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IF YOU SEE A NEW MOON THROUGH THE BRUSH, YOU WILL HAVE AS
MANY TROUBLES AS THERE ARE BRANCHES.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
Observation
BELIEF -- Moon
BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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WHEN YOU ACCIDENTALLY DROP YOUR KNIFE, YOUR MAN'S A COMIN'.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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IF A ROOSTER CROWS IN THE DOOR, IT MEANS SOMEBODY'S COMIN'.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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IF A ROOSTER CROWS IN THE DOOR, IT MEANS SOMEBODY'S COMIN'.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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DEATHS COME IN THREE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple
Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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PEOPLE THOUGHT WHEN THEY HEARD THE HORSES NICKERIN' SOMEONE
WAS GONNA DIE. PROBABLY 'CAUSE WHEN YOU WERE AT A FUNERAL
THE HORSES U'D ALL BE NICKERIN, ALL OF 'EM BEIN' TOGETHER
YA' KNOW. SO THEY TOOK IT TO MEAN SOMEONE WAS GONNA DIE
IF THE HORSES TOOK T' NICKERING.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Mammal
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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IF A SCREECH OWL SETTLES IN YOUR YARD AND SCREECHES, THERE
WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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PEOPLE USED T' THINK THAT WHEN YA' HEARD THE COWS BAWLING
THAT MEANT SOMEONE WAS GONNA DIE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Mammal
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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SNOW ON ONE'S WEDDING DAY PORTENDS GREAT HAPPINESS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew
BELIEF -- Marriage

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STORMY WEDDING DAY SIGNIFIES STORMY MARRIED LIFE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew
BELIEF -- Marriage

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WHENEVER AN OWL HOOTS NEAR A HOUSE, A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY
WILL SOON DIE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 06-17-1973

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STUMP YOUR TOE
LOSE YOUR BEAU.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Marriage

Date learned: 07-09-1973

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WHEN YOU SLEEP IN A STRANGE ROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME, NAME
THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE ROOMS FOR ONE OF FOUR BOYS. THE
FIRST CORNER WHICH YOU LOOK AT IN THE MORNING IS THE NAME
OF THE MAN YOU MARRY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
686 Fourths / Quarters
Observation
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Use of Object

Date learned: 07-07-1973

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THINK OF THE PERSON YOU WOULD LIKE TO MARRY, THEN GO ON YOUR
WAY. ASK THE FIRST PERSON YOU MEET A QUESTION. IF THE ANSWER
IS "YES", YOU MUST MARRY HIM; IF "NO" YOU WILL NOT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
Observation
BELIEF -- Marriage

Date learned: 06-23-1973

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IF YOU STUMBLE UP THE STAIRS, IT IS A SIGN OF MARRIAGE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Marriage

Date learned: 07-04-1973

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THE CLOSER TO THE TOP OF THE STAIRS ONE TRIPS UP, THE
SOONER HE OR SHE WILL MARRY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Measure of quantity or weight

Date learned: 07-04-1973

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IF A CAT WASHES HIS FACE IN FRONT OF A CROWD, THE FIRST
PERSON HE LOOKS AT WILL BE MARRIED.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
Observation
BELIEF -- Mammal
BELIEF -- Marriage

Date learned: 06-26-1973

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WHEN A GIRL ACCIDENTALLY STEPS ON A CAT'S TAIL, SHE WILL
BE MARRIED WITHIN A YEAR.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Mammal
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Measure of time Year

Date learned: 06-26-1973

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IF A CHAIR FALLS BACKWARDS FROM THE TABLE AS YOU GET UP, YOU
WILL NOT MARRY THAT YEAR. THE LONGER YOU WAIT TO PICK IT
UP, THE LONGER IT WILL BE UNTIL YOU DO MARRY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Measure of time Year

Date learned: 06-20-1973

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IF A YOUNG MAN RESCUES A YOUNG GIRL FROM DROWNING, HE
WILL MARRY HER.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Marriage

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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