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BELIEF
IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT ALL TENORS LOVE THEMSELVES.
A CHOIR DIRECTOR WILL OFTEN ASK FOR ALL THE MEN AND TENORS
TO SING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
SWEEPING GENERALIZATION OF MEMBERS OF ORCHESTRA: VERY
EMOTIONAL, IMAGINATIVE, CHILDLIKE. LOVE TO EAT, TO GAMBLE,
TO HAVE SEX, TO DRINK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
BELIEF
BELIEF: ORCHESTRA MEMBERS OFTEN HAVE CONTEMPT FOR THEIR
CONDUCTORS. SUPPORTING BELIEF: (OF ORCHESTRA MEMBERS)
MOST CONDUCTORS WERE INSTRUMENTALISTS WHO COULDN'T MAKE
THE GRADE (OFTEN SECOND FIDDLES).
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: 06-30-1972
BELIEF
THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF ORCHESTRA OFTEN GO ON HEALTH KICKS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: 06-30-1972
BELIEF
FLUTE PLAYERS ARE TALL AND THIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: 06-30-1972
BELIEF
FLUTE PLAYERS ARE TALL AND THIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
BELIEF
BELIEF: ORCHESTRA MEMBERS OFTEN HAVE CONTEMPT FOR THEIR
CONDUCTORS. REINFORCING BELIEF: IF THEY HAD NOT INVENTED
THE PODIUM THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONDUCTOR AND ORCHESTRA
WOULD NOT BE SO GREAT. RAISING THE CONDUCTOR WAS THE
BIG MISTAKE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS SAID THAT A WOMAN SHOULD NEVER TRUST A BRASS PLAYER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
MANY PEOPLE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE MUSIC PROFESSION BELIEVE
THAT MALL MUSICIANS TEND TO BE HOMOSEXUAL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
SECOND VIOLINISTS ARE THE ANONUMTRIC OF THE ORCHESTRA WHO
SPEND A LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME GAMBLING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF, LEGEND
MUSIC PROFESSION - ALL ORGANISTS ARE HOMOSEXUAL. LEGEND
SUPPORTING: AT AGD CONVENTION, THE AMERICAN GUILD OF
ORGANISTS, WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN THE FAIRIES COME OUT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
BELIEF
IT IS THE OPINION OR BELIEF OF MANY MUSICIANS OF MUSICIANS
THAT MUSICOLOGISTS, HISTORIANS OF MUSIC, CANNOT PERFORM.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ONCE THERE WAS A LADY WHO WAS BURIED ALIVE. AFTER BEING BURIED
TWO DAYS, SOMEONE DUG UP THE GRAVE. THEY OPENED THE COFFIN AND
THE CLOTH WAS TORN OUT. HER FINGERNAILS WERE ALL GONE FROM
SCRATCHING AND THEY WERE BLEEDING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
Date learned: 03-07-1969
DEAN COOK IS A GREAT GUY. HE'D DO ANYTHING HE COULD TO HELP
OUT THE STUDENTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 02-12-1969
MISS PRITCHETT (STUDENT FINANCIAL AID OFFICE) GROWLS
AT EVERYONE. ESPECIALLY GIRLS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 02-12-1969
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ASTROLOGICAL OBSERVATION
WHEN THE MOON IS ALMOST FULL, OR FULL, AND FOR A FEW DAYS
AFTER IT IS FULL, THE MOON AFFECTS SOME PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
WHOEVER IS AFFECTED BECOMES HARD TO HANDLE AND STUBBORN, AND
OFTEN IRRITABLE. ANIMALS MAY BECOME RATHER WILD. BEING
AFFECTED BY MOON CHANGES MAY BE HANDED DOWN TO OFFSPRING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
STORY ABOUT JEWISH PEDDLAR
THERE USED TO BE A FEW JEWS THAT MADE THE COUNTRY ROADS AND
SOLD HOUSE BROOMS AND CLOTHING, SOME EVEN HAD APPLES, POTATOES AND
FISH. THEY WOULD ALSO BUY OLD COINS AND RAGS. THEY CAME IN REAL
COMMON CLOTHES, BUT BACK HOME THEY OWNED A BIG NEW HOME AND A
LARGE AUTOMOBILE.
James Callow comment: SPELLING OF CLOTHES AND OWNED CORRECTED.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; HILBERT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
SMOKE FOLLOWS BEAUTY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
James Callow comment:
"SMOKE FROM AN OUT-OF-DOOR FIRE DRIFTS TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
PERSON WITHIN RANGE"--#675 IN HAND, NORTH CAROLINA.
ALSO SEE HAND & TALLEY, UTAH #2134; PUCKETT OHIO #5713.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; BEAUTY ; Maxim ; Saying ; Smoke
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Fire PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
FIVE MEN, EACH HEAD OF THE SAME HOUSE, DIED IN SUCCESSION
FOR OWNING CERTAIN PROPERTY. THE PLACE WAS CALLED "SUNSET
PLACE ON SIGNAL MOUNTAIN."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Fifths PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: 09-17-1973