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UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE
IT IS BAD LUCK TO OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
Remembered from childhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BRIDAL SUPERSTITION
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THE BRIDE TO SEE THE GROOM ON THE WEDDING DAY BEFORE THE WEDDING.
Submitter comment:
REMEMBERED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BRIDAL SUPERSTITION
A BRIDE WEARS SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE, AND A PENNY IN HER SHOE FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
Remembered from childhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HAT ON THE BED
IT IS BAD LUCK TO THROW A HAT ON THE BED.
Submitter comment:
REMEMBERED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THREE ON A MATCH
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES ON A MATCH.
Submitter comment:
REMEMBERED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RAIN BEFORE SEVEN
RAIN BEFORE SEVEN,
CLEAR BY ELEVEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
OPPOSITE SIDES OF A POST
IF YOU AND A FRIEND WALK ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A POST, ONE MUST SAY "BREAD AND BUTTER" AND THE OTHER MUST ANSWER "COME TO SUPPER" TO KEEP FROM HAVING BAD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SUPERSTITION
THERE'S THIS EASTERN EUROPEAN SUPERSTITION THAT IF YOU'RE LYING DOWN AND SOMEONE JUMPS OVER YOU, HE HAS TO JUMP BACK OVER YOU OR YOU'LL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
BELIEF
IF A BIRD COMES INTO THE HOUSE, IT MEANS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
BELIEF
IF YOU'RE BORN WITH A VEIL OVER YOUR HEAD YOU CAN SEE GHOSTS. ANYBODY WHO CAN SEE GHOSTS CAN TELL YOU TO LOOK OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER AND YOU'LL SEE THEM, TOO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
BELIEF
HOMOSEXUALS CAN'T WHISTLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 07-18-1968
SUPERSTITION
YOU CAN SMELL DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
BELIEF
THE MAN IN THE MOON EATS GREEN CHEESE BECAUSE IT IS ALL HE HAS TO EAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 03-20-1972
BELIEF
I HEARD THE MOON WAS MADE OF GREEN CHEESE WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 03-20-1972
BELIEF
PEOPLE DIE IN THREES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being P430.546 |
BELIEF
KILL A MOSQUITO AND TWO WILL COME AND TAKE ITS PLACE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 05-01-1972
BELIEF
THE INSECTS CALLED "DARNING NEEDLES" WILL SEW UP YOUR MOUTH OR YOUR NOSE OR AT LEAST STING YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 03-28-1972
FATAL FOODS
A COMBINATION OF MANGOES AND MILK IS FATAL TO ANYONE WHO EATS THEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
FOOD
FISH AND MILK ARE A POISONOUS COMBINATION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 06-24-1970