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STOPPING AN OWL FROM HOLLERING
IF AN OWL HOLLERS AT NIGHT, TURN SHOE UPSIDE DOWN TO STOP HIM.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
HOW TO STOP HAWKS FROM CATCHING CHICKENS
MY STEPMOTHER USED TO THINK THAT IF HAWKS WERE CATCHING CHICKENS, YOU COULD STOP THEM BY PUTTING A HORSESHOE IN THE FIRE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
BELIEF
IF A BIRD COMES INTO THE HOUSE, IT MEANS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
ANIMAL BELIEF
ROOSTERS ALWAYS CROW AT MIDNIGHT.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
TO CATCH A BIRD PUT SALT ON ITS TAIL.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
BELIEF
TO FRIGHTEN OFF BIRDS FROM YOUR GARDEN, PLACE A
LENGTH OF GARDEN HOSE IN IT AND THEY WILL THINK
IT'S A SNAKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLASS ASSIGNMENT ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
I ALWAYS HEARD THAT MINERS TOOK CANARY BIRDS DOWN INTO THE MINES.
IF POCKETS OF POISON GAS WERE CUT INTO, THE BIRD WOULD KEEL
OVER. THE MINERS WOULD THEN KNOW THAT POISON GAS WAS PRESENT
AND WOULD LEAVE THE MINE. I NEVER REALLY SAW A BIRD BEING
TAKEN INTO A MINE, BUT IT WAS COMMONLY SUPPOSED BY MOST PEOPLE
THAT THEY WERE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
IF YOU CUT THE TONGUE FROM A HUMMINGBIRD AND PUT IT IN
YOUR MOUTH AND KISS THE ONE YOU LOVE, THAT PERSON WILL
NEVER STRAY FROM YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color SPEECH -- Gesture |
PUT EGGS UNDER A HEN TO BE HATCHED WHEN THE SIGN IS IN
THE LEG. THE CHICKENS WILL BE STRONG AND HEALTHY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 04-10-1972
IF YOU SPRINKLE SALT ON A BIRD'S TAIL, IT WILL ALLOW YOU TO
CATCH IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; GALLATIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THERE IS A RED BIRD ON YOUR RIGHT;
YOU WILL SEE YOUR FELLOW BEFORE NIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
IF THE ROOSTER CROWS ON THE DOOR STEP, SOMEONE IS
COMING TO VISIT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
IF THE BIRDS SING WHILE IT IS RAINING, IT IS GOING TO BE
A LONG RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 07-08-1970
IF A BLACK BIRD FLIES IN THE HOUSE, DEATH IS INEVITABLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
IF YOU HAVE A DUCK, HEN, OR TURKEY SETTING, PUT ROCKS AROUND
ITS NEST TO KEEP THUNDER FROM JARRING THE EGGS, BECAUSE
THUNDER WILL KEEP THE EGGS FROM HATCHING.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
IF A BIRD TAKES YOUR HAIR AND MAKES A NEXT YOU WILL BECOME BALD.
Where learned: GEORGETOWN ; SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A PERSON BITES YOU, RUB SOME CHICKEN DO-DO ON THE SPOT
AND HIS TEETH WILL ROTTEN. (ROT)
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
Keyword(s): FECAL FECES
James Callow Keyword(s): DUNG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A PERSON HAS A SETTING HEN, THE SEX OF THE FIRST VISITOR
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY TO THIS PERSON'S HOME DETERMINES THE SEX
OF MOST OF CHICKENS DURING THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 03-22-1969
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A FAMILY IF A BIRD ACCIDENTALLY FLIES INTO
THEIR HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-22-1969
IF ONLY ONE ROOSTER GOES TO ROOST BEFORE NIGHT, BAD LUCK IS TO
HAPPEN TO THE FAMILY THAT OWNS HIM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-29-1969