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WEARING GRASSHOPPER EGGS ON A STRING AROUND HIS NECK WILL
MAKE TEETHING EASY FOR A BABY.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
NEVER COUNT YOUR TEETH OR THEY'LL ALL DROP OUT.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES HEARD THIS SUPERSTITION AS A GIRL IN FORT SMITH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IF YOU STEP ON A CRACK, YOU BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance P880.450 |
Date learned: 06-15-1970
DON'T SWEEP UNDER A SICK PERSON'S BED OR THEY WILL DIE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
ORRIS ROOT AND POWDERED SOUP (SOAP?) MAKE THE BEST TOOTHWASH.
Where learned: TELEPHONE
Keyword(s): TOOTHPASTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRINK MILK WHEN ONE HAS A FISH DINNER.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
BELIEF
IF YOU FEED A DOG SWEETS, IT WILL GIVE HIM WORMS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
BELIEF
PLACING AN ONION UNDER THE BED DURING FLU EPIDEMIC WILL KILL
GERMS AND KEEP THE EVIL SPIRITS AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
SUPERSTITION
STEP ON A CRACK AND BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED, YOU'LL HAVE A
HEADACHE ALL DAY LONG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
TICKLING THE BOTTOM OF AN INFANT'S FOOT WILL CAUSE HIM TO STUTTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-29-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR AND A BIRD USES IT TO BUILD A NEST, YOU WILL
GET A HEADACHE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
WHEN WALKING DOWN A SIDEWALK, IF YOU STEP ON A CRACK IT'LL
BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
POPPING FINGER KNUCKLES WILL MAKE THEM BIGGER.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
A COPPER BRACELET PREVENTS ARTHRITIS.
Where learned: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK ; TANZANIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-00-1968
POPPING FINGER KNUCKLES WILL CAUSE ARTHRITIS.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
CUT YOUR TOENAILS DURING THE INCREASING PHASE OF THE NEW MOON
TO KEEP FROM GETTING INGROWN TOENAILS.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-16-1973
IF ONE ACQUIRES STYE ON THE EYE, RUB IT WITH A GOLD RING
UNTIL THE RING FEELS WARM AND IT (STYE) WILL DISAPPEAR.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CURE ; Eye ; Gold ; REMEDY ; Stye
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERB
SISTER MARY JEANNE WHO IS FROM NASHVILLE AND HAS BEEN HERE MANY
YEARS SAYS MANY TIMES TO THOSE WHO WERE GETTING COLD OR FEELING
UNDER THE WEATHER, "AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF
CURE."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
A HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT THE PERSON WILL PREVENT
RABIES IF APPLIED TO THE WOUND.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Bit ; CURE ; DOG ; HAIR ; PREVENTION ; Rabies
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Animal |