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WEATHER PREDICTION
IF IT'S RED TOWARD SUNSET, IT WILL BE FAIR.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AKIN TO "RED SKY AT NIGHT; SAILOR'S DELIGHT."
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
WEATHER PREDICTION (RAIN)
IF THERE'S A RAINBOW IN THE MORNING, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
WEATHER PREDICTION (RAIN)
IF THE SMOKE FROM THE CHIMNEY GOES TO THE GROUND, IT'S A SIGN
OF RAIN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
WEATHER PREDICTION
A JULY FLY A'HOLLERING IS A SIGN OF DRY WEATHER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time Month |
Date learned: 07-07-1973
FOLK BELIEF (WEATHER PREDICTION)
A TREE FROG HOLLERING IS A SIGN OF RAIN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 07-07-1973
BELIEF
MOST MEN WILL LOOK INTO THEIR GLASS WHEN THEY DRINK, BUT A HOMOSEXUAL WILL LOOK OUT OVER HIS GLASS.
Submitter comment:
HEARD FROM SPANISH OR LATIN-AMERICAN ROOMMATE AT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
IF YOU PREFER SUNRISES TO SUNSETS, YOU ARE A DREAMER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
EARWIGS WILL GET INTO YOUR EARS AND THEN EAT YOUR BRAINS OUT.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT'S NURSE, SALLY, HAD HIM TERRIFIED OF EARWIGS
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
BUSY AS A BUCKET FULL OF MAGGOTS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THAT HE HAS HEARD THIS EXPRESSION MANY
TIMES WHILE GROWING UP IN NORTHERN ALABAMA, AND IN RECENT
YEARS IN AUBURN, ALABAMA. HE USES THE EXPRESSION HIMSELF
IN CASUAL CONVERSATION TO INDICATE ANYONE WHO IS VERY BUSY
DOING SOMETHING.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOU'LL NEED TO LICK THAT CALF AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION IS USED BY THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER, HAZEL DARDEN,
BORN IN NORTH ALABAMA, WHO LIVES IN AUBURN, ALABAMA. THE EXPRES-
SION MEANS THAT IF YOU DON'T DO A JOB RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, IT
WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE OVER CORRECTLY. IF YOU ARE WATCHING
SOMEONE DO A JOB, AND THEY ARE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB, THEN YOU
SAY, "YOU'LL HAVE TO LICK THAT CALF AGAIN." THE INFORMANT
SAYS THAT HIS MOTHER HAS SAID THIS ALL HER LIFE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IF YOUR STOMACH STICKS OUT IN FRONT, IT'S A BOY. IF IT STICKS OUT
ON THE SIDES, IT'S A GIRL.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
WEATHER SIGN
IF SMOKE RISES FAST IN THIN CURLS THERE WILL BE SNOW.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 05-05-1972
ALABAMA SUPERSTITION
"IF YOU GIVE SOMEONE A GIFT OF A PURSE OR A WALLET, YOU SHOULD
PUT A COIN IN IT TO BRING THE PERSON GOOD LUCK".
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS ITEM AS A CHILD IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
FROM HIS MOTHER, CIRCA 1928. SHE FIRST LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER
IN ALABAMA CIRCA 1900.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALABAMA ; DETROIT ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 11-22-1980 ; 00-00-1928 ; 00-00-1900
ALABAMA SUPERSTITION
"WHEN YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH SOMEONE
AND YOU COME TO A TREE OR A POST, ONE PERSON'S SUPPOSED TO
WALK AROUND ONE SIDE OF IT AND SAY 'BREAD AND BUTTER', WHILE THE
OTHER PERSON WALKS AROUND THE OTHER SIDE AND SAYS 'SALT AND PEPPER'.
IF YOU DON'T DO THIS, YOU'LL HAVE A FIGHT BEFORE THE DAY IS OUT."
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS ITEM AS A CHILD IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
FROM HIS MOTHER, CIRCA 1928. SHE FIRST LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER
IN ALABAMA CIRCA 1900.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALABAMA ; DETROIT ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Conversions SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-22-1980 ; 00-00-1928 ; 00-00-1900
ALABAMA WEDDING CUSTOM
"TO HER WEDDING, A BRIDE SHOULD WEAR SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW,
SOMETHING BORROWED, AND SOMETHING BLUE TO INSURE A LONG, HAPPY,
AND PROSPEROUS MARRIAGE".
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS ITEM AS A YOUNG MAN IN DETROIT,
CIRCA 1930, FROM HIS MOTHER, WHO LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER
IN ALABAMA, CIRCA 1900.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALABAMA ; DETROIT ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-22-1980 ; 00-00-1928 ; 00-00-1900
ALABAMA WEDDING CUSTOM
"A BRIDE SHOULD HAVE A COIN IN HER SHOE ON HER WEDDING DAY,
TO BRING HER A PROSPEROUS MARRIAGE".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALABAMA ; DETROIT ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Penny in shoe |
Date learned: 11-22-1980 ; 00-00-1928 ; 00-00-1900
ALABAMA SUPERSTITION
"IF YOU SPILL SALT, YOU SHOULD THROW SOME OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER
TO BRING GOOD LUCK".
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS ITEM AS A CHILD IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
FROM HIS MOTHER, CIRCA 1928. SHE FIRST LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER
IN ALABAMA CIRCA 1900.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALABAMA ; DETROIT ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 11-22-1980 ; 00-00-1928 ; 00-00-1900
ALABAMA SUPERSTITION
"THE ONLY WAY TO CATCH A BIRD WAS TO PUT SALT ON ITS TAIL,
AND IF YOU CAUGHT A BIRD, IT WOULD BRING YOU GOOD LUCK FOR A YEAR".
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS ITEM AS A CHILD IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
FROM HIS MOTHER, CIRCA 1928. SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER
IN ALABAMA CIRCA 1900.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALABAMA ; DETROIT ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 11-22-1980 ; 00-00-1928 ; 00-00-1900
ALABAMA SUPERSTITION
"A CARDINAL SINGING IN THE YARD IS A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK".
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS ITEM AS A CHILD IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
FROM HIS MOTHER, CIRCA 1928. SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER
IN ALABAMA CIRCA 1900.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALABAMA ; DETROIT ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 11-22-1980 ; 00-00-1928 ; 00-00-1900
ALABAMA CHRISTMAS EVE CUSTOM
"IT WAS GOOD LUCK TO HAVE THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS TREE UP BY
CHRISTMAS EVE".
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS ITEM AS A CHILD IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
FROM HIS MOTHER, CIRCA 1928. SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER
IN ALABAMA CIRCA 1900.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALABAMA ; DETROIT ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 11-22-1980 ; 00-00-1928 ; 00-00-1900