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ALWAYS BURN YOUR HAIR THAT COMES OUT. IF YOU THROW IT AWAY
AND A BIRD GETS IT AND BUILDS A BIRD NEST, YOU'LL HAVE A
HEADACHE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
IF A PERSON HAS ONLY ONE GRAY HAIR HE WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Good luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
A WOMAN'S HAIR IS HER CROWN OF BEAUTY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BEAUTY ; Female ; HAIR ; POWER ; Woman
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 11-24-1977
IF THE HORSES HAVE HEAVY HAIR IT IS A SIGN OF BAD WEATHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 11-02-1973
IF A PLAYER SEES A HAIR FALL FROM A WOMAN'S HAIR, AS HE
PICKS IT UP, HE WILL GET A HIT THAT DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): BASEBALL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU CUT A BABY'S HAIR BEFORE THE END OF HIS FIRST
YEAR, HE WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SHAVING HAIRS OFF OF YOUR LEGS WILL CAUSE THE HAIRS TO
BECOME CANCEROUS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-12-1973
SHAVING UNDER YOUR ARMS WILL MAKE YOU BECOME WEAK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-12-1973
NEVER COMB YOUR HAIR AFTER DARK, IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU CAN TELL HOW HARD THE WINTER'S GOING TO BE BY THE
AMOUNT OF HAIR ON A WOOLLY WORM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN WERE FRIGHTENED BY SOMETHING, THE BABY
WOULD BE MARKED. MY FATHER ALWAYS SAID THAT IF A BABY WAS
BORN WITH HAIR DOWN ITS BACK, IT WAS MARKED BY A SQUIRREL.
ALSO IF SHE EATS STRAWBERRIES, THE BABY COULD HAVE A
STRAWBERRY BIRTHMARK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR DOG TO LEAVE HOME, CUT THE HAIR OFF
THE END OF HIS TAIL AND BURY IT UNDER THE DOOR.
Submitter comment:
WE HAD AN OLD NIGGER WOMAN WHO BELIEVED THAT. MY SON
US'T TO BRING HOME A LOT OF STRAY DOGS. AND WE COULDN'T
GET 'EM TO GO AWAY. SHE ALWAYS US'T SWEEP UNDER THE FRONT
PORCH 'CAUSE HE WAS BOUND TO HAVE HAIR UNDER THERE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU PULL A GIRL'S HAIR, SHE WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 07-03-1973
ORIGINATION OF SPANISH MOSS
IN PARTS OF ALABAMA AND FLORIDA WHERE THE SPANISH SETTLED
IT WAS SAID THAT THERE WERE TWO LOVERS, A PRINCESS AND
COMMMONER. THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE EACH OTHER SO
THEY WOULD MEET IN THE FOREST UNDER A PARTICULAR TREE.
WHEN HER PARENTS FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, THEY HAD THE YOUNG
MAN SENT AWAY. THE PRINCESS SOON BECAME ILL AND DIED OF A
BROKEN HEART. IT WAS SAID THAT SHE WAS BURIED UNDER THIS
TREE AND THAT THE MOSS THAT DRAPES DOWN FROM THE TREE IS
HER LONG BEAUTIFUL HAIR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Plant BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
BELIEF
SHAVING YOUR HAIR OFF MAKES IT GROW IN THICKER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
BELIEF
CURLY HAIR COMES FROM EATING BREAD CRUSTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CATHOLIC BELIEF
THE CUSTOM OF A WOMAN COVERING HER HEAD IN CHURCH STEMS FROM
THE MEDIEVAL BELIEF THAT EVIL SPIRITS WOULD BE ENTANGLED IN THE
HAIR IF IT WERE NOT COVERED.
Submitter comment:
A belief concerning wearing something on your head.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Church |
Date learned: 09-24-1969
SEDUCTION BELIEF
COVER HEAD WITH SCARVES, A WELL-COIFFURED HEAD SEDUCES MEN.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS VERY OLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HAIR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-19-1971
THINGS GROW WITH THE MOON
IF A PERSON CUTS THEIR HAIR WHEN THERE'S A NEW MOON, IT'LL
GROW WITH THE MOON. IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR WHEN THERE'S
A FULL MOON, IT'LL GROW SLOWLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
A HAIRY MOON
WHEN THE MOON IS FULL, A PERSON'S HAIR WILL GROW MUCH FASTER.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 04-26-1972