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A FORK
IF YOU DROP A FORK, A WOMAN IS COMING TO YOUR HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
STUMP YOUR TOE
IF YOU STUMP YOUR TOE, YOU WILL SEE YOUR SWEETHEART.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HOWLING OWLS
HOWLING OWLS ON ROOF OF A HOUSE WHEN SOMEONE IS SICK, THIS MEANS
DEATH OF THE SICK PERSON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HOWLING DOGS
HOWLING DOGS NEAR A SICK PERSON MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PICTURE FALLS
WHEN A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL MEANS DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SWEEPING
IF SOMEONE SWEEPS YOUR FEET YOU WON'T GET MARRIED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A BROOM
IF SOMEONE HITS YOU WITH A BROOM, YOU WILL GO TO JAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PEANUT SHELLS
IF YOU DROP PEANUT SHELLS ON THE FLOOR, THE POLICE WILL COME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A RED BIRD
IF YOU SEE A RED BIRD, YOU WILL GET A LETTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING, BUT DON'T HEAR THUNDER IT MEANS YOU ARE
GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF SUPERSTITION
A FALLING STAR MEANS A WITCH IS DEAD.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE GROUNDHOG COMES OUT HIS HOLE ON FEBRUARY FIRST AND THEN
GOES RIGHT BACK IN THAT MEANS THERE'LL BE SIX MORE WEEKS OF
WINTER. I'VE HEARD THIS EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER. MY DATES
TO --- ARE 1951-1973.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
I (SIC) THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT'S RAINING THAT'S A SIGN THE DEVIL
IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
THE NIGHT MY DADDY DIED, AN OWL HOOTED CLOSE TO OUR HOUSE. IT
SOUNDED AS IF IT WAS SITTING ON THE ROOF. THE NEIGHBORS SAID
DADDY WOULD NOT LIVE THROUGH THE NIGHT. HE DIDN'T, BUT THE OWL'S
HOOTING DID NOT MAKE HIM DIE. HE WAS ALREADY ALMOST DEAD.
Keyword(s): DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | Observation PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
PREDICTION OF DEATH
IF YOU HEAR A ROOSTER CROW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU WILL
HEAR OF A DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CENTERVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
PREDICTION OF DEATH
THE HOWLING OF A DOG MEANT DEATH IN THE FAMILY. FOR EXAMPLE, A MAN
IN COOKVILLE CLAIMED HIS DOG STARTED HOWLING AT THE SAME HOUR HIS
GRANDSON DROWNED IN OLD HICKORY LAKE IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CENTERVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
PREDICTION: IS IT GOING TO BE GOOD OR BAD NEWS?
IF YOU HAD A WHITE THREAD ON YOUR CLOTHES, YOU WOULD RECEIVE A
LETTER ON THAT DAY WITH GOOD NEWS IN IT. IF IT WAS A BLACK THREAD,
THE NEWS CONTAINED IN THAT LETTER WOULD BE BAD.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO INFORMANT BY HER MAID, MRS. BERTHA REID, NEGRO, WHO WAS 48
YEARS OLD AT THE TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 07241968 REID, BERTHA, MRS.
BRITISH INTELLIGENCE LEARNED THAT HITLER HAD HIRED A
GREAT ASTROLOGER AND WAS PLANNING HIS MOVES ON WHAT
HIS HOROSCOPE SAID. THE BRITISH THEN HIRED THEIR
OWN ASTROLOGER WHO READ HITLER'S STARS AND TOLD
BRITISH INTELLIGENCE WHAT DAYS HAD BEEN SHOWN
FAVORABLE FOR A MOVEMENT OF FORCES. IN ONE QUICK
MOVE THE ALLIES HAD REVERSED THE SITUATION THROUGH
THE USE OF A MAN OF THE HEAVENS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 10-31-1969
OMENS
IF A GENTLEMAN LETS A LADY WALK ON THE CURB SIDE, IT MEANS
THAT HE HAS HER FOR SALE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Rota, Lydia ; 27415 LITTLE MACK ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): CHIVALRY ; Curb ; Gentleman ; Lady ; Ownership ; SALE ; SIGN ; Signal ; Walk ; WALKING
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
BRITISH INTELLIGENCE LEARNED THAT HITLER HAD HIRED A
GREAT ASTROLOGER AND WAS PLANNING HIS MOVES ON WHAT
HIS HOROSCOPE SAID. THE BRITISH THEN HIRED THEIR
OWN ASTROLOGER WHO READ HITLER'S STARS AND TOLD
BRITISH INTELLIGENCE WHAT DAYS HAD BEEN SHOWN
FAVORABLE FOR A MOVEMENT OF FORCES. IN ONE QUICK
MOVE THE ALLIES HAD REVERSED THE SITUATION THROUGH
THE USE OF A MAN OF THE HEAVENS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 10-31-1969