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SUSPICIONS
WHEN YOU WALK UNDER A PLUM TREE, DON'T TAKE OFF YOUR HAT.
THEY WILL THINK YOU ARE STEALING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
SUSPICIONS
WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH A WATERMELON PATCH, DON'T TIE YOUR
SHOELACES. THEY WILL THINK YOU ARE STEALING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
A WOMAN SHOULD NOT MAKE SAUERKRAUT DURING HER MENSTRUAL
PERIOD, IT MAKES THE KRAUT SOFT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
IF CITY NAME IMPRINTED ON BOTTOM OF COKE BOTTLE IS ANOTHER
CITY OTHER THAN HOME CITY, MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTVIEW HILLS DR ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NAME EACH CORNER OF BEDROOM FOR A BOY YOU KNOW AND THE CORNER
YOU ARE FACING WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING WILL TELL YOU
WHO YOU WILL MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WINCHESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU SHOULD NEVER EAT A MELON AFTER A FROST; REASON UNKNOWN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THUNDER SOURS MILK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TOMATOES ARE THE FRUIT OF THE DEVIL AND CAUSE SIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SUPERSTITION - MIRROR
DON'T LET A CHILD LOOK IN A MIRROR BEFOE HE IS A YEAR OLD OR
ELSE HE WILL BE NAUGHTY.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; CHILTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
SUPERSTITION - FISHING
IF THE WIND IS FROM THE WEST,
THE FISH BITE LEAST.
IF THE WIND IS FROM THE WEST,
THE FISH BITE BEST.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; HILBERT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
CAT SUPERSTITION
CATS ARE FALSE, THEY CAN'T BE TRUSTED IF LEFT IN THE HOUSE
WITH A BABY. THEY WOULD LAY ON THE CHILD'S HEAD AND
SMOTHER IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE RIDGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
SUPERSTITION - WEATHER
WHEN THE SUN SETS IN A CLOUD IT MEANS RAINY WEATHER.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; HILBERT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
UNIVERSITY SUPERSTITION
IF A VIRGIN WALKS IN FRONT OF THE SEATED STATUE OF LINCOLN
ON THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN CAMPUS, HE IMMEDIATELY RISES
AND BOWS.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; HILBERT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
TO HAVE A WISH COME TRUE, MAKE THE WISH AFTER YOU'VE PUT
YOUR PAJAMAS ON. THEN TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF AND PUT THEM
BACK ON THREE TIMES, STAND ON YOUR BED TURNING AROUND
SEVEN TIMES AND FALL ASLEEP WITHOUT SPEAKING TO ANYONE.
Submitter comment: WIDELY PRACTICED IN THE UNDERGRADUATE WOMEN'S DORM AT THE
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; HILBERT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
IF YOU PLACE A GLASS OF WATER WITH A SLIVER OF WOOD FLOATING
ON THE SURFACE UNDER YOUR BED AND FALL ASLEEP CHANTING, "LET
ME DREAM OF MY LOVE TONIGHT" YOU WILL DREAM OF THE BOY
YOU'LL MARRY. HE WILL RESCUE YOU FROM DROWNING IN YOUR
DREAM.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; HILBERT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
SUPERSTITION - WEATHER
WHEN A DOG CHEWS GRASS, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; HILBERT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
A SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOU COMB YOUR HAIR AND CLEAN THE COMB, YOU NEVER THROW
THE HAIR AWAY, YOU ALWAYS BURN IT.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM HER GRANDMOTHER
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING CORRECTED BY STUDENT EDITOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
BELIEF - DOLLY POND
THIS REFERS TO A RELIGIOUS SECT NEAR CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE.
THESE PEOPLE ARE SNAKE HANDLERS. THEY HANDLE RATTLESNAKES
AND IF THEY ARE BITTEN BY ONE, THEY WILL NOT CALL A DOCTOR
BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT IF IT IS GOD'S WILL THEN THE PERSON
WILL NOT DIE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 06-00-1963
FATAL FOODS
A COMBINATION OF MANGOES AND MILK IS FATAL TO ANYONE WHO EATS THEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |