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BOW TIE QUILT

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Finished Product

Date learned: 00-00-1938

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IMPROVED NINE PATCHWORK QUILT

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Finished Product

Date learned: 00-00-1942

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BABY NINE PATCH QUILT

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Finished Product

Date learned: 00-00-1937

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MAPLE LEAF QUILT

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Finished Product

Date learned: 00-00-1952

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IT'S BAD LUCK NOT TO SPEAK TO A RABBIT THAT CROSSES IN FRONT
OF YOU.

Submitter comment: MRS. WHITEHEAD SAID THAT MANY TIMES SHE HAD SAID, "HIDDY, MR.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Keyword(s): HELLO HOWDY HI-DEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Mammal
BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals
SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics
SPEECH -- Formula

Date learned: 06-19-1970

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IT'S BAD LUCK TO HAVE A CROWING HEN.

Submitter comment: MRS. WHITEHEAD SAID THAT IF SHE HAD ONE THAT STARTED CROWING,

Data entry tech comment: CROWING LIKE A ROOSTER

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming
BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals

Date learned: 06-19-1970

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IT'S BAD LUCK TO GO IN AT ONE DOOR AND GO OUT AT ANOTHER.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel

Date learned: 06-19-1970

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IF YOU DON'T STICK YOUR TONGUE IN THE HOLE WHERE A TOOTH COMES
OUT, YOU WILL HAVE A GOLD TOOTH.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-19-1970

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WEARING GRASSHOPPER EGGS ON A STRING AROUND HIS NECK WILL
MAKE TEETHING EASY FOR A BABY.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue
BELIEF -- Insect
BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-20-1970

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IT'S BAD LUCK TO RAISE AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella

Date learned: 06-20-1970

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IT'S BAD LUCK TO WASH CLOTHS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's
BELIEF -- Home
BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event

Date learned: 06-20-1970

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IT'S BAD LUCK TO WATCH SOMEBODY UNTIL THEY GET OUT OF SIGHT.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel

Date learned: 06-00-1970

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IF YOU TAKE A STRIP OF LEATHER, TIE FIVE KNOTS IN IT AND
WEAR IT FOR A YEAR WITHOUT TAKING IT OFF, YOUR WISH WILL
COME TRUE.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: 686 Fifths
ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Leather Fur Feather
BELIEF -- Prayer
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-19-1970

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IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YUR PATH, TURN AROUND AND GO BACK AND
START AGAIN.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Mammal
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-19-1970

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IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION.

Submitter comment: I HAVE HEARD THIS SUPERSTITION IN BOTH KENTUCKY AND

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs
BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life

Date learned: 08-04-1968

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IT'S BAD LUCK TO START A JOB ON FRIDAY.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour
BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event

Date learned: 06-19-1970

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NEVER PLANT A WILLOW TREE. YOU'LL WEEP AS LONG AS IT DOES.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Measure of time
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-20-1970

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A BABY WON'T LIVE TO BE GROWN IF HE DOESN'T FALL OFF THE BED
BY THE TIME HE IS A YEAR OLD.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Maturity
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-20-1970

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