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IF YOU WISH ON A FULL MOON, YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Measure of quantity or weight BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
IF YOU LOOK AT A NEW MOON THROUGH BRUSH (TREE BRANCHES), YOU'LL
HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 08-11-1968
IF YOU GLANCE UP AT THE SKY AND SEE THE NEW MOON (THIN CRESCENT)
LOOK TO SEE IF YOU ARE HOLDING SOMETHING OR IF YOU HAVE YOUR
HAND ON SOMETHING. IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE HOLDING SOMETHING, YOU'LL
GET A NEW "WHATEVER IT IS" YOU'RE TOUCHING WHEN YOU GLANCE UP
AT THE NEW MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 06-19-1970
BELIEF
A RING AROUND THE MOON IS A SIGN OF STORM AND THE NUMBER OF
STARS WITHIN THE RING INDICATES THE NUMBER OF DAYS
BEFORE THE STORM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
SUPERSTITION
FISH DON'T BITE WELL AFTER A NEW MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 04-01-1972
A CHILD CONCEIVED ON THE QUARTER MOON WILL BE A BOY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Griffin, Fannie ; 298 Central Ave
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Boy ; Conceived ; gender ; PREDICTION ; PREGNANCY
James Callow Keyword(s): FRACTION ; SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
WHENEVER A GROUP OF CATS GATHER IN A GRAVEYARD ON THE
NIGHT OF THE NEW MOON, THEY ARE INHABITED FOR THAT NIGHT
BY THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD. THEY WILL CONVERSE (LOUDLY)
ALL NIGHT LONG, BUT IN THE MORNING THEY WILL BE "ONLY"
CATS AGAIN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE ; Whitehorn, David
Keyword(s): Cats ; Dead ; GHOST ; GRAVEYARD ; Inhabit ; MOON ; New Moon ; SPIRIT ; Tale
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 10-14-1973
A CIRCLE AROUND THE MOON MEANS IT IS GOING TO RAIN
TOMORROW.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COOKEVILLE ; Parker, Richard
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Circle ; MOON ; Rain ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
IF THERE'S A RING AROUND THE MOON, THAT'S A SIGN OF SNOW.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; SCOTTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 10-12-1973
MORE BABIES ARE BORN DURING A FULL MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-11-1973
TURN YOUR MONEY OVER WHEN YOU SEE A NEW MOON AND IT WILL
DOUBLE IN VALUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: 10-10-1973
LAY SHINGLES IN THE WRONG SIGN OF THE MOON AND THEY'LL
CURL ON YOU EVERY TIME -- SAME WITH A ROCK FOUNDATION,
LAY IT IN THE WRONG SIGN AND YOU'LL HAVE TO DO AWAY
WITH IT EVERY YEAR. ONE YEAR HE STOPPED HERSCHEL'S
DAD AFTER HE HAD ONE SIDE DONE. THAT SIDE NEVER DID
STAY PUT. THE ROCK HE FINISHED LAYING IN THE RIGHT
SIGN IS STILL THERE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
I USED TO KNOW AN ELDERLY LADY THAT WARNED ME THAT ONE
MUST NOT LET THE MOON SHINE THROUGH YOUR WINDOW AT NIGHT
ONTO YOUR BED WHERE YOU WERE SLEEPING--IT WAS CAUSE (FOR)
YOU TO GO CRAZY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON ; Schmidt, Nina
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
A CIRCLE AROUND THE MOON MEANS THAT IT IS GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
ON THE WITCHES' SABBATH EVERY ONE HUNDRED YEARS, THE
DEAD WILL WALK THE EARTH FOR ONE NIGHT. SHE SAID THAT
IT DEPENDED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE STARS AND THE
FULL MOON FOR THE DAY TO BE DETERMINED, PREFERABLY ON
A SUNDAY. SHE REMEMBERED LEARNING ABOUT IT FROM HER
PARENTS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD---THEY CAME FROM A VERY
SUPERSTITIOUS PART OF ITALY.
Submitter comment:
Micheline Caputo - deceased Grandmother. Housewife, Italian.
I heard these things from my grandmother throughout most of my young adult life. She was a fantastic storyteller, and was a storehouse of all kinds of information.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ITALY ; VANDERBILT ; Caputo, Micheline
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Festival BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
WHEN MOON IS FULL MORE BABIES ARE BORN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
TO LOOK AT A FULL MOON THROUGH THE TREES IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 09-15-1973
THERE IS GREEN CHEESE ON THE MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 11-04-1977
TO SEE A FULL MOON THROUGH THE LIMBS OF A TREE IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 11-02-1977