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IF A BIRD FLUTTERS AT YOUR WINDOW, THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN
THE FAMILY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WINGO
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
THUNDER BEFORE SEVEN, AND IT WILL RAIN BEFORE ELEVEN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WINGO
Date learned: 08-10-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO ROCK AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR. THE
INFORMANT BELIEVES IN THIS STRONGLY. HE GOT FURIOUS WHEN
HIS CHILD ROCKED THE ROCKING CHAIR WITH HIS FOOT. THE
BELIEVE MEANS THAT DEATH OR A VERY BAD THING WILL HAPPEN
TO A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. THE INFORMANT SAID THAT
EVERYONE IN HIS FAMILY AND EVERYONE HE KNEW BELIEVED
THIS WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP IN PRESTONBURG, KENTUCKY.
AND IT IS STILL STRONGLY (UNDERLINED) BELIEVED.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; PRESTONSBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
CURE FOR FEVER BLISTERS OR COLD SORES
TAKE A BOBBY PIN AND GET SOME WAX FROM YOUR EARS. RUB THE
WAX ON THE SORE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CATLETTSBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
WHEN I WAS THIRTEEN OR FOURTEEN YEARS OLD I WAS VISITING MY
UNCLE'S FAMILY AT CATLETTSBURG, KENTUCKY. UNCLE JIM LIVED
ABOUT A HALF A MILE FROM WHERE THE BIG SANDY EMPTIES INTO THE
OHIO RIVER. EVERY AFTERNOON WE WOULD GO TO THE RIVER TO SWIM.
TO GET TO THE RIVER WE HAD TO GO DOWN THIS STEEP EMBANKMENT
AND ACROSS A CORNFIELD. AS I WENT DOWN THE BANK I STEPPED ON
A PIECE OF GLASS AND MADE A DEEP GASH ABOUT AN INCH LONG ON MY
HEEL. MY COUSINS HELPED ME BACK UP THE BANK AND TO THE FRONT
PORCH SWING. MY AUNT SALLY BROUGHT SOME CLEAN RAGS AND A BASIN
OF WATER AND WAS TRYING TO WASH OFF MY HEEL BUT THE BLOOD JUST
KEPT POURING. MY COUSIN CATHERINE SAID, "I'LL GO GET UNCLE
ISHAM TO STOP IT."
UNCLE ISHAM DANIEL WAS IN HIS EIGHTIES. HE WAS NOT MY UNCLE, BUT
WAS DISTANTLY RELATED TO MY AUNT'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY. HE LIVED
ABOUT 400 YARDS FROM MY UNCLE JIM'S. HE WAS SITTING ON THE
PORCH OF HIS HOUSE. CATHERINE RAN OVER THERE, AND WE COULD
SEE HER TELLING UNCLE ISHAM. THE BLOOD SUDDENLY STOPPED.
CATHERINE TOLD ME UNCLE ISHAM SAID A CERTIN VERSE FROM THE
BIBLE. SINCE HE WAS GETTING OLD AND KNEW HE WOULDN'T BE AROUND
MUCH LONGER, HE WAS WILLING TO TELL THE SECRET OF STOPPING BLOOD
BUT IT HAD TO BE TO SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT A BLOOD RELATIVE.
CATHERINE DIDN'T QUALIFY AND SHE TRIED TO GET ME TO GO. FOR
SOME REASON I DON'T REMEMBER, I NEVER DID GO. IT WAS FAIRLY
COMMON FOR NEIGHBORS TO CALL ON UNCLE ISHAM TO STOP BLOOD.
I NEVER HEARD OF HIM FAILING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; CATLETTSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): CLOTTING ; HEMORRHAGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
EXTREME HOT SUMMER MEANS HARD WINTER (VICE VERSA)
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
A DRY JUNE IS A SIGN OF A GOOD CROP YEAR
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PLANT THINGS THAT GROW ON TOP OF THE GROUND IN THE LIGHT
OF THE MOON
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
ARE THEY KIN? NO THAT'S A DIFFERENT SET OF DOGS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
THEY ARE NEIGHBORHOOD SAINTS AND A HOME DEVIL.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
Keyword(s): HYPOCRISY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
SHE HAS A FACE THAT WOULD STOP AN EIGHT DAY CLOCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
Keyword(s): UGLINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
A SHORT HORSE IS EASY CURRIED.
Data entry tech comment: EASILY CURRIED.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
PROVERB
IF YOU LAY DOWN WITH DOGS, YOU GET UP WITH FLEAS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
IN BRAGGING: I'VE HEARD DUCKS FUTE BEFORE.
Data entry tech comment: APPARENTLY SAID IN THE FACE OF SOMEONE ELSE'S BRAGGING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of quality PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB
WHEN POVERTY COMES IN AT THE DOOR, LOVE FLYS OUT THE WINDOW.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
PROVERB
TIME AND TIDE WAITS FOR NO MAN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
PROVERB: POOR MARRIAGE
IF SHE MARRIES HIM, SHE'LL DRIVE HER DUCKS TO A POOR MARKET.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-20-2970
PROVERB
IF YOU FLY TOO HIGH, YOU'RE LIABLE TO LIGHT IN A COW PILE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-20-1970