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Mary Wells
During the 1950's or 60's, Mary Wells was supposedly a witch
that burned down half a small southern town called Yazoo City.
Chains were placed around her grave to keep her spirit from
returning from the dead. Children during the 1970's and 80's had
a superstition that her spirit could be called from the dead. The
procedure for doing this was to go into the restroom, turn off the
lights, look into the mirror and say Mary Wells' name ten times and
her face would appear in the mirror.
Submitter comment:
I'm not sure whether this is true or not because I've been
always too afraid to try it; even up to this date.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
Keyword(s): SPIRITS
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration 686 First / Once / One / Newness Favorites BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 01-01-1978
Working on Sundays
Whenever I asked my mother if I could go fishing on a Sunday
afternoon she would say no because she believed that
Sundays were suppose to be restful days and not to be worked on and
that included fishing. She had this belief because God created the
world in six days and rested on the seventh. So her reasoning was
that if God can make a world in six days and rest on the seventh,
therefore any man should be able to do what he wants in six days
and rest on the seventh.
Submitter comment: My mother never let me go fishing on Sundays.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Magic Book |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
Unshelled Peanuts
One day my father and my oldest brother were in the car coming
from the store. My father had previously bought my brother some
peanuts at the store and told him not to eat them until they were
home. My brother began to shell the peanuts and eat them in the
car simultaneously the steering column of the car came disconnected
and my father lost control of the car and almost had an accident.
Ever since that day my father had said that it's bad luck to eat
unshelled peanuts in the car.
Submitter comment:
This was a very funny story but my father seemed convinced that
its true.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): Post hoc, ergo propter hoc
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
My mother told me that when any of my teeth came out I should
put them under my pillow so that the tooth fairy would leave me
some money. My mother also said I had to be a good boy in order to
receive any money.
Submitter comment: My mother sounded very convincing.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
Keyword(s): Little magical people
James Callow Keyword(s): Fairy
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
Fish And Milk
Before having a catfish dinner, I asked my mother if I could
have some milk to go with it. But my father interrupted and said
that if you've never had milk with fish before then it will kill
you.
Submitter comment:
My father had a very serious look on his face. I knew he was
wrong because they had served milk along with our lunches which
sometimes include fish as a main course.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
Keyword(s): FOOD POISONING
Date learned: 00-00-1970
My mother believes that when a baby is born with a
veil(placenta) still covering its face that it will be able to see
spirits.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
Keyword(s): Gypsies
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
I was told that when you can smell watermelon and there's none
around it usually means a snake is near.
Submitter comment: My mother had this scary look on her face.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
Keyword(s): Fragrances
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
My mother always told me that when your hand itches it means
you will receive some money soon.
Submitter comment:
This was a hopeful superstition but not a very believable
one.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
When the Devil Beats his Wife
It is said that when you see a whirlwind it usually means that
the devil is beating his wife.
Submitter comment: The informant was giggling when she told this to me.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
Keyword(s): Small Storms
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
Proverb
A penny saved is a penny earned
Submitter comment:
Used when Collector's ten cent allowance was spent.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Daggi, Louise ; Wappingers Falls
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; COIN ; Earn ; Maxim ; MONEY ; Penny ; PROVERB ; Save ; Savings ; THRIFT ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Baby's First Teeth
It's been said that if you let a baby look into the mirror
before he/she grows his/her first teeth then he/she will never grow
any teeth at all.
Submitter comment:
My mother had this big grin on her face when she told me this
but it took me a few years to realize she was lying.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
Old Mary Mack
There's a children's song entitled 'Old Mary Mack' and it goes
like this:
Old Mary Mack Mack Mack
All dressed in black black black
With silver buttons buttons buttons
All down her back back back
She went to the store store store
With fifteen cents cents cents.
Submitter comment: This was sort of one of those patty cake chants.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
Keyword(s): Children's songs
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
Red Light Green Light
This was a children's game in which one chosen person would
close his/her eyes and say "Red light green light" several times
while simultaneously spinning around. While the chosen person
would spin and say this the other participants would run around in
circles around the chosen person. And when the chosen person
opened his/her eyes, whoever was still moving would be put out of
the game.
Submitter comment: This seemed to be a very fun game at the time.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
Keyword(s): GAMES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
It has been said that if you urinate in the middle of the
highway, you'll get a star (pimple) under you eye.
Submitter comment:
Everytime I saw someone with a pimple under his/her eye I would
think about this old saying.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
Keyword(s): Pimple
James Callow Keyword(s): Stye
Date learned: 00-00-1970
Genius
It's been said that if a child never meets his/her father then
that child will be very intelligent.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
Keyword(s): High IQ
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Secular hero BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
Itchy Nose
It's been said that if your nose itches, it usually means
you're gonna kiss a fool.
Submitter comment: My nose itches all the time and I never kiss anyone.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
I've been told by my mother that hope, without faith, is like
beefsteak without gravy.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
When I was in gradeschool I always heard that if you step on a
crack, in the sidewalk, you'll break your mother's back.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
When I would eat oranges as a child, I would be afraid to
swallow the seeds because I had always been told that if I did an
orange tree would grow inside me and kill me.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
When I was growing up, my father would tell me a story about a
man who got his head cut off. He would say that every time after
it rained you would be able to see the puddle of blood where it
happened and the night after it rained you would be able to see the
man standing over the puddle of blood.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1970