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VEGETABLES PLANTED WHEN THE SIGN IS "IN THE BOWELS" WILL
CAUSE BOWEL TROUBLE.

Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE

Keyword(s): ALAMANAC ZODIAC

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming

Date learned: 06-17-1972

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FOR GOOD LUCK, ONE SHOULD COOK BLACK EYED PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S
DAY. IF YOU PUT A DIME IN THE PEAS YOU WILL HAVE MONEY
AND THE PERSON WHO GETS THE DIME ON HIS PLATE WILL MAKE THE
MOST MONEY DURING THE COMING YEAR.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLARKSVILLE

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's
Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Good luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event

Date learned: 00-00-1970

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TO INSURE GOOD LUCK AND PROSPERITY DURING THE COMING YEAR, MY
MOTHER STATES THAT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE BOILED CABBAGE ON
NEW YEAR'S DAY. THE CABBAGE, HOWEVER, MUST BE BOILED WITH A
PENNY IN THE KETTLE.

Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's
Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Measure of quality
BELIEF -- Good luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF PREGNANT WOMAN MAKES KRAUT, IT WILL BE BAD.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Birth

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MAKE KRAUT WHEN SIGNS ARE BELOW THE STOMACH SO IT WILL BE
MORE SOUR.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Keyword(s): ALMANAC ; SAUERKRAUT

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Sign Color

Date learned: 06-20-1970

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INFORMANT STATED THAT IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO PLANT SPRING ONIONS
BECAUSE IT WAS THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): ALMANAC

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Moon
BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming

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DRINKING CARROT JUICE GIVES YOU A GOOD SUNTAN.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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EATING ROOTED VEGETABLES--POTATOES, CARROTS--WILL KILL A
NEW MOTHER.

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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Hawkins, Alberta ; 111 Mulberry

Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Carrots ; Consume ; DEATH ; Eat ; FOOD ; Kill ; Mom ; MOTHER ; New ; Potatoes ; PREGNANCY ; Root ; VEGETABLES

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

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SHOULD A PREGNANT OR A NEW MOTHER EAT MUSTARD GREENS
BEFORE HER CHILD IS TWO MONTHS OLD SHE WILL DIE.

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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Ross, Gesta ; 106 Piper

Keyword(s): AGE ; BABY ; BELIEF ; Consume ; DEATH ; Die ; Eat ; FOOD ; Greens ; infant ; Kill ; Mom ; Mom ; MONTHS ; MOTHER ; Mustard ; Mustard Greens ; PREGNANCY ; Two

James Callow Keyword(s): AGE

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
686 Seconds / Twice / Two
Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 06-10-1973

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NEW YEAR' BELIEF FOR GOOD LUCK: PLACE A DIME IN A BIG BOWL
OF BLACK-EYED PEAS AND AS EACH PERSON IS SERVED WHOEVER HAS THE DIME IN HIS OR HER BOWL
HAS BETTER LUCK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Terry, Lee

Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Black-Eyed Peas ; Dime ; FOOD ; fortune ; holiday ; LUCK ; MONEY ; New Years

James Callow Keyword(s): COIN

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's
Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals
Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth
BELIEF -- Good luck Money
BELIEF -- Good luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event

Date learned: 07-08-1973

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IF YOU EAT CARROTS YOU WILL HAVE BEAUTIFUL EYES.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye
BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 11-24-1977

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IF YOU EAT ALL YOUR SPINACH, YOU WILL GROW UP BIG AND STRONG.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Remedy

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NOT GIVEN

THERE'S THIS GUY NAMED STADTON THAT DID A LOT OF HUNTING. HE WAS
HUNTING SQUIRRELS ONE EARLY MORNING ALONG BY A CORN FIELD. THERE
WAS A RAIL FENCE AT THE END OF THE FIELD WHERE THE SQUIRRELS
LIVED. THEY WOULD COME INTO THE CORN FIELD AND EAT THE CORN.
IT WAS BARELY DAYLIGHT AND THIS BEAR CAME ALONG. THAT BEAR WAS
PULLING OFF THOSE EARS OF CORN LIKE A MAN WOULD. HE GOT AN ARMFUL
OF THEM AND THEN WOULD GO DOWN TO A LOWER PLACE AND HEAVE THEM
INTO A BIG CYPRESS STUMP. STADTON SAID HE HAD TO GO DOWN THERE
AND SEE WHY THE BEAR WAS THROWING THEM IN THERE. STADTON WENT
AND HE SAID THE BEAR, HE HAD A HOG IN THAT THERE STUMP AND WAS
FATTENING HIM UP.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale
Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Mammal
BELIEF -- Plant

Date learned: 02-07-1972

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BUCK TEETH

WHEN WE WAS DOWN SOUTH (MOUNT IDA, ARKANSAS), THERE WAS A FRIEND
OF MINE USED TO TELL ABOUT A FELLA HE KNEW. HE HAD BUCK TEETH
SO BAD HE COULD EAT CORN ON THE COB THROUGH A SCREEN DOOR.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale
Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue

Date learned: 07-01-1964

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POPCORN

ONE TIME WE PLANTED POPCORN TO SEE IF WE COULD GET POPCORN ON THE
COB. THE CORN GREW INTO REGULAR CORN, BUT IT GOT SO HOT ONE DAY
THAT THE CORN POPPED RIGHT ON THE COB.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale
Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Plant

Date learned: 11-08-1968

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STUPID EASTERNER

"DUST-BOWL! WHY, WHEN WE GROW CELERY WE HAVE TO USE CONCRETE
PIPING NINE FEET HIGH AND TWO FEET WIDE. WE COULDN'T HANDLE OUR
CELERY BY THE BUNCH. WE CUT IT INTO LENGTHS AND SELL IT BY THE
SUPERFICIAL FOOT!"

Submitter comment: TOLD BY A WESTERN AUSTRALIAN TO AN EASTERNER.

Where learned: AUSTRALIA ; VICTORIA ; MELBOURNE

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale
Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable

Date learned: 06-00-1960

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NOT GIVEN

THERE'S THIS GUY NAMED STADTON THAT DID A LOT OF HUNTING. HE WAS
HUNTING SQUIRRELS ONE EARLY MORNING ALONG BY A CORN FIELD. THERE
WAS A RAIL FENCE AT THE END OF THE FIELD WHERE THE SQUIRRELS
LIVED. THEY WOULD COME INTO THE CORN FIELD AND EAT THE CORN.
IT WAS BARELY DAYLIGHT AND THIS BEAR CAME ALONG. THAT BEAR WAS
PULLING OFF THOSE EARS OF CORN LIKE A MAN WOULD. HE GOT AN ARMFUL
OF THEM AND THEN WOULD GO DOWN TO A LOWER PLACE AND HEAVE THEM
INTO A BIG CYPRESS STUMP. STADTON SAID HE HAD TO GO DOWN THERE
AND SEE WHY THE BEAR WAS THROWING THEM IN THERE. STADTON WENT
AND HE SAID THE BEAR, HE HAD A HOG IN THAT THERE STUMP AND WAS
FATTENING HIM UP.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale
Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Mammal
BELIEF -- Plant

Date learned: 02-07-1972

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