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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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FOLK SAYING

(YOU CAN'T) THROWING OUT THE BABY WITH THE DIRTY WATER.

Submitter comment: VARIANT: (YOU CAN'T) THROWING OUT THE BABY WITH THE BATH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 03-31-1969

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PROVERB

THAT'S NOT WORTH TWO HOOTS, AND ONE OF THEM HAS ALREADY
HOOTED.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): VALUE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 07-08-1970

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PROVERB

THAT WENT OVER LIKE A RUBBER CRUTCH IN A POLIO WARD.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 06-27-1970

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PROVERB

QUIET AS A MOUSE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 06-20-1970

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PROVERB

PEOPLE PLAN AND G-D LAUGH.

Data entry tech comment: CORRECTIONS: GOD LAUGHS

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 06-16-1970

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PROVERB

ON THE FIRST DAY OF MAY,
THROW YOUR SHOES AND SOCKS AWAY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 03-07-1969

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PROVERB

AS NERVOUS AS A LONG TAILED CAT IN A ROOM FULL OF
ROCKING CHAIRS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 07-08-1970

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PROVERB

THE MASSES ARE NO ASSES.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim
PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: 06-12-1970

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SAYING

ISN'T THAT A CAT'S WHISKER?

Submitter comment: SOMETHING GOOD.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 06-00-1968

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SAYING

IN A COON'S EYE!

Submitter comment: EXPRESSION OF DISBELIEF.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 06-00-1968

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