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BELIEF
IF YOU TELL A DREAM BEFORE EATING BREAKFAST, THE DREAM WILL COME
TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 06-13-1973
BELIEF
PUT A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW AND YOU'LL DREAM
OF THE PERSON YOU WILL MARRY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
BELIEF
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, SOMEONE IS COMING. IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES ON
THE RIGHT SIDE, THE VISITOR WILL BE A MAN. IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES
ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE VISITOR WILL BE A FEMALE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 06-13-1973
BELIEF
IF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, YOU WILL WALK ON STRANGE GROUND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
BELIEF
IF YOU BITE YOUR TONGUE, YOU HAVE BEEN TELLING LIES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
BELIEF
IF THE TOE NEXT TO YOUR BIG TOE IS LONGER THAN YOUR BIG TOE, YOU
ARE THE BOSS IN YOUR FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
BELIEF
THE NUMBER OF WHITE SPOTS ON A GIRL'S FINGERNAILS REPRESENTS THE
NUMBER OF BOYFRIENDS SHE HAS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
BELIEF
IF YOU HAVE SMALL EARS SET CLOSE TO YOUR HEAD YOU'RE STINGY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
BELIEF
IF YOUR EYES ARE FAR APART, IT'S A SIGN OF INTELLIGENCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
BELIEF
IF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, IT'S A SIGN YOU'LL WALK ON STRANGE GROUND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TAKE A CANDLE AND A MIRROR INTO THE WOODS. LIGHT THE CANDLE,
SAY A MAGIC CHANT, AND LOOK INTO THE MIRROR AND YOU'LL SEE
THE PERSON YOU'LL MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 06-20-1973
BELIEF
IF YOUR EARS ARE RINGING, SOMEONE'S TALKING ABOUT YOU.
IF YOUR HAND ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO GET MONEY.
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO KISS A FOOL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 06-00-1970
WHEN YOUR EARS ARE BURNING, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, SOMEONE IS COMING WITH A HOLE IN THEIR
BRITCHES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.840 BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 07-18-1968
IF YOUR RIGHT EYE ITCHES, YOU ARE GOING TO CRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 07-18-1968
DREAM CHASER
IF DURINIG THE NGHT YOU HAVE A DREAM YOU DO NOT LIKE OR
A NIGHTMARE, THEN IF YOU PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR FOREHEAD
THIS WILL MAKE YOU FORGET THE DREAMS OR MAKE THEM GO
AWAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT ACTUALLY DOES THIS HERSELF, AND SOMETIMES
WAKES UP WITH SCRATCHES ON HER NOSE CAUSED FROM
PUTTING HANDS UP TO FOREHEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Dreams SPEECH -- Magical |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
Legend of Writing to Dead People for Lottery Numbers
When writing to dead people for numbers in the lottery, don't cross your t's or dot your i's. And don't use punctuation. At night, put it over a glass of water, under the bed, on top of silver three-pence. A number is to be provided somehow.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Boggs Number [B420 429] crossed out and others added: P840, P429, P686
Where learned: DORM ROOM ; Barnett, Michael L
Keyword(s): Clairvoyance ; Gamble ; GAMBLING ; GRAMMAR ; Lottery ; NUMBERS ; RITUAL ; Spell ; SPIRIT ; SUPERNATURAL
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Number |
HEARTBURN
IF A WOMAN HAS A LOT OF HEARTBURN DURING PREGNANCY, THE BABY WILL
BE BORN WITH A HEAD FULL OF HAIR.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-23-1969
DETERMINING SEX OF UNBORN CHILD
IF THE FETAL HEARTBEAT IS FAST, THE BABY WILL BE FEMALE; IF
IT IS SLOW, THE BABY WILL BE MALE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
TAKING SIDES
WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, IF SHE SLEEPS ON HER RIGHT SIDE, THE
CHILD WILL BE A BOY. IF SHE LEANS TO THE LEFT, IT WILL BE A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; EAST LANSING
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-05-1969