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IF YOU FIND AN EYELASH YOU ARE SUPPOSE(D) TO PUT IT
BETWEEN YOUR THUMB AND FINGER AND THEN GUESS WHICH ONE
IT WILL BE ON WHEN YOU HOLD YOUR HAND UP. IF YOU
GUESS THE RIGHT ONE, YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Prayer

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF A BIRD TAKES YOUR HAIR AND MAKES A NEXT YOU WILL BECOME BALD.

Where learned: GEORGETOWN ; SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSUMED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF A FEMALE LETS A PREGNANT WOMAN FIX HER HAIR, SHE WILL
BECOME BALD HEADED.

Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN

James Callow Keyword(s): HAIRDRESSING.

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Daily Life
BELIEF -- Daily Life
BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF YOU THANK A PERSON FOR FIXING YOUR HAIR, IT WILL FALL OUT.

Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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AMONG BLACKS IT IS COMMONLY SAID THAT IF A PREGNANT MOTHER WANTS
HER UNBORN BABY TO HAVE "GOOD HAIR" MEANING STRAIGHT HAIR, SHE
SHOULD COMB OR RUB SOMEONE'S HAIR THAT IS STRAIGHT.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Birth

Date learned: 06-23-1972

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DON'T LET A PREGNANT WOMAN COMB YOUR HAIR OR IT WILL FALL
OUT OR BREAK OFF.

Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; HUNTSVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Birth

Date learned: 06-19-1972

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IF YOU TAKE A STRAIN (STRAND) OF YOUR HAIR AND PUT IT ON THE
HEAD OF YOUR BOYFRIEND, WHEN HE IS NOT LOOKING, HE WILL FALL
MADLY IN LOVE WITH YOU.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

James Callow Keyword(s): STRAND OF HAIR

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Marriage

Date learned: 06-09-1972

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ONE SHOULD NEVER HAVE HIS HAIR CUT IN FEBRUARY; IT BRINGS
BAD LUCK.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions

Date learned: 03-22-1969

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IF A BIRD MAKES PART OF HIS NEXT OUT OF ONE'S HAIR, IT BRINGS
BAD LUCK. FOR THIS REASON, ALWAYS BURN WASTE HAIR.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions

Date learned: 04-20-1969

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IF A GIRL GIVES HERSELF A PERMANENT DURING MENSTRUATION, HER
HAIR WILL FRIZZ.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): OVERCURL

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak

Date learned: 02-20-1969

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IF YOU PULL ONE WHITE HAIR OUT OF YOUR HEAD, TWO WILL GROW
BACK.

Where learned: KANSAS ; WICHITA

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
686 Seconds / Twice / Two
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak

Date learned: UNKNOWN

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WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I WAS TOLD THAT THE COLOR
OF YOUR EYEBROWS ARE NOW, ARE WHAT COLOR YOUR HAIR WOULD
BE WHEN YOU GREW UP. MY HAIR WAS RED AND MY EYEBROWS BLONDE.
I BELIEVED THAT MY HAIR WOULD EVENTUALLY TURN BLONDE, FOR
SEVERAL YEARS.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Sign Color

Date learned: 06-27-1972

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NEVER THANK A PERSON FOR COMBING YOUR HAIR, OR THE HAIR
WILL FALL OUT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 06-27-1970

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IF YOU HAVE YOUR HAIR CUT UNDER THE SIGN OF SAGGITTARIUS IT
WILL GROW THICKER.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Keyword(s): ZODIAC ASTROLOGY

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal

Date learned: 06-21-1970

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IF YOU PULL ONE GREY HAIR OUT, TWO WILL GROW BACK IN
ITS PLACE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
686 Seconds / Twice / Two
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak

Date learned: 06-00-1970

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IF YOU HAVE HEARTBURN DURING YOUR LAST TWO MONTHS OF PREGNANCY
IT MEANS THAT THE BABY YOU ARE CARRYING IS GROWING HIS HAIR
AND TOENAILS.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Birth

Date learned: 06-16-1972

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UNLESS YOU CUT YOUR HAIR ON THE FULL OF THE MOON, IT WON'T GROW
BACK PROPERLY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Moon

Date learned: 08-01-1968

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IF YOU CUT A BABY'S HAIR BEFORE HE IS A YEAR OLD, HE WON'T LIVE
FOR YOU TO RAISE HIM.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 07-00-1972

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