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DON'T COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION OR YOU'LL BE
THE NEXT TO DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Yates, Janice
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 10-15-1973
WHEN TWO PEOPLE ARE WALKING TOGETHER DOWN A ROAD AND GET
SEPARATED BY A TREE OR A TELEPHONE POLE AFTER WALKING
AROUND IT, THEY BOTH SAY "BREAD AND BUTTER."
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DID IT, BUT WE ALWAYS DID. MAYBE IT WAS
FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Yates, Janice
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-15-1973
Saying
...three sheets to the wind. Meaning he's drunk.
ie There was a guy three sheets to the wind.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Yates, Janice
Keyword(s): DRUNK ; EUPHEMISM ; Language ; Saying ; Sheets ; SLANG ; Term ; Wind
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
NEVER LAUGH WHEN A HEARSE GOES BY OR YOU MAY BE THE NEXT
TO DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Yates, Janice
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-15-1973
ON THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING, THE BRIDEGROOM SHOULD
MOVE THE ENGAGEMENT RING FROM THE BRIDE'S LEFT HAND RING
FINGER TO HER RIGHT HAND RING FINGER. THIS WILL BRING GOOD
LUCK TO THE COUPLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Yates, Janice
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Before wedding BELIEF -- Good luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 10-15-1973