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YOU KNOW THERE ARE SIGNS TO PLANT BY. YOU CAN FIND THEM ON
ANY GOOD CALENDAR. WELL IF THE SIGN IS IN THE HEART AND
YOU MAKE KROUT, IT WON'T KEEP WORTH ANYTHING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
James Callow Keyword(s): SAUERKRAUT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
WHEN THERE'S A RING AROUND THE MOON, THAT MEANS RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IF YOU PLANT PLANTS THAT GO UNDER THE GROUND (LIKE POTATOES)
AND THE SIGN IS IN THE BREAST (?) THEY WILL ROT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
YOU KNOW THE OLD ONE ABOUT THE BLACK CAT CROSSING IN
FRONT OF YOU, BUT RAILROAD MEN HAVE THEIR OWN WAY TO
CHANGE THE BAD LUCK. YOU JUST TURN YOUR CAP SIDEWAYS
AND NO CAT CAN BRING BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
My aunt, who lived in the hills of Tennessee in a small shack,
was what might be called a typical hillbilly. It was a very
cold winter and they only had a small stove to warm the cabin.
Every night, while sleeping on her back, she would feel a very
warm heavy sensation on her chest. One day after a week or so
of this same feeling every night she was stripping the bed to
wash her sheets. When she took off the bottom sheet she found
there was snakes living there. They would huddle to her chest
at night for warmth.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Sparta
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
DOG DAYS--IT STARTS ON JULY 24 AND GOES THROUGH THE MONTH
OF AUGUST. DURING THESE DAYS, THEY SAY DOGS WILL GO MAD.
THEY ALSO SAY SORES WON'T HEAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
A HEAVY SPIDER IS ANOTHER SIGN OF A HARD WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IF A HOOT OWL COMES TO THE HOUSE DURING A FULL MOON,
AND HOOTS, THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: AN OWL CAME TO THE HOUSE JUST BEFORE GRANNY DIED, SO
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN MELTED AND POURED INTO THOSE PANTS.
Submitter comment: SAID TO SOMEONE WITH TIGHT PANTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; TELFORD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Environmental Factor
Product of Environmental Factor:
Making a snowman
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Furtwengler, Jan
Keyword(s): Build ; ENVIRONMENT ; Product ; Snowman
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Raw Material |
Environmental Factor
Product of Enviromental Factor:
Making a sand castle
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Furtwengler, Jan
Keyword(s): Build ; Castle ; ENVIRONMENT ; Product ; Sand
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Clay |
MARY BLACK
MARY BLACK WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TEACHERS AT GAILOR
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL IN MASON. HER HOUSE BURNED, AND
THE RUINS ARE STILL ON THE GROUNDS OF THE SCHOOL.
NOBODY CAN REMEMBER WHETHER SHE DIED IN THE FIRE OR NOT.
BUT MANY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN HER ON THE GROUNDS OF THE
SCHOOL.
THE NEGRO EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MEMPHIS USED TO HOLD
CAMP ON THE GROUNDS, AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN HER
COMING TO WELCOME THE CAMPERS AND TO WATCH OVER
THEM EACH SUMMER. SHE WEARS AN OLD FASHION BLACK
HAT AND A BLACK SUIT WITH A VERY LONG SKIRT.
IN HER HONOR ON THE LAST NIGHT OF CAMP THE CAMPERS
WOULD HAVE A "HAUNTING" AND PLAY JOKES ON EACH OTHER AND
DRESS UP LIKE GHOST TO SCARE THE YOUNGER CAMPERS..
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MASON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
Environmental Factor
Product of Environmental Factor:
Making a scarecrow for vegetable garden.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Furtwengler, Jan
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; ENVIRONMENT ; Farm ; Scarecrow ; VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Weaving material For costuming in dance or drama, see C484. Flax Hemp Jute |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
EASY AS PIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AT MARYVILLE COLLEGE, MARYVILLE, TENNESSEE, EVERY TIME THE HOME
TEAM RECEIVES A KICKOFF IN A FOOTBALL GAME, THE CROWD WILL RISE AND
LOCK RAISED THUMBS FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARYVILLE
| Subject headings: | 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
CROUP STRAP
IT IS A COMMON CUSTOM AROUND FARMS AND STABLES THAT WHEN A CITY
BRED PERSON ASKS WHAT A CERTAIN LEATHER LOOP, A CROUP STRAP, IS
USED FOR, THE PERSON RECEIVES THE ANSWER OF "THAT, WHY ANY
HORSE'S ASS KNOWS WHAT THAT'S FOR!" THE CROUP STRAP GOES AROUND
THE HORSE'S TAIL TO HELP KEEP THE HARNESS, AND SOMETIMES THE
SADDLE, IN PLACE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; ERIN ; ROUTE 2
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
PLANT IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOON, YOU'LL HAVE TALL CORN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; ROWESVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Environmental Factor
Background and Environmental Factors:
Mitten Mountain, Montana - rare name - named because of a fire scar causing the shape of a mitten.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; American Place Names
Keyword(s): Background ; Environmental ; ETYMOLOGY ; FIRE ; Mitten ; Montana ; MOUNTAIN ; Nickname ; Scar ; SHAPE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Environmental Factor
Background and Environmental Factors:
Bottle Pinnacle, Wyoming - rare name - named for its shape.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; American Place Names
Keyword(s): Background ; Bottle ; ENVIRONMENT ; ETYMOLOGY ; Nickname ; Pinnacle ; REGIONAL ; SHAPE ; Topographical ; Wyoming
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Expression
To Feather Your Nest means to make your life comfortable.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; ; Shearer, Alan
Keyword(s): Comfortable ; Expression ; Feather ; Language ; LIFE ; Nest ; SLANG
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |