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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
I ALWAYS HEARD IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, THT IT WAS BAD LUCK
FOR A WOMAN TO GO INTO A MINE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY EASTERN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 08-04-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION.
Submitter comment: I HAVE HEARD THIS SUPERSTITION IN BOTH KENTUCKY AND
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 08-04-1968
IT IS COMMONLY CONSIDERED BAD LUCK FOR A BABY TO CRY WHILE
IT IS BEING BAPTIZED.
Submitter comment: I HAVE NOT HEARD THE SUPERSTITION VOICED LATELY, BUT AFTER
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED
Date learned: 08-04-1968
PREDICTION--RAIN
IF IT RAINS THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, IT WILL RAIN FIFTEEN DAYS
THAT MONTH.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
Date learned: 02-00-1972
WEATHER PREDICTION
RAIN BEFORE 7, QUIT BEFORE 11.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PREGNANCY PREDICTION
THE TENDENCY TO DROP THINGS USUALLY MEANS PREGNANCY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
DON'T LET ANYONE SWEEP UNDER YOUR FEET OR YOU WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
IF AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR ROCKS, IT MEANS THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN
THE FAMILY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination Favorites BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
IF YOU PUT YOUR HAT ON A BED, THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
TO ENTER THROUGH ONE DOOR AND GO OUT THE OTHER WILL BRING COMPANY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
IF YOU COME IN ONE DOOR AND GO OUT ANOTHER, COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
DROP A KNIFE--MEANS A MAN IS COMING TO VISIT.
DROP A FORK--MEANS A WOMAN IS COMING TO VISIT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
DROP A SPOON--COMPANY SOON.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB: TIMELY MAINTENANCE
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB: INGRATITUDE
DON'T BITE THE HANDS THAT FEED YOU.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
DON'T BURN YOUR CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERRB: CONSEQUENCES
AS YOU SEW, SO SHALL YOU REAP.
Data entry tech comment: NOTE VARIATION OF "SEW" AND "SOW."
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERB: INEVITABILITY
ALL THAT GOES UP IS BOUND TO COME DOWN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1972