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A ROOSTER CROWING AT THE DOOR FORETELLS COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IF A HOOT OWL SITS IN A TREE OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW, THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): BIRD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IF YOU SING AT THE TABLE YOUR CHICKENS WILL DIE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IF A BIRD IS SITTING ON A WINDOWSILL LOOKING IN AT YOU,
SOMEONE WILL DIE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO YOUR HOUSE, SOMEONE WILL DIE.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF ROOSTER CROWS AT THE BACK DOOR, COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
IF AN OWL HOOTS CLOSE TO THE HOUSE, SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-29-1973
IF A ROOSTER CROWS BEFORE MIDNIGHT, IT'S A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES HEARD THIS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL IN FORT SMITH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; FORT SMITH ; ARKANSAS, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
A ROBIN AROUND THE HOUSE MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF TWO HENS FIGHT, TWO WOMEN ARE COMING; IF TWO ROOSTERS
FIGHT, TWO MEN ARE COMING; IF A HEN AND ROOSTER FIGHT,
THERE'S A MAN AND WOMAN COMING.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
OWLS GO TO HOLLERING IT'S A SURE SIGN IT'S GOING TO RAIN
WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
Date learned: 08-02-1968
OLD PEOPLE USED TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU HEARD THE FIRST DOVE YOU
HEARD THAT YEAR, IF YOU WERE STANDING UP YOU WOULD BE IN GOOD
HEALTH ALL YEAR, BUT IF YOU WERE SITTING DOWN, YOU WOULD BE
IN BAD HEALTH ALL YEAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BAD LUCK TO MOCK A DOVE. IF YOU DO,
YOUR BROTHER WILL DIE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
BAD LUCK TO SHOOT A BLUE BIRD
PEOPLE USED TO SAY THAT LIGHTENING WOULD STRIKE YOUR HOUSE IF
YOU SHOT A BLUE BIRD.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
THE WAY I REMEMBER IT, IS THAT IF YOU HEARD YOUR FIRST DOVE
IN THE SPRING WHILE YOU WERE WALKING UPGRADE, YOUR FINANCES
WOULD GO UP ALL YEAR; IF YOU HEARD IT WHILE WALKING DOWNGRADE,
YOUR FINANCES WOULD GO DOWN ALL YEAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- P663 |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
WHEN OR BEFORE MY FATHER PASSED AWAY, THERE WERE THREE KNOCKS
ON THE DOOR, AND THE MALE NURSE OPENED THE DOOR. THERE WAS A
MAN WITH A DOVE ON HIS SHOULDER. THE DOVE FLEW TO MY FATHER
AND LIT ON HIS BED AND THEN FLEW BACK TO THE MAN. THE MAN
AND THE DOVE DISAPPEARED WHILE THE NURSE WAS LOOKING AT THEM.
MY FATHER DIED THE NEXT NIGHT.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
IF GUINEAS MAKE A LOT OF NOISE AT ROOSTING TIME, A STORM IS
APPROACHING. I HAVE SEEN THIS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
Keyword(s): GUINEA HEN?
Date learned: 08-11-1968
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS SAID IF A BIRD KEPT PECKING AT THE
WINDOW, THAT WAS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
WHEN YOU HEAR A HEN TRYING TO CROW, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
IF YOU SHIVER WHEN IT'S NOT COLD, IT MEANS THAT WHEN YOU ARE
DEAD, A GOOSE WILL WALK OVER YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Chills, shivering |
Date learned: 12-00-1969