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IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DROP A COMB, YOU MUST STEP ON IT OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities BELIEF -- Bad luck Objects SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TWIST THE STEM OF AN APPLE UNTIL IT BREAKS OFF AND EVERY TIME
YOU TWIST IT, SAY A LETTER OF THE ALPHABET (START WITH A, THEN
B, ETC.) THE LETTER ON WHICH IT BREAKS IS THE FIRST LETTER OF
THE LAST NAME OF THE BOY YOU'RE GOING TO MARRY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE PALM OF YOUR HAND ITCHES, MONEY WILL PASS OVER IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOUR EARS BURN, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Ears, noise in ear BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching ear |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU FORGET SOMETHING AND RETURN TO RETRIEVE IT, YOU MUST
TURN AROUND THREE TIMES, SAYING "SON OF A BITCH" EACH TIME,
OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO HAND SOMEONE A SALT SHAKER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Flavoring BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SILLY LAUGHING IN THE MORNING MEANS YOU'LL BE CRYING BEFORE
BEDTIME.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN TWO PEOPLE SAY SOMETHIN SIMULTANEOUSLY, THEY CAN REPEAT THE
FOLLOWING RHYME AND MAKE A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE:
1ST PERSON--NEEDLES
2ND PERSON--PINS
1ST PERSON--WHAT COMES OUT OF THE CHIMNEY?
2ND PERSON--SMOKE
1ST PERSON--MAY YOUR AND MY WISH NEVER BE BROKE.
BOTH--THUMBS
WHEN "THUMBS" IS SAID, THE PERSONS INTERLOCK LITTLE FINGERS
AND PRESS THEIR THUMBS TOGETHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DON'T HOLD YOUR FEET UP WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER A RAILROAD
YOU WILL LOSE YOUR BOYFRIEND.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU'LL KISS A FOOL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FIND A PENNY, PICK IT UP,
FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DRINKING CARROT JUICE GIVES YOU A GOOD SUNTAN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU SHOULD SAVE ALL YOUR FINGERNAILS AND TOENAILS THROUGHOUT
YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE IF THEY ARE NOT BURIED WITH YOU, YOU WON'T
GO TO HEAVEN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DOUBLE CHIN--DEVIL WITHIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Chin |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A CERTAIN SUBJECT, SUCH AS MATH, IS STUDIED BY A MOTHER
DURING PREGNANCY, HER BABY WILL HAVE COMPETENCE IN THIS AREA.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU SHOULD MAKE GINERBREAD BEFORE CHRISTMAS, BUT IT IS BAD
LUCK TO EAT IT BEFORE NEW YEAR'S DAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER (THE MULTIMILLIONAIRE)
NEVER TIPPED MORE THAN A DIME.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CHEAP
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
SECULAR HERO
LEGEND IS NOW CIRCULATING THAT JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS
NOT ASSASSINATED, BUT THAT HE IS ALIVE IN THE DALLAS
(TEXAS) HOSPITAL AS A "VEGETABLE" ONLY. MRS. JOHN F.
KENNEDY ONASSIS VISITED HIM FREQUENTLY BEFORE HER
SECOND MARRIAGE AND RIGHT BEFORE HER MARRIAGE SHE
WAS ABLE TO GET A DIVORCE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): PRESIDENT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 05-00-1969
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ALL RIGHT, MARS GEO'GE, I AIN'T GWINE TER SAY NO MO'
D'N EF DE CAT HAD MY TONGUE.
Submitter comment: PUBLISHED BY COLLIER BOOKS, 1969.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1969