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IT MEANS GOOD LUCK IF YOUR RIGHT EYE IS SHAKING (BLINKING).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Eye twitch BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
YOU CAN HEAR AN UNBORN BABY CRY IF YOU PUT YOUR EAR TO THE
MOTHER'S STOMACH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE SIZE AND PLACEMENT OF A FETUS INDICATES WHETHER IT IS A
GIRL OR A BOY:
IF THE BABY IS HIGH AND THE MOTHER'S STOMACH IS LARGE, IT WILL
BE A GIRL. IF THE BABY IS CARRIED LOW AND THE MOTHER'S STOMACH
IS RATHER SMALL, IT IS A BOY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A LARGE MOUTH IS THE SIGN OF A GENEROUS NATURE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A SHORT UPPER LIP AND A FULL LOWER LIP INDICATE THAT A PERSON IS
OF A SENSUOUS, VIRILE NATURE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A THIN MOUTH IS A SIGN OF A CRUEL NATURE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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A CHILD THAT IS BORN BALD IS OF A CULTURED FAMILY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A RECEDING CHIN IS A SIGN OF A WEAK CHARACTER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Chin |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BIG BOSOMED WOMEN ARE USUALLY RATHER DUMB.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): BREASTED BREASTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF (YOU) SEE REDBIRD, SPIT OVER LEFT SHOULDER AND MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
YOU SHOULD VIEW THE NEW MOON ONLY OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
DRINKING CARROT JUICE GIVES YOU A GOOD SUNTAN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FATAL HAIRDO TALE
WHEN I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN NASHVILLE (1963-66)
THERE WERE A RASH OF FATAL HAIRDO STORIES CIRCULATING
AMONG THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS. EVERYONE WHO TOLD THE
STORIES VOWED THAT THEIR VERSION WAS THE T R U E
VERSION. I CAN REMEMBER THAT THE GIRL
WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN A STUDENT AT STRATFORD HIGH
SCHOOL IN NASHVILLE, AND AT DONELSON HIGH SCHOOL
IN DONELSON, TENNESSEE WHICH IS A SUBURB OF NASHVILLE.
THE STORY BASICALLY WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS:
THERE WAS THIS GIRL WHO HAD HER HAIR FIXED IN A
SPECIAL, ELABORATE WAY FOR A PROM OR SOME OTHER EVENT.
AFTER THE GIRL HAD HER HAIR DONE, FOR DAYS, AND EVEN
WEEKS AFTERWARDS, SHE ROLLED IT WITH TOILET PAPER EACH
NIGHT TO HOLD THE STYLE'S SHAPE AND NEVER BRUSHED IT OUT
BECAUSE SHE LIKED THE HAIRDO SO WELL. ONE DAY THIS GIRL
WAS SITTING IN CLASS AND BLOOD STARTED RUNNING DOWN
HER FACE. SHE FAINTED AND WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL.
AT THE HOSPITAL, HER HAIRDO WAS DISMANTLED AND A NEST
OF ROACHES WAS FOUND IN HER HAIR. THEY HAD BURROWED
AND EATEN THEIR WAY INTO HER HEAD AND INTO HER BRAIN
AND KILLED HER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ALSO SEE SAME BASIC STORY WITH A SPIDER IN IT.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
SUPERSTITION
ANYONE WHO CAN MAKE THE FIRST AND FOURTH FINGERS TOUCH OVER
THE BACKS OF THE OTHERS MAY MARRY ANYONE SHE PLEASES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF A GIRL'S SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN HER FIRST,
SHE WILL HENPECK HER HUSBAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF A MAN HAS A HAIRY CHEST, HE WILL BE RICH SOMEDAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WHITE MARKS ON YOUR FINGERNAILS SHOW HOW MANY BOYFRIENDS
YOU HAVE ON A ONE TO ONE RATIO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF A CHILD IS BORN BALDHEADED, HE WILL HAVE A LOT OF HAIR.
IF HE IS BORN WITH A LOT OF HAIR THEN HE WILL BE BALD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST REVERSAL COMPENSATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOUR FEET START TO ITCH IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO
GO SOMEWHERE.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1972