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NINE GRAINS OF WHEAT LAID ON A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER ENABLES ONE
TO SEE THE FAIRIES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters 686 Ninths / Nine Spirit / Mind / Body Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
RHEUMATISM ACTING UP MEANS IT IS GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Observation BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 03-26-1972
A DREAM OF A CHILD BEING BORN MEANS THAT SOMEONE IS GOING
TO DIE.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling about birth and life |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU SLEEP ON YOUR BACK, YOU WILL HAVE BAD DREAMS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Dreams |
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN GETS SCARED, WHEREVER SHE TOUCHES HER
BODY, THE BABY WILL HAVE A SPOT ON ITS BODY AT THAT PLACE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
Date learned: 06-21-1970
DREAM OF COFFIN OR BRINGING THE COFFIN TO THE HOUSE, THIS
MEANS THAT YOU WILL HAVE GOOD FORTUNE.
Submitter comment: IN CHINESE CHARACTERS, THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE WORD COFFIN
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body 841 Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
IT IS BELIEVED THAT ONE CAN FORETELL THE FUTURE ON HALLOWEEN
BY JUMPING OVER LIGHTED CANDLES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU DREAM THAT YOU ARE KILLING SNAKES, IT MEANS THAT YOU
WILL CONQUER ALL YOUR ENEMIES AND WIN WHATEVER YOU ARE AFTER.
THAT IS ONE OF THE LUCKIEST DREAMS YOU CAN HAVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions P842.61 BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 00001950 CA.
EYEBROWS THAT GROW TOGETHER INDICATE A JEALOUS NATURE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LOCAL TALE OF PREMONITION
THERE WAS THIS COUPLE WHO WAS PARKING IN PERCY WARNER
PARK, AND AFTER A WHILE, THE GIRL GOT COLD CHILLS AND
REQUESTED THAT THEY LEAVE. THE BOY, THINKING THAT SHE
WAS MAKING EXCUSES, THOUGHT SHE WAS JUST BEING SILLY.
BUT SHE INSISTED THAT THEY LEAVE BECAUSE SHE HAD A
FEELING THAT SOMETHING WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. THE BOY
FINALLY CONSENTED AND THEY LEFT. WHEN THEY GOT HOME,
THERE WAS A HAND PRINT ON THE DOOR OF THE CAR, AND IT
WAS SMUDGED AS IF PERHAPS THE MOVEMENT OF THE CAR AS
THE COUPLE STARTED TO LEAVE HAD SMUDGED IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOOK
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
DREAMS
DREAMING OF MUDDY WATER INDICATES A FORTHCOMING DEATH
OF A RELATIVE OR CLOSE FRIEND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
SUPERSTITION
IF A WOMAN CARRIES A BABY HIGH, IT'S A BOY; LOW, IT'S A GIRL.
Submitter comment:
AN ATTEMPT BY THE MOTHER-TO-BE AND HER FRIENDS TO DETERMINE
A BABY'S SEX BEFORE ITS BIRTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-14-1972
BELIEF
NEVER TELL A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST BECAUSE IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU DREAM A DREAM AND CAN'T REMEMBER IT, DON'T WORRY,
BUT IF YOU DREAM A DREAM AND IT STAYS ON YOUR MIND, BEWARE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
YOU SHOULD TELL YOUR DREAM AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN,
OTHERWISE, YOU'LL EITHER HAVE BAD LUCK OR YOUR DREAM WON'T
COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
DREAM OF FISH OR SOMEONE FISHING AND SOMEONE YOU KNOW WILL BE
OR BECOME PREGNANT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
A PERSON UNABLE TO LOOK THE SUN IN THE FACE IS A THIEF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate BELIEF -- Sun |
Date learned: 10-04-1973
THE CELLS OF THE BODY ARE REPLACED EVERY SEVEN YEARS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 10-01-1973
WHITE MARKS UNDER THE FINGERNAILS MEAN THAT YOU HAVE
TOLD A LIE. THE NUMBER OF MARKS TELLS THE NUMBER OF
LIES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 10-01-1973
COLD HANDS, WARM HEART,
WARM HANDS, COLD HEART.
A (?) MEANS TO MEASURE THE TRUE EXTENT OF A LOVER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CHIASMUS ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 10-01-1973