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SUPERSTITION

WHEN YOU PLANT A FLOWER, NAME IT AFTER SOMEONE; IF THAT PERSON
LOVES YOU, THE FLOWER WILL LIVE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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BELIEF

IF YOU LIE ON A FEATHERBED DURING A THUNDERSTORM, LIGHTENING
WON'T STRIKE YOU.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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BELIEF

IF YOU SEE A FALLING STAR AND SAY "MONEY, MONEY, MONEY" BEFORE
IT DISAPPEARS, YOU WILL BE RICH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration

Date learned: 05-07-1972

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BELIEF

IF YOU MAKE A WISH WHILE YOU ARE UNDER A RAILROAD TRESTLE OVER
WHICH A TRAIN IS PASSING, YOU WILL HAVE EVERYTHING YOU WISH FOR.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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BELIEF

IF YOU HIDE UNDER THE BED DURING A THUNDERSTORM, LIGHTENING
CANNOT STRIKE YOU.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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BELIEF

PUT A PAIR OF BOOTS IN THE WINDOW AND LIGHTENING WILL NEVER
STRIKE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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SUPERSTITION

IF YOU STAND INSIDE A CIRCLE WHILE IT IS BEING DRAWN, YOUR MOTHER
WILL DIE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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BELIEF

IF YOU FEED A DOG SWEETS, IT WILL GIVE HIM WORMS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 05-07-1972

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BELIEF

PLACING AN ONION UNDER THE BED DURING FLU EPIDEMIC WILL KILL
GERMS AND KEEP THE EVIL SPIRITS AWAY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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BELIEF

IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES IN FRONT OF YOUR CAR, MAKE AN "X" THREE
TIMES ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE TO NULLIFY THE BAD LUCK.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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SUPERSTITION

COUNT NINE STARS FOR NINE NIGHTS TO DREAM OF THE ONE YOU'LL MARRY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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SUPERSTITION

LIGHTING THREE CIGARETTES ON ONE MATCH IS UNLUCKY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number

Date learned: 04-06-1972

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BELIEF

IF YOU ARE BORN ON FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH, YOUR LIFE IS DOOMED.

Submitter comment: TO A TERRIBLE DEATH OR AN EARLY ONE MAYBE? COLLECTOR OMITTED -A.C.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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BELIEF

NEVER LEAVE YOUR HOUSE ON FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH. IT WILL BRING
BAD LUCK.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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SUPERSTITION

STEP ON A CRACK AND BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 02-19-1972

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SUPERSTITION

IF YOU GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED, YOU'LL HAVE A
HEADACHE ALL DAY LONG.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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SUPERSTITION

TICKLING THE BOTTOM OF AN INFANT'S FOOT WILL CAUSE HIM TO STUTTER.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 03-29-1972

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CURE

A MUSTARD PLASTER PLACED ON THE CHEST OF A PNEUMONIA PATIENT WILL
LOWER THE FEVER CAUSED BY THE PNEUMONIA.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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CURE

A MIXTURE OF COAL OIL (KEROSENE) AND SUGAR IS GOOD FOR COLD
OR A COUGH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 03-29-1972

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CURE

A SLAB OF SALT PORK WAS PLACED ON THE CHEST OF A CHILD WITH A
HIGH FEVER. THE NEXT MORNING, THE CHILD'S FEVER WAS GONE AND THE
MEAT WAS COMPLETELY COOKED.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 05-03-1972

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