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IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, GO OUT AND WET YOUR FINGERS
AND MAKE A CROSS IN THE ROAD AND YOUR BAD LUCK WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Date learned: 07-19-1968
PREDICTION OF DEATH
A CABBAGE THAT DOESN'T HEAD INDICATES A DEATH IN THE FAMILY WITHIN
ONE YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CENTERVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF A BABY IS TEETHING YOU ARE TO GET SOME WHITE THREAD WITH
SEVEN WHITE BUTTONS FROM THE SAME SHIRT PUT IT AROUND THE BABIES
NECK AND HE OR SHE WON'T BE FRETFUL.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; CENTERVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 01-15-1984
THE FIRST NIGHT YOU SPEND IN A ROOM, HAVE A FRIEND NAME EACH
CORNER AND IN THE MORNING WHEN YOU WAKE, THE FIRST CORNER
YOU SEE WILL BE THE NAME OF YOUR WIFE OR HUSBAND.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
NEVER PUT A HAT ON THE BED, IT IS BAD LUCK. PUT IT UNDER IT.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK IF YOU PUT YOUR SHOES ON A TABLE.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
BLACK CAT CURSE
TO BREAK THE CURSE OF A BLACK CAT, WHILE DRIVING, LICK YOUR
FINGERS, MAKE A CROSS IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE
WINDSHIELD.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: 07-26-1968
HOW TO KEEP YOUR BOYFRIEND
HOLD YOUR FEET UP WHEN YOU CROSS A RAILROAD TRACK, IF YOU DON'T YOU WILL LOSE YOUR BOYFRIEND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CENTERVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
MAKE A WISH
WHEN TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING, YOU KISS YOUR FINGERS, TOUCH BLUE, SAY JINX BLUE AND MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CENTERVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
MAKE A WISH
WHEN THE EDGE OF YOUR SKIRT IS TURNED UP, GRAB IT, TURN AROUND AND MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CENTERVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
UNEXPECTED CORRESPONDENCE
A SPIDER HANGING IN FRONT OF THE DOOR MEANS A LETTER FROM SOMEONE YOU'RE NOT EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CENTERVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
COMPANY COMING
IF YOU SEE A REDBIRD IN THE ROAD, TURN YOUR HAT AROUND SO YOU WON'T HAVE COMPANY WHEN YOU GET HOME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CENTERVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR YOU WILL HAVE SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; CENTERVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 04091984CA
PREDICTION OF DEATH
THE HOWLING OF A DOG MEANT DEATH IN THE FAMILY. FOR EXAMPLE, A MAN
IN COOKVILLE CLAIMED HIS DOG STARTED HOWLING AT THE SAME HOUR HIS
GRANDSON DROWNED IN OLD HICKORY LAKE IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CENTERVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
PREDICTION OF DEATH
IF YOU HEAR A ROOSTER CROW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU WILL
HEAR OF A DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CENTERVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
ON THE FIRST NIGHT IN MAY, GET A PAN OF MEAL; PUT IN A SNAIL
AND LEAVE OVERNIGHT. HE WILL WRITE THE INITIAL OF YOUR WIFE;
IF MALE.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Word Letter BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF A BROOM FALLS IN FRONT OF YU, NEVER STEP OVER IT, PICK
IT UP. IT IS BAD LUCK IF YOU STEP OVER IT.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
NEVER MEET ANYONE ON STEPS; IF YOU SEE SOMEONE COMING, GO BACK
TO BOTTOM, NO NEVER, NEVER.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Architecture BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
WHEN YOU HEAR A BIG BRANCH OF A TREE FALL IN THE WOODS ON A
STILL DAY, (IT) IS A SIGN OF RAIN.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO HAVE A CROWING HEN.
Data entry tech comment: ROOSTERS CROW; HENS CACKLE.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-19-1968