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IF YOU DROP A FORK IT MEANS MALE GUEST IS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
IF YOUR RIGHT FOOT ITCHES, YOU'LL WALK STRANGE GROUND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
IF YOU GIVE SOMETHING SHARP LIKE A KNIFE AS A PRESENT,
YOU SHOULD GIVE A COIN WITH IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 06-30-1973
IT'S BAD LUCK TO STEP ON CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-30-1973
IT BRINGS BAD LUCK IF TWO PEOPLE WALK AROUND A POLE IN
OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; SPLITTING A POLE?
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS UNLUCKY TO LEAVE A HOUSE THROUGH A WINDOW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 07-04-1973
BY OFFERING SALT TO A GUEST INDICATES FRIENDLY HOSPITALITY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-04-1973
PICK UP YOUR FEET WHEN YOU GO OVER A RAILROAD TRACK OR ELSE
YOU'LL BE AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
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
IF A ROOSTER CROWS IN THE DOOR, IT MEANS SOMEBODY'S COMIN'.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| 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 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 YOU SHIVER FOR NO APPARENT REASON, SOMEBODY'S WALKING
OVER YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Chills, shivering |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
A GIRL WHO FAVORS HER FATHER WILL BE LUCKY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): FAVORS = LOOKS LIKE OR RESEMBLES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IT'S BAD LUCK IF YOU WALK WITH ONE SHOE ON AND ONE OFF. MY
GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME THAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
A "BEAR SCARE" IS A STRAND OF LEATHER MADE INTO A BRACELET
AND RECEIVED FROM A FRIEND. THERE ARE THREE KNOTS IN THE
BRACELET. THE FIRST ONE IS THE BEAR, THE SECOND IS THE
FRIEND, AND THE THIRD IS YOU. YOUR FRIEND WILL ALWAYS KEEP
THE BEAR AWAY FROM YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Leather Fur Feather BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU SNEEZE BEFORE BREAKFAST, COMPANY WILL COME BEFORE
DINNER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 07-03-1973
IF I AM TO MARRY NEAR,
LET ME HEAR A BIRD CRY.
IF I AM TO MARRY FAR,
LET ME HEAR A COW LOW.
IF I AM TO DIE SINGLE,
LET ME HEAR A KNOCKING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
Date learned: 06-21-1973
IF A COUPLE IS WALKING TOGETHER AND STUMBLES, IT IS A SIGN
THAT THEY WILL BE MARRIED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 07-04-1973
NEVER LET A MAN ENTER BY THE FRONT DOOR ON MONDAY, YOU
WILL NEVER MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 07-02-1973
CUSTOM
WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG, I CAN REMEMBER WATER FOUNTAINS
LABELED "COLORED" AND "WHITE." THEY WERE VERY COMMON IN
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA.
Submitter comment: RELATED TO THE BELIEF THAT BLACKS WERE DIRTY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 06-20-1973