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DAD: IF A CHILD IS BORN (WITH A VEIL) OVER HIS FACE (THE PLACENTA)
HE CAN SEE THINGS THAT OTHERS CAN'T. YOU KNOW YOUR BROTHER
WAS BORN WITH A VEIL OVER HIS FACE.
MAMA: WHO TOLD YOU THAT? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
DAD: DR. WOMACK TOLD ME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
Keyword(s): CAUL
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IF YOU MAKE AN UGLY FACE OR FROWN TOO MUCH, YOUR FACE WILL
FREEZE THAT WAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): PARALYSIS
Date learned: 06-24-1970
A BABY BORN WITH A VEIL OVER ITS FACE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE
TO FORETELL THE FUTURE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
Keyword(s): CAUL
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
A HIGH FOREHEAD IS A SIGN OF INTELLIGENCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THIS WAS TOLD TO SISTER MARY ANTHONY BARR BY A NEGRO GRADUATE
STUDENT:
IF A BABY IS BORN WITH A VEIL (I.E., MEMBRANE) OVER HIS FACE,
HE WILL SEE A GHOST SOMETIME IN HIS LIFE. THIS IS CALLED
"STRANGE BIRTH."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CAUL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00001965 SUMMER
EYEBROWS THAT GROW TOGETHER INDICATE A JEALOUS NATURE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EARWIGS WILL GET INTO YOUR EARS AND THEN EAT YOUR BRAINS OUT.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT'S NURSE, SALLY, HAD HIM TERRIFIED OF EARWIGS
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IF YOU SPILL SALT, THROW IT OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Flavoring BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 06-14-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CARRY AN AXE INTO THE HOUSE ON YOUR SHOULDER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 06-29-1973
IF YOU FIND A PIN AND IT IS POINTING TOWARDS YOU, PICK IT
UP AND CIRCLE AROUND YOUR HEAD THREE TIMES AND YOU WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms BELIEF -- Good luck Sharp objects |
MAN LOSES HIS HEAD TWICE
A MAN HAD HIS HEAD CUT OFF BY A TRACTOR ON A VERY COLD DAY. HE
PICKED IT UP AND PUT IT BACK ON. THAT EVENING HE SAT BEFORE THE
FIRE TO WARM HIMSELF AND HIS HEAD ROLLED OFF.
Submitter comment: HEARD WHILE IN SCHOOL SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Air Weather Fire PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: 08-08-1964
MAN LOSES HIS HEAD
A MAN WAS SKIING ONE DAY WHEN HE FELL IN FRONT OF A TRACTOR WHICH
CUT HIS HEAD OFF. HE PICKED IT UP AND PUT IT BACK ON. THE DAY
WAS VERY COLD AND HIS HEAD FROZE IN PLACE, AND HE LIVED.
Submitter comment: HEARD WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Air Weather Fire PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: 08-08-1964
THE GIRL AND THE ANTS
A GIRL WENT TO THE BEACH AND FELL ASLEEP THERE. LATER IN THE DAY,
AFTER SHE HAD BEEN AWAKENED TO GO HOME, HER CHEEK BEGAN TO ITCH.
THIS ITCH CONTINUED, NO MATTER HOW MUCH SHE SCRATCHED.
EVENTUALLY HER PARENTS NOTICED HER CONSTANT SCRATCHING OF HER
CHEEK AND ATTEMPTED TO BREAK HER OF A "BAD HABIT." YET SHE CON-
TINUED TO INSIST THAT HER CHEEK ITCHED. SO THEY ASSIGNED HER TO
A REST HOME WHERE HER HANDS WERE TIED DOWN AND SHE COULDN'T
SCRATCH HER CHEEK.
A FEW MONTHS LATER, WHEN HER MOTHER WAS VISITING HER, THE GIRL
ASKED THE MOTHER TO RELEASE HER HAND FOR JUST A MINUTE. THE
MOTHER GAVE IN TO HER DAUGHTER'S PLEADING AND DID SO. IMMEDIATELY
THE GIRL SCRATCHED HER CHEEK VIOLENTLY, TEARING OFF THE TOP LAYER
OF SKIN. THE WHOLE INSIDE OF HER CHEEK WAS FILLED WITH ANTS--
SHE HAD HOUSED A LIVING ANT COLONY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Insect BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: 00001957 CA
MAN LOSES HIS HEAD TWICE
A MAN HAD HIS HEAD CUT OFF BY A TRACTOR ON A VERY COLD DAY. HE
PICKED IT UP AND PUT IT BACK ON. THAT EVENING HE SAT BEFORE THE
FIRE TO WARM HIMSELF AND HIS HEAD ROLLED OFF.
Submitter comment: HEARD WHILE IN SCHOOL SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Air Weather Fire PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: 08-08-1964
MAN LOSES HIS HEAD
A MAN WAS SKIING ONE DAY WHEN HE FELL IN FRONT OF A TRACTOR WHICH
CUT HIS HEAD OFF. HE PICKED IT UP AND PUT IT BACK ON. THE DAY
WAS VERY COLD AND HIS HEAD FROZE IN PLACE, AND HE LIVED.
Submitter comment: HEARD WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Air Weather Fire PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: 08-08-1964
THE GIRL AND THE ANTS
A GIRL WENT TO THE BEACH AND FELL ASLEEP THERE. LATER IN THE DAY,
AFTER SHE HAD BEEN AWAKENED TO GO HOME, HER CHEEK BEGAN TO ITCH.
THIS ITCH CONTINUED, NO MATTER HOW MUCH SHE SCRATCHED.
EVENTUALLY HER PARENTS NOTICED HER CONSTANT SCRATCHING OF HER
CHEEK AND ATTEMPTED TO BREAK HER OF A "BAD HABIT." YET SHE CON-
TINUED TO INSIST THAT HER CHEEK ITCHED. SO THEY ASSIGNED HER TO
A REST HOME WHERE HER HANDS WERE TIED DOWN AND SHE COULDN'T
SCRATCH HER CHEEK.
A FEW MONTHS LATER, WHEN HER MOTHER WAS VISITING HER, THE GIRL
ASKED THE MOTHER TO RELEASE HER HAND FOR JUST A MINUTE. THE
MOTHER GAVE IN TO HER DAUGHTER'S PLEADING AND DID SO. IMMEDIATELY
THE GIRL SCRATCHED HER CHEEK VIOLENTLY, TEARING OFF THE TOP LAYER
OF SKIN. THE WHOLE INSIDE OF HER CHEEK WAS FILLED WITH ANTS--
SHE HAD HOUSED A LIVING ANT COLONY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Insect BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: 00001957 CA
WHEN YOU EXTEND YOUR HAND WITH OPEN PALM OVER SOMEBODY'S
FACE, THE PERSON WILL BECOME BLIND. OPEN PALM MEANS THE
SUN, AND IF YOU STARE AT THE SUN YOU WILL BECOME BLIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Magical |
Date learned: 01-19-1968
LUCK BELIEF
A CHILD BORN WITH A "CZEPEK" (FILM ON INFANT'S HEAD) IS ALWAYS LUCKY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CAUL
James Callow Keyword(s): CAUL AMNION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
BELIEF
IF A BABY IS BORN WITH A THIN VEIL OF SKIN OVER HIS FACE,
IT MEANS HE WILL BECOME A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON
AND HAVE A SUCCESSFUL LIFE.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; FORT LAUDERDALE
Keyword(s): CAUL AMNION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 08-00-1971