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IF YOU DROP A SPOON, COMPANY'S COMING. IF IT'S A FORK,
IT'S A WOMAN; A KNIFE, IT'S A MAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
IF YOUR SHOES SQUEAK, IT'S A SIGN THEY HAVEN'T BEEN PAID
FOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-08-1973
IF BUBBLES RISE TO THE TOP OF A CUP OF COFFEE, YOU WILL
BE RICH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth |
Date learned: 10-01-1973
IF THE INITIALS OF YOUR NAME SPELL A WORD, YOU WILL BE
RICH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth |
IF YOU MARRY ON A RAINY DAY, YOU WILL HAVE A MISERABLE
MARRIAGE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-15-1973
IF YOU HAVE A HOLE IN YOUR PANTS, SOMEONE'S GOING TO
VISIT YOU.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 09-12-1973
WHEN YOU ARE IN A STRANGE PLACE YOU ARE LIABLE TO
SLEEPWALK.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 09-12-1973
WHITE MARKS UNDER THE FINGERNAILS MEAN THAT YOU HAVE
TOLD A LIE. THE NUMBER OF MARKS TELLS THE NUMBER OF
LIES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 10-01-1973
IF YOU MAKE A FIST, AREA BETWEEN THE THUMB AND THE WRIST
OF THE RIGHT HAND IN THE VEINS WILL SPELL OUT THE INITIALS
OF THE ONE YOU'LL MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-07-1973
IF AN ANGLE WORM LOOKS YOU IN THE EYE AND YOU DON'T MAKE
A FACE AT HIM, THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
FRANK SAYS HE REMEMBERS OLD TIMERS SAY THAT (WHEN) A BIRD
FLEW DOWN ON THE WINDOW AND LOOKED IN THAT WAS A SIGN
OF A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON ; Schmidt, Nina
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
DROP A SPOON, COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
GIVING SOMEBODY TWO FORKS AT A DINNER TABLE MEANS COMPANY
IS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
A BIRD HITTING YOUR WINDOW MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
SIGN OF A HOWLING DOG MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
DROP A KNIFE AND A MAN'S GONNA COME VISIT YOU.
DROP A FORK A WOMAN'S GONNA COME VISIT YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-04-1973
A BIRD CHIRPING OUTSIDE A WINDOW DURING THE NIGHT MEANS THAT
SOMEONE WILL DIE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
Submitter comment:
Mary Bieniek. 82 years old. Housewife - Polish. Smock, Penn.
My grandmother told this to me this summer and said that it has happened each time anyone from our family has died.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SMOCK ; Bieniek, Mary
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 08-17-1973
IF THE PICTURE OF A DEAD PERSON FALLS FROM THE WALL IT MEANS
SOMEONE ELSE WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO CURE WARTS RUB THEM WITH A COIN (MONEY) (SIC).
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): MONEY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, SOMEONE IS COMING.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; Hill, Nadine
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 06-00-1972