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NON-FERTILIZED EGGS
INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS KEPT A ROOSTER WITH HER CHICKENS, FOR SHE BELIEVED UNFERTILIZED EGGS WERE NOT GOOD FOR A PERSON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-06-1972
PLANTING POTATOES
MR. MARTIN'S GRANDMOTHER WOULD DROP POTATOES ON THE FULL MOON IN MARCH FOR ROOT VEGETABLES "JUST DON'T MAKE" IF NOT PLANTED DURING A FULL MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-06-1972
RABBIT FEVER
RABBITS WERE ONLY KILLED DURING THE FROST SEASON. RABBITS COULD CARRY THE DISEASE TULERAMIA--BETTER KNOWN AS RABBIT FEVER. WHEN THE RABBIT WAS DRESSED, THERE WAS A DANGER OF GETTING SOME OF THE BLOOD INTO A CUT IN THE SKIN. THE DISEASE WAS FATAL. HOWEVER, IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE FROST
WOULD KILL ANY INFECTED RABBIT, SO IT WAS SAFE TO HUNT AND DRESS RABBITS AFTER THE FIRST FROST AND UNTIL SPRING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-06-1972
WISHING ON THE NEW MOON
WHEN YOU SEE THE NEW MOON, TURN YOUR BACK AND MAKE A WISH OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
CANNING KRAUT
NEVER CAN KRAUT DURING MENSTRUATION. THE OLD TIMERS BELIEVED THAT IF YOU DID, IT WOULD ROT BEFORE IT COULD BE USED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
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
BLESSING ON CHILD
FELLOW DOCTOR WILL NOT TOUCH A CHILD WITHOUT
SAYING, "GOD BLESS!" THREE TIMES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
WHISTLING GIRL AND CACKLING HEN
WHISTLING GIRL AND CACKLING HEN
ONLY CAN COME TO NO GOOD END.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
DEPARTURE
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS STEP OUT OF A HOUSE ON YOUR RIGHT FOOT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
DOORS
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS USE THE SAME DOOR IN GOING IN AND COMING OUT OF A HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
RED SKY
RED SKY IN THE MORNING,
SAILORS TAKE WARNING.
RED SKY AT NIGHT,
SAILORS' DELIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
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
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