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IF YOU EAT ANY KIND OF BERRY, YOU WILL GET AN APPENDIX.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY CAFE
Keyword(s): APPENDICITIS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-02-1969
IF YOU PULL OUT A GOOD HAIR, TWO GREY HAIRS WILL RETURN
IN ITS PLACE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 05-09-1969
DON'T DRINK MILK AND EAT FISH AT THE SAME TIME, THE
REACTION IS DEADLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
DON'T HAVE YOUR PICTURE MADE WITH AN ANIMAL OR ONE OF YOU
WILL DIE WITHIN A YEAR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-23-1969
IF YOU STEP OVER A PERSON (WHO IS LYING ON THE FLOOR) HE
WON'T GROW ANYMORE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Abnormal in size BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-22-1969
IF (YOU) SEE A BLOODY CAR ACCIDENT WHEN PREGNANT, BABY WILL
BE DEFORMED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
INFORMANT HAS A FELLOW DOCTOR FROM TURKEY WHO WEARS A BLUE
STONE ALWAYS TO WARD OFF THE EVIL EYE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
NEVER THANK A PERSON FOR COMBING YOUR HAIR, OR THE HAIR
WILL FALL OUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-27-1970
YOU KNOW THERE'S AN OLD SAYING, THAT IF CATS BREATHE IN YOUR
FACE, THEY WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY. I WOKE UP ONCE WHEN
I WAS A LITTLE BOY AND A CAT WAS BREATHING RIGHT IN MY FACE.
I NEVER HAVE LIKED CATS SINCE THEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
BEADS MADE FROM THE ROOTS OF TREADSALVE (A TYPE OF THISTLE)
WERE WORN BY TEETHING BABIES SO THEIR GUMS WOULD NOT HURT SO
BADLY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
PLAYING WITH MACHES WILL MAKE YOU WET THE BED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
IF YOU DREAM OF WATER, IT'S A SIGN OF SICKNESS TO COME.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 03-27-1972
IF YOU SWEEP UNDER THE BED OF A PATIENT, HE WILL DIE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): BROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IF YOU DON'T KILL THE FIRST SNAKE YOU SEE IN THE SPRING, YOU'LL
BE SICKLY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- P663 BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
TO KEEP FROM CATCHING A COLD, WEAR A STONE AROUND YOUR NECK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
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
IF YOU LOOK TO SEE WHO'S IS AN AMBULANCE, YOU WILL BE THE
NEXT ONE IN IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- P533 BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-12-1972
IF YOU CUT A BABY'S HAIR BEFORE IT IS A YEAR OLD, THE BABY
WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THIS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY. MY FAMILY
Where learned: KENTUCKY EASTERN
Date learned: 08-04-1968
IF YOU HICCUP THREE TIMES, YOU WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
A BABY WILL BE BORN WITH POOR EYESIGHT IF HIS MOTHER READ
DURING HER PREGNANCY WITH HIM.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): READING
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN