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THE BRIDE SHOULDN'T WEAR BLACK ON WEDDING DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
THE GROOM IS NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE THE BRIDE'S WEDDING GOWN
BEFORE THE WEDDING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 07-05-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SEE YOUR INTENDED BEFORE THE CEREMONY ON
YOUR WEDDING DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO DISCOVER WHO YOU WILL MARRY, ON THE FIRST NIGHT IN A
NEW HOUSE, NAME OR INITIAL THE FOUR CORNERS OF YOUR
BEDROOM. IN THE MORNING, THE CORNER YOU FIRST LOOK AT
WILL TELL YOU THE FUTURE MATE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
THE WEDDING CEREMONY SHOULD TAKE PLACE WHEN THE MINUTE HAND
OF THE CLOCK IS GOING UP. THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY TO BRING GOOD
LUCK IN THE MARRIAGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF AN UNMARRIED GIRL WILL LOOK IN A WELL, IN THE LIGHT OF
A FULL MOON AT MIDNIGHT, SHE WILL SEE THE FACE OF HER
FUTURE HUSBAND.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
HAPPY IS THE BRIDE THE SUN SHINES ON.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
ORANGE BLOSSOMS BRING GOOD LUCK AT A WEDDING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
TO GIVE A COUPLE KNIVES AS A WEDDING PRESENT IS BAD LUCK.
KNIVES SYMBOL OF SEVERINGTHEIR BOND.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
A SINGLE GIRL TAKES A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE AND PUTS IT
UNDER HER PILLOW FOR THREE NIGHTS. ON THE THIRD NIGHT
SHE WILL DREAM OF THE MAN SHE WILL MARRY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 06-25-1972
DURING LEAP YEAR THE GIRL IS ALWAYS PERMITTED TO ASK THE
BOY FOR A DATE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
THE GIRL WHO TAKES THE LAST PIECE OF CAKE, CANDY, ETC.,
WILL BE AN OLD MAID
Where learned: MISSOURI ; KANSAS CITY
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Human condition and activities |
Date learned: 00001950'S
PEEL AN APPLE WITHOUT BREAKING THE PEEL AND THROW IT
OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER AND IT MAKES THE INITIAL OF THE
PERSON YOU WILL MARRY
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
MY FRIEND, MRS. BOWMAN, AND HER FRIENDS WHEN THEY WERE IN
COLLEGE, THEY HAD A OUIJA BOARD. ONE NIGHT, THEY WERE
PLAYING WITH IT AND THEY ASKED IT IF THEY ALL WOULD GET
MARRIED, BUT IT WOULDN'T WORK, SO THEY SET IT ON THE BED
AND STARTED PLAYING CHECKERS. ONE OF THE GIRLS WAS ON THE
OTHER BED AND THE OUIJA BOARD STARTED MOVING. THEY ALL
JUMPED UP AND WATCHED IT AND IT SPELLED "YES" WITHOUT ANY
HANDS ON IT AND THEY ALL GOT MARRIED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Word Letter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
WHITE IS TRADITIONALLY THE COLOR OF A WEDDING GOWN SINCE THIS
COLOR SYMBOLIZES VIRGINITY.
MY MOTHER EXPLAINED THIS TRADITIONAL BELIEF TO ME WHEN, AS
A CHILD, I PROPOSED THE IDEA OF COLORED DECORATIONS TO
ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF DRESSES THAT TO ME SEEMED BLAND.
I WAS LIVING IN INDIANA AT THE TIME.
Where learned: INDIANA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 06-07-1972
WEARING GREEN ON THURSDAY MEANS YOU'RE A QUEER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
STRIKING THE LAST MATCH MEANS YOU'LL BE A BACHELOR OR AN
OLD MAID.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Number Last events: the last person to the table... |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TWISTING APPLE STEMS--SAYING SUCCESSIVE LETTERS IN THE
ALPHABET UNTIL THE STEM FALLS OFF. THE LETTER SAID
LAST IS THE FIRST LETTER OF THE FIRST NAME OF FUTURE
SPOUSE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU PICK UP YOUR HUSBAND'S CLOTHES ON THE FIRST DAY OF
YOUR MARRIAGE, YOU WILL PICK THEM UP FOR THE REST OF YOUR
LIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
IF YOU HAVE COLD HANDS, YOU ARE FALLING IN LOVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Marriage |