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BELIEF (COURTSHIP)
PULL THE PETALS OF A DAISY TO SEE WHETHER YOUR SWEETHEART LOVES
YOU. "HE/SHE LOVES ME NOT, ETC."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
BELIEF
ON THE FIRST DAY OF MAY, IF YOU PUT A GLASS OF RAINWATER IN A
BRIGHT, SUNNY PLACE AND LOOK UP THROUGH THE GLASS, YOU'LL SEE
YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND OR WIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
BELIEF
TAKE A LUMP OF SUGAR AND BALANCE IT IN THE TEASPOON, DIP IT INTO
YOUR CUP OF TEA SO THAT THE TEA COMES INTO THE SPOON AND SOAKS INTO
THE SUGAR BUT DOES NOT DROWN THE SUGAR. THINK OF A GIRL AND IF THE
SUGAR, IN DISSOLVING, FALLS TOWARD YOU, THAT'S WHOM YOU WILL MARRY.
IF IT FALLS AWAY, YOU WON'T.
Where learned: OHIO ; CHAGRIN FALLS
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREDICTION: MARRIAGE PARTNER
YOU CAN PREDICT WHO YOU WILL MARRY BY COUNTING THE BUTTONS ON YOUR
CLOTHING WHILE SAYING:
"RICH MAN, POOR MAN, BEGGAR, THIEF,
DOCTOR, LAWYER, MERCHANT, CHIEF."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREDICTION: MARRIAGE PARTNER
YOU CAN DETERMINE WHOM YOU WILL MARRY BY PINCHING A STRAW WHILE
SAYING: "HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Numerology
If you are not sure of a true or false answer on a test, take the number of the question, divide it by 2 (drop the fraction if there is one), and add 7 to that number. If the final answer is even, then the answer to the question is true, and if odd, the answer is false.
Data entry tech comment:
Motif submitted by TRD.
Where learned: APARTMENT
Keyword(s): Cheat ; MATHEMATICS ; NUMEROLOGY ; TEST ; True or False
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMEROLOGY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Entry filtered.
When Mrs. Bergen poured me a cup of hot tea, she said "Look at all the money that I gave you." The "money" refers to all the air bubbles which accumulate in your cup and gather at the center, which look like silver change is one stretches his imagination.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [N446 f578.4] crossed out. Nothing Replaces them.
Submission card located in a pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; Shiawassee Apartments ; Farmington Place
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; COIN MONEY ; Fortune Telling ; MONEY ; SUPERSTITION ; TEA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Use of Object Food PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Numerology
If the numerical number of your birthday coincides with your actual age, then you will have good luck that year.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P686, P800] crossed out/replaced with current classifications
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Birthday, Numerology, Numbers ; LUCK ; OMEN
James Callow Keyword(s): Birthday ; Birthday Belief ; NUMEROLOGY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P647 BELIEF -- Use of Object |
SPIRIT TABLE
THIS IS A BELIEF IN INDIA. WE HAVE ALSO A TABLE THAT ATTRACTS DEAD
SOULS. THERE ARE MARKINGS ON IT WHICH SPIRITS USE TO COMMUNICATE
WITH A MEDIUM. HANDS ARE USED, PLACED ON IT. IT IS NOT NECESSARY
TO HAVE A MEDIUM, I AM AFRAID MYSELF. SPIRITS ARE LIKE THE FIVE
ELEMENTS, FIRE, EARTH, AIR, WATER, LIGHT--LIKE
VARIOUS GASES ALL WANDERING
AROUND ETERNALLY, LIKE THE ELEMENTS, IT IS POSSIBLE TO BRING
SOULS TO CAPTURE SOULS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; India ; souls ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Word Letter BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
TEA BELIEF
IF YOU PICK UP THE BUBBLES IN A CUP OF TEA BEFORE YOU
DRINK IT, YOU
WILL GET RICH.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Beverage ; Bubbles ; Consume ; DRINK ; FOOD ; fortune ; Rich ; SUPERSTITION ; TEA
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 01-30-1968