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SUPERSTITION
BAD LUCK TO PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 04-14-1972
SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING DEAD YOU SPIT AND SAY, "I DON'T WANT
THAT ON MY MOTHER'S TABLE."
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
BAD LUCK TO SWEEP AT NIGHT.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 04-14-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU DREAM ABOUT FISH, SOMEONE IS PREGNANT.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 04-14-1972
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
LONGEVITY
ROCKERFELLER WENT TO A NATUREOPIDIST TO FIND OUT HOW TO LIVE LONGER -
TOLD HIM TO DRINK "MOTHER'S MILK". SO HE WENT TO ALL THE HOSPITALS
AND PAID $10.00 A QUART.
Where learned: DETROIT ; LAMAR BARBER COLLEGE ; WOODWARD AVE
Keyword(s): ROCKEFELLER
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-16-1965
MARRIAGE CUSTOM IN LEBANON
THE OLDEST GIRL GENERALLY GETS MARRIED FIRST. IF THE OLDEST GIRL
DOES NOT GET MARRIED FIRST, PEOPLE THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING
WRONG WITH HER. THE YOUNGER SISTERS THEN MUST WAIT FOR THE OLDEST TO
GET MARRIED. THIS CUSTOM IS BEGINNING TO BE LOST AND PUT ASIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHRONOLOGY OF MARRIAGE WITHIN FAMILY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Signs of availability |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
SYMBOLISM OF THE MOON IN LEBANON
THE MOON IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF
THINGS. TO COMPARE A WOMAN TO THE MOON IS ONE OF THE
HIGHEST COMPLIMENTS POSSIBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
STAY WITH A GROUP FOR ABOUT FORTY DAYS, AND YOU
EITHER BECOME PART OF THEM OR YOU LEAVE THEM.
Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE
Keyword(s): {ORIGINAL ARABIC PROVIDED ON CARD}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |