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IF A WOMAN HAS A GAP BETWEEN HER TWO FRONT TEETH,
SHE LOVES MEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF SOMEONE HAS A GAP BETWEEN THEIR TWO FRONT TEETH,
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD LIARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF BOYS WANT TO GROW HAIR ON THEIR FACE OR CHEST,
THEY SHOULD EAT PICKLES AND WATERMELON AT THE
SAME TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): VIRILITY
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DRESS
INDIAN WOMEN WILL NOT CUT THEIR HAIR. GENERALLY, IT
IS BRAIDED WHEN IT BECOMES LONG AND THIS SHOWS
THE BEAUTY THAT SHE HAS.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; 59 SEWARD AVE ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 02-29-1968
IF YOU EAT LOTS OF PEPPER, IT WILL GROW HAIR ON YOUR
CHEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Flavoring Spice BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
IF YOU TELL A LIE, YOUR NOSE WILL GROW LONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PINOCCHIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-04-1968
IF YOU CAN ROLL YOUR TONGUE, IT IS A SIGN OF
VIRGINITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
NAME TABU
DON'T CALL A BABY'S TEETH "TEETH," BECAUSE IF YOU DO,
THE BABY MIGHT NOT GET ANY MORE TEETH. CALL THEM
RICE GRAINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TABU
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A STEP ON A CRACK BREAKS YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS AS A CHILD IN NORWALK, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; FERNDALE ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE EARLY 1900S. MRS.
LASKEY'S STEPFATHER, NAMED AUGUST, WAS IN THE BARBER
SHOP IN THE EARLY SPRING AND THE BARBER TOLD HIM THAT
HIS SKIN WAS BEGINNING TO DECAY, AND BECAUSE OF THIS
HE THOUGHT THAT "ABOUT THE FIRST OF MAY WOULD BE
THE LAST OF AUGUST." ON MAY FIRST OF THAT YEAR, HE
DROPPED DEAD ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK. THIS
BARBER SAID THAT HE KNEW THIS BECAUSE HE HAD SEEN
SUCH A THING HAPPEN BEFORE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001900s ; 11-04-1969
AN ITCHY NOSE MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO GET COMPANY.
Where learned: NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A GIRL WEARS RED CLOTHES ON FRIDAY, SHE IS SUP-
POSED TO BE SELLING HER BODY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PROSTITUTION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress BELIEF -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
MENSTRUATION STORY
A MENSTRUATING WOMAN SHOULDN'T GET A PERMANENT IN HER HAIR DURING THIS TIME, AS IT WON'T "TAKE."
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
MENSTRUATION STORY
A MENSTRUATING WOMAN CAN'T CAN FOOD, AS IT WILL RUIN.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
MENSTRUATION STORY
A MENSTRUATING WOMAN SHOULDN'T CHURN, BECAUSE BUTTER WON'T MAKE.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
MENSTRUATION STORY
IF A WOMAN TAKES A DROP OF HER MENSTRUAL BLOOD AND PUTS IT IN A MAN'S DRINK, HE WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH HER.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
MENSTRUATION STORY
IF A WOMAN KISSES A MAN WHILE SHE IS MENSTRUATING, SHE WILL BEAR AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
SUPERSTITION
YOU CAN SMELL DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
IF I KISSED MY ELBOW, I WOULD TURN INTO A GIRL.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; BLACK BOY: A RECORD OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH ; SIGNET BOOK ; NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- BELIEF P. 81, BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
WHEN YOU ARE A CHILD AND LOSE A TOOTH, YOU PUT IT
UNDER YOUR PILLOW THAT NIGHT. THE TOOTH FAIRY
COMES AND SWAPS MONEY FOR THE TOOTH.
Submitter comment: MY PARENTS DID THIS WHEN I WAS A BIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Greenville
James Callow Keyword(s): TRADE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 03-24-1969