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SUPERSTITION

BAD LUCK TO SWEEP AT NIGHT.

Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 04-14-1972

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SUPERSTITION

IF YOU DREAM ABOUT FISH, SOMEONE IS PREGNANT.

Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE

Subject headings: Spirit / Mind / Body

Date learned: 04-14-1972

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SUPERSTITION

IF YOU FIND A PENNY, IT'S GOOD LUCK.

Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 04-14-1972

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SUPERSTITION

IT'S BAD LUCK OR YOUR DREAM WON'T COME TRUE IF YOU TELL IT
AT ALL.

Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE

Subject headings: Spirit / Mind / Body

Date learned: 04-14-1972

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SUPERSTITION

WHEN ONE SHUDDERS OR SHIVERS IT MEANS A MOUSE HAS RUN OVER
YOUR GRAVE.

Submitter comment: HEARD IT ON T.V.

Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE

Subject headings: Spirit / Mind / Body

Date learned: 04-00-1972

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SUPERSTITION

IF YOU HAVE WHITE MARK ON YOUR FINGERNAIL THAT TELLS HOW
MANY BOYFRIENDS YOU WILL HAVE.

Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Color

Date learned: 04-14-1972

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SUPERSTITION

IF YOUR SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN YOUR BIG TOE, YOU WILL
RULE YOUR HUSBAND OR WIFE.

Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE

Subject headings: Prediction / Divination

Date learned: 04-14-1972

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SUPERSTITION

A GAP BETWEEN YOUR TEETH MEANS YOU WILL BE A LIAR.

Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE

Subject headings: Prediction / Divination

Date learned: 04-14-1972

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SUPERSTITION

IF YOU DREAM ABOUT SOMEONE THREE TIMES SOMETHING BAD IS GOING
TO HAPPEN TO THAT PERSON.

Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE

Subject headings: Spirit / Mind / Body

Date learned: 04-14-1972

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SUPERSTITION

WON'T GET MARRIED IF SOMEONE SWEEPS YOUR FEET WITH A BROOM,
BUT IF YOU SPIT ON THE BROOM, IT WILL BREAK THE CURSE.

Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Curse

Date learned: 04-14-1972

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SUPERSTITION

YOU SHOULD TELL YOUR DREAM AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN, OTHERWISE
YOU WILL EITHER HAVE BAD LUCK OR IT WON'T COME TRUE.

Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE

Subject headings: Spirit / Mind / Body

Date learned: 04-14-1972

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SUPERSTITION

IF YOU'RE BORN BALD HEADED, YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF HAIR AND
IF YOU WERE BORN WITH A LOT OG HAIR, YOU WILL BE BORN BALD.

Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE

Subject headings: Prediction / Divination

Date learned: 04-14-1972

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BELIEF-PROVERB

GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE ; GEORGE PEABODY COLLEGE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Measure of quantity or weight
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 02-24-1969

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SUPERSTITION

IT'S BAD LUCK FOR TWO PEOPLE TO COMB ON YOUR HAIR AT ONE TIME.

Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE ; CAMPUS ROOM

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 04-14-1972

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IF YOU SEW OR IRON ON SUNDAY, GOD WILL PUNISH YOU BY ALLOWING
SOMETHING BAD TO HAPPEN TO YOU.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 265B LISA ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Home
BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF THE SUN IS SHINING WHILE IT IS RAINING, THE DEVIL IS
BEATING HIS WIFE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; 265B LISA

Keyword(s): SATAN

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO INSTANTLY TURN GRAY WHEN THEY WITNESSED A
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY, SUCH AS MURDER. THEY STAY GRAY ALL THEIR LIVES.
MY DADDY ONCE TOLD ME ABOUT A MAN WHO TURNED GRAY, BUT I CAN'T
REMEMBER THE STORY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; 265B LISA

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF A WOMAN EATS CARROTS, HER BABY WILL HAVE EXCELLENT VISION.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; 265B LISA

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye
BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant

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IN CHAPEL HILL, TENNESSEE, A MAN WAS ONCE DECAPITATED
BY THE RAILROAD. SINCE THEN, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BY
THE TRACKS AT NIGHT HAVE REPORTED SEEING A LIGHT MOVING
ALONG THE TRACKS.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; 520 NORTH HALL

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter
BELIEF -- Fire

Date learned: 04-29-1969

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