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IF YOU CUT A BABY'S HAIR BEFORE IT IS A YEAR OLD, THE BABY
WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THIS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY. MY FAMILY
Where learned: KENTUCKY EASTERN
Date learned: 08-04-1968
REMMEBER HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE A WISH AND KEEP IT TO
YOURSELF ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, AND IF YOU BLOW ALL THE CANDLES
OUT ON YOUR CAKE, THEN IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Maturity BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 08-07-1968
A PRETTY BABY BECOMES AN UGLY ADULT. AN UGLY BABY BECOMES AN
ATTRACTIVE ADULT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Maturity |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
A BABY WILL BE UNLUCKY IF IT SEES ITSELF IN THE MIRROR BEFORE
ITS FIRST BIRTHDAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Maturity BELIEF -- P647 BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
A BABY WON'T LIVE TO BE GROWN IF HE DOESN'T FALL OFF THE BED
BY THE TIME HE IS A YEAR OLD.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Maturity BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
IF A BABY SEES HIMSELF IN A MIRROR BEFORE HE IS A YEAR OLD, HE
WILL DIE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; MAYFIELD
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Maturity BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
WHEN A CHILD IS SLOW TO WALK, WASH HIS LEGS DOWN WITH GREASY
DISHWATER, IT WILL CAUSE HIM TO WALK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Maturity BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-11-1973
HOW TWO MEDICINE LAKE GOT ITS NAME
WHEN THE GOVERNMENT SET ASIDE A TRACT OF LAND IN NORTHERN MONTANA
FOR A NATIONAL PARK, ONE OF THE TASKS WAS TO GIVE NAMES TO MANY
OF THE NATURAL FEATURES--STREAMS, MOUNTAINS, ETC. ON THE SHORES
OF TWO MEDICINE LAKE THERE WERE FOUND THE REMAINS OF TWO OLD
MEDICINE LODGES, USED AT ONE TIME TO HOUSE THE INITIATION CEREMONY
MAKING YOUNG BLACKFOOT INDIAN BOYS OFFICIALLY MEN OF THE TRIBE.
THE LAKE WAS FIRST CALLED THE LAKE OF THE TWO MEDICINE LODGES,
OR A SIMILAR TITLE. BY CONSTANT USE, THE NAME WAS SHORTENED,
UNTIL TODAY IT BEARS THE NAME TWO MEDICINE LAKE.
Submitter comment:
AS WAS TOLD TO ME BY A FOREST RANGER AT GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
IN AUGUST, 1969.
Where learned: GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Maturity |
Date learned: 08-00-1969
HOW TWO MEDICINE LAKE GOT ITS NAME
WHEN THE GOVERNMENT SET ASIDE A TRACT OF LAND IN NORTHERN MONTANA
FOR A NATIONAL PARK, ONE OF THE TASKS WAS TO GIVE NAMES TO MANY
OF THE NATURAL FEATURES--STREAMS, MOUNTAINS, ETC. ON THE SHORES
OF TWO MEDICINE LAKE THERE WERE FOUND THE REMAINS OF TWO OLD
MEDICINE LODGES, USED AT ONE TIME TO HOUSE THE INITIATION CEREMONY
MAKING YOUNG BLACKFOOT INDIAN BOYS OFFICIALLY MEN OF THE TRIBE.
THE LAKE WAS FIRST CALLED THE LAKE OF THE TWO MEDICINE LODGES,
OR A SIMILAR TITLE. BY CONSTANT USE, THE NAME WAS SHORTENED,
UNTIL TODAY IT BEARS THE NAME TWO MEDICINE LAKE.
Submitter comment:
AS WAS TOLD TO ME BY A FOREST RANGER AT GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
IN AUGUST, 1969.
Where learned: GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Maturity |
Date learned: 08-00-1969