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BELIEF
IF AN OWL DISTURBS YOU BY HOLLERING AT NIGHT, TURN YOUR SHOE OVER
AND HE WILL STOP/
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
WEAR A GARLAND OF GARLIC AROUND YOUR NECK TO KEEP VAMPIRES AWAY.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT LOUIS
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
IF YOUR HAMMER A NAIL INTO A FRUIT TREE, IT WILL KEEP THE FRUIT
FROM FALLING OFF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE HEM OF A WOMAN'S SKIRT IS TURNED UP, SHE CAN MAKE A WISH
ON THE HEM AND TURN IT DOWN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU WANT A GOOD CUCUMBER CROP YOU HAVE TO GET UP ON THE FIRST
DAY OF MAY BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP AND PLANT THE SEEDS WITHOUT
SPEAKING TO ANYBODY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU CARRY EGGS OUT TO PUT UNDER A SETTING HEN, IF YOU WANT THE
EGGS TO HATCH INTO PULLETS YOU SHOULD CARRY THEM IN A WOMAN'S
APRON OR BONNET. IF YOU WANT ROOSTERS, CARRY THEM OUT IN A MAN'S
HAT.
Submitter comment:
SINCE THESE TWO INFORMANTS CAME FROM DIFFERENT AREAS, THE BELIEF
MUST BE FAIRLY COMMON AT LEAST IN TENNESSEE AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU WEAR A SCAPULAR AROUND YOUR NECK AND DIE WITH
IT ON, YOU WILL GO DIRECTLY TO HEAVEN. HOWEVER,
A STORY TOLD BY AN ELEMENTARY NUN GOES, A COUPLE
WAS IN A CAR NECKING AND PETTING; THEY BOTH HAD
SCAPULARS; ON THE WAY HOME, THE BOY HAD AN
ACCIDENT, IN WHICH HIS HEAD WAS SEVERED FROM HIS
BODY AND THE SCAPULAR WAS HANGING ON A TREE, THIS
INFERRING THAT HE WENT STRAIGHT TO HELL.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD BY A NUN AS A WARNING TO HER STUDENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LANSING-REILLY
James Callow Keyword(s): AMULET ; BELIEF TALE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-06-1970
BELIEF IN PARAGUAY
THE PEASANT PEOPLE OF THE COAST BELIEVE THAT IN PAST TIMES, THERE
WAS AN INDIAN GIRL OUT LOOKING FOR HER BROTHER AND THE FOREST
DEMONS HAD TURNED HIM INTO A BIRD AND THE BIRD IS CALLED THE
CHUQUI BIRD. IT IS ALSO BELIEVED THAT THE LOST SOUL OF THE BOY
IS CONTAINED IN THIS BIRD AND THE PEOPLE FEEL THAT IT IS GOOD
LUCK TO FIND THIS BIRD.
Submitter comment:
MR. MARCHETT WAS TOLD THIS WHILE HE LIVED IN LATIN AMERICA. HE
TOLD IT TO A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WORKED WITH HIM AT IRA WILSON
& SONS CREAMERY IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
IF YOU WEAR A SCAPULAR AROUND YOUR NECK AND DIE WITH
IT ON, YOU WILL GO DIRECTLY TO HEAVEN. HOWEVER,
A STORY TOLD BY AN ELEMENTARY NUN GOES, A COUPLE
WAS IN A CAR NECKING AND PETTING; THEY BOTH HAD
SCAPULARS; ON THE WAY HOME, THE BOY HAD AN
ACCIDENT, IN WHICH HIS HEAD WAS SEVERED FROM HIS
BODY AND THE SCAPULAR WAS HANGING ON A TREE, THIS
INFERRING THAT HE WENT STRAIGHT TO HELL.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD BY A NUN AS A WARNING TO HER STUDENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LANSING-REILLY
James Callow Keyword(s): BELIEF TALE AMULET FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-06-1970
BELIEF IN PARAGUAY
THE PEASANT PEOPLE OF THE COAST BELIEVE THAT IN PAST TIMES, THERE
WAS AN INDIAN GIRL OUT LOOKING FOR HER BROTHER AND THE FOREST
DEMONS HAD TURNED HIM INTO A BIRD AND THE BIRD IS CALLED THE
CHUQUI BIRD. IT IS ALSO BELIEVED THAT THE LOST SOUL OF THE BOY
IS CONTAINED IN THIS BIRD AND THE PEOPLE FEEL THAT IT IS GOOD
LUCK TO FIND THIS BIRD.
Submitter comment:
MR. MARCHETT WAS TOLD THIS WHILE HE LIVED IN LATIN AMERICA. HE
TOLD IT TO A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WORKED WITH HIM AT IRA WILSON
& SONS CREAMERY IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-28-1970