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OWLS GO TO HOLLERING IT'S A SURE SIGN IT'S GOING TO RAIN
WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
Date learned: 08-02-1968
OLD PEOPLE USED TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU HEARD THE FIRST DOVE YOU
HEARD THAT YEAR, IF YOU WERE STANDING UP YOU WOULD BE IN GOOD
HEALTH ALL YEAR, BUT IF YOU WERE SITTING DOWN, YOU WOULD BE
IN BAD HEALTH ALL YEAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BAD LUCK TO MOCK A DOVE. IF YOU DO,
YOUR BROTHER WILL DIE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
BAD LUCK TO SHOOT A BLUE BIRD
PEOPLE USED TO SAY THAT LIGHTENING WOULD STRIKE YOUR HOUSE IF
YOU SHOT A BLUE BIRD.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
THE WAY I REMEMBER IT, IS THAT IF YOU HEARD YOUR FIRST DOVE
IN THE SPRING WHILE YOU WERE WALKING UPGRADE, YOUR FINANCES
WOULD GO UP ALL YEAR; IF YOU HEARD IT WHILE WALKING DOWNGRADE,
YOUR FINANCES WOULD GO DOWN ALL YEAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- P663 |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
WHEN OR BEFORE MY FATHER PASSED AWAY, THERE WERE THREE KNOCKS
ON THE DOOR, AND THE MALE NURSE OPENED THE DOOR. THERE WAS A
MAN WITH A DOVE ON HIS SHOULDER. THE DOVE FLEW TO MY FATHER
AND LIT ON HIS BED AND THEN FLEW BACK TO THE MAN. THE MAN
AND THE DOVE DISAPPEARED WHILE THE NURSE WAS LOOKING AT THEM.
MY FATHER DIED THE NEXT NIGHT.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
IF GUINEAS MAKE A LOT OF NOISE AT ROOSTING TIME, A STORM IS
APPROACHING. I HAVE SEEN THIS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
Keyword(s): GUINEA HEN?
Date learned: 08-11-1968
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS SAID IF A BIRD KEPT PECKING AT THE
WINDOW, THAT WAS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
WHEN YOU HEAR A HEN TRYING TO CROW, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
IF YOU SHIVER WHEN IT'S NOT COLD, IT MEANS THAT WHEN YOU ARE
DEAD, A GOOSE WILL WALK OVER YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Chills, shivering |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
A SCREECH OWL WHISTLING NEAR A HOUSE THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW
PREDICTS DEATH IN THAT HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 08-03-1968
WHEN THEY ARE ABOUT TO GO TO WORK IN THE FIELD OR TO VISIT A
FRIEND, THEY WILL NOT DO SO IF THEY HEAR, AS SOON AS THEY
STEP OUT THE DOOR, THE BIRD CHIRPING. (THIS MEANS BAD LUCK.)
THEY WILL STAY AT HOME FOR THE DAY.
Submitter comment: SUPERSTITION OF DAYAK PEOPLE IN SARAWAK, BORNEO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; SARAWAK ; BORNEO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
IF A BLACK CROW MAKES THREE QUICK SUCCESSIVE CALLS, A MEMBER
OF THE FAMILY WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; SARAWAK ; BORNEO
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
IF "PRENDGAK" BIRD (A SMALL BIRD) IS SINGING NEAR YOUR HOME,
YOU WILL HAVE NIGHT GUESTS OR VISITORS. THIS IS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
IF A BIRD FLUTTERS AT YOUR WINDOW, THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN
THE FAMILY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WINGO
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
IF A ROOSTER CROWS IN FRONT OF THE DOOR, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE
COMPANY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; MAYFIELD
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
IF YOU WANT IT TO RAIN, KILL A RAIN CROW AND HANG IT OVER A FENCE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; MAYFIELD
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO THE HOUSE, THAT HOUSE WILL BE VISITED BY
DEATH WITHIN THE WEEK.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO MY INFORMANT BY MR. JOSEPH SCHECHTER, NEW YORK CITY,
Where learned: NEW YORK CITY ; TENNESSEE ; NEW YORK ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 07-24-1968
BEFORE A HEAVY STORM, BIRDS DON'T COME TO THE BIRD FEEDERS,
THEY STAY IN SECLUDED PLACES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU HEAR A SCREECH OWL, IT MEANS THAT SOMEONE HAS DIED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN