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BUBBLES IN COFFEE MEAN MONEY.
Submitter comment: I DO NOT KNOW WHERE I FIRST HEARD THIS SUPERSTITION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; MEMPHIS
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
THE BEST WAY TO CLEAN YOUR KITCHEN SINK DRAIN IS TO LET
THE COFFEE GROUNDS GO DOWN IT. THIS CUTS ANY GREASE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF SUDS FOAM ON YOUR COFFEE, YOU WILL RECEIVE MONEY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee BELIEF -- Measure of quality BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
CHEEKWOOD IS THE OLD FAMILY HOME OF THE CHEEK
FAMILY, WHO MADE COFFEE. WHEN TEDDY ROOSEVELT
CAME TO NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, HE STAYED AT
THE MAXWELL HOUSE HOTEL, WHERE THE CHEEKS HAD
THEIR COFFEE BEING SERVED. HE HAD SOME AND
SAID IT WAS "GOOD TO THE LAST DROP." CHEEKS,
BECAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT, CALLED THEIR COFFEE
"MAXWELL HOUSE."
Where learned: CLASSROOM ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Legend Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee |
BELIEF
IF YOU DRINK COFFEE, IT WILL MAKE YOU BLACK.
Submitter comment:
SAYING HER MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD HER WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL WHEN
SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD DRINK COFFEE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPLEXION
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
PLANT GROWTH BELIEF
PUT BREWED COFFEE GROUNDS IN YOUR ROSES TO HELP THEM GROW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 04-06-1971