT THE HOST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Oplatki CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Greetings, wishes, prayers, cards |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.