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IF YOU START SOMEWHERE AND DECIDE TO TURN AROUND, YOU MUST
MAKE A CROSSMARK IN THE ROAD AND SPIT IN IT OR YOU'LL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: MRS. ROOKS DOES NOT REALLY BELIEVE THIS, BUT ADMITS TO
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO STIR THE GRAVY (OR ANYTHING) BACKWARDS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CUT YOUR FINGERNAILS ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
THE FIRST PERSON TO VISIT YOU ON NEW YEAR'S DAY WOULD "RULE
YOUR CHICKENS." THIS MEANS THAT IF YOUR FIRST VISITOR WERE
A MAN, MOST OF YOUR CHICKENS WOULD BE ROOSTERS; IF THE
VISITOR WERE A WOMAN, MOST OF THE CHICKENS WOULD BE HENS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IF YOU LOOK IN A WELL ON MAY 1, AT 12:00, THROUGH A REFLECTING
MIRROR, YOU WILL SEE THE PERSON YOU ARE TO MARRY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
JELLY WILL NOT JELL IF IT IS STIRRED BACKWARDS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Preservation BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IF YU KILL A TOAD FROG, YOUR COW WILL GO DRY (NOT PRODUCE MILK).
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IF IT RAINS ON THE FIRST DAY OF MAY AND YOU GET WET, YOU'LL
BE PRETTY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IF YOU DON'T KILL THE FIRST SNAKE YOU SEE IN THE SPRING, YOU'LL
BE SICKLY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- P663 BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CARRY A HOE THROUGH THE HOUSE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BURN CEDAR WOOD IN THE FIREPLACE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
MRS. KIRBY TELLS THAT HER MOTHER-IN-LAW WOULD NOT WASH AND
HANG OUT CLOTHES BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S, FOR IF SHE
DID, SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY WOULD DIE DURING THE NEXT YEAR.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
Date learned: 06-17-1972
NOSEBLEED CAN BE PREVENTED BY PLACING A PIECE OF LEAD ON A
STRING AROUND THE NECK.
Data entry tech comment: CURE?
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
THE BEST WATERMELONS AROUND.
MRS. KIRBY TELLS OF A MAN IN HER COMMUNITY, MR. WALT MAC CAULEY,
WHO ALWAYS PLANTED HIS WATERMELONS BEFORE SUNRISE ON THE FIRST
DAY OF MAY. SHE RECALLS ONE RAINY SUNDAY MORNING, WHEN HE WAS
SEEN PLANTING HIS WATERMELONS BY THE LIGHT OF A LANTERN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-17-1972 ; 06-17-1972
BEANS SHOULD BE PLANTED WHEN THE SIGN IS "IN THE ARMS."
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
Keyword(s): ALMANAC ZODIAC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CROPS (COTTON, CORN OR OTHER CROPS PLANTED FOR CASH) SHOULD BE
PLANTED ON A FULL MOON.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CORN SHOULD BE PLANTED ON THE "DARK" (MOONLESS) NIGHTS IN APRIL.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
SUMMER CEDARS WILL DIE IF THEY ARE CUT WHEN THE MOON IS FULL
IN AUGUST.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
FISH WON'T BITE WHEN THE COWS ARE LYING DOWN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Fish |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
YOU SHOULD PLANT COTTON WHEN THE LIGHTENING BUGS COME OUT.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
Keyword(s): LIGHTNING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-17-1972