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KNOCK ON WOOD
WHEN SPEAKING OF UNFORTUNATE THINGS BE SURE TO KNOCK ON WOOD SO
THE SAME THINGS WON'T HAPPEN TO YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
BRIDAL SHOWER
TRADITION HAS IT IN THE NASHVILLE AREA THAT THE SEVENTH GIFT
OPENED BY THE BRIDE WILL BE THE NAME OF THE NEXT BRIDE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
EMPTY BOWL
MISS NENNO CONSIDERS IT BAD LUCK TO RETURN A BORROWED BOWL EMPTY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
DOORWAYS
MRS. MOBBS AND HER HUSBAND BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU LEAVE THE
HOUSE VIA THE FRONT DOOR YOU MUST RETURN THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR.
MRS. MOBBS SAYS THAT HER HUSBAND INSISTS THAT THEIR CHILDREN
PRACTICE THIS BELIEF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
OLE' MAID
"DON'T TAKE THE LAST PIECE OF CANDY OR YOU WILL BE AN OLE'
MAID, SAYS MISS MARTIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
THROW IN THE TOWEL
IF TWO PEOPLE DRY THEIR HANDS SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THE SAME TOWEL,
THEY WILL HAVE A FIGHT BEFORE NIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
SWINGING BABY
SWINGING A BABY AROUND WILL CAUSE HIM TO HAVE CROSS-EYES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
A PENNY PURSE
IF YOU GIVE A FRIEND A PURSE AS A GIFT, BE SURE TO PLACE A
PENNY INSIDE THE PURSE OR THE FRIENDSHIP WILL BE CUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
LEMON JUICE AND FRECKLES
WHEN JOAN WAS A LITTLE GIRL, SHE USED LEMON JUICE TO REMOVE
FRECKLES. THIS WAS THE "THING" IN HER DAY. HOWEVER, SHE
HAS MYRIADS OF FRECKLES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
GRAVE STEPPING
STEP ON A GRAVE AND THE PERSON BURIED THERE WILL HAUNT YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
BAREFEET
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN IS FRIGHTENED BY A BEAR, THE BABY WILL BE
BORN WITH TWO BARE FEET.
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PUN
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
BUTTERFLIES
CATCH A BUTTERFLY, BITE ITS HEAD OFF, THROW IT OVER YOUR LEFT
SHOULDER AND YOU WILL GET A NEW DRESS WITHIN THE WEEK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
RAINMAKER
HANG A DEAS SNAKE ON A BARBWIRE FENCE TO MAKE IT RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRADFORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
SALT SHAKER
WHEN YOU SPILL SALT TO AVOID BAD LUCK, PICK UP SALT SHAKER
AND SPRINKLE SALT OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
SEX CHANGER
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I WAS TOLD BY MY PARENTS, RELATIVES, AND
FRIENDS IF I WANTED TO CHANGE MY SEX ALL I HAD TO DO WAS
KISS MY ELBOW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
BOILING POT
TO STOP A BOILING POT FROM BOILING OVER SCRATCH ON THE
MANTLEPIECE. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO STOP IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
AN ITCHING PALM
IF YOUR PALM ITCHES IT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME MONEY.
IF YOUR FOOT ITCHES IT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO WALK ON STRANGE
LAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
HANDS DOWN
DR. BOURNE HAS TREATED PATIENTS WHO BELIEVE THAT A PREGNANT
WOMEN SHOULD NEVER PLACE HER HANDS ABOVE HER HEAD FOR FEAR
THAT THE CORD WILL WRAP AROUND THE BABY'S NECK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CAMDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
BELIEF
IF YOU CHANGE AN ANIMAL'S DEN, HE WON'T COME BACK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1972