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WHEN RAIN DROPS HANG ON THE CLOTHES LINE, IT IS FIXING
TO QUIT RAINING.

Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control
BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew

Date learned: 08-13-1968

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WHEN YOUR EARS ARE BURNING, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.

Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Spirit / Mind / Body
BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal

Date learned: 07-25-1968

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SKY COLOR

EVENING RED AND MORNING GRAY WILL SET THE TRAVELLER ON HIS WAY.
EVENING GRAY AND MORNING RED WILL BRING DOWN RAIN UPON HIS HEAD.

Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 08-13-1968

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THE HEIG'S WOMEN

AT SHEBOSS CEMETERY THERE ARE FIVE LITTLE TOMB ROCKS
WHICH A GENERATION AGO WAS A MYSTERY TO THIS SECTION.
TWO GROWN WOMEN AND THREE CHILDREN (3 GIRLS) APPEARED
ON THE BANK OF CATHEY'S CREEK AND LIVED THEIR LIVES
AND WERE BURIED AT SHEBOSS AND NO ONE EVER KNEW WHERE
THEY CAME FROM. THEY WERE HARD WORKING PEOPLE AND THEIR
CHARACTER WAS ABOVE REPROACH, BUT THEY LIVED OUT THEIR
LIVES THERE AND NEVER TOLD ANYONE WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
THINK THEIR LIVES WERE SOME LIKE RUTH IN THE BIBLE,
THE FARMERS GAVE OF THEIR ABUNDANCE TO THEM. I'VE
HEARD THAT ONE FARMER HAD WHAT HE CALLED THE HEIG'S
WOMEN'S CRIB THAT HE SAVED CORN ON HIS PLACE TO GIVE
TO THEM.

Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal

Date learned: 08-13-1968

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ST. JOHN'S CHURCH BIBLE

WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER I USED TO HEAR FOLKS TALK ABOUT THE
"ST. JOHN'S CHURCH" WHERE A LOT OF CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS ARE
BURIED IN A CEMETERY BEHIND THE CHURCH. IT WAS ACTIVE
DURING THE CIVIL WAR DAYS AND IS LOCATED BETWEEN COLUMBIA
AND MOUNT PLEASANT. I ALWAYS HEARD THERE WAS A BIBLE
IN THIS CHURCH THAT YOU COULDN'T MOVE AND I LATER
LEARNED THAT THE REASON IT COULDN'T BE MOVED WAS THAT
IT WAS MADE OF MARBLE OR STONE IN THE SHAPE OF THE HOLY
BIBLE.

Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name
BELIEF -- Magic Book

Date learned: 08-13-1968

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IF YOU HEAR A WHIPPERWILL, IT IS BAD LUCK.

Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals

Date learned: 07-25-1968

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IF YOU PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON BACKWARDS, IT IS BAD LUCK.

Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.)

Date learned: 07-25-1968

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BELIEF SAYS THAT IF YOU LOOK UP AT THE MOUNTAINS, YOU WILL SEE AN
ENORMOUS RED STONE WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE A GIANT RUBY.
PEOPLE OF THAT REGION SAY THEY HAVE SEEN THE RED STONE AND HAVE GONE
SEARCHING FOR IT.

Submitter comment: PROFESSOR GRAVELLE LEARNED THE BELIEF IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF
NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
I COLLECTED THEM FROM HER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Where learned: NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Formation
BELIEF -- Mineral

Date learned: 00001970S

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FRECKLES ARE ANGEL KISSES.

Submitter comment: TOLD TO SOMEONE FEELING BAD BECAUSE FRECKLES ARE THOUGHT
TO BE BLEMISHES: INSTEAD THEY BECOME TINY BLESSINGS.
OBTAINED FROM A SCHOOL MATE OF SHEILA'S, SHEILA O'CONNER.

Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MANCHESTER

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Angel
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Specific distinguishing characteristic Dimple, wart, mole, scar, freckle, birthmark, strawberry mark, bruise, spot (on any part of body)
SPEECH -- Gesture

Date learned: 10-00-1985

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NEW HAMPSHIRE'S SYMBOL

NEW HAMPSHIRE'S SYMBOL IS THE OLD MAN IN THE MOUNTAINS,
WHO BESIDES GETTING THE NAME FROM THE PROFILE THAT IT
GIVES, THERE IS ALSO A LEGEND ALONG WITH IT.
THE INDIANS OF THE AREA NOTICED THIS PROFILE AND
WORSHIPPED IT LIKE A GOD. A RAIDING TRIBE WHO HAD
KILLED SOME OF THE INDIANS WHO WORSHIPPED THIS PROFILE
WERE TURNED TO STONE BY THE GREAT SPIRIT OF THE
PROFILE.

Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS IN A BARBERSHOP IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.

Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; WHITE MOUNTAINS

Keyword(s): INDIANS

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter

Date learned: 10-10-1967

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NEW HAMPSHIRE'S SYMBOL

NEW HAMPSHIRE'S SYMBOL IS THE OLD MAN IN THE MOUNTAINS,
WHO BESIDES GETTING THE NAME FROM THE PROFILE THAT IT
GIVES, THERE IS ALSO A LEGEND ALONG WITH IT.
THE INDIANS OF THE AREA NOTICED THIS PROFILE AND
WORSHIPPED IT LIKE A GOD. A RAIDING TRIBE WHO HAD
KILLED SOME OF THE INDIANS WHO WORSHIPPED THIS PROFILE
WERE TURNED TO STONE BY THE GREAT SPIRIT OF THE
PROFILE.

Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS IN A BARBERSHOP IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.

Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; WHITE MOUNTAINS

Keyword(s): INDIANS

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter

Date learned: 10-10-1967

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IF YOU STEP ON A CRACK, YOU WILL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HAMPSHIRE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

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SMOKE SIGNS

WHEN THE SMOKE GOES UP, THE WEATHER WILL BE FAIR. WHEN THE SMOKE GOES TO THE GROUND, THE WEATHER WILL BE CLOUDY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HAMPSHIRE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

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IF YOU POINT AT A WATERMELON IT WILL FALL OFF THE VINE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HAMPSHIRE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-25-1968

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ISAAC (AN OLD NEGRO PREACHER) TELLS OF HAVING A VISION OF SOME
BURIED GOLD ON AN OLD FARM RIGHT OUTSIDE HAMPSHIRE, TENNESSEE.
THIS GOLD WAS BURIED UNDERNEATH AN OLD PEACH TREE BY AN
EXPEDITION OF LEWIS AND CLARKE. THE PEACH TREE HAS LONG
SINCE GONE, BUT HE THINKS HE KNOWS ABOUT WHERE IT IS.
HOWEVER, SEVERAL ATTEMPTS (EVEN USING A METAL DETECTOR) TO
RECOVER THE HIDDEN TREASURE BY THE BELIEVERS HAS FAILED.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MOUNT PLEASANT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Dreams Money

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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A NIGHT BEING SO BLACK, IT MADE BLACK CATS LOOK LIGHT.

Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Color
PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 07-25-1968

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IF YOU DREAM OF THINGS OUT OF SEASON, YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE OUT
OF REASON.

Where learned: HAMPSHIRE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about luck

Date learned: 08-13-1968

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IF YOU DREAM OF MUDDY WATER, YOU OR SOME OF YOUR FAMILY ARE
GOING TO BE SICK.

Where learned: HAMPSHIRE

Subject headings: 841 Dreams about the dead and sick
BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick

Date learned: 08-13-1968

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