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A CROSS IS SAID TO WARD OFF VAMPIRES, SINCE THEY BECOME
BURNED OR PARALYZED AT ITS TOUCH.
Submitter comment: MY AUNT, CHERI SHERMAN, WHO NOW RESIDES IN SAN ANTONIO,
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 06-14-1972
PENTACLE IS A CHARM USED BY PENNSYLVANIA PEOPLE WHO ARE
DESCENDED FROM THE DUTCH, TO WARD OFF EVIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
IF TWO FRIENDS EXCHANGE THEIR BLOOD THROUGH A SMALL CUT ON
EACH OF THEIR FINGERS, THEY WILL BE FRIENDS THROUGHOUT
THEIR ENTIRE LIFETIME; THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES BLOOD
BROTHERS.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS CHARM FROM A FRIEND WHEN I WAS ABOUT NINE
Where learned: INDIANA ; BEDFORD
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 06-12-1972
WEARING AN EMERALD WILL GUARANTEE SAFETY IN CHILDBIRTH
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS LEGENDARY PROMISE FROM A JEWELER IN
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
BREAD CRUST WILL PUT HAIR ON YOUR CHEST.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER USED THIS BELIEF TO CONVINCE MY SMALL
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
BREAD CRUST WILL MAKE YOU HAVE CURLY HAIR
Submitter comment: MY FATHER TAUGHT ME THIS BELIEF WHEN I WAS FOUR
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 06-01-1972
IF A MAID SLEEPS ON A SLICE OF WEDDING CAKE, SHE'LL VIEW
HER FUTURE HUSBAND IN HER DREAMS.
Submitter comment: I WAS TOLD THIS BELIEF BY MY MOTHER WHO SOUGHT TO PACIFY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
FINDING A FOUR LEAF CLOVER WILL BRING THE DISCOVERER GOOD
LUCK.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER TAUGHT ME THIS BELIEF WHEN I WAS ABOUT SIX
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, TAKE TEN STEPS BACK
TO COUNTER THE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: INDIANA ; NEW ALBANY
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions |
THE LEFT HIND FOOT OF A RABBIT KILLED IN A GRAVEYARD AT
MIDNIGHT SHOULD BE CARRIED FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATLANTA
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-27-1969
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULD NOT LAUGH AT ANY DEFORMED PERSON
OR HER UNBORN CHILD WILL HAVE THE SAME DEFORMITY.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; HUNTSVILLE
Date learned: 06-20-1972
WRAPPING A LARIAT AROUND YOU AT NIGHT KEEPS SNAKES AWAY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): CAMPING
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 04-20-1969
IF YOU PLANT GOURDS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF YOUR GARDEN,
SNAKES WON'T COME NEAR IT OR YOUR HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 04-20-1969
TO MAKE THE MAN OF YOUR HEART THINK OF YOU, TURN A PICTURE
OF HIM UPSIDE DOWN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MARRIED WOMEN TAKE A PAIR OF PANTIES AND PUT THEM UNDER
THEIR PILLOW SO THAT THEIR MEN WILL COME HOME THAT NIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration PROSE NARRATIVE -- Married couple PROSE NARRATIVE -- Woman |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF SOMEONE UNEXPECTEDLY GIVES YOU A NEW PIECE OF GOLD
JEWELRY YOU WILL BEGIN A STREAK OF GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Good luck Jewelry (gems, rings, etc.) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO BECOME INVISIBLE--GET BLACK CAT, TIE FOUR LEGS
TOGETHER. BOIL ALIVE TIL ALL MEAT FALLS OFF BONE.
TAKE STERNUM BONE (BREAST BONE), PUT IN MOUTH AND
GO THROUGH THE WALL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 06-14-1972
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 7 YEARS OLD WE USED TO, WHENEVER WE SAW A
TAXICAB, WE WOULD LICK THE THUMB AND PRESS IT ON THE
PALM OF THE OTHER HAND AND THEN IT (HIT?) IT WITH YOUR
FIST. THIS WAS TO INSURE GOOD LUCK. TO FAIL TO DO THIS
WAS BAD LUCK
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 06-13-1972
YOU WILL BREAK UP A FRIENDSHIP IF YOU GIVE A FRIEND
SOMETHING WITH A SHARP POINT ON IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-06-1972
BREAK OFF A PIECE OF YELLOW LOVE VINE. THROW IT OVER YOUR
LEFT SHOULDER AND IF IT LIVES, THE ONE YOU NAME WHEN
YOU THROW IT OVER YOUR SHOULDER, LOVES YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Use of object for determining true love P861.2 |
Date learned: 04-10-1972