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SUPERSTITION

BABIES ARE FOUND UNDER A CABBAGE LEAF.

Submitter comment: AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN BIRTH, USUALLY TO CHILDREN, BY EMBARASSED
PARENTS AND WITHIN THE PEER GROUP BY CHILDREN.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Birth

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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BELIEF

IT IS BAD LUCK FOR BRIDE AND GROOM TO SEE EACH OTHER ON THEIR
WEDDING DAY.

Submitter comment: I BELIEVE THE INFORMANT MEANS BEFORE THE WEDDING ITSELF -
IT WOULD BE WORSE LUCK FOR THEM NOT TO SEE EACHOTHER! - A.C.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Marriage

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BELIEF

TO DREAM OF DEATH IS A SIGN OF A WEDDING.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Marriage

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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BELIEF

IF YOUR SHOESTRING COMES UNTIED, YOUR SWEETHEART IS THINKING
ABOUT YOU.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Marriage

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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SUPERSTITION

IF YOU ARE A BRIDESMAID MORE THAN THREE TIMES BEFORE YOU ARE
MARRIED, YOU WILL NEVER MARRY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Marriage

Date learned: 03-29-1972

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SUPERSTITION

A DOUBLE WEDDING ALWAYS BRINGS BAD LUCK TO ONE OF THE COUPLES.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Marriage

Date learned: 03-29-1972

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SUPERSTITION

IF YOU WALK OVER A NEW GRAVE WITHOUT WALKING BACK OVER IT,
YOU WILL BE NEXT TO DIE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 03-29-1972

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BELIEF

IF YOU HEAR DOORS SLAMMING AND DOORS ARE NOT BEING SLAMMED,
IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 05-07-1972

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SUPERSTITION

IF A BIRD FLIES INTO A CHURCH, THERE IS SOMEONE THERE WHO WON'T
LIVE TO COME BACK AGAIN.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 03-02-1972

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BELIEF

IF THERE IS RAIN DURING A FUNERAL, THE DECEASED PERSON HAS GONE
TO HEAVEN.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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BELIEF

IF YOU HEAR ETHEREAL MUSIC WHILE LYING IN BED AT NIGHT, IT IS
A SIGN OF DEATH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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CURE

A SLAB OF SALT PORK ON THE CHEST CAN CURE THE FEVER OF A
PNEUMONIA PATIENT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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IF A PERSON WHO IS IN A COMA TALKS TO RELATIVES WHO ARE DEAD,

IT IS A SIGN THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DIE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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BELIEF

IF YOU ARE RIDING DOWN THE STREET AND PASS A FUNERAL PROCESSION,
TURN AROUND AND FOLLOW IT OR YOU WILL BE THE NEXT TO DIE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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BELIEF

IF YOU DREAM OF A WEDDING, IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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BELIEF

IF A BIRD FLIES INTO A HOUSE, IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 05-07-1972

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BELIEF

IF YOU DREAM ALL YOUR TEETH HAVE BEEN PULLED, IT IS A SIGN OF
DEATH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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BELIEF

SEEING MUDDY WATER IS A SIGN OF DEATH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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SUPERSTITION

THE HICCUPS MEAN YOU ARE GROWING.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Measure

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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SUPERSTITION

WHEN YOU WALK WITH ONE SHOE OFF AND THE OTHER ON, COUNT STEPS
AND THAT WILL BE THE NUMBER OF YEARS BEFORE YOU MARRY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Numbers System of counting Calculation

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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