Box 17
Container
Contains 297 Results:
Passing tornado causes TV screens to glow, Undated
File — Box: 17, Folder: 17
Identifier: 30.3.2
Scope and Contents
.1 (item)
Dates:
Undated
Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over a lantern and that started the Chicago fire, Undated
File — Box: 17, Folder: 18
Identifier: 30.4.1
Scope and Contents
.1 (item)
Dates:
Undated
Korean Monk tells townsfolk to light sheaf of rice straw on fire to appease yearly fire (volcano), Undated
File — Box: 17, Folder: 18
Identifier: 30.4.2
Scope and Contents
.1 (item)
Dates:
Undated
If fire is started by lightning then it can only be extinguished with buttermilk, Undated
File — Box: 17, Folder: 18
Identifier: 30.4.3
Scope and Contents
.1 (item)
Dates:
Undated
Japanese believe catfish can predict earthquakes, Undated
File — Box: 17, Folder: 19
Identifier: 30.5.1
Scope and Contents
.1 (item)
Dates:
Undated
"Rolly-pollies" underground cause earthquakes, Undated
File — Box: 17, Folder: 19
Identifier: 30.5.2
Scope and Contents
.1 (item)
Dates:
Undated
Animals sense when earthquakes are going to happen, Undated
File — Box: 17, Folder: 19
Identifier: 30.5.3
Scope and Contents
.1 (item)
Dates:
Undated
Nightmare foretelling of catastrophe which ended up being an earthquake, Undated
File — Box: 17, Folder: 19
Identifier: 30.5.4
Scope and Contents
.1 (item)
Dates:
Undated
Vertical smoke is a sign of hurricane or tidal wave, Undated
File — Box: 17, Folder: 19
Identifier: 30.0.1
Scope and Contents
.1 (Items)
Dates:
Undated
Bad Weather Indicators
Sub-Series — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: 29.1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The USU Student Folklore Genre Collection: Group 2: Belief consists of approximately 4,000 individual items of beliefs collected by undergraduate students. Most items include informant, context, text (the folklore item), texture (stylistic notation), and collector data. The materials reflect both insider (esoteric) and outsider (exoteric) views of a folk group and may be prejudiced or stereotyped.
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Dates:
1960-2018