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IF YOU PUT UP A FENCE RAIL IN THE WANE OF THE MOON, IT WILL
SINK INTO THE MUD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY CAFE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Architecture BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 04-19-1969
IF WALNUT AND PECAN HULLS ARE THICK, A BAD WINTER WITH MUCH
SNOW AND COLD WEATHER IS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter |
Date learned: 05-08-1969
IF YOU KILL A SPIDER, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: 06-00-1972
HARD WINTER--THE CLOSER A HORNET'S NEST IS TO GROUND, THE
HARDER THE WINTER WILL BE.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME BY DR. MORRELL, BIOLOGY TEACHER AT PEABODY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; DIXON
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE IMAGE OF A MURDERER WILL BE IN HIS DEAD VICTIM'S EYES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
IF A YOUNG GIRL'S SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN THE REST, SHE
WILL BE DOMINEERING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails |
FOR EVERY THUNDERSTORM IN AUGUST, THERE WILL BE A DAY OF
SNOW IN WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 04-20-1972
IF YOU WEAR YOUR SORORITY PIN ALL NIGHT, THE FIRST NIGHT
YOU ARE INITIATED, IT'LL LAST FOREVER. (SAME IF YOU GET
PINNED, ENGAGED, ETC.)
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU BLOW THE FUZZ OFF A DANDELION, YOU HAVE THE SAME NUMBER
OF BOYFRIENDS AS THE NUMBER OF FEATHERS YOU CAN BLOW OFF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; FRANKLIN
Keyword(s): SEEDS SEED HEAD
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOUR RIGHT EYE JUMPS, YOU WILL BE HAPPY.
IF YOUR LEFT EYE JUMPS, YOU WILL GET MAD.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
IF YOU STEP OVER A PERSON, HE WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-20-1973
PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOLES ON THEIR FINGERS WILL STEAL.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 07-30-1968
PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOLES IN THE PALMS OF THEIR HANDS WILL BE
RICH BEFORE THEY DIE.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS. MY MOTHER DID NOT BELIEVE THIS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 07-23-1968
IF YOU FIND AN EYELASH ON YOUR FINGER, MAKE A WISH AND THEN
BLOW IT OFF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 06-15-1970
BABIES ARE BORN WHEN THERE IS A FULL MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 05-03-1969
ROCKING AN EMPTY CHAIR MEANS SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY WILL
DIE SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 04-03-1972
RAIN PREDICTION
WHEN ONE'S FOOT, TOE OR CORN ON THE FOOT HURTS, A RAIN
WILL COME SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
SUPERSTITION
RAIN AND THE SUN SHINING, IT WILL RAIN THIS TIME TOMORROW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 03-06-1972
SUPERSTITION
WHEN THE HALF MOON IS UP, NO RAIN;
WHEN THE HALF MOON IS DOWN, RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 03-06-1972
BELIEF
IF ALL THE FOOD ON A TABLE IS EATEN AT THE END OF THE EVENING
MEAL, THE NEXT DAY WILL BE AS CLEAR AS THE TABLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 05-03-1972