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IF YOU PLANT DURING A FULL MOON, VINES AND STALK WILL GROW,
BUT THERE WILL BE NO FRUIT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED AND NO ONE IS THERE,
IT IS A BAD OMEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO ROCK AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Terry, Lee
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; LUCK ; Rock ; ROCKING CHAIR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
KNOCKING ON WOOD WHEN SAYING SOMETHING BAD KEEPS IT FROM
HAPPENING TO YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Conversions Plants SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-11-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO ROCK AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
AFTER SOMEONE MAKES A STATEMENT ABOUT HOW SUCH AND SUCH
HAS NOT HAPPENED TO HIM YET, HE "KNOCKS ON WOOD" TO
RETAIN THE LUCK OF NOT HAVING IT HAPPEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Conversions Gestures |
Date learned: 00001973 (ASSUMED)
"DON'T ROCK"
DON'T ROCK AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
IF AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR ROCKS, IT MEANS THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN
THE FAMILY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination Favorites BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
FIG-THUMB IN HAND BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND FINGERS.
I WILL GIVE YOU NOTHING OR HAVE RECEIVED NOTHING
IN THE WAY OF PRESENTS.
Submitter comment: CALLED FEEGASMACHUM.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero SPEECH -- Nothing |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
A FIST CLENCHED WITH THE TIP OF THE THUMB EXTENDED
BETWEEN THE FOREFINGER AND MIDDLE FINGERS MEANS
"FIGA Z MAKIEM" WHICH TRANSLATED FROM POLISH INDICATES
"NOTHING."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero SPEECH -- Nothing |
Date learned: 00-00-1951
IF YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE "I'VE NEVER BROKEN MY LEG,"
KNOCK ON WOOD SO IT WON'T HAPPEN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; GESTURE ; Knock ; Knocking ; LUCK ; SUPERSTITION ; WOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 |
Date learned: 04-02-1968
PRE-NATAL SUPERSTITION
NOTHING SHOULD EVER BE BOUGHT FOR A BABY BEFORE IT IS BORN.
THIS CAN CAUSE THE CHILD TO BE BORN EITHER DEAD OR BADLY DEFORMED.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
SUN BELIEF
A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN WASHES THE WORLD FREE OF SIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 10-01-1968