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IF A ROOSTER CROWS IN THE DOOR, IT MEANS SOMEBODY'S COMIN'.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF A LIGHT'S BURNED OUT, KISS YOUR SWEETHEART, IT'S GOOD
LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Gesture |
WHEN YOU ACCIDENTALLY DROP YOUR KNIFE, YOUR MAN'S A COMIN'.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WHEN YOU'RE PEELING AN APPLE, PEEL IT ALL THE WAY AROUND AND
DON'T BREAK IT. THEN PUT AROUND YOUR HEAD, YOU KNOW, RAISE
YOUR HAND AND SLING IT AROUND AND LET IT FALL BEHIND YOUR
BACK AND IT'LL LAND IN THE SHAPE OF YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
HANG A PULLEY BONE OVER THE DOOR AND THE FIRST BOY TO
WALK IN WILL BE YOUR HUSBAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PEEL AN APPLE WITH AN UNBROKEN PEEL, THROW IT OVER YOUR LEFT
SHOULDER AND IT WILL MAKE AN INITIAL OF YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND.
Submitter comment: I US'T DO THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. IT NEVER DID WORK THOUGH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU DREAM OF A WEDDING, THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about weddings, funerals, and other crucial moments of life |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WHEN YOU DREAM OF BED BUGS, YOU'RE GONNA BE SICK.
SOMEONE TOLD ME JUST THE OTHER DAY SHE'D BEEN REAL SICK
AND SHE'D DREAMED OF BED BUGS SO SHE KNEW IT WAS COMIN'.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SLEEP ON A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE AND YOU'LL DREAM OF YOUR
FUTURE HUSBAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Wedding cake BELIEF -- Marriage Things under pillow BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about friends and lovers |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF A BABY IS BORN WITH A VEIL, SOME KIND OF THIN SKIN OVER
ITS FACE, IT CAN FORETELL THE FUTURE.
Submitter comment:
WHENEVER A BABY WAS BORN, MY MOTHER US'T ALWAYS ASK IF IT
WAS BORN WITH A VEIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): CAUL
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PRICK A WART UNTIL IT BLEEDS, PUT THE BLOOD ON A GRAIN OF
CORN AND FEED IT TO A ROOSTER AND THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR DOG TO LEAVE HOME, CUT THE HAIR OFF
THE END OF HIS TAIL AND BURY IT UNDER THE DOOR.
Submitter comment:
WE HAD AN OLD NIGGER WOMAN WHO BELIEVED THAT. MY SON
US'T TO BRING HOME A LOT OF STRAY DOGS. AND WE COULDN'T
GET 'EM TO GO AWAY. SHE ALWAYS US'T SWEEP UNDER THE FRONT
PORCH 'CAUSE HE WAS BOUND TO HAVE HAIR UNDER THERE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WHEN THERE'S A RING AROUND THE MOON AS MANY STARS AS ARE IN
THE RING, IT WILL RAIN THAT MANY DAYS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WHEN YOU HEAR A WHIP-O-WHIRL CALL IT'S TIME TO PLANT CORN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): WHIPPOORWILL WHIP-O-WILL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- P663 |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
OL' MIZ HURT USED TO SAY SHE'D MARKED HER DAUGHTER WITH
STRAWBERRIES. SHE WAS BORN WITH RED MARKS UNDER HER CHIN
AND ON HER CHEST; ALWAYS TURNED RED WHEN THE STRAWBERRIES
GOT RIPE.
Submitter comment:
MRS. NEWMAN BELIEVED THAT MARKS WERE CAUSED WHEN THE
PREGNANT WOMAN HAD A CRAVING AND IT WASN'T SATISFIED.
THEN THE FIRST PLACE THE MOTHER PUT HER HAND ON HER OWN
BODY, THEN THAT WOULD BE WHERE THE BABY WOULD BE MARKED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
Date learned: 00-00-1972
EVERYTIME SHE, A WOMAN, HAS A BIRTH SHE LOSES A TOOTH OR
FOUR EVERY BABY A TOOTH. THE CALCIUM THE MOTHER USES FOR
THE BABY CAUSES ONE OF HER TEETH TO GO BAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF IT RAINS THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, IT WILL RAIN FOR
FIFTEEN DAYS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
Date learned: 00-00-1972
LIGHTNING MAKES SWEET MILK TURN SOUR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD AND DRINK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WHEN THE HOGS ARE SQUEELING, IT'S GONNA GET COLD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): SQUEAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SHOW A NEW MOON SILVER AND YOU'LL HAVE MONEY THAT QUARTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
Date learned: 00-00-1972