Customary Beliefs and Traditions

File — Box: 68

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This section of cards contains topics relating to superstitions. Topics include: Birth (51 cards), Ailments and Remedies (35 cards), Human Body (63 cards), Signs and Portents of Sickness (4 cards), General Remedies (34 cards), Diseases (320 cards), Mental-Emotional Ailments (2 cards), Home and Domestic Pursuits about Houses (61 cards), Home and Domestic Pursuits about Clothing (23 cards), Home and Domestic Pursuits about Jewelry (3 cards), Home and Domestic Pursuits about Sewing (7 cards), Economic- Social Relations on Prosperity and Wealth (24 cards), Economic- Social Relations on Work and Trade (3 cards), Economic- Social Relations on Friends and Enemies (19 cards), Economic- Social Relations on Recreations (19 cards), Economic- Social Relations on News-Mail (1 card), Travel Communications on Visits (1 card), Travel Communications on General Superstitions (20 cards), Love, Courtship, and Marriage on Portents of Body, Clothing, etc. (3 cards), Love, Courtship, and Marriage on Love Charms (2 cards), Love, Courtship, and Marriage on the Domestic Scene (4 cards), Death and Funeral Customs (40 cards), General Witchcraft (5 cards), Fairies (2 cards), Charms (5 cards), Cosmic Phenomena (10 cards), and many other topics.

Dates

1947-1997

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.