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IF A BIRD ENTERS A HOUSE, SOMEONE IN THAT HOUSE WILL DIE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 05-07-1969

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BLESSED IS THE CORPSE THE RAIN FALLS ON.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 05-07-1969

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IF A STRANGE BLACK CAT COMES THROUGH YOUR HOUSE, A MEMBER
OF THE FAMILY WILL DIE.

Submitter comment: THIS APPLIED TO COUNTRY HOUSES WHICH HAD NO SCREEN DOORS,

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Accessories: Fireplace, stove, oven, lighting, etc.
BELIEF -- Mammal
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 04-02-1969

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IF ONE COUNTS THE NUMBER OF CARS IN A FUNERAL CORTEGE, HE
WILL BE THE NEXT ONE TO DIE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs

Date learned: 04-01-1969

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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

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YOU CAN'T SWEEP UNDER THE BABY'S BED UNTIL HE IS SIX
WEEKS OLD. IF YOU DO, THE BABY WILL DIE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY

Subject headings: 686 Sixths / Six
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities

Date learned: 05-05-1969

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WHEN SOMEBODY DIED, PEOPLE WOULD GO TO THE GRAVEYARD AND SING
THE WHOLE NIGHT, AND THEY SAID WHEN THEY SANG, IT KEPT
THE EVIL SPIRITS AWAY.

Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER GRANDMOTHER.

Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 03-07-1969

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A BLACKBIRD FLYING OVER A HOUSE IS A SIGN OF DEATH TO COME
IN THAT HOUSE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WINCHESTER

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Animal
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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TO HEAR A SCREECH OWL IS TO BE WARNED OF DEATH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WINCHESTER

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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TO SEE A SHOOTING STAR IS TO BE WARNED OF DEATH IN THE
FAMILY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WINCHESTER

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Celestial Body
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF YOU DREAM ABOUT BEING KILLED AND YOU KNOW YOU ARE ABOUT
TO BE KILLED IN THE DREAM YOU WILL DIE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Dreams

Date learned: 07-06-1970

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MRS. CROCKER BELIEVES THAT IF ONE SEES A LIGHT IN AN ORCHARD
AT NIGHT TIME, IT SIGNIFIES A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRADFORD

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 07-00-1968

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DR. LINN BELIEVES THAT ONE SHOULD NEVER PLANT A CEDAR TREE
FOR IT IS AN OMEN OF A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. DR. LINN
PLANTED A CEDAR TREE AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS HER FATHER DIED.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 07-00-1968

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JOAN HAS ALWAYS HEARD THAT IF A RED BIRD FLIES INTO THE HOUSE
IT IS A SIGN THAT SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO DIE, A FAMILY DEATH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color

Date learned: 07-00-1968

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THE OWL IS CONSIDERED AN OMEN OF DEATH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 07-00-1968

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SWARMING BEES IS A SIGN OF DEATH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Insect
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 07-00-1968

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IF A COW HOWLS AFTER MIDNIGHT, SOMEONE YOU KNOW WILL DIE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Mammal
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour

Date learned: 04-10-1972

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IT'S BAD LUCK FOR A ROOSTER TO CROW AT THE BACK DOOR,
SOMEONE WILL GET SICK AND DIE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS

James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals

Date learned: 04-10-1972

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IF YOU HEAR AN OWL HOOTING IN A TREE NEAR YOUR HOUSE FOR
THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW, SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY IS GOING
TO DIE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple
Observation
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 00-00-1970

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