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Keep a silver butter knife under your bed so that you can
keep away evil spirits causing nightmares in your dreams.
Submitter comment:
As I screamed out my mother came running into the bedroom.
She woke me up and I told her I had a nightmare. She said, "I am
going to get a butter knife to put under your bed so that you
will not have nightmares." The idea of the silver knife is
supposed to keep evil spirits away.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
If you put water under your bed with a dime in it, you will
have clearer dreams.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
When having difficulty interpreting your dreams and the
message they send to you, turn your mattress over and cover your
bed with white sheets to get a clear interpretation.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): REVERSAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreamers BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
If you dream of a death or a funeral it means that someone you
know will be getting married.
James Callow comment: See Hand, North Carolina, nos. 4389-4392.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
DO NOT SING OR TELL YOUR DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST OR
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK. SOMETIMES, IF YOU TELL YOUR
DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Submitter comment: ABOUT 1915.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 00-00-1915
IF YOU DREAM OF CHURCH OR FLOWERS, IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
IF YOU TELL SOMEONE YOUR DREAMS BEFORE EATING ANY FOOD
YOUR DREAMS WILL COME TRUE.
Submitter comment:
I VIVIDLY REMEMBER LIN STUFFING A PIECE OF TOAST INTO
HER MOUTH BEFORE SHE DARED TELL ME ONE OF HER WEIRDER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
IF YOU TELL A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; KANSAS CITY
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00001950'S
IF YOU HAVE A DREAM, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TELL IT BEFORE
BREAKFAST, IF YOU WANT IT TO COME TRUE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 07-04-1970
IF YOU DREAM OF SOMETHING AND TELL YOUR DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST,
IT WON'T COME TRUE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 07-06-1972
IF YOU PREFER SUNRISES TO SUNSETS, YOU ARE A DREAMER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IF YOU DREAM ABOUT BEING KILLED AND YOU KNOW YOU ARE ABOUT
TO BE KILLED IN THE DREAM YOU WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 07-06-1970
IT IS BAD LUCK TO TELL A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST. MY FAMILY ALL
QUOTED THIS BELIEF WHEN EVER ANYONE WOULD START TO TELL A
DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST. AFTER EATING IT WAS OK. THIS BELIEF
APPLIED TO ALL DREAMS--IT WAS WRONG TO TELL BAD DREAMS BECAUSE
THEY MIGHT COME TRUE, BUT GOOD DREAMS COULD NOT BE TOLD
EITHER BECAUSE THE GOOD THINGS MIGHT BE CANCELLED OUT IF IT
WERE TOLD OUT LOUD. EVERYONE WOULD LAUGH WHEN SOMEONE
SAID "IT IS BAD LUCK" OR "DON'T TELL IT NOW, WAIT TILL YOU
EAT" BUT SOMEONE ALWAYS SAID IT TO STOP ANOTHER MEMBER
FROM TELLING THE DREAM. I STILL DO IT AS A MATTER OF
COURSE TO MY OWN FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU HAVE A BAD DREAM AND TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE BREAKFAST,
IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 05-08-1972
PUT ST. JOHN'S WORK (WORT?) IN (A) PILLOW TO FORETELL ONE'S
FUTURE IN DREAMS.
Where learned: HOME ; VIRGINIA, ASSUMED ; NORTH GARDEN
Keyword(s): PLANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
TO DREAM OF SNAKES MEANS YOU HAVE AN ENEMY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 04-04-1969
A FRIDAY NIGHT DREAM TOLD BEFORE BREAKFAST ON SATURDAY WILL
COME TRUE.
Where learned: HOME ; VIRGINIA, ASSUMED ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 03-23-1969
IF YOU DREAM OF FIRE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE MAD. IF YOU DREAM
OF A BIRTH, IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: HOME ; VIRGINIA, ASSUMED ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 03-23-1969
ONE'S DREAMS WILL COME TRUE IF THEY ARE TOLD BEFORE BREAKFAST
THE NEXT MORNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 04-29-1969