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NEVER LET ANYONE SWEEP OR MOP UNDER YOUR FEET, OR YOU WILL
NEVER GET MARRIED.

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Home
BELIEF -- Marriage

Date learned: 07-27-1968

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IF YOU DON'T HOLD YOUR FEET UP WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER A RAILROAD
YOU WILL LOSE YOUR BOYFRIEND.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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YOU SHOULD SAVE ALL YOUR FINGERNAILS AND TOENAILS THROUGHOUT
YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE IF THEY ARE NOT BURIED WITH YOU, YOU WON'T
GO TO HEAVEN.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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WHEN YOUR CORNS HURT, BAD WEATHER IS COMING.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Terry, Jane Greenwood

Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CORNS ; Hurt ; PAIN ; PREDICTION ; WEATHER

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 06-25-1973

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IF YOU START THE DAY ON THE RIGHT FOOT, YOU'RE FREE
FROM DANGER.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour
SPEECH -- Gesture

Date learned: 10-08-1973

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IF YOU LEAVE HOME AND HAVE TO TURN BACK FOR SOMETHING YOU
MAKE A CROSS IN THE ROAD WITH YOUR FOOT.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications

Date learned: 07-10-1973

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IF YOUR INDEX TOE IS LARGER THAN YOUR FORETOE, IT IS A
SIGN THAT YOU WILL LOSE YOUR HUSBAND.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Spirit / Mind / Body
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth

Date learned: 06-00-1972

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IN A HAUNTED HOUSE WHEN EVERYONE WAS ASLEEP OR IN BED, THERE
WOULD BE HORRIBLE NOISES LIKE CHAINS DRAGGING, GROANS AND
SCRATCHING NOISES. THE MAN IN THE HOUSE HAD TO SLEEP WITH
HIS FOOT ON THE FLOOR TO KEEP THE NOISES FROM OCCURRING.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails

Date learned: 09-17-1973

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IF ANYONE VACUUMS UNDER YOUR FEET, YOU WILL BECOME AN OLD
MAID.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Measure of time Working

Date learned: 09-13-1973

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LIFT YOUR FEET WHEN YOU GO OVER A RAILROAD TRACK.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails

Date learned: 09-13-1973

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TO GET RID OF WARTS TAKE THE EYE OF NEWT AND TOE OF FROG.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 10-13-1973

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TO MAKE A BABY'S TEETH GROW IN STRAIGHT, HANG A BAG AROUND
THE BABY'S NECK CONTAINING THE TWO FRONT FEET OF A MALE ().

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 10-13-1973

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IF YOU SWEEP UNDER SOMEONE'S FEET, THEY WILL NEVER GET
MARRIED.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Measure of time Working

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF YOU SWEEP YOUR FOOT WITH A BROOM YOU HAVE TO SPIT ON IT
OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Measure of time Working
BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping
BELIEF -- Conversions Activities

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PICK UP YOUR FEET WHEN YOU GO OVER A RAILROAD TRACK OR ELSE
YOU'LL BE AN OLD MAID.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Marriage

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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IF SOMEONE SWEEPS UNDER YOUR FEET, YOU'LL BE AN OLD MAID.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Measure of time Working

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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ON MAY 1ST BEGIN GOING BAREFOOT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN

James Callow Keyword(s): WITHOUT SHOES

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails

Date learned: 06-17-1973

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STUMP YOUR TOE,
KISS YOUR THUMB.
SEE YOUR BEAU
BEFORE EVENING COMES.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour
SPEECH -- Gesture

Date learned: 07-09-1973

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