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CROSS OVER THE DOORWAY, WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
SPRINKLE SALT ON THE FIRE TO KEEP GHOSTS AND EVIL SPIRITS
AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
(TO) WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS WEAR A BUCKEYE AROUND YOUR NECK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-12-1973
BY PUTTING A HORSESHOE OVER A DOOR YOU KEEP OUT EVIL SPIRITS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 06-30-1973
BELIEF
IF IT RAINS WHILE THE SUN IS SHINING, THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon |
SUN SHINES
IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT RAINS IT MEANS THE DEVIL IS BEATING
HIS WIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF: SUNSHINE AND RAIN
IF THE SUN IS SHINING WHEN IT'S RAINING, IT MEANS THE DEVIL IS
BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 03-27-1969
BREAKING THE SABBATH
IF YOU DO ANY WORK OR PLAY CARDS ON SATURDAY NIGHT
AFTER TWELVE OR SUNDAY BEFORE SIX IN THE AFTERNOON,
THE DEVIL WOULD COME AND TAKE YOU AWAY.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS FROM MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS A SMALL
CHILD. MY MOTHER DID NOT BELIEVE THIS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Magic Book |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
HOME OF THE DEVIL
I THINK I READ SOMEWHERE ONCE THAT THE PURITANS
BELIEVED THAT AMERICA WAS THE HOME OF THE DEVIL
AND THAT THE INDIANS WERE THE CHILDREN OF THE
DEVIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
CATHOLIC BELIEF
THE CUSTOM OF A WOMAN COVERING HER HEAD IN CHURCH STEMS FROM
THE MEDIEVAL BELIEF THAT EVIL SPIRITS WOULD BE ENTANGLED IN THE
HAIR IF IT WERE NOT COVERED.
Submitter comment:
A belief concerning wearing something on your head.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Church |
Date learned: 09-24-1969
WHEN THE DEVIL BEATS HIS WIFE IN HUNGARY
IN HUNGARY, WHEN IT IS BOTH SUNNY AND RAINING, THE PEOPLE
SAY THAT THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE. THE SUN REPRESENTS HIS
LAUGHING AND THE RAIN BEING HER TEARS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOLISM
| Subject headings: | Air / Weather / Fire BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Wart Cure
At midnight on a moonless night, take a dead cat to the cemetery. This must be the first moonless night after a very bad person has died. At exactly midnight, the devil will come to claim the soul of the person who has died, so you have to throw the cat in the direction of the grave and say, "Devil take soul, soul take cat, cat fetch warts and let that be that." The warts disappear shortly afterwards.
Submitter comment:
From Mark Twain.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Informant was born and raised in Pensacola, Florida, where he probably learned this.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FLORIDA ; NASHVILLE ; PENSACOLA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
DEVIL
IF IT RAINS WHEN THE SUN IS OUT, THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; RATHSKELLER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 09-20-1968
DEVIL
IF IT RAINS WHEN THE SUN IS OUT, THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; RATHSKELLER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 09-20-1968
WEATHER BELIEF, EXPLAINED BY DEVIL
IF IT RAINS WHILE THE SUN IS SHINING IT MEANS THAT THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 2900 Taylor
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
WEATHER BELIEF
WHEN A TORNADO-LIKE WIND OR WHIRLING OF WATER APPEARS IN INDIA INHABITANTS WARN ONE NOT TO JUMP IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE THERE IS A SPIRIT IN THE MIDDLE AND WHOEVER DOES WILL BECOME POSSESSED
BY THE DEVIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST QUAD ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
JOB'S TEARS
THIS CHARM MAKES THE LIVING INVISIBLE TO A GROUP OF EVIL SPIRITS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS INTERESTED IN GARDENING AND MENTIONED THIS SEVERAL TIMES.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN