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PROVERB
NO MOON, NO MAN.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
BELIEF
THE MAN IN THE MOON EATS GREEN CHEESE BECAUSE IT IS ALL HE HAS TO EAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 03-20-1972
BELIEF
I HEARD THE MOON WAS MADE OF GREEN CHEESE WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 03-20-1972
MOON RAYS
SISTER MARY EDMUND, WHO COMES FROM NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA,
SAID THAT IT IS A BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD SLEEP IN THE
DIRECT RAYS OF THE MOON, THEN SHE RECALLED THE INCIDENT,
WHERE A WOMAN HAD DONE THIS REPEATEDLY AND THE MUSCLES IN HER
FACE DREW UP. PEOPLE BELIEVED THIS WAS DUE TO THE POWER OF
THE MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
IF THERE ISA RING AROUND THE MOON AND STARS IN IT, (THE RING)
COUNT THE STARS AND THERE WILL BE THAT MANY RAINY DAYS IN
THE MONTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 03-25-1972
IF A NEW MOON IS ON ITS BACK, THE INDIAN HUNTERS WILL NOT
GO HUNTING; BUT IF IT IS TURNED ON ITS TIPS, WATER HAS
RUN OUT AND THEY CAN GO HUNTING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 04-10-1972
IF IT'S 12 MIDNIGHT AND THE MOON IS OVER THE HILL, YOU CAN
SEE THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
MART OWENS USED TO RUN A STORE ON MAIN STREET. HE AND I WERE
GREAT FRIENDS AND WOULD OFTEN TALK TOGETHER. ONCE HE TOLD ME
HOGS MUST BE KILLED IN THE "OLD" OF THE MOON. OTHERWISE,
THE MEAT WOULD CURL UP IN THE FRYING PAN. HE HAD SEEN IT
TRIED. I HADN'T, WHO WAS I TO ARGUE THE CASE OF HOG
KILLING IN TIME OF A NEW MOON? HE HAD HIS FOLKLORE TALE. I
HAD NOTHING.
Submitter comment: AS A YOUNG GIRLI HAVE BEEN IN MR. OWENS STORE. HIS YOUNGEST
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): BUTCHERING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
WALK OUT INTO AN OPEN PLACE WHERE YOU WON'T (WILL?) SEE
THE NEW MOON THROUGH THE TREES. BE SURE THAT YOUR
POCKETBOOK HAS SOME MONEY IN IT. WAVE YOUR POCKETBOOK
AT THE MOON, TURN AROUND THREE TIMES, AND COME BACK O
THE HOUSE WITHOUT SAYING A WORD, AND YOU WILL HAVE
MONEY UNTIL THE NEXT NEW MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
MY UNCLE JOHN USED TO SAY THAT TO KEEP WITCHES AWAY ON
HALLOWEEN YOU SHOULD LOAD YOUR SHOTGUN WITH STOCK PEAS
AND ROCK SALT AND GO OUT AND FIRE IT AT THE MOON EVERY
HALF HOUR BETWEEN SUNDOWN AND MIDNIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WILLIAMSON COUNTY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 00001920 CA.
WHEN THERE'S A RING AROUND THE MOON, THAT MEANS RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PLANT THINGS THAT GROW UNDER THE GROUND
WHEN IT'S THE DARK OF THE MOON. THEY'LL DO BETTER.
THE DARK OF THE MOON IS WHEN IT'S NOT FULL OR HALFWAY FULL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
WHEN YOU PLANT BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON CORN WILL GROW TALL.
POTATOES WILL GO TO VINES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
WHEN THE MOON'S ON ITS END, IT'S READY TO POUR OUT, BUT
WHEN IT'S HALF WAY UP IT HOLDS THE WATER
WHEN IT'S LESS THAN A HALF MOON, THE MOON IS ON ITS EDGE
AND IT WILL RAIN, BUT IF THERE'S A HALF MOON OR MORE,
THERE WILL BE NO RAIN.
Submitter comment: I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
NO MATTER WHEN A DOCTOR SAYS A BABY IS DUE, THAT BABY WILL BE
BORN AFTER EXACTLY NINE FULL MOONS. YOU CAN BET ON IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
WOMEN IN NORTH NASHVILLE (TENNESSEE) BELIEVE THAT
PREGNANT MOTHERS GIVE BIRTH ON A NEW MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 08-03-1968
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
IN THE INCREASE OF THE MOON, CRACKLING(S) WILL NOT COOK OUT
GOOD, BUT IN THE DECREASE THEY WILL COOK OUT GOOD. IF YOU
DON'T KILL HOGS AT THE RIGHT TIME, THE CRACKLING(S) WILL BE
PUFFY AND YOU CAN'T COOK THE GREASE OUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
Keyword(s): HOG FAT PIG FAT
Date learned: 08-11-1968
RENDER LARD WHEN THE MOON IS ON THE DECREASE TO GET THE GREASE
OUT OF THE FAT MEAT.
Submitter comment: MOTHER BELIEVES THIS TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Bred animal BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
IF YOU PLANT CROPS IN THE WANE OF THE MOON, THEY WILL WITHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY CAFE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |