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NOSE ITCHING
IF YOUR NOSE IS ITCHING, YOU WILL HAVE GUEST AT YOUR HOME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A FORK
IF YOU DROP A FORK, A WOMAN IS COMING TO YOUR HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SPLIT POST
DON'T SPLIT THE POST IF TWO PEOPLE ARE WALKING TOGETHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK BELIEF
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES YOU WILL HAVE COMPANY.
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 nose |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FOLK BELIEF
IF YOU COME IN THE FRONT DOOR OF A HOUSE AND LEAVE BY THE BACK DOOR
THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE WILL GET COMPANY.
Submitter comment: THIS IS PRETTY MUCH PRACTICED IN THE INFORMANT'S HOUSE, EVEN NOW.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FOLK BELIEF
IF YOU COME IN THE FRONT DOOR AND LEAVE BY THE BACK DOOR YOU ARE
APT TO BRING COMPANY.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
FOLK BELIEF
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES YOU WILL GET COMPANY.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
BELIEF
IF YOUR LEFT FOOT ITCHES, YOU WILL WALK ON 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: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
IF TWO PEOPLE WALK AROUND A POST, THEY WILL FIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
IF TWO PEOPLE WALK AROUND A LIVING OBJECT SUCH AS A TREE, THEIR
FRIENDSHIP WILL BREAK UP.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
DROP A SPOON--COMPANY SOON.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
DROP A KNIFE--MEANS A MAN IS COMING TO VISIT.
DROP A FORK--MEANS A WOMAN IS COMING TO VISIT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
IF YOU COME IN ONE DOOR AND GO OUT ANOTHER, COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
TO ENTER THROUGH ONE DOOR AND GO OUT THE OTHER WILL BRING COMPANY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
DROPPING DISHRAGS
IF YOU DROP A DISHRAG, IT IS A SIGN THAT SOMEONE HUNGRY IS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
NOT GIVEN
IF YOU ARE WALKING SOMEWHERE HOLDING HANDS AND YOU HAVE TO DROP
HANDS TO GET BY SOMETHING AND CONTINUE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE
OBJECT, YOU SHOULD SAY "BREAD AND BUTTER" FOR GOOD LUCK TO BRING
YOUR HANDS BACK TOGETHER. IF YOU DON'T, YOU AND YOUR PARTNER
WILL BREAK UP.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; ORLANDO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-24-1969
PREDICTION: VISITORS
WHEN YOUR NOSE ITCHES, IT MEANS SOMEONE IS COMING TO VISIT YOU
SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 03-24-1969
CURSE: BAD LUCK
HOLD YOUR BREATH WHEN YOU PASS A CEMETERY OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO HIM BY HIS PARENTS WHEN THEY TRAVELLED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): BREATH ; CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
OLD POLISH STORY: TIRED TRAVELER
A CERTAIN TRAVELER HAD STOPPED AT MANY INNS TO FIND SHELTER FOR
THE NIGHT BUT HAD NO SUCCESS IN FINDING A ROOM. FINALLY, HE
AGREED TO AN INNKEEPER'S BARN. WHEN HE ENTERED, HE SAW THERE
WAS NO PLACE FOR HIM TO RECLINE. HE SAW ONLY SOME HOOKS WHERE
THE TOOLS WERE HUNG. HE PROMPTLY DISASSEMBLED HIMSELF AND PUT
AN ARM ON ONE HOOK, A LEG ON ANOTHER, AND SO ON.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Date learned: 01-20-1968
HAUNTED HOUSE
ABOUT SIX BLOCKS AWAY FROM ME, ON RUTLAND TWO BLOCKS SOUTH OF
GRAND RIVER, IS A LARGE BROWN BRICK HOUSE THAT HAS BEEN UNOCCUPIED
FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS. OLD-TIME NEIGHBORS SAY THAT AROUND 1935,
A MAN KILLED HIS WIFE THERE BY HITTING HER OVER THE HEAD WITH A
POKER. SHE LAY THERE DEAD FOR DAYS UNTIL SOMEONE FOUND HER. NOW,
AS EVERYONE ON THE BLOCK WILL TESTIFY, ONE CAN SEE HER GHOST LATE
AT NIGHT, WALKING FROM ROOM TO ROOM IN THE HOUSE. SOMETIMES, EVEN
DURING THE DAY TIME, YOU WILL HEAR LOUD, PLAINTIVE SCREAMS AND
CRYING, AND MORE FREQUENTLY, SOUNDS OF A MAN AND WOMAN ARGUING.
I MYSELF, AFTER OBSERVATION, HAVE HEARD STRANGE NOISES AT AND
AROUND THAT HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00-00-1967