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BELIEF
ANTS WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH CHALK, SO USE IT TO GET RID OF THEM.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 03-29-1972
BELIEF
A HONEY BEE DIES WHEN IT STINGS A HUMAN BEING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 04-01-1972
BELIEF
THE INSECTS CALLED "DARNING NEEDLES" WILL SEW UP YOUR MOUTH OR YOUR NOSE OR AT LEAST STING YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 03-28-1972
BELIEF
GROW ONIONS BY POTATOES TO KEEP BUGS AWAY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
BELIEF
SET GARLIC AROUND PEACH TREES TO STOP BUGS AND WORMS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
BELIEF
TO FRIGHTEN OFF BIRDS FROM YOUR GARDEN, PLACE A
LENGTH OF GARDEN HOSE IN IT AND THEY WILL THINK
IT'S A SNAKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLASS ASSIGNMENT ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IF YOU LOOK AT (A) BIG BLACK GRASSHOPPER IN THE EYE,
HE'LL SPIT AT YOU AND YOU'LL GO BLIND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
DON'T ALLOW A CRICKET IN YOUR HOUSE, FOR IT WILL BRING
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATLANTA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-04-1970
I'VE ALWAYS HEARD, SOME INDIANS BELIEVE THAT A NAKED SQUAW
WALKING IN THE MOONLIGHT, DRAGGING HER CLOTHES BEHIND HER,
WILL KEEP CUTWORMS FROM DESTROYING THE GARDEN VEGETABLES.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
James Callow Keyword(s): FERTILITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 08-11-1968
IF A BUTTERFLY LIGHTS ON YOU AND YOU CATCH HIM AND BITE
HIS HEAD OFF AND THROW IT OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER, YOU WILL
GET A NEW DRESS WITH THE COLORS OF THE BUTTERFLY IN IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 06-23-1972
SNOW FREEZES OUT THE SPRING PESTS. THE MORE SNOWS THE FEWER
INSECTS IN THE SPRING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 05-03-1969
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A BUTTERFLY TO ACCIDENTALLY FLY INTO THE
HOUSE OF A PERSON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-22-1969
WHEN A MEASURING WORM GETS ON YOU, IT MEANS THAT HE IS MEASURING
YOU FOR A NEW SUIT OF CLOTHES.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): INCHWORM ?
Date learned: 05-03-1969
IF WASPS BUILD NESTS CLOSE TO THE GROUND, THEN AN UNUSUALLY
COLD WINTER IS DUE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THREE MONTHS FROM THE DAY THAT THE KATY-DIDS START
HOLLERING WILL BE THE FIRST FROST.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
SWARMING BEES IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
WHEN THE WOLLY WORM CRAWLS NORTH IN SEPTEMBER IT MEANS
THERE WILL BE A VERY COLD WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: 02-19-1972
SISTER LEARNED THIS FROM HER FAMILY AS A YOUNG GIRL LIVING IN
LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.
NEVER KILL A SPIDER THAT HAS WALKED ON YOU. YOU'LL BE GETTING
A NEW SUIT OF CLOTHES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Massachusetts ; LYNN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
MY INFORMANT HAD AN UNCLE WHO WAS VERY FOND OF ONE OF HER
BROTHERS. HER BROTHER WAS ALSO VERY CLOSE TO HIS UNCLE.
ONE DAY WHILE THEY WERE AT HOME, A WHITE MOTH FLEW IN THE
ROOM AND LANDED ON JOE'S (THE BROTHER) SHOULDER. THE MOTH
JUST STAYED THERE FOR A LONG TIME. THEY FOUND OUT LATER
THAT THEIR UNCLE HAD DIED AT THIS EXACT TIME. JOE
IMMEDIATELY RECALLED THE PRESENCE OF THE MOTH AND BELIEVED
THAT THIS HAD BEEN A SIGN OF DEATH. THE FAMILY WAS LIVING
IN A MINING TOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 08-00-1968