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IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE COMPANY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 05-05-1969
IF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, YOU ARE GOING TO WALK ON STRANGE GROUND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; 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 |
Date learned: 05-05-1969
IF YOU DROP A DISH RAG ON THE FLOOR, SOMEONE IS COMING DIRTIER
THAN YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 05-05-1969
IF YOU REACH FOR A SERVING OF FOOD LIKE YOU ALREADY HAVE ON
YOUR PLATE, COMPANY THAT'S HUNGRY WILL COME TO VISIT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 04-02-1969
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, A LADY IS COMING TO VISIT. IF YOU DROP
A FORK, A MAN IS COMING TO VISIT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 04-02-1969
IF THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, YOU WILL WALK ON STRANGE
GROUND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; 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 |
Date learned: 04-02-1969
IF THE PALM OF YOUR HAND ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO SHAKE HANDS WITH
A STRANGER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 04-02-1969
IF THE BOTTOM OF ONE'S FOOT ITCHES, IT IS A SIGN HE WILL
WALK ON STRANGE GROUND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 04-01-1969
IF YOUR RIGHT FOOT ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING SOMEWHERE. IF YOUR
LEFT FOOT ITCHES, YOU'LL WALK ON THE NEW DIRT OF A GRAVE.
Where learned: HOME
Date learned: 03-23-1969
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, YOU'LL RECEIVE MONEY. IF YOUR
RIGHT HAND ITCHES, YOU'LL SHAKE HANDS WITH A STRANGER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 03-23-1969
IF YOU DROP A FORK A WOMAN IS COMING, A KNIFE FOR A MAN, AND
SPOON MEANS BOTH.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Silverware
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-23-1969
A ROOSTER CROWING AND A NOSE ITCHING MEANS THAT COMPANY IS
COMING TO YOUR HOUSE.
Where learned: VIRGINIA, ASSUMED ; NORTH GARDEN
Date learned: 03-29-1969
NEVER GIVE A LOVED ONE ANYTHING WITH A SHARP POINT, BECAUSE
IT WILL CUT THEIR LOVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 06-15-1970
THEN IF THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FEET ITCH, YOU'RE GOING TO
WALK ON A STRANGE LAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IF YOU ROCK A ROCKING CHAIR WITHOUT ANYONE IN IT, YOUR
MOTHER WILL DIE.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
IF YOU PICK UP YOUR HUSBAND'S CLOTHES ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF
YOUR MARRIAGE, YOU WILL PICK THEM UP FOR THE REST OF YOUR
LIFE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; LOUISVILLE
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU GIVE SOMEONE A KNIFE OR A NEEDLE AS A GIFT, IT WILL
SEVER YOUR FRIENDSHIP. IF THEY GIVE YOU A PENNY TO PAY
FOR THE GIFT, THEN IT WON'T SEVER THE FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: INDIANA ; LOGANSPORT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
IF YOU WEAR YOUR SORORITY PIN ALL NIGHT, THE FIRST NIGHT
YOU ARE INITIATED, IT'LL LAST FOREVER. (SAME IF YOU GET
PINNED, ENGAGED, ETC.)
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A SPOON FORGOTTEN IN THE BOTTOM OF A DISH PAN WHEN THE WATER
IS THROWN OUT, MEANS SOMEONE IS COMING TO THE HOUSE HUNGRY.
Data entry tech comment: INITIALS "DG" ARE LISTED UNDER INFORMANT'S NAME.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DROP A FORK A LADY IS COMING TO SEE YOU. IF YOU DROP
A KNIFE, A MAN IS COMING TO SEE YOU. IF YOU DROP A SPOON,
EITHER IS COMING.
Submitter comment: SISTER LEARNED THIS FROM HER FAMILY AS A YOUNG GIRL IN
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Massachusetts ; LYNN
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 08-00-1968