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IF A COLD SHIVER RUNS DOWN YOUR SPINE, A CAT HAS RUN ACROSS
YOUR GRAVE.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; MEMPHIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
TO INSURE GOOD LUCK FOR THE NEW YEAR, ON NEW YEAR'S MORNING
SAY "WHITE RABBITS, WHITE RABBITS, WHITE RABBITS," AS SOON
AS YOU WAKE UP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF THERE IS SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY AND A DOG COMES TO THE DOOR
OR WINDOW AND SHOWS HIS TEETH WITHOUT GROWLING, OR MAKING A
SOUND, THE PERSON WILL DIE. I HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN AND
THE DOG WILL COME SEVERAL TIMES INSTEAD OF JUST ONCE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
IF A MULE SHAKES HIMSELF WITH THE HARNESS ON, IT IS A SIGN
OF RAIN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
Date learned: 08-02-1968
THE NIGHT THAT UNCLE TROY DIED, MAMA AND PAPA AND SOME OTHERS
SETTING UP WITH UNCLE TROY HEARD SOME DOGS FIGHTING IN THE
HALL. PAPA WENT TO THE DOOR AND KICKED AT THE DOGS, BUT
NOTHING WAS THERE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
DREAM OF A HORSE AND IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH. ALSO A COW THAT
LOWS (CALLS) ONE TIME AT NIGHT IS A SIGN OF DEATH. I HAVE
WOKE UP AT NIGHT AND HEARD A COW LOW AND I WILL LIE AWAKE FOR
HER TO LOW AGAIN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
WHEN HITCHING UP MULES TO A WAGON, IF ONE STEPS OVER THE
TONGUE (OF THE WAGON), UNHITCH HIM, PUT HIM BACK IN THE
STALL, GIVE HIM AN EAR OF CORN, THEN CATCH HIM AGAIN AND
HARNESS HIM.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
WHEN HOGS WALK AROUND WITH A CORNCOB IN THEIR MOUTH, IT IS
GOING TO TURN COLD.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
Date learned: 07-20-1968
I WOULDN'T HAVE A BODY OF MINE HAULED TO THE CEMETERY BY A
GRAY HORSE. GRAY HORSE WILL BRING ANOTHER DEATH.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
EVERY TIME YOU SEE A WHITE HORSE, YOU LICK THE END OF THE INDEX
FINGER OF YOUR RIGHT HAND, HIT IT AGAINST THE PALM OF YOUR LEFT
HAND, AND THEN HIT YOUR LEFT PALM WITH THE END OF YOUR RIGHT
FIST. THIS IS CALLED "STAMPING WHITE HORSES." WHEN YOU SEE 100
WHITE HORSES AND STAMPTHEM THIS WAY, YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Number P686.1.100 |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
ASTROLOGY RELATED TO DISEASE--MOON BLINDNESS
SOME HORSES ARE MOON BLIND AND CANNOT SEE OUT OF ONE EYE,
WHICH RUNS AND BECOMES SWOLLEN, WHEN THE MOON IS FULL.
THE EYE MUST BE PUT OUT, OR THE OTHER EYE WILL BE AFFECTED
AS WELL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
IF YOU SEE A CAT WASHING ITS FACE, THAT MEANS YOU'LL HAVE
COMPANY SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00001960 CA.
WHEN A HORSE LIES DOWN AND ROLLS OVER, AS MANY TIMES AS HE
ROLLS OVER EQUALS AS MANY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS THAT HE IS
WORTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 00001959 CA.
IF A DOG HOWLS, YOU WILL HEAR A WELL KNOWN FRIEND DIED.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; CHILTON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
WHEN THE RATS LEAVE A SHIP, IT MEANS IT'S GOING TO SINK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 08-02-1968
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, YOU HAVE THREE CHANCES FOR
BAD LUCK AND THEN THE CURSE IS OFF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 05-01-1969
BAD LUCK IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES ONE'S PATH.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-24-1968
A COW EYE IS A GOOD LUCK CHARM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; 1427 CARMICHAEL TOWERS ; NASHVILLE ; VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
IF YOU SEE A GRAY MULE, KISS YOUR THUMB AND THEN TOUCH THE
MIDDLE OF YOUR HAND WITH YOUR THUMB, AND THEN HIT YOUR PALM
WITH YOUR FIST. THIS WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BLACK CAT GOES IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU SHOULD SPIT ON THE
WINDSHIELD AND TIE A KNOT IN YOUR HANDKERCHIEF TO KEEP BAD
LUCK FROM STRIKING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: 07-06-1970