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IF A SOLDIER ENTERS YOUR HOME, YOU MUST BE HOSPITABLE
AND GRANT EVERY WISH THEY DESIRE IN ORDER TO RETAIN GOOD LUCK
IN THE HOME. THIS BROUGHT GOOD LUCK IF DONE CORRECTLY.
IF NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH, MISFORTUNE MAY OCCUR TO MALE MEMBERS
OF THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment:
THIS BELIEF WAS HELD BY INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER
DURING 1940-1941 WHEN ENGLAND WAS IN WWII ALONE WITHOUT
THE AID OF THE UNITED STATES.
Where learned: COLLECTED BY MAIL ; COOKHAM RISE ; BERKSHIRE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 BELIEF -- Legend BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
BLESSING ON CHILD
FELLOW DOCTOR WILL NOT TOUCH A CHILD WITHOUT
SAYING, "GOD BLESS!" THREE TIMES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
WHISTLING GIRL AND CACKLING HEN
WHISTLING GIRL AND CACKLING HEN
ONLY CAN COME TO NO GOOD END.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
OLD MAID
IF SOMEONE SWEEPS DIRECTLY UNDER YOUR FEET, YOU WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
Old Maid
IF YOU TAKE THE LAST SERVING OF ANYTHING, YOU WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
HEM SUPERSTITION
IF YOUR HEM IS TURNED UP, KISS IT AND MAKE A WISH AND IT
WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
DEPARTURE
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS STEP OUT OF A HOUSE ON YOUR RIGHT FOOT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
DOORS
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS USE THE SAME DOOR IN GOING IN AND COMING OUT OF A HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
EYELASH SUPERSTITION
IF AN EYELASH COMES OUT, PUT IT ON THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD AND MAKE A WISH. IF THE EYELASH STICKS TO THE FINGER, THE WISH WILL NOT COME TRUE. IF IT STICKS TO THE HAIR, THE WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
BELIEF
IF YOU KILL A SNAKE AND BURY IT IN THE FORK OF A TREE, IT WILL
RAIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
SNOW
WHEN THE SNOW FALLS IN HUGE WET FLAKES, OLD MOTHER GOOSE IS
PICKING HER GEESE.
Submitter comment: C. 1918
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRING HILL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SNOW
WHEN THE SUN SHINES WHEN IT IS SNOWING, THE DEVIL IS BEATING
HIS WIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FAIRY RINGS
IF YOU FIND BARE RINGS IN THE GRASS THE DAY AFTER ST. JOHN'S
EVE, YOU WILL KNOW THAT FAIRIES HAD A BALL THERE THE NIGHT
BEFORE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LEGEND - OUR LADY OF THE LAKE
MANY PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS TRUE, BUT I HAVE NEVER
SEEN IT AND I WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT BELIEVING THESE PEOPLE.
THE LEGEND GOES THAT A LADY COMES OUT OF THE LAKE AND
WALKS UP ON THE SHORE AND HAS EVEN BEEN SEEN TO MOVE THE
BENCHES AROUND THE LAKE. AFTER DOING THIS SHE WALKS BACK
DOWN INTO THE LAKE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: 06-00-1965
LEGEND
AT FLINTVILLE, TENNESSEE THERE IS AN OLD RAILROAD TRACK. IT
IS SAID THAT THE MAN THAT HOLD THE LANTERN AT THE BACK OF A
TRAIN FELL OFF THE TRAIN AT FLINTVILLE AND THE TRAIN RAN
OVER HIS HEAD AND CUT IT OFF. IF YOU GO TO THIS TRACK AT
CERTAIN TIMES YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT SWINGING IN THE WIND.
IT IS SUPPOSSE TO BE THE MAN LOOKING FOR HIS HEAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COLLEGE TRADITION
THERE IS A SCULPTURED OWL ABOUT YEA HIGH (TWO FEET) ON DEPAUW
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS WHICH WILL HOOT WHEN A VIRGIN WALKS BY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
COLLEGE TRADITION
THERE IS A STATUE ON CAMPUS OF GENERAL GEORGE MORGAN JONES,
LOCAL CIVIK WAR HERO. IT IS SAID THAT IF A VIRGIN WALKS BY
HIM, HE WILL DRAW HIS SWORD (IT DOESN' WORK).
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; LYNCHBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
DREAMING OF MUDDY WATER OR SNAKES MEANS BAD LUCK. IF THE
SNAKE WAS KILLED IN THE DREAM THE LUCK WOULDN'T BE TOO
BAD, BUT IF THE SNAKE GOT AWAY, IT WOULD BRING VERY
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Water BELIEF -- Legend BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
"WOODS' KIDS"
WHEN CERTAIN UNFAVORABLE HAPPENINGS OCCUR WITHIN THE
ROSSER HOME, THE WOODS' KIDS ALWAYS TAKE THE BLAME. THESE
SMALL CREATURES INHABIT THE WOODS BEHIND THE HOUSE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Keyword(s): Blame ; FAMILY ; Fanciful ; Invisible ; Legend ; Tale ; TRICKSTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: 02-00-1972