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NEVER BRING A HOE OR RAKE INTO THE HOUSE, IT WILL CAUSE
SOMEONE IN THE HOME TO GET SICK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-26-1972
IF YOU WANT TO GET DRUNK AGAIN THE MORNING AFTER YOU HAVE
BEEN DRUNK, DRINK A TLL GLASS OF WATER. YOU WON'T NEED
TO DRINK ANY MORE LIQUOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BLOOD THINNER--SPRING TONIC
IN THE SPRING FOLKS WENT TO THE WOODS AND GATHERED THE ROOT
OF THE RED SASSAFRAS. IT WAS USED AS A SPRING TONIC TO THIN
YOUR BLOOD. MAYBE IT WAS A TONIC, BUT MOST FAMILIES HAD A
POT OF IT ON THE SUPPER TABLE. THE POT WAS USUALLY EMPTY.
IF IT WASN'T EMPTY THE REMAINING TEA WAS REBOILED AND WAS
BETTER THAN BEFORE. SASSAFRAS TEA AND CRACKLING BREAD WERE
PRESCRIBED BY THE HOME DOCTOR WHO WAS ALSO THE NURSE--THE
MOTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Spring BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Plant |
STEP ON A CRACK AND BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS CURSE AS A SMALL CHILD IN INDIANA
Where learned: INDIANA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
MENSTRUAL TABU
IF A WOMAN COMBS YOUR HAIR WHILE SHE IS MENSTRUATING,
ALL YOUR HAIR WILL FALL OUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-08-1969
WINTER SNOW KILLS THE GERMS
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
IF YOU CROSS YOUR EYES AND THE WIND CHANGES, THEY WILL
STAY CROSSED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
WHEN YOU ARE WEARING SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES MENDING,
WHILE IT IS ON YOU, YOU MUST CHEW A PIECE OF THREAD
WHILE THIS IS TAKING PLACE, OR ELSE YOU WILL SEW UP
YOUR BRAINS. MY MOTHER USED TO MAKE US DO THIS WHEN
WE WERE SMALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
IF SOMEONE IS SPRAWLED ACROSS THE FLOOR, AND YOU STEP OVER
HIM, YOU HAVE TO STEP BACK OVER HIM FROM THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION OR HE WON'T GROW ANYMORE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN LAUGHS AT A DEFORMED OR HANDICAPPED
PERSON, HER BABY WILL BE DEFORMED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-08-1970
LITTLE CHILDREN WHO TWIRL AROUND MANY TIMES ARE TOLD
THAT THEY WILL START SCREAMING AND NEVER STOP.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; LOUISVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P428 BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF I WAS GOOD TO MY MOTHER, I WOULD GROW OLD AND RICH.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 82
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IF A BIRD TAKES YOUR HAIR AND MAKES A NEXT YOU WILL BECOME BALD.
Where learned: GEORGETOWN ; SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A FEMALE LETS A PREGNANT WOMAN FIX HER HAIR, SHE WILL
BECOME BALD HEADED.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): HAIRDRESSING.
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A PERSON BITES YOU, RUB SOME CHICKEN DO-DO ON THE SPOT
AND HIS TEETH WILL ROTTEN. (ROT)
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
Keyword(s): FECAL FECES
James Callow Keyword(s): DUNG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS DETRIMENTAL TO A WOMAN'S HEALTH IF SHE BATHES TOO MUCH
DURING HER MENSTRUAL. (PERIOD)
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU SHAVE THE HAIRS FROM UNDER YOUR ARMS, YOU WILL BECOME
WEAK.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEVER MAKE A BABY LOOK ABOVE ITS HEAD, BECAUSE IT WILL BECOME
CROSSEYED.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU MASTURBATE TOO MUCH YOU USE UP ALL YOUR CLIMAXES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
IF YOU MASTURBATE, YOU GET PIMPLES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 07-25-1968