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SINGLE OMEN
IF SOMEONE SWEEPS A BROOM UNDER A GIRL'S FEET IT MEANS SHE
WILL REMAIN SINGLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
HOW TO ANSWER A MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
LORE AT UTK IS THAT THE ROTC METHOD OF FOR ANSWERING A MULTIPLE
CHOICE EXAM. THE TECHNIQUE IS THAT IF THE ANSWER IS NOT "A" OR
"D" DEFINITELY THEN IT IS "C." IF YOU DON" KNOW THE ANSWER
AT ALL, GUESS WITH "C" AND IT WILL USUALLY BE RIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Knoxville
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
LOVE TALE
COLD HANDS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A WARM HEART
AND ARE REGARDED AS A SIGN THAT ONE IS IN LOVE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BAD LUCK
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BURN SALT.
IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT GRAVES.
IT IS BAD LUCK IF YOU DROP A BOOK AND DON'T STEP ON IT.
IT IS BAD LUCK TO ROCK AN EMPTY CHAIR.
IT IS BAD LUCK TO HAVE A CROWING HEN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SUPERSTITION
DO NOT USE THE SAME TOWEL AT THE SAME TIME WITH ANOTHER PERSON.
WASH AN' DRY TOGETHER,
WEEP AND CRY TOGETHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A BAD LUCK BELIEF
TO FIND A COMB IF THE TEETH ARE FACING YOU IT MEANS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GOOD LUCK BELIEF
IT IS A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK TO FIND A PIN WITH THE POINT TURNED
TOWARD YOU.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BAD LUCK BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BRING A HOE IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BAD LUCK
IF YOU PLANT A CEDAR IN YOUR YARD WHEN IT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO
SHADOW A COFFIN, YOU WILL DIE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
DO NOT GIVE A KNIFE FOR A WEDDING PRESENT, IT WILL CUT THE COUPLE'S
LOVE IN TWO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
HOG KILLING
KILL YOUR HOGS IN THE COLD OF THE MOON. IF YOU DIDN'T, THE
GREASE WOULDN'T COME OUT OF THE MEAT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS HER FATHER TRIED THIS ONCE, BUT THE MEAT FROZE
SOLID BEFORE IT COULD BE DRESSED FOR CURING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PORTLAND
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Bred animal BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
BELIEF
IF YOU SLEEP WITH A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW,
YOU'LL DREAM OF YOUR FUTURE MATE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IF YOU WANT YOU (SIC) TO STAY IN TUNE, KISS YOUR DOG'S EAR ON
THE FULL MOON.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOUR LOVE HAS BEEN UNFAITHFUL, GET A LOCK OF YOUR RIVAL'S
HAIR, PORE (SIC) VINEGAR ON IT AND THEIR AFFAIR WILL TURN SOUR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
THIS BELIEF WAS TOLD TO ME AND ALL THE CHILDREN ON THE BLOCK
WHEN WE PLAYED WAR OR COWBOYS AND INDIANS. WE WE (SIC) TOLD
NEVER TO SPEAK OF KILLING BECAUSE WE MUST REALIZE IT WASN'T
A GAME. I THINK THAT THIS WAS A RELIGIOUS BELIEF-MOST
RELIGIONS DO NOT CONDONE KILLING, BUT SHE WOULD NOT HERE OF
OUR SPEAKING OF IT OR PLAYING LIKE IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ANCIENT ORIENTAL BELIEF
WHEN ARRANGING FLOWERS, YOU MUST ALWAYS INCLUDE A STEM OF WHEAT
FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
OLD IRISH CUSTOM
IRISH MOTHERS THROW HOLY WATER ON THEIR KIDS WHEN THEY ARE
FIGHTING IN ORDER TO DRIVE OUT THE DEVIL. THE THROWING OF HOLY WATER
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN EXORCISM TO DRIVE THE RAGE(DEVIL) OUT OF
PEOPLE WHO WERE FIGHTING.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; DEVIL ; EVIL EYE ; Fighting ; Holy Water ; IRELAND ; Irish ; Relationship ; Sibling
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 09-29-1968
Custom
Buddhists wear miniature images of buddha around their necks. When displaying the image of the Lord Buddha in the homes or elsewhere, the Thai are careful to place the image high enough so that no human can be at a higher level or walk above the image.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [F538] crossed out. Not replaced with anything.
Submission card was located in pile labeled To Be Classified
Where learned: WHILE STATIONED IN THAILAND
Keyword(s): BUDDHA ; Buddhism ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; RELIGION ; RELIGIOUS ; RELIGIOUS CUSTOM ; SYMBOL ; THAILAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom BELIEF -- Use of Object Religious objects |
Menstrual
Menstrual:
Pickling: you can't pickle beans or make kraut while on your period or it will ruin.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P535] crossed out.
Submission card found in pile marked [?]
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Canning ; COOKING ; FOOD ; MENSES ; MENSTRUATION ; Period ; Pickling ; TABU
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Religion
An extremely grim account of religious confraternities in New Mexico and Colorado which practice self-flagellation and other penitent practices, especially on Good Friday.
The article explores the history behind and classifies different types of Muerte (death images) which are pulled on carts by penitents.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
Where learned: Journal of American Folklore ; The Origin of the Penitence Death Cart
Keyword(s): Colorado ; CUSTOM ; DEATH ; Flagellation ; Images ; Inflicted ; Muerte ; New Mexico ; REGIONAL ; RELIGION ; Self
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |