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PNEUMONIA:
MAKE A MEAT JACKET (FATTY MEAT).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR DOG TO LEAVE HOME, CUT THE HAIR OFF
THE END OF HIS TAIL AND BURY IT UNDER THE DOOR.
Submitter comment:
WE HAD AN OLD NIGGER WOMAN WHO BELIEVED THAT. MY SON
US'T TO BRING HOME A LOT OF STRAY DOGS. AND WE COULDN'T
GET 'EM TO GO AWAY. SHE ALWAYS US'T SWEEP UNDER THE FRONT
PORCH 'CAUSE HE WAS BOUND TO HAVE HAIR UNDER THERE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SHEEP BALL TEA
GO OUT IN A SHEEP PASTURE AND YOU GET "WHAT'S IN A SHEEP
PASTURE" AND YOU BOIL IT, THEN DRINK IT AND IT CURES YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT CURES. OTHER SOURCES SAY
FEED IT TO A BABY TO CURE DIARRHEA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; SHEEP DUNG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
TEETHING
IF A PERSON HAS ASTHMA, IF HE SLEEPS WITH A CHIHUAHUA IT
WILL CURE HIM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): DOG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Animal |
RAISING A DOG
FEED A DOG GUNPOWDER EACH DAY AND HE'LL GROW UP TO BE MEAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 07-08-1973
CATS
IF A CAT IS LEFT IN THE HOUSE AT NIGHT, IT WILL SUCK THE
BREATH OUT OF A BABY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GALLATIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
SUPERSTITION ABOUT FARM ANIMALS
IN ORDER TO PROTECT CHICKENS FROM HAWKS, A HORSESHOE HAS TO BE
HUNG IN THE CHIMNEY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; DOUBLE SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 04-01-1972
BAD LUCK SAYING
THE BODY MUST NEVER BE LEFT ALONE FOR FEAR SOME ANIMAL AS A
CAT MIGHT SNIFF AT THE CORPSE, SOME BAD LUCK WOULD OVERTAKE
THE FAMILY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
OLD TALE
IF A SINGLE HORSEHAIR IS PLACED IN WATER IN THE SUMMERTIME
IT IS BELIEVED TO TURN INTO A SNAKE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAYING
IF YOU SEE A REDBIRD, YOU WILL SEE SOMEONE UNEXPECTEDLY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAYING
WHEN A HORSE ROLLS OVER IN THE DIRT, THE NUMBER OF TIMES IT
ROLLS OVER IS THE NUMBER OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS IT IS
WORTH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
DOGS DRAW LIGHTNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 06-13-1973
BELIEF
A DOG HOWLING AT THE MOON AT 4 A.M. IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
REMEDY
DRINK SHEEP BALL TEA TO MAKE MEASLES BREAK OUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HOHENWALD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
CURE FOR COLITIS
BOIL THE LINING OF CHICKEN GIZZARDS AND DRINK THE WATER IN WHICH
THEY WERE BOILED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
RHEUMATISM CURE
FRY EARTHWARMS IN A SKILLET AND APPLY A POULTICE OF THEM TO THE
KNEES OR OTHER JOINTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
CURE FOR SORE THROAT
CURE A SORE THROAT BY HEATING SLICES OF FAT BACK. LAY THE FAT
BACK ON A CLOTH, THEN TIE THE CLOTH AROUND THE THROAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; ROCKWOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
WHEN ANTS ARE UNUSUALLY BUSY, FOUL WEATHER WILL SOON FOLLOW.
THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE ANTS ARE PREPARING FOR FOUL WEATHER
AHEAD AND THAT THEY HAVE UNFORSEEN POWERS TO PREDICT THE
WEATHER.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LADYBUGS ARE LUCKY AND SHOULD NOT BE KILLED.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
I WAS TALKING ABOUT EATING LAMB CHOPS AND SHE TOLD ME THAT HER
MOTHER HAD ALWAY BELIEVED THAT IT WAS WRONG TO EAT A SHEEP'S
MEAT. A SHEEP WAS THE SYMBOL OF GOD AND A GOAT WAS THE SYMBOL
OF THE DEVIL. APPARENTLY, THIS BELIEF HAD BEEN PASSED DOWN FOR
AT LEAST SEVERAL GENERATIONS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN