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CUSTOM
TAPE A PENNY TO A KNIFE GIVEN AS A GIFT BECAUSE A KNIFE CUTS
FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU HAVE LOST SOMETHING AND CANNOT FIND IT, COUNT ONE
HUNDRED STARS AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
CUSTOM
TO GET RIDE OF RED ANTS, SCATTER BRANCHES OF SWEET FERN WHERE
THEY CONGREGATE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
CUSTOM
TO CLEAN LIGHT KID GLOVES PUT THE GLOVE ON THE HAND AND RUB
THOROUGHLY WITH WHITE CORN MEAL USING A PIECE OF COTTON
FLANNEL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
CUSTOM
TO GET RID OF BAD SMELLS FROM CLOTHING, WRAP THEM UP LIGHTLY
AND BURY FOR A DAY OR TWO IN THE GROUND.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
BELIEF
WHEN YOU ARE RAISING CHICKENS, HEAT A FLINT ROCK IN THE
FIREPLACE AND WHEN A HAWK COMES AFTER THEM HE WILL BURN
HIS FEET.
Submitter comment: FROM SOUTH GEORGIA
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
JACK-O-LANTERNS
PEOPLE PUT JACK-O-LANTERNS ON THEIR FRONT PORCHES BECAUSE
WITCHES WILL NOT GO PAST A FIRE.
Submitter comment: C. 1920
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SUPERSTITION
NEVER MARRY A POOR GIRL, SHE WILL PUT HER HAND TOO DEEP IN
THE LARD GOURD.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS COINED WHEN GOURDS WERE USED FOR KITCHEN UTENSILS.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
SUPERSTITION
HOLD AN EYELASH BETWEEN YOUR THUMB AND FIRST FINGER, MAKE A
WISH, CHOOSE BETWEEN YOUR THUMB AND FIRST FINGER, PART THEM.
IF THE LASH STICKS TO THE THUMB OR FINGER YOUR WISH WILL
COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
SUPERSTITION
CARRY PARSLEY IN YOUR POCKET AND YOU WILL GET SOME MONEY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
SUSPICIONS
WHEN YOU WALK UNDER A PLUM TREE, DON'T TAKE OFF YOUR HAT.
THEY WILL THINK YOU ARE STEALING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
SUSPICIONS
WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH A WATERMELON PATCH, DON'T TIE YOUR
SHOELACES. THEY WILL THINK YOU ARE STEALING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
A WOMAN SHOULD NOT MAKE SAUERKRAUT DURING HER MENSTRUAL
PERIOD, IT MAKES THE KRAUT SOFT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
IF CITY NAME IMPRINTED ON BOTTOM OF COKE BOTTLE IS ANOTHER
CITY OTHER THAN HOME CITY, MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTVIEW HILLS DR ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NAME EACH CORNER OF BEDROOM FOR A BOY YOU KNOW AND THE CORNER
YOU ARE FACING WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING WILL TELL YOU
WHO YOU WILL MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WINCHESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU SHOULD NEVER EAT A MELON AFTER A FROST; REASON UNKNOWN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THUNDER SOURS MILK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TOMATOES ARE THE FRUIT OF THE DEVIL AND CAUSE SIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SUPERSTITION - MIRROR
DON'T LET A CHILD LOOK IN A MIRROR BEFOE HE IS A YEAR OLD OR
ELSE HE WILL BE NAUGHTY.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; CHILTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-27-1968