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IF ST. ELMO'S FIRE APPEARS AROUND A SHIP IT IS A
SURE SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: I SAW THIS ON TELEVISION IN "MOBY DICK."
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): MARITIME ; ST. ELMO, PATRON OF SAILORS.
Date learned: 09-00-1967
EXPLANATION OF WHY SMOKE FROM A FIRE OF ANY SOURCE WILL
FOLLOW SOMEONE NO MATTER WHERE THEY MOVE TO:
BEAUTY DRAWS SMOKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fire |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CUSTOM TO BURN BLESSED CANDLES
AT THE TIME OF A SEVERE LIGHTNING STORM. THIS IS
PRACTICED BY STRICT CATHOLICS.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Fire |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
THE GHOST OF CHAPEL HILL
IN CHAPEL HILL, TENNESSEE, THERE IS A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS
WHERE ONE CAN SEE A GHOST. AT NIGHT, WHEN A TRAIN COMES
THROUGH THE TRACKS, YOU CAN SEE A RED LIGHT, WHICH IS A
LITTLE WAYS BEHIND IT. THE LIGHT FOLLOWS THE TRAIN AT
ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE ALL THE TIME. NO ONE CAN REALLY TELL
JUST EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. PEOPLE HAVE SHOT AT IT AND NOTHING
HAPPENS. PEOPLE SAY THAT ONE, A LONG TIME AGO, A MAN WAS
SEVERED. SUPPOSEDLY THE GHOST, THE RED LIGHT, KEEPS
RETURNING IN SEARCH OF HIS HEAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fire BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
IN CHAPEL HILL, TENNESSEE, A MAN WAS ONCE DECAPITATED
BY THE RAILROAD. SINCE THEN, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BY
THE TRACKS AT NIGHT HAVE REPORTED SEEING A LIGHT MOVING
ALONG THE TRACKS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Fire |
Date learned: 04-29-1969
WILL-O-THE WISP ARE CORPSE CANDLES CARRIED BY GHOSTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Fire |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF THE FIRE MAKES LOUD POPPING SOUNDS WHILE IT IS BLAZING, IT
MEANS A SNOW WILL SHORTLY FALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Fire |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER USED TO GO (TO) THE BARN IN THE
SPRING, GET THREE HORSESHOES, AND NAME ONE THE HAWK, ONE
THE CROW, AND ONE OF THE OWL. UPON RETURNING TO THE HOUSE,
SHE WOULD PITCH THEM INTO THE FIREPLACE, TO KEEP HAWKS,
CROWS, AND OWLS FROM CATCHING THE CHICKENS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Fire BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
SMOKE FOLLOWS BEAUTY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
James Callow comment:
"SMOKE FROM AN OUT-OF-DOOR FIRE DRIFTS TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
PERSON WITHIN RANGE"--#675 IN HAND, NORTH CAROLINA.
ALSO SEE HAND & TALLEY, UTAH #2134; PUCKETT OHIO #5713.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; BEAUTY ; Maxim ; Saying ; Smoke
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Fire PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
WATER WILL NOT PUT OUT A FIRE STARTED BY LIGHTNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Fire |
Date learned: 06-17-1973
BELIEF
IF YOU PLAY WITH FIRE, YOU WILL WET THE BED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Fire BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1972