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CARRY A RABBIT'S FOOT IN YOUR COAT POCKET FOR GOOD LUCK.
SOME PEOPLE CARRY A BUCKEYE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-06-1969
THERE IS A BELIEF IN SOME COASTAL TOWNS THAT A SICK PERSON
CANNOT DIE UNTIL THE TIDE BEGINS TO EBB OR GO OUT.
ONLY WHEN THE TIDES EBB DO SOULS PUT OUT TO SEA.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON: SLICK
AS SLICK AS A RIBBON.
Submitter comment: SLICK MEANS NEAT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
DEAD MAN'S HOLLER
IN VIRGINIA THEY HAVE VALLEYS. IN CALIFORNIA THEY
HAVE CANYONS. IN THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS WE MOSTLY
HAVE HOLLERS. DEAD MAN'S HOLLER OVER NEAR LAUDEN IS A
LONESOME GHOSTLY PLACE. THE STORY I WAS TOLD IS THAT
A UNION SOLDIER CAME THROUGH GUARDING A CONFEDERATE
PRISONER DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THE PRISONER FOUND A
CHANCE TO KILL HIS CAPTOR. HE DID AND THEN BURIED
THE UNION SOLDIER IN A SHALLOW GRAVE AND HUNG HIS
BOOTS ON THE LIMB OF A TREE. EVER SINCE THAT DAY
THAT PLACE HAS BEEN CALLED DEAD MAN'S HOLLER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): HOLLOW
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 05-01-1969
AUNT ELLEN TYE LIVED OUT IN ROCKY HOLLOW. SHE TOLD ME IN
TIME OF CHILDBIRTH IT WOULD BE WELL TO PUT AN AX UNDER THE
BED. THIS WOULD CUT THE PAIN, SAID AUNT ELLEN. WELL,
SHE HAD HER CONVICTION ABOUT THIS BACKED UP BY PROVEN CASES,
SO I JUST LISTENED--GAVE HER MY RESPECTFUL ATTENTION
ON THE SUBJECT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
THE SCOTCH BELIEVE IT IS BAD LUCK FOR EITHER OF TWO LOVERS TO
GIVE THE OTHER ONE A BIBLE BEFORE MARRIAGE OR TO BE MARRIED
IN ANY MONTH HAVING AN "A" IN IT, SUCH AS MAY AND THAT'S
WHY SO MANY PEOPLE MARRY IN JUNE.
THE BRIDE SHOULD NEVER SEE HER MAN ON THE WEDDING DAY
BEFORE TIME FOR THE CEREMONY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
Keyword(s): SCOTS
HANG A HORSESHOE OVER THE DOOR FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN THIS MANY TIMES.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 03-06-1969
IF YOU HEAR A COW "MOO" AFTER MIDNIGHT, THIS IS A
SURE WARNING OF A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-06-1967
COAL MINER'S BELIEF
AN ANCIEN BELIEF AMONG MANY COAL MINERS IS THAT IT IS BAD LUCK
FOR A WOMAN TO COME INTO THE MINES. I ASKED THREE VETERANS
OF COAL MINING, CANDY WRIGHT, RICH CLAUSE, AND BILL STOTT,
IF THEY HAD HEARD THIS OLD SAYING. THEY SAID THEY HAD HEARD
IT MANY TIMES, BUT THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE IT. THEY REMEMBERED
WOMEN BEING ALLOWED TO TOUR THE MINES WHERE THEY WORKED AND
NOTHING HAPPENED. THIS TALE IS JUST "DOODLE DUST" AS WE
MINERS SAY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
ONE A MAN IS CHAWED BY A SHARK HE'S SHARK JOINTED FOR THE
REST OF HIS LIFE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WILLIAMSBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fish |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
MART OWENS USED TO RUN A STORE ON MAIN STREET. HE AND I WERE
GREAT FRIENDS AND WOULD OFTEN TALK TOGETHER. ONCE HE TOLD ME
HOGS MUST BE KILLED IN THE "OLD" OF THE MOON. OTHERWISE,
THE MEAT WOULD CURL UP IN THE FRYING PAN. HE HAD SEEN IT
TRIED. I HADN'T, WHO WAS I TO ARGUE THE CASE OF HOG
KILLING IN TIME OF A NEW MOON? HE HAD HIS FOLKLORE TALE. I
HAD NOTHING.
Submitter comment: AS A YOUNG GIRLI HAVE BEEN IN MR. OWENS STORE. HIS YOUNGEST
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): BUTCHERING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 03-00-1969