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IF THE SUNSET IS HIDDEN BY CLOUDS, IT WILL RAIN TOMORROW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE FIRST CORN SILKS YOU SEE ARE RED, YOU'LL BE HEALTHY THAT
YEAR. IF THE FIRST CORN SILKS YOU SEE IN SPRING ARE WHITE,
YOU'LL BE SICK ALL THAT YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DREAM THE SAME DREAM THREE TIMES, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THERE'S GOING TO BE A HARD WINTER IF SQUIRRELS HAVE UNUSUALLY
THICK COATS OF FUR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU WANT A DIVORCE, SLEEP WITH AN ONION AROUND YOUR NECK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU BREAK YOUR GLASSES THREE TIMES IN ONE YEAR YOU WILL SEE
HARD TIMES FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU FIND A PENNY, PUT IT ON THE TRACK AND LET A TRAIN
SMACH (SIC) IT FLAT, THEN IF YOU WEAR IT FOR TWENTY YEARS IN
YOUR LEFT POCKET, YOU WILL NEVER HAVE ANY HEART TROUBLE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK BELIEF (PREDICTION)
IF AN UMBRELLA IS OPENED INSIDE THE HOUSE, BAD LUCK WILL FALL ON
THE PERSON PERFORMING THE ACTION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 06-14-1972
SUPERSTITION (PREDICTION)
NEVER CUT YOUR FINGERNAILS OR TOENAILS ON SUNDAY. IF YOU DO,
YOU'LL DIE BEFORE SUNDOWN.
Submitter comment:
THIS SUPERSTITION OR BELIEF WAS TOLD TO HER BY HER HUSBAND'S
MOTHER.
Where learned: FARMINGTON ; KENTUCKY
Date learned: 06-10-1972
FOLK BELIEF
NEVER SIT AT A TABLE WITH THIRTEEN PEOPLE, ONE OF THEM WILL SOON
DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FOLK BELIEF
DO NOT LET A BABY LOOK AT HIMSELF IN A MIRROR, IF HE DOES HE WILL
DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FOLK BELIEF
IF A BUTTERFLY LANDS ON YOU, YOU WILL HAVE NEW CLOTHES OF THAT COLOR
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FOLK BELIEF
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN SEES OR HAS A FRGHTENING EXPERIENCE, HER CHILD
WILL BE MARKED BY THE EXPERIENCE ACCO RDINGLY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER SAW A PLANE CRASH IN DALLAS, TEXAS. SHE WAS
PREGNANT AT THE TIME. INFORMANT HAS A BIRTHMARK ON HIS ARM AND IT
IS SAID THAT THIS IS THE PIECES OF THE WRECKED PLANE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FOLK BELIEF
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO ONE'S HOUSE IT IS A SIGN THERE WILL BE A DEATH
IN THE FAMILY.
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
FOLK BELIEF
IF YOU COME IN THE FRONT DOOR OF A HOUSE AND LEAVE BY THE BACK DOOR
THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE WILL GET COMPANY.
Submitter comment: THIS IS PRETTY MUCH PRACTICED IN THE INFORMANT'S HOUSE, EVEN NOW.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FOLK BELIEF
IF YOU COME IN THE FRONT DOOR AND LEAVE BY THE BACK DOOR YOU ARE
APT TO BRING COMPANY.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
BELIEF
IF YOU WASH YOUR CAR IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
BELIEF
IF A BABY IS CUTE WHEN BORN, IT WILL BE UGLY WHEN IT GROWS UP. AND
VICE VERSA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPENSATION
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
IF TWO PEOPLE WALK AROUND A POST, THEY WILL FIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU SWEEP UNDER A PERSON'S FEET, THAT PERSON WILL NEVER MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 00-00-1972