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IF A BUTTERFLY LIGHTS ON YOU AND YOU CATCH HIM AND BITE
HIS HEAD OFF AND THROW IT OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER, YOU WILL
GET A NEW DRESS WITH THE COLORS OF THE BUTTERFLY IN IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 06-23-1972
SNOW FREEZES OUT THE SPRING PESTS. THE MORE SNOWS THE FEWER
INSECTS IN THE SPRING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 05-03-1969
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A BUTTERFLY TO ACCIDENTALLY FLY INTO THE
HOUSE OF A PERSON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-22-1969
WHEN A MEASURING WORM GETS ON YOU, IT MEANS THAT HE IS MEASURING
YOU FOR A NEW SUIT OF CLOTHES.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): INCHWORM ?
Date learned: 05-03-1969
IF WASPS BUILD NESTS CLOSE TO THE GROUND, THEN AN UNUSUALLY
COLD WINTER IS DUE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THREE MONTHS FROM THE DAY THAT THE KATY-DIDS START
HOLLERING WILL BE THE FIRST FROST.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
SWARMING BEES IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
WHEN THE WOLLY WORM CRAWLS NORTH IN SEPTEMBER IT MEANS
THERE WILL BE A VERY COLD WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: 02-19-1972
SISTER LEARNED THIS FROM HER FAMILY AS A YOUNG GIRL LIVING IN
LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.
NEVER KILL A SPIDER THAT HAS WALKED ON YOU. YOU'LL BE GETTING
A NEW SUIT OF CLOTHES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Massachusetts ; LYNN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
MY INFORMANT HAD AN UNCLE WHO WAS VERY FOND OF ONE OF HER
BROTHERS. HER BROTHER WAS ALSO VERY CLOSE TO HIS UNCLE.
ONE DAY WHILE THEY WERE AT HOME, A WHITE MOTH FLEW IN THE
ROOM AND LANDED ON JOE'S (THE BROTHER) SHOULDER. THE MOTH
JUST STAYED THERE FOR A LONG TIME. THEY FOUND OUT LATER
THAT THEIR UNCLE HAD DIED AT THIS EXACT TIME. JOE
IMMEDIATELY RECALLED THE PRESENCE OF THE MOTH AND BELIEVED
THAT THIS HAD BEEN A SIGN OF DEATH. THE FAMILY WAS LIVING
IN A MINING TOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
COUNT THE TIMES A CRICKET CROAKS IN A MINUTE AND THAT WILL
TELL THE TEMPERATURE.
I HEARD THIS FROM A GIRL FROM TRENTON, TENNESSEE, WHO SAID
SHE HAD DONE THIS AND "IT WORKS."
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU PLANT YOUR GARDEN WHEN THE WIND IS OUT OF THE EAST, THE
INSECTS WILL DESTROY IT.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
YOU SHOULD PLANT COTTON WHEN THE LIGHTENING BUGS COME OUT.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
Keyword(s): LIGHTNING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
A CRICKET ON THE HEARTH MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
Keyword(s): FIREPLACE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
ON THE FIRST NIGHT IN MAY, GET A PAN OF MEAL; PUT IN A SNAIL
AND LEAVE OVERNIGHT. HE WILL WRITE THE INITIAL OF YOUR WIFE;
IF MALE.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Word Letter BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF YOU KILL A SPIDER, THEN RAINS WILL COME SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 04-03-1972
TO MAKE A CHILD A GOOD SINGER, CRACK HIS FIRST LOUSE ON
THE BOTTOM OF A TIN CUP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
WHEN YOU SEE ANTS BUILDING UP THEIR ANTHILLS, IT WILL RAIN SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 05-07-1972
IF THE SPIDERWEBS ARE THIN, IT WILL BE A LIGHT WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
IF A WOOLY CATERPILLER (THE KIND HAVING A BLACK BAND WITH A RED
BAND ON EITHER SIDE) HAS A THICK, BLACK BAND, IT WILL BE A
HEAVY WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 05-05-1972