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IF YOUR SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN YOUR BIG TOE, YOU ARE GOING
TO BE THE BOSS IN YOUR FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
I'VE BEEN DROPPING THINGS ALL DAY. SOMEONE HUNGRY MUST
BE COMING.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IF THE BOTTOM OF YOUR LEFT FOOT ITCHES, YOU WILL WALK ON
STRANGE GROUND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, IT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE COMPANY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
ON MONDAYS YOU SHOULDN'T LET A WOMAN INTO YOUR HOUSE, ONLY
MEN, OR YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 08-12-1968
IF SOMEONE ENTERS YOUR HOUSE BY ONE DOOR, HE HAS TO LEAVE BY
THE SAME DOOR, UNLESS HE HAS SAT DOWN WHILE INSIDE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
YOU SHOULD PICK UP YOUR FEET WHEN YOU GO OVER A RAILROAD
TRACK TO KEEP FROM LOOSING (LOSING) YOUR BOYFRIEND.
Submitter comment: COMMON AMONG TEENAGE GIRLS, WHO PRACTICE IT
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU GO ON A TRIP, NEVER RETURN TO THE HOUSE IF YOU FORGET
SOMETHING, OR YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK ON YOUR TRIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 05-01-1969
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 YOU TAKE A PIECE OF BREAD, BEFORE YOU ARE THROUGH EATING
THE FIRST PIECE OF OTHER FOOD, YOU WILL FEED COMPANY
THAT DAY
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; CHILTON
Date learned: 07-27-1968
THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE A FRIEND, IS TO BE ONE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
WHEN YOU ARE GOING ACROSS A BRIDGE, PICK UP YOUR FEET, OR YOU
WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 03-07-1969
WALK UNDER A LADDER, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IF A TRAIN GOES OVER YOU WHILE YOU'RE IN AN UNDERPASS, BAD
LUCK WILL COME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 05-13-1969
IF YOUR FEET ITCH, YOU'RE GOING TO TRAVEL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 05-13-1969
IF A PERSON DROPS A DISH TOWEL WHILE DRYING DISHES, IT MEANS
SOMEONE IS COMING TO THE HOUSE THAT IS HUNGRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 04-04-1969
IF YOU GIVE A SHARP INSTRUMENT OR A KNIFE TO SOMEONE, IT CUTS
YOUR LOVE FOR THAT PERSON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 05-03-1969
IF THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE GOING
TO WALK ON STRANGE LAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
A ROOSTER CROWING ON THE FRONT PORCH IS AN INDICATION THAT
COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 04-29-1969
IF YOU HAVE A SCRATCH ON THE ARM NEAR THE ELBOW, YOU'RE GOING
FOR A RIDE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions |
Date learned: 03-28-1969