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SAYING
SEE A PIN, PICK IT UP
AND ALL DAY LONG, YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C646 BELIEF -- PC86 |
Date learned: 06-30-1973
BELIEF
IF A TURTLE BITES YOU, HE WON'T LET GO 'TIL IT THUNDERS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
BELIEF
MAKE A WISH WHEN YOU GO UNDER A TREE THAT OVERHANGS THE ROAD
COMPLETELY AND YOUR WISH WILO COME TRUE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
THE LORD WILLIN' AND THE CRICK DON'T RISE.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION IS SAID BY MR. SMITH WHO LIVES BETWEEN NOTTASULGA
AND LOCKAPOGO, ALABAMA. THE INFORMANT SAID THAT MR. SMITH WAS
LEARY OF COMMITTING HIMSELF TO SOMETHING THAT HE FELT WAS IN THE
POWER OF THE LORD TO KEEP HIM FROM ACCOMPOLISHING, AND THAT HE
FELT BY SAYING THIS THAT HE WASN'T TEMPING FATE. THE INFORMANT
SAID THAT HE HAD HEARD MR. SMITH SAY THIS MANY TIMES DURING THE
PAST FIFTEEN YEARS.
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S MISPELLINGS RETAINED.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; LOCKAPOGO ; NOTASULGA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SAYING
A MAN WHO KEEPS DIRTY FINGERNAILS DO NOT TOUCH MUCH WATER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
SAYING
THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART IS THROUGH HIS STOMACH
Submitter comment:
SHE WAS MARRIED TO THE SAME MAN FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
SHE IS THE MOTHER OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
James Callow Keyword(s): COOKING FOOD ; LOVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
SAYING
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MAN AND A BOY IS THE PRICE OF
THEIR TOYS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
REMEDIES
TO REMOVE A STAR FROM THE EYE, USE ALAGA SYRUP DILUTED WITH WATER.
James Callow comment:
WHEN THE COLLECTOR ASKED THE INFORMANT WHETHER A STAR WAS A STY,
THE INFORMANT SAID SHE ALWAYS KNEW A STY BY ONLY ONE NAME--
A STAR--AND THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE SHE KNEW IN MOBILE CALLED IT.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
James Callow Keyword(s): STY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
REMEDIES
JELLO WATER STOPS STOMACH UPSETS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
SAYINGS
A PERSON SHOULD NEVER PIERCE EARS UNLESS THERE IS A FULL MOON
BECAUSE IT WILL CAUSE COMPLICATIONS.
Submitter comment: SHE SAID PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO GET SEVERE INFECTIONS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDIES
CRANBERRY JUICE COCKTAIL WILL TAKE CARE OF BLADDER INFECTIONS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
REMEDIES
CATNIP TEAS IS GOOD FOR COLIC IN BABIES.
Submitter comment:
SHE SAID THAT SHE HAS NEVER HAD TO EXPERIENCE HER CHILDREN
CRYING AT NIGHT.
MOTHER OF THIRTEEN
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDIES
TAKE ONE TEASPOON OF DRY MUSTARD; IT WILL DROP BLOOD PRESSURE.
Submitter comment:
BEFORE MY GRANDMOTHER VISITS THE DOCTOR, SHE TAKES MUSTARD
AND SHE SAYS IT DROPS HER BLOOD PRESSURE EVERY TIME.
MY GRANDMOTHER HAS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDIES
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR WILL TAKE THE STING OUT OF INSECT BITES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDIES
ACIDOPHILUS YOGURT CAN BE USED TO CURE VAGINAL INFECTIONS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDIES
TAKING ZINC AND PINEAPPLE JUICE A FEW DAYS BEFORE HAVING DENTAL
SURGERY, WILL HELP EASE THE PAIN AND ANY COMPLICATIONS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Surgery |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDIES
OPEN A VITAMIN E CAPSULE AND APPLY AROUND THE EYES; IT WILL REMOVE LINES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
James Callow Keyword(s): WRINKLES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P754 |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
Please do not put your hat on the table. This is bad luck !
Submitter comment:
My mother quickly put my hat in the chair as she yelled out
do not put that there, it is bad luck.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1990
Warlocks kill the youngest male in the family who has not
been baptized and takes the fat from the body and uses it for
power to fly.
Submitter comment:
As the informant told this to me I could see that she was
only relating a folklore to me. I do not believe she actually
took this to heart.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
BELIEF
IF SOMEONE SWEATS ON THEIR NOSE IT MEANS THAT THEY ARE MEAN
OR EVIL.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONALITY
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose |
Date learned: 02-00-1972