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FRIDAY
MY UNCLE BEN NEVER WOULD START ANYTHING ON FRIDAY. IF A JOB IS STARTED ON FRIDAY IT WILL NEVER BE FINISHED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
BLOOD RELATION
IF YOU SUCK THE BLOOD OF ANOTHER PERSON, YOU ARE FROM THEN ON BLOOD SISTER OR BROTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
BROKEN MIRROR
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR INTO LESS THAN SEVEN PIECES, YOU WILL HAVE AS MANY YEARS OF BAD LUCK AS THERE ARE PIECES. IF YOU BREAK IT INTO MORE THAN SEVEN PIECES, YOU WILL HAVE SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
Remembered from childhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HORSESHOE SUPERSTITION
YOU ALWAYS HANG A HORSESHOE OVER A DOOR WITH THE ENDS POINTED UP SO THAT THE LUCK WON'T ALL RUN OUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
INCHWORM SUPERSTITION
IF AN INCHWORM IS MEASURING AND YOU DON'T KILL IT, YOU'LL GET A NEW DRESS.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
DOG DAYS
IF YOU CUT YOURSELF DURING "DOG DAYS," THE CUT WON'T HEAL UNTIL "DOG DAYS" ARE OVER.
Submitter comment:
"DOG DAYS" ARE THIRTY DAYS IN JULY AND AUGUST WHEN IT RAINS EVERY DAY. THIS PERIOD GETS ITS NAME BECAUSE DOGS ARE MORE APT TO GO MAD THEN.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MACON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
BRIDAL SUPERSTITION
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CHANGE YOUR NAME BUT NOT THE FIRST LETTER OF IT WHEN YOU MARRY.
CHANGE THE NAME AND NOT THE LETTER,
MARRY FOR WORSE AND NOT FOR BETTER.
Submitter comment:
Remembered from childhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE
IT IS BAD LUCK TO OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
Remembered from childhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BRIDAL SUPERSTITION
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THE BRIDE TO SEE THE GROOM ON THE WEDDING DAY BEFORE THE WEDDING.
Submitter comment:
REMEMBERED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BRIDAL SUPERSTITION
A BRIDE WEARS SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE, AND A PENNY IN HER SHOE FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
Remembered from childhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HAT ON THE BED
IT IS BAD LUCK TO THROW A HAT ON THE BED.
Submitter comment:
REMEMBERED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THREE ON A MATCH
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES ON A MATCH.
Submitter comment:
REMEMBERED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WEDDING GOWN
A HAIR SEWN INTO A WEDDING GOWN BY AN ENEMY OF THE BRIDE IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
OPPOSITE SIDES OF A POST
IF YOU AND A FRIEND WALK ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A POST, ONE MUST SAY "BREAD AND BUTTER" AND THE OTHER MUST ANSWER "COME TO SUPPER" TO KEEP FROM HAVING BAD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
THE PERSON WHO TAKES THE LAST SERVING OR PIECE OF BREAD WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
IF TWO PEOPLE SAY SOMETHING AT THE SAME TIME, ONE SAYS "JINX" AND COUNTS TO TEN. IF TEN IS REACHED BEFORE THE OTHER PERSON SAYS "STOP," THE SECOND PERSON OWES THE FIRST TEN COKES.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT LIFTING YOUR FEET WHEN GOING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS MEANS YOU'LL LOSE YOUR BOYFRIEND.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TAKING THE BITE OF FOOD THAT HAPPENS TO BE THE LAST MEANS YOU'LL BE AN OLD MAID OR BACHELOR.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PENNY IN THE BOTTOM OF A NEW PURSE IF GIVEN AS A GIFT INSURES MONEY THERE ALWAYS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN