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IF YOUR EARS START RINGING, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
IF IT'S ONE EAR, IT'S GOOD; IF IT'S BOTH EARS, IT'S BAD.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
Date learned: 10-01-1973
AT A MEAL, IF YOU PASS A SINGLE GIRL THE SALT WITHOUT THE
PEPPER OR VICE VERSA, SHE WILL NEVER MARRY AND WILL BE
DOOMED TO BE AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE ; HOMEOPATHIC
Date learned: 10-01-1973
TO TAKE FIRE OUT OF BURNS:
REPEAT TO YOURSELF: "TWO LITTLE ANGELS CAME TO HEAVEN,
ONE BROUGHT FIRE AND THE OTHER FROST. GO OUT FIRE AND
COME IN FROST."
YOU BLOW ON THE BURN AS YOU SAY THIS, BUT ONLY ON THE
LAST WORD. A MAN MUST NOT TOUCH MAN NOR A WOMAN TOUCH
A WOMAN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.760 BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
GIVING SOMEBODY TWO FORKS AT A DINNER TABLE MEANS COMPANY
IS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
Proverb
A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH.
MEANING: A SURE THING IS BETTER THAN TWO POSSIBILITIES
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD - 1-19-2011
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BIRD ; Bush ; Hand ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001973 (ASSUMED)
IF TWO PEOPLE COMB HAIR ON THE SAME HEAD, THE YOUNGEST WILL
DIE FIRST.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
IF YOUR SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN YOUR BIG TOE, YOU WILL
BE THE BOSS OF YOUR FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOR GOOD LUCK ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, AS SOON AS
YOU WAKE UP SAY, "RABBIT, RABBIT, RABBIT." IF YOU FORGET
ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE MONTH SAY, "CARROT, CARROT,
CARROT."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 10-20-1977
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'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
WHEN YOU SEE TWO WHITE BUTTERFLYS, THEN YOU CAN GO BAREFOOT
IN THE SUMMER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): WITHOUT SHOES
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
ASPIRIN IN PLANT WATER
TO KEEP A FLOWER FROM DYING AS SOON AS IT'S PICK, PUT IT
IN A GLASS OF WATER AND DISSOLVE TWO ASPIRIN IN THE WATER.
THIS SOLUTION KEEPS THE FLOWER FRESH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 04-12-1972
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
BELIEF
IF A GIRL'S FINGERS CRACK WHEN THEY ARE PULLED, IT MEANS THAT SHE
HAS A BOY FRIEND. IF HER FINGERS CRACK TWO TIMES, IT MEANS SHE IS
GOING TO LOSE HER BOYFRIEND.
Date learned: 06-10-1970
BELIEF: DREAMS
IF YOU DREAM THE SAME DREAM TWICE, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BLOUNTVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 03-27-1969
LEGEND
THERE IS A GRAVEYARD IN MIDLAND, MICHIGAN, THAT HAS A STRANGE
VISITOR EVERY TEN YEARS. HE IS A TALL, LEAN, HOODED FIGURE WITH
LONG NOSE, SUNKEN EYES, AND BONY FINGERS. EVERY TIME HE VISITS,
HE MURDERS TWO KIDS, WHO HAPPEN TO WANDER THROUGH THE CEMETERY
AT THE SAME TIME.
HIS APPEARANCE HAS BEEN REGULAR FOR THIRTY YEARS, I.E., HE HAS
COME THREE TIMES, THE MOST RECENT BEING A FEW MONTHS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
LEGEND
THERE IS A GRAVEYARD IN MIDLAND, MICHIGAN, THAT HAS A STRANGE
VISITOR EVERY TEN YEARS. HE IS A TALL, LEAN, HOODED FIGURE WITH
LONG NOSE, SUNKEN EYES, AND BONY FINGERS. EVERY TIME HE VISITS,
HE MURDERS TWO KIDS, WHO HAPPEN TO WANDER THROUGH THE CEMETERY
AT THE SAME TIME.
HIS APPEARANCE HAS BEEN REGULAR FOR THIRTY YEARS, I.E., HE HAS
COME THREE TIMES, THE MOST RECENT BEING A FEW MONTHS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
TOO GOOD FOR WORDS
WHEN TWO INDIVIDUALS (USUALLY ATHLETES) SLAP THE PALMS
OF THEIR HANDS TOGETHER, THEY ARE MAKING A GESTURE OF
MUTUAL CONGRATULATION. IF BOTH HANDS OF BOTH PERSONS
ARE SLAPPED THE MEANING IS REINFORCED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts 686 Seconds / Twice / Two SPEECH -- Congratulations Appreciation |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
WHEN A PERSON POINTS HIS THUMB UP IT MEANS THAT ALL
IS GOING WELL. WHEN HE POINTS BOTH THUMBS UP IT
MEANS ALL IS GOING SUPER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT USED THESE SIGNS.
Where learned: BELGIUM
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two SPEECH -- All right O.K. |
Date learned: 06-00-1970
TO CROSS MORE THAN TWO FINGERS IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT BELIEVES THIS. IN FACT, HE TRIES TO AVOID
CROSSING HIS FINGERS ANY TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.22 SPEECH -- Magical Luck |
Date learned: 02-25-1971