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MAKING A HEX
IF YOU HAD SOMEONE'S PICTURE AND YOU WANTED THEM TO HAVE BAD
LUCK, BURIED IT FACE DOWN. (BURY)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
VOODOO DOES NOT WORK UNLESS THE VICTIM KNOWS HE IS
BEING PLACED UNDER A CURSE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU MAKE A VOODOO DOLL OUT OF TISSUE PAPER AND RUBBER
BANDS, DESIGNATE IT AS YOUR ENEMY AND PIERCE IT WITH
NEEDLES, THE REAL PERSON WILL BE HURT.
Submitter comment: SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN IS FRIGHTENED BY A SNAKE, THEN
SHE (?) IS MARKED BY THE SNAKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN IS SHOCKED BY SEEING SOME ANIMAL OR
SOME DISFIGURED PERSON, HER CHILD WILL BE MARKED BY THIS.
THE MARK MAY BE ON HIS FOREHEAD OR ANY PART OF HIS BODY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
TO HEAR A SCREECHOWL IN THE NIGHT IS A SURE SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
TO OBTAIN A CURE FOR A SPELL WHICH ONE HAS HAD CAST ON HIM
A PERSON GOES TO A ROOT DOCTOR. THE ROOT DOCTOR WORKS A
COUNTER-SPELL AND GIVES A WHITE POWDER WHICH MUST BE TAKEN
DAILY UNTIL IT IS ALL USED UP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 08-03-1968
IF A DEAD PERSON'S SPIRIT VISITS YOU, AND YOU WANT TO GET RID OF IT,
JUST CURSE IT OUT OR SPEAK VERY HASH TO IT. (HARSH HARSHLY)
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Curse SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR AND BURY A PIECE OF IT AND SAY A PERSON'S
NAME, THAT PERSON WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
IF AN UNMARRIED GIRL TAKES THE LAST SERVING OF FOOD, SHE
IS DOOMED TO BE AN OLD MAID.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Greene, Marilee
Keyword(s): FOOD ; Maid ; MANNERS ; Old Maid ; Serving ; SUPERSTITION ; Unmarried
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
IF YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG, YOU GOT A BLACK MARK ON YOUR
HEART AND IF YOU GOT TOO MANY, YOU GOT A BLACK HEART
WHICH MEANT YOU WERE GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 10-15-1973
WHEN SOMEONE GIVES YOU AN EVIL EYE, THEY ARE GIVING YOU
BAD LUCK CALLED A CARNARY. IN ORDER TO GET RID OF THE
EVIL SPELL YOU BLOW ON THE PERSON'S FOREHEAD THREE TIMES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 10-13-1973
IF SOMEONE LOOKS AT YOU THE WRONG WAY THEY CAN GIVE YOU THE
EVIL EYE---YOU GET VERY BAD HEADACHES AND THEY WILL NOT GO
AWAY. THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF IT IS TO GO TO SOMEONE
THAT CAN PASS THE EVIL EYE. THEY WILL SAY CERTAIN PRAYERS
AND SOON IT WILL GO AWAY AND RETURN TO THE PERSON THAT GAVE
IT TO YOU.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GREENBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Curer |
IF SOMEONE THAT WISHES YOU HARM PASSES BY, SPIT ON THE GROUND
AS THEY PASS AND NO HARM WILL COME OF YOU.
Submitter comment:
Virginia Costa. 52 Years old. Housewife - Italian. Dunlevy, Penn.
She said this to me this summer when someone she didn't like walked by.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; DUNLEVY ; Costa, Virginia
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Conversions SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 07-00-1973
IF YOU WALK BACKWARDS YOU'RE CURSING YOUR MOTHER.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Curse |
Belief: Children's Song
STEP ON A CRACK (AS IN A SIDEWALK) (SIC) BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and Keywords added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; ASSUMED
Keyword(s): Back ; BELIEF ; CHILDHOOD ; CHILDREN ; Crack ; GAME ; MOTHER ; RHYME ; SONG ; Spine ; SUPERSTITION ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.533 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU ARE WALKING WITH FRIENDS AND YOU COME TO A TREE OR
POST YOU ARE NOT TO SPLIT THE POST, THAT IS ONE GOES AROUND
IT ONE WAY AND THE OTHER TAKES THE OTHER DIRECTION. IF YOU
DO, THEN YOUR FRIENDSHIP WILL NOT LAST.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
WON'T GET MARRIED IF SOMEONE SWEEPS YOUR FEET WITH A BROOM,
BUT IF YOU SPIT ON THE BROOM, IT WILL BREAK THE CURSE.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 04-14-1972
MATCH CURSE
THE THIRD TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE ON THE SAME MATCH WILL DIE
IN A WHORE HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 06-20-1973