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CUSTOM
TO SHOW RESPECT FOR THE DEAD, STOP THE CLOCKS AND COVER THE
MIRRORS AT THE TIME OF THE DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
BELIEF
TALK TO A "GRANDDADDY" (SPIDER). SAY, "GRANDDADDY, GRANDDADDY,
WHICH AWAY'S THE COWS?" HE WILL POINT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
BELIEF
YOU CAN CALL A DOODLEBUG OUT OF THE GROUND BY LEANING OVER HIS
HOLE (WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE AN ANTHILL WITH A HOLE IN THE
MIDDLE) AND CHANTING, "DOODLEBUG, DOODLEBUG, COME HOME. THE
HOUSE HAS BURNED DOWN, THE CHILDREN ALL GONE. DODDLEBUG COME
HOME."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
BELIEF
WHEN YOU SEE A REDBIRD, YOU SHOULD THROW IT A KISS AND MAKE A
WISH. THE WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR COUGH
TWO CUPS OF WHISKEY, A CUP OF HONEY, AND TWO OUNCES OF PAREGORIC
BOILED TOGETHER MAKE AN EXCELLENT COUGH SYRUP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR STOMACHACHE
BRING MILK TO A SIMMER, ADD ONE TEASPOON OF NUTMEG AND ENOUGH
SUGAR TO FLAVOR. DRINK AS HOT AS YOU CAN STAND IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR COUGH
DISSOLVE ROCK CANDY IN WHISKEY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR COLITIS
BOIL DOWN ROOTS OF GOLDENROD TO MAKE A TEA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
PREVENTIVE
TOUCHING YOUR TONGUE TO TURPENTINE WILL WARD OFF ANY COMMUNICABLE
DISEASE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE
CHEW CALAMUS ROOT FOR UPSET STOMACH OR INDIGESTION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR HICCUPS
DRINK NINE SWALLOWS OF WATER WITHOUT GETTING YOUR BREATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR COLITIS
BURN A LIMB FROM A WILLOW TREE AND EAT A PIECE OF THE WILLOW
CHARCOAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
REMEDY
POUR COAL OIL OVER A TEASPOON OF SUGAR AND ADD A DROP OR TWO OF
TURPENTINE. TAKE FOR A COUGH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR CHEST COLD
TURPENTINE, COAL OIL, AND LARD ON A WOOL OR FLANNEL CLOTH, HEATED
AND PLACED ON THE CHEST WILL CURE COLDS, PNEUMONIA, BRONCHITIS,
ETC. THE LARD IS TO KEEP IT FROM BLISTERING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE
BOIL DOWN HICKORY BARK AND MULLEIN WITH SUGAR TO MAKE COUGH SYRUP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
REMEDY
STRIP THE BARK FROM WHITE MULBERRY AND BOIL IT FOR A PURGATIVE.
IF THE BARK IS STRIPPED UP, IT WIL CAUSE VOMITING. IF THE BARK
IS STRIPPED DOWN, IT ACTS AS A LAXATIVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR BEE STING
A WOOD OF CHEWING TOBACCO , CHEWED OR WET, PLACED ON A WASP OR
BEE STING, WILL DRAW THE POISON OUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
TREATMENT
FOR TONSILLITIS, PAINT THE TONSILS WITH IODINE, USING THE TIP OF
A CHICKEN FEATHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
WART CURE
STICK A THORN IN A WART AND STICK THE THORN IN THE GROUND. NEVER
GO BACK TO IT AND NEVER TELL ANYONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
BELIEF (COURTSHIP)
COUNT THE SEEDS IN AN APPLE CORE TO SEE IF A CERTAIN PERSON LOVES
YOU. THE RHYME:
ONE I LOVE,
TWO I LOVE,
THREE I LOVE, I SAY
FOUR I LOVE WITH ALL MY HEART,
FIVE HE CASTS AWAY,
SIX SHE LOVES,
SEVEN HE LOVES,
EIGHT, BOTH LOVE,
NINE HE COMES,
TEN HE TARRIES,
ELEVEN THEY COUNT,
AND TWELVE, THEY MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 06-17-1972