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IF YOU GIVE A FRIEND A KNIFE, IT WILL CUT YOUR FRIENDSHIP IN TWO.

Where learned: CHILDHOOD

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: FROM CHILDHOOD

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A RED BIRD FLYING ACROSS THE ROAD MEANS THAT YOU WILL GET
A LETTER.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 08-12-1968

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IF A ROOSTER CROWS THREE TIMES, IT MEANS COMPANY IS COMING.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 08-12-1968

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EVENING RED, MORNING GRAY,
SETS THE TRAVELER, ON HIS WAY.

BUT THE EVENING GRAY, AND THE MORNING RED,
WILL BRING DOWN RAIN, ON HIS HEAD.

Submitter comment:

MICHAEL LEARNED THIS FROM HIS GRANDFATHER, WHO LIKED TO

Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon

Date learned: 03-07-1969

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IF YOU STEP ON A CRACK
YOU'LL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK;
AND IF YOU STEP ON A LINE,
YOU WILL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S SPINE.

Where learned: OUTSIDE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music
BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 06-28-1970

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NEVER PASS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF A POST; IT IS BAD LUCK.

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO

James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Bad luck
BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.)

Date learned: 03-00-1972

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NEVER LET ANYONE PASS YOU ON THE STAIRS.

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 03-00-1972

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IF YOU DROP A DISHRAG, SOMEONE IS COMING TO VISIT, CAUSING PLENTY OF WORK FOR YOU.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 07-00-1972

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A ROOSTER CROWING AT THE DOOR FORETELLS COMPANY IS COMING.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 07-00-1972

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IF YOU DREAM OF A SOLID COLORED SNAKE, YOU HAVE A MALE ENEMY.
IF YOU DREAM OF A SPECKLED SNAKE, YOU HAVE A FEMALE ENEMY.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Mammal
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color
BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about people

Date learned: 07-00-1972

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WHEN YOUR NOSE IS BURNING, SOMEBODY IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.

Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, YOU WILL GO ON STRANGE
LAND (SOMEWHERE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE.)

Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF A SPIDER HANGS DOWN FROM A WEB IN A ROOM OF YOUR HOUSE,
A STRANGER IS COMING THERE.

Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Insect
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THE TRAVELER IF YOU WATCH HIM UNTIL HE IS
OUT OF SIGHT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel

Date learned: 06-22-1972

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