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IF YOU HISS AT A REDBIRD, IT WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A SCREECH OWL HOLLOWS (HOLLERS) NEAR YOUR HOUSE, THERE
WILL BE A DEATH IN YOUR FAMILY SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RICHMOND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
WHEN PULLING PULLEYBONE, ONE WHO GETS SHORT END WILL GET HIS
WISH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTWOOD
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Bird Poultry BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 07-05-1973
IF A BIRD GETS IN THE HOUSE, SOMEONE WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
DON'T SET MAY EGGS TO HATCH. THE CHICKENS WILL HAVE LOOSE
BOWELS AND CACKLE THEIR HEADS OFF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
Date learned: 06-30-1973
IT'S BAD LUCK TO HAVE A CROWING HEN.
Submitter comment: MRS. WHITEHEAD SAID THAT IF SHE HAD ONE THAT STARTED CROWING,
Data entry tech comment: CROWING LIKE A ROOSTER
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 06-19-1970
IF A BLACK CROW WITH A STRIPE MAKES THREE QUICK SUCCESSIVE CALLS,
THERE WILL BE A LETTER FROM A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY FAR AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 07-23-1968
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD IS EXTREMELY BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
IF A SCREECH OWL OR A WHIP-POOR-WILL CRIES NEAR THE HOUSE,
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK UNLESS YOU TURN YOUR COAT WRONG SIDE OUT
AND HANG IT ON THE DOOR KNOB. IN THE WINTER, YOU CAN STICK
THE SHOVEL IN THE FIRE UNTIL THE OWL IS QUIET.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WILLIAMSON COUNTY
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
THE FIRST ROBIN YOU SEE MEANS WINTER HAS ENDED AND SPRING IS HERE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Greenville
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Measure of time Spring BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.3 |
Date learned: 03-24-1969
IF YOU HEAR A WHIPPERWILL, IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO HAVE A CROWING HEN.
Data entry tech comment: ROOSTERS CROW; HENS CACKLE.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
REDHEADED WOODPECKER DRUMMING ON A HARD LIMB IS A SIGN OF
CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIRDS CONGREGATING TOGETHER IN WINTER IS A
SIGN OF SNOW.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF A ROOSTER CROWS AFTER HE HAS GONE TO ROOST, IT WILL RAIN
BEFORE MORNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through A time segment or a direction BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-18-1968
IF YOU SEE A RED BIRD, YOU WILL SEE YOUR BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 07-18-1968
IF YOU CAN SHAKE SALT ON A BIRD'S TAIL
YOU CAN CATCH IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 05-03-1969
IF YOU SEE A RED BIRD, THROW HIM A KISS AND YOU WILL HAVE
COMPANY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated on 09-01-11
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-01-1197
A WHISTLING WOMAN AND A CROWING HEN ALWAYS COME TO
SOME BAD END.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 09-24-1973
WHEN YOU SEE A FLOCK OF BLACKBIRDS FLYING SOUTH YELL,
"MONEY" FOR EACH BIRD THAT YOU SEE. THIS IS SUPPOSE (D)
TO BRING WEALTH IN A SHORT TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Measure of time BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |
Date learned: 06-14-1973