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BELIEF, LEGEND

MUSIC PROFESSION - ALL ORGANISTS ARE HOMOSEXUAL. LEGEND
SUPPORTING: AT AGD CONVENTION, THE AMERICAN GUILD OF
ORGANISTS, WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN THE FAIRIES COME OUT.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Human Being

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BELIEF

IT IS THE OPINION OR BELIEF OF MANY MUSICIANS OF MUSICIANS
THAT MUSICOLOGISTS, HISTORIANS OF MUSIC, CANNOT PERFORM.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Human Being

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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ONCE THERE WAS A LADY WHO WAS BURIED ALIVE. AFTER BEING BURIED
TWO DAYS, SOMEONE DUG UP THE GRAVE. THEY OPENED THE COFFIN AND
THE CLOTH WAS TORN OUT. HER FINGERNAILS WERE ALL GONE FROM
SCRATCHING AND THEY WERE BLEEDING.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Human Being
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 03-07-1969

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DEAN COOK IS A GREAT GUY. HE'D DO ANYTHING HE COULD TO HELP
OUT THE STUDENTS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Human Being
BELIEF -- School

Date learned: 02-12-1969

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MISS PRITCHETT (STUDENT FINANCIAL AID OFFICE) GROWLS
AT EVERYONE. ESPECIALLY GIRLS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Human Being
BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed

Date learned: 02-12-1969

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MANY MUSICIANS AND NON-MUSICIANS BELIEVE THAT NEGROES HAVE
AN INNATE SUPERIOR MUSICAL ABILITY, PARTICULARLY IN
RHYTHMIC SKILLS.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): Black ; ETHNIC ; Innate ; MUSIC ; NEGRO ; RACISM ; Rhythm ; Stereotype

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Human Being

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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ASTROLOGICAL OBSERVATION

WHEN THE MOON IS ALMOST FULL, OR FULL, AND FOR A FEW DAYS
AFTER IT IS FULL, THE MOON AFFECTS SOME PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
WHOEVER IS AFFECTED BECOMES HARD TO HANDLE AND STUBBORN, AND
OFTEN IRRITABLE. ANIMALS MAY BECOME RATHER WILD. BEING
AFFECTED BY MOON CHANGES MAY BE HANDED DOWN TO OFFSPRING.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Human Being
BELIEF -- Animal
BELIEF -- Moon

Date learned: 00-00-1967

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STORY ABOUT JEWISH PEDDLAR

THERE USED TO BE A FEW JEWS THAT MADE THE COUNTRY ROADS AND
SOLD HOUSE BROOMS AND CLOTHING, SOME EVEN HAD APPLES, POTATOES AND
FISH. THEY WOULD ALSO BUY OLD COINS AND RAGS. THEY CAME IN REAL
COMMON CLOTHES, BUT BACK HOME THEY OWNED A BIG NEW HOME AND A
LARGE AUTOMOBILE.

James Callow comment: SPELLING OF CLOTHES AND OWNED CORRECTED.

Where learned: WISCONSIN ; HILBERT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Human Being

Date learned: 07-28-1968

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SMOKE FOLLOWS BEAUTY.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

James Callow comment:

"SMOKE FROM AN OUT-OF-DOOR FIRE DRIFTS TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
PERSON WITHIN RANGE"--#675 IN HAND, NORTH CAROLINA.
ALSO SEE HAND & TALLEY, UTAH #2134; PUCKETT OHIO #5713.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Harwell, H Q ; CORNERSVILLE

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; BEAUTY ; Maxim ; Saying ; Smoke

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Human Being
BELIEF -- Fire
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)

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FIVE MEN, EACH HEAD OF THE SAME HOUSE, DIED IN SUCCESSION
FOR OWNING CERTAIN PROPERTY. THE PLACE WAS CALLED "SUNSET
PLACE ON SIGNAL MOUNTAIN."

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: 686 Fifths
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name
BELIEF -- Human Being

Date learned: 09-17-1973

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DEAN HERNDON'S BINOCULARS

MRS. HERNDON, DEAN OF WOMEN AT PEABODY COLLEGE, HAS AN
APARTMENT IN THE BASEMENT OF EAST HALL. IN THE EVENING, SHE
WATCHES GILLETTE HALL THROUGH BINOCULARS TO SEE IF ANY MEN
ARE IN THE WOMEN'S ROOMS. INCIDENTALLY, IT IS PREDOMINANTLY
FRESHMEN DORMITORY. THERE ARE MANY MORE STORIES ON DEAN
HERNDON'S METHODS OF LOOKING AFTER HER GIRLS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Human Being

Date learned: 06-14-1973

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Ethnic: Ukraine

In the Ukranian village, a girl would wear her hair in long braids. On her wedding day, her mother would ceremoniously unbraid it; a week later, her husband cut it off [sic].

Data entry tech comment:

Based on another submission card that is by the same person, regarding something very similar, that the cutting of the hair symbolizes the loss of virginity, which may or may not be clear. See CFA #  43568 for cross reference.

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

BN F545 is written in black marker above original BN [P430, F545]

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; Klymyshyn, Eudokia

Keyword(s): Consummation ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; HAIR ; HUSBAND ; MARRIAGE ; Ukraine ; UKRAINIAN ; VIRGINITY ; WEDDING

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Human Being

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CHINESE FESTIVAL

CHENG YEUNG FESTIVAL IS THE "FESTIVAL OF ASCENDING HEIGHTS."
ON THE 9TH DAY OF THE 9TH MOON, LEGEND SAYS THAT THE WISE
CLIMB TO HIGH PLACES TO AVOID DISASTER.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; Ng, Theresa

Keyword(s): Celebration ; Chinese ; FESTIVAL ; Heights ; Legend ; MOON

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Fixed DateFor specific dates, use the following system:
BELIEF -- Human Being
BELIEF -- Moon

Date learned: 02-24-1968

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