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IF SOMEONE IS SPRAWLED ACROSS THE FLOOR, AND YOU STEP OVER
HIM, YOU HAVE TO STEP BACK OVER HIM FROM THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION OR HE WON'T GROW ANYMORE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IF YOU CARRY TOOLS IN THE HOUSE SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN TO
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
PLANT UNDERGROUND CROPS ON THE DAYS WHEN THE SIGN IS IN THE
FEET; PLANT TOP CROPS WHEN THE SIGNS ARE IN THE UPPER BODY.
Submitter comment: ALMANAC REFERENCES
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN LAUGHS AT A DEFORMED OR HANDICAPPED
PERSON, HER BABY WILL BE DEFORMED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-08-1970
CASTRATE (MARK) THE PIGS WHEN THE SIGNS ARE IN THE FEET.
THEY WOULDN'T BLEED AS BAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): BRANDING?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
IF YOU WANT TO WISH A PERSON GOOD LUCK, INSTEAD OF JUST
SAYING "GOOD LUCK," YOU PULL THUMBS WITH THEM AND THAT
MAKES YOUR WISH EVEN STRONGER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Gesture |
ON CHRISTMAS EVE THE COWS BOW DOWN AND PRAY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU LAUGH BEFORE BREAKFAST, YOU'LL CRY BEFORE DINNER
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
WHERE THERE ARE PIGS THERE ARE NO SNAKES
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
IF YOU SEW A BUTTON ON SUNDAY YOU WILL TAKE THE STITCHES
OUT IN HELL
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): WORK TABU
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
WHEN CHILLS RUN OVER YOUR BODY FOR NO APPARENT REASON, IT
MEANS THAT SOMEONE IS WALKING OVER YOUR GRAVE OR THE
LAND THAT WILL SOMEDAY BE YOUR GRAVE SITE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Chills, shivering |
Date learned: 04-29-1969
IF YOU AND A FRIEND ARE WALKING TOGETHER AND A TREE OR
POLE COMES BETWEEN YOU, BOTH OF YOU MUST SAY "BREAD AND
BUTTER," OR YOU'LL HAVE A FIGHT
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ARGUMENT ALIENATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Formula |
IN ANSWER TO AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE NEWSPAPER, I CALLED
TO INQUIRE ABOUT A REFRIGERATOR THAT WAS FOR SALE.
WHEN I ASKED THE OWNER IF THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG
WITH IT, HE REPLIED, "NO, I JUST WANT TO GET SHED OF IT."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
I WOULDN'T GIVE HIM HAY IF HE WAS A BILLY GOAT ON A
CONCRETE PASTURE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): DERISION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
IF YOU MAKE A VOODOO DOLL OUT OF TISSUE PAPER AND RUBBER
BANDS, DESIGNATE IT AS YOUR ENEMY AND PIERCE IT WITH
NEEDLES, THE REAL PERSON WILL BE HURT.
Submitter comment: SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN IS FRIGHTENED BY A SNAKE, THEN
SHE (?) IS MARKED BY THE SNAKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
PEOPLE WHO LIE QUITE A BIT WILL HAVE GAPS BETWEEN THEIR
TEETH OR A PAINFUL BUMP ON THEIR TONGUES. HENCE THE TERM
LIE GAP" OR "LIE BUMP."
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS. I RECORDED IT ON JULY 23, 1968.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
BUBBLES IN THE TEA MEANS VISITORS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
BUBBLES IN THE COFFEE MEAN(S) YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE MONEY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
IF YOU CAN BLOW OFF ALL OF THE SEEDS FROM A DANDELION PUFF
YOU CAN GET A WISH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 06-29-1970