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HAUNTED HOUSE
IN 1946 A HOUSE ON BENITEAU STREET NEAR HARDING AND CANFIELD IN
DETROIT, WAS SAID TO BE POSSESSED BY THE DEVIL. BECAUSE THE HOUSE
HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY FIRE, THE CITY CONDEMNED THE BUILDING. ONE
DAY TWO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WENT TO EXAMINE THE HOUSE, WHICH WAS
TO BE DESTROYED THE NEXT WEEK. ON ENTERING THE BUILDING BOTH OF
THE MEN WENT INTO CONVULSIONS, AND WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR SEVERAL
WEEKS. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE HOUSE WAS NOT DESTROYED UNTIL MANY
YEARS LATER.
Where learned: A&P FOOD STORE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-03-1970 ; 00-00-1946
THE FUNERAL MARCH
WHEN A DANGEROUS OR TICKLISH SITUATION IS ABOUT TO BE
ENTERED, THE PARTICIPANT(S) OFTEN HUM THE FUNERAL MARCH
(DUM-DUM-DE-DUM, DUM-DE-DUM-DE-DUM-DE-DUM).
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; DETROIT ; A&P FOOD STORE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
LIGHTNING AND THUNDER
WHEN IT IS LIGHTNING JESUS IS TAKING YOUR PICTURE SO YOU SHOULD
SMILE. WHEN IT THUNDERS, HENRY HUDSON AND HIS MEN ARE BOWLING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; A&P FOOD STORE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creator BELIEF -- Secular hero BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
PLANT SUPERSTITION
A PLANT OR FLOWER WILL NOT GROW IF YOU THANK THE PERSON WHO GAVE IT TO YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; A&P FOOD STORE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 04-04-1970
THORN BUSHES
THE REASON THAT THERE ARE SO MANY THORN BUSHES IN HAWAII, IS WHEN THE MISSIONARIES FIRST CAME TO HAWAII, THE NATIVES WORE NO CLOTHING. IN ORDER TO GET THEM TO WEAR CLOTHES, THE MISSIONARIES PLANTED THORN BUSHES SO THAT THE NATIVES WOULD CUT THEMSELVES ON THEM, AND THUS REALIZE THE NEED TO WEAR CLOTHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; A&P FOOD STORE
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 04-03-1970