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IF YU PLANT CORN IN FULL MOON, IT WILL GROW TALL, BUT THE EARS
WON'T BE AS GOOD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Sparta
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IF YOU PLANT CORN WHEN THERE IS A NEW MOON, THE CORN WILL
MATURE GOOD. THE EARS WILL BE GOOD AND THE CORN ITSELF
WILL NOT BE TALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Sparta
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
THE MOON INFLUENCES THE GROWTH OF CROPS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
IF A WOMAN COMES TO YOUR HOUSE BEFORE A MAN ON NEW YEAR'S DAY,
YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK WITH YOUR CHICKENS THAT YEAR.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THIS AT OUR HOME JULY 19, 1968. WHEN
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
Date learned: 07-19-1968
INFORMANT STATED THAT IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO PLANT SPRING ONIONS
BECAUSE IT WAS THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ALMANAC
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
DAY 1. START KEEPING YOUR EGG SHELLS AND PLACE THEM IN AN
OPEN JAR OF WATER. DO THIS FOR SEVEN DAYS. THROW OUT THE
EGG SHELLS AND USE THE MIXTURE ON YOUR PLANTS; IT MAKES
THEM GROW.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO HER BY HER MOTHER AND WE TRIED IT--IT WORKS!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): FERTILIZER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
FARMING LIE
IN CASEVILLE, MICHIGAN THEY PLANT POTATOES ON THE SIDES OF HILLS
SO THAT WHEN IT RAINS THE SOIL JUST ERODES AROUND THE POTATOES AND
THEY ROLL DOWN THE HILL. THE POTATOES ARE SO BIG AND THERE ARE SO
MANY OF THEM THAT THEY COULD NEVER HARVEST AND CLEAN THEM ANY
OTHER WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
ANN ARBOR
ANN ARBOR IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE RECEIVED ITS NAME IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER: THE ORIGINAL SETTLEERS IN ANN ARBOR SETTLED NEAR BLAIN'S
PARK. THERE WAS A WOMAN NAMED ANN WHO WAS AN EASTERNER AND WHO
WANTED GRAPES, SO SHE STARTED AN ORCHID (ORCHARD?) CALLED ANN'S
ARBOR.
Submitter comment: MIKE LEARNED THIS WHEN HE WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
ANN ARBOR
ANN ARBOR IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE RECEIVED ITS NAME IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER: FRENCH SETTLERS IN LOW TOWN NEAR THE RIVER TERRACED THEIR
SLOPES, THUS CALLED THEM ANN OF ARBOR.
Submitter comment: MKE LEARNED THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
COLONEL TALBOT
A SETTLER NAMED COLONEL TALBOT CAME TO THE AREA KNOWN AS ST.
THOMAS, ONTARIO, CANADA. HE PLANTED A CROP BUT DUE TO DROUGHT,
THE HARVEST FAILED. HE WAS IN DEBT TO MANY PEOPLE "UP TO HIS
EYEBALLS." HE DECIDED TO STAY FOR A YEAR. HIS CROP WAS SUCCESS-
FUL. HE THEN STAYED YEAR AFTER YEAR. THE MAIN STREET IN ST.
THOMAS IS NAMED TALBOT STREET AFTER COLONEL TALBOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
FARMING LIE
IN CASEVILLE, MICHIGAN THEY PLANT POTATOES ON THE SIDES OF HILLS
SO THAT WHEN IT RAINS THE SOIL JUST ERODES AROUND THE POTATOES AND
THEY ROLL DOWN THE HILL. THE POTATOES ARE SO BIG AND THERE ARE SO
MANY OF THEM THAT THEY COULD NEVER HARVEST AND CLEAN THEM ANY
OTHER WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
ANN ARBOR
ANN ARBOR IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE RECEIVED ITS NAME IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER: THE ORIGINAL SETTLEERS IN ANN ARBOR SETTLED NEAR BLAIN'S
PARK. THERE WAS A WOMAN NAMED ANN WHO WAS AN EASTERNER AND WHO
WANTED GRAPES, SO SHE STARTED AN ORCHID (ORCHARD?) CALLED ANN'S
ARBOR.
Submitter comment: MIKE LEARNED THIS WHEN HE WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
ANN ARBOR
ANN ARBOR IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE RECEIVED ITS NAME IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER: FRENCH SETTLERS IN LOW TOWN NEAR THE RIVER TERRACED THEIR
SLOPES, THUS CALLED THEM ANN OF ARBOR.
Submitter comment: MKE LEARNED THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
COLONEL TALBOT
A SETTLER NAMED COLONEL TALBOT CAME TO THE AREA KNOWN AS ST.
THOMAS, ONTARIO, CANADA. HE PLANTED A CROP BUT DUE TO DROUGHT,
THE HARVEST FAILED. HE WAS IN DEBT TO MANY PEOPLE "UP TO HIS
EYEBALLS." HE DECIDED TO STAY FOR A YEAR. HIS CROP WAS SUCCESS-
FUL. HE THEN STAYED YEAR AFTER YEAR. THE MAIN STREET IN ST.
THOMAS IS NAMED TALBOT STREET AFTER COLONEL TALBOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 02-15-1970