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SUPERSTITION
PUT A DIME IN THE BLACK-EYED PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR
PROSPERITY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
SUPERSTITION
WHEN SHAKING HANDS, MEN WILL FOLD THEIR MIDDLE FINGER IN
AND SCRATCH THE PALM OF THE OTHER. THEY ARE CHECKING FOR
WARTS OR HAIR,, A SIGN OF MASTURBATION.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SUPERSTITION
PUT DIME OR SILVER IN POT WHEN COOKING FRESH PICKLED
MUSHROOMS. IF IT TURNS BLACK THERE'S A TOAD STOOL IN THERE
SO THROW IT ALL OUT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SUPERSTITION
MY STEPFATHER KEEPS HIS SILVER DOLLARS IN HIS POCKET TO
KEEP FROM BEING POOR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK CUSTOM
BUKA BREAD - POLISH BREAD FOR HOLIDAYS. MADE WITH FLOUR,
SHORTENING, LOTS OF EGGS, LEVENING, MILK, AND WHITE RAISINS.
IT IS PEASANT BREAD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
OBJECTS OF DIVINATION-THE BEER LABEL TEST FOR GIRLS
HOLD BOTTLE A BEER IN ONE HAND AND WITH THE THUMB OF THAT
HAND START AT THE TOP OF THE LABEL TEARING DOWN. IF THE
GIRL CAN TEAR IT ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM SHE IS SUPPOSEDLY
A VIRGIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CUSTOM
IF I KISSED MY ELBOW, I WOULD TURN INTO A GIRL.
Submitter comment: WRIGHT, RICHARD. "BLACK BOY: A RECORD OF CHILDHOOD AND
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF CONCERNING DAILY LIFE
IF I SPILT SALT, I SHOULD TOSS A PINCH OVER MY LEFT SHOULDER
TO WARD OFF MISFORTUNE.
Submitter comment: WRIGHT, RICHARD. "BLACK BOY: A RECORD OF CHILDHOOD AND
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF I PULLED A HAIR FROM A HORSE'S TAIL AND SEALED IT IN A
JAR OF MY OWN URINE, THE HAIR WOULD TURN OVERNIGHT INTO A
SNAKE.
Submitter comment: WRIGHT, RICHARD. "BLACK BOY: A RECORD OF CHILDHOOD AND
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CUSTOM: KIND OF FOOD AND ITS PREPARATION: MEAT
ONE OF THE UNIVERSAL IMAGES OF THE NEGRO, IN PRISON AND
OUT WAS THAT HE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT PORK. IT MADE ME
FEEL GOOD TO SEE THAT MY NOT EATING IT HAD ESPECIALLY
STARTLED THE WHITE CONVICTS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P245 P245.2 BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF - LEGEND
ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST, ESPECIALLY AROUND PARLEY'S
ISLAND, A STORY HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO
GENERATION OF THE "GREY GHOST." THE STORY ORIGINATED PRIOR
TO CIVIL WAR TIMES. THE STORY BEGAN FROM A YOUNG MAN
RETURNING HOME FROM A WAR TO FIND HIS FIANCEE MARRIED. HE
ONLY PEEPED IN A WINDOW AND FOUND HER HAPPY, WHICH WAS HIS
MAIN DESIRE, AND SO HE TURNED FROM THE HOME ANAD WALKED INTO
THE OCEAN. ON MANY OCCASIONS, THE GREY GHOST HAS RETURNED
AS A WARNING OF IMPENDING TROUBLE OR DISASTER. THE LAST
SUCH OCCURANCE WAS DURING THE APPROACH OF THE HURRICANE,
HAZEL IN 1955. THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF EVACUATING PARLEY'S
ISLAND HAD CHECKED EACH HOUSE, BUT AS THEY LEFT THE ISLAND,
THEY SAW THE FIGURE OF THE GREY GHOST IN A LIGHTED WINDOW
WATCHING OVER THE ISLAND. DURING MY VACATION ON THE ISLAND
A FEE YEARS AGO, TWO TEENAGE BOYS WERE WALKING ON THE BEACH
BEFORE A THUNDER AND WINDSTORM ARRIVED AND DECLARED THEY
SAW A FIGURE WALKING TOWARD THEM, BUT AS THEY CAME NEARER,
THE FIGURE DISAPPEARED. WHEN THEY CAME INSIDE, THEY WERE
AS WHITE AS A SHEET, AS IF THEY HAD SEEN A GHOST.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; DORM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
"THE GHOST OF RESTON"
RESTON, VIRGINIA NEAR WASHINGTON, D. C. IS NOW A NEW TOWN, BUT
WAS ONCE THE SITE OF A BEAUTIFUL MANSION ALSO KNOWN AS RESTON.
A YOUNG GIRL WITH LONG BLONDE HAIR LIVED HERE LONG AGO. SHE
WAS COURTED BY A MAN WHO BECAME INSANELY JEALOUS AND IN A
FIT OF ANGER, KILLED AND DECAPITATED HER, TAKING THE HEAD
WITH HIM IN HIS FLIGHT. THE HEADLESS BODY WAS BURIED ON
THE GROUNDS OF RESTON, BUT THE HEAD WAS NEVER DISCOVERED.
