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COUNT THE NUMEBR OF FOGS IN AUGUST AND THAT'S THE NUMBER OF SNOWS THERE WILL BE THAT WINTER.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
MORE LEAVES ON TREES, MORE SNOWS THE WINTER WILL HAVE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
WHEN WASPS BUILD NEST HIGH, IT WILL BE BAD WINTER.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
RAIN BEFORE SEVEN
RAIN BEFORE SEVEN,
CLEAR BY ELEVEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
BELIEF
IF YOU KILL A SNAKE AND BURY IT IN THE FORK OF A TREE, IT WILL
RAIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
BELIEF
IF IT RAINS WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING, THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS
WIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF ANYONE WALKS TO THE END OF A RAINBOW, HE WILL GET A POT OF
GOLD.
James Callow Keyword(s): WEALTH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Formation BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT IS RAINING, THE DEVIL IS WHIPPING
HIS WIFE WITH A RIN PAN.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; HUNTSVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): DEVIL BEATING HIS WIFE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
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THIS WAS TOLD TO SISTER MARY ANOTHONY BARR BY A NEGRO
GRADUATE STUDENT: IF YOU DREAM OF THE DEAD, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 841 Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick |
Date learned: 00001965 SUMMER
FOR EVERY FOG IN AUGUST, THERE WILL BE A BIG SNOW IN THE
WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 04-10-1972
IF THERE ISA RING AROUND THE MOON AND STARS IN IT, (THE RING)
COUNT THE STARS AND THERE WILL BE THAT MANY RAINY DAYS IN
THE MONTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 03-25-1972
WHEN IT'S SUNNY AND RAINING AT THE SAME TIME, SATAN IS
BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): DEVIL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
IF THE SUN RISES RED, IT IS SURE TO RAIN.
RED SKY IN THE MORNING--SAILOR'S WARNING.
RED SKY AT NIGHT--SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLD WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 06-13-1970
WINTER SNOW KILLS THE GERMS
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
WHEN THERE'S A RING AROUND THE MOON, THAT MEANS RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
WHEN THE MOON'S ON ITS END, IT'S READY TO POUR OUT, BUT
WHEN IT'S HALF WAY UP IT HOLDS THE WATER
WHEN IT'S LESS THAN A HALF MOON, THE MOON IS ON ITS EDGE
AND IT WILL RAIN, BUT IF THERE'S A HALF MOON OR MORE,
THERE WILL BE NO RAIN.
Submitter comment: I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IF IT RAINS ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, IT WILL RAIN FOR
THE FIRST FIFTEEN DAYS OF THE MONTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
Date learned: 06-18-1972
WHEN THE WIND IS IN THE NORTH, IT'S NOT AS LIKELY TO RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT IS RAINING, THE DEVIL IS BEATING
HIS WIFE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): DEVIL ; Domestic Violence ; METAPHOR ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-15-1972