SEARCHING FOR HER HEAD, THE GHOST OF RESTON HAUNTED THE
MANSION UNTIL IT WAS DEMOLISHED. WITHOUT A HOUSE OR HEAD
NOW, SHE CONTINUES TO HAUNT LONELY ROAD AND WOODS NEAR
THE TOWN OF RESTON AND HAS RECENTLY APPEARED TO SEVERAL
CARLOADS OF TEENAGERS WHO HAVE MADE A HOBBY OF "GHOST
WATCHING." SHE SEEMS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN BLONDE
GIRLS LIKE HERSELF, FOR WHEN A CAR CONTAINING A BLONDE
PARKED NEAR, SHE NOT ONLY APPEARED, BUT DREW CLOSE TO
THE CAR AND TRIED TO ENTER THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. THE
GIRL INSIDE SCREAMED AND THE GHOST DISAPPEARED.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING AND STRUCTURE CORRECTED BY STUDENT EDITOR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; DORM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
BELIEF - GHOSTS
A HOUSE IN CLIFTON FORGE, VIRGINIA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HAUNTED.
IT WAS SAID THAT A MAN AND HIS WIFE USED TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE.
THE MAN DIED MYSTERIOUSLY AND DISAPPEARED. HE WAS THOUGHT TO
BE BURIED ON THE HILL JUST ABOVE THE HOUSE. HIS WIFE DIED
ABOUT A YEAR AFTER HE DID AND IT WAS SAD THAT SHE HAUNTS THE
HOUSE AND CARRIES A LIGHT UPON THE HILLSIDE LOOKING FOR HER
HUSBAND'S GRAVE.
Submitter comment: REASON COLLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
BELIEF
IN MT. CRAWFORD, VIRGINIA THS STORY IS OFTEN TOLD. THERE WAS
A REAL OLD LADY THAT LIVED IN A LOG CABIN. SHE WAS VERY
SUPERSTITIOUS AND EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS A WITCH. SHE
HAD A CAT THAT WOULD CLIMB ON TOP OF AN OLD BOARD FENCE
EVERY NIGHT AND WOULD MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF NOISE. SO ONE
NIGHT, THESE BOYS TOOK THE CAT AND CUT OFF HIS CLAWS SO THAT
HE WOULDN'T CLIMB THE FENCE. THEY DIDN'T HEAR ANYMORE ABOUT
THE CAT. HOWEVER. WHEN SOMEONE WENT TO VISIT THE OLD LADY,
SHE WAS SITTING IN HER ROCKING CHAIR. ALL OF HER FINGERS
WERE CUT OFF AT THE ENDS AND SHE HAD RAGS WRAPPED AROUND THEM.
Submitter comment: REASON COLLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BELIEF
IN THE EARLY 1900'S, BLACK WOMEN WHO CARRIED CLOTHES ON THEIR
HEADS WERE THOUGHT TO BE BEWITCHED WITH EVIL SPIRITS AND WERE
CALLED CUNGERS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
BELIEF - GHOSTS
MY GRANDMOTHER SAID THAT SHE LIVED IN A HOUSE BETWEEN MIDDLEBROOK
AND GREENVILLE, VIRGINIA. THE MAN WHEN SHE MOVED IN SAID NOT
TO PAY ANY ATTENTION TO WHAT SHE HEARD IN THE HOUSE, BUT SHE
DID. ONE MORNING, THEY WERE SITTING AT THE TABLE EATING WHEN
UPSTAIRS IN THE ROOM WHERE HIS WIFE HAD A SPINNING WHEEL, SHE
HEARD THE WHEEL SPINNING. SHE WENT UP INTO THE ROOM, BUT
THE WHEEL WAS TIED UP JUST LIKE IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN. HIS
WIFE HAD DIED IN THIS HOUSE AND THEY COULD HEAR HER CHINA
WASH BOWL RATTLE MANY TIMES AND NOBODY COULD HAVE GOTTEN IN
THE ROOM BECAUSE THEY KEPT IT LOCKED. THEY DID NOT LIVE IN
THAT HOUSE VERY LONG.
Submitter comment: REASON COLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BELIEF
ONCE THERE WAS A LADY WHO WAS BURIED ALIVE. AFTER BEING
BURIED TWO DAYS, SOMEONE DUG UP THE GRAVE. THEY OPENED THE
COFFIN AND THE CLOTH WAS TORN OUT. HER FINGERNAILS WERE
ALL GONE FROM SCRATCHING AND THEY WERE BLEEDING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BELIEF
THERE IS A HOUSE IN VERONA, VIRGINIA AND IF YOU GO THERE AT
NIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THIS MAN IN A CAGE AND HIS WIFE IS BEATING
HIM. HOWEVER, YOU CAN'T FIND THE HOUSE IN THE DAY.
Submitter comment: REASON COLLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BELIEF
THERE WAS A GREAT BIG YELLOW HOUSE IN WHICH A MAN KILLED HIS
WIFE AND KIDS. EVERYBODY WAS AFRAID TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE, BUT
MY GRANDFATHER MOVED INTO IT. THEY SAID YOU COULD HEAR BABIES
CRYING AND WEIRD NOISES EVERY NIGHT.
Submitter comment: REASON COLLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BELIEF
THERE WAS ONCE A GIRL WHO LOVED THIS MAN. SHE WANTED TO MARRY
HIM, BUT HER FATHER SAID NO. HER FATHER PAID THIS MAN TO GO.
THE GIRL THEN JUMPED OFF THE BRIDGE. SHE COMES BACK EVERY
NIGHT TO JUMP OFF THE BRIDGE.
Submitter comment: REASON COLLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969