Dr. James T. Callow publications
Browse by
Questions or comments on this site? Please email davidsor@udmercy.edu.
The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
Your search for P438.14 returned 123 results.
DREAM OF LOSING A TOOTH AND BLEEDING, MEANS THAT A MEMBER OF
THE FAMILY OR NEAR RELATIVE WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
IF YOU DREAM OF YOUR TEETH DROPPING OUT, IT'S A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER TOLD THIS TO ME; SHE HEARD IT FROM HER
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 07-30-1968
A SORE ON THE TIP OF ONE'S TONGUE MEANS YOU HAVE TOLD A LIE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
Date learned: 04-12-1972
RINGING IN EARS MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 842 Ringing ears / buzzing / hot, burning BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
IF YOUR EARS BURN, MEANS SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Date learned: 06-16-1972
TEETH SHOULD BE PULLED WHEN THE "SIGNS" ARE BELOW THE KNEES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ALMANAC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 05-08-1969
A SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO FRONT TEETH IS A SIGN OF LUSTINESS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEVER THROW A TOOTH AWAY AFTER PULLING IT, BECAUSE IF A
DOG WALKS OVER IT, YOU WILL GROW A DOG TOOTH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IF A PERSON'S FRONT TEETH ARE FAR APART, THEN HE WILL BE A
WANDERER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-29-1972
A TIGHT, PUCKERED MOUTH INDICATES A SOUR OUTLOOK ON LIFE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BLOOD CIRCULATES IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE BODY ACCORDING TO
THE SIGN OF THE MOON. IF YOU HAVE A TOOTH PULLED UNDER THE
WRONG SIGN OF THE MOON, WHEN THE BLOOD IS CONCENTRATED IN
THE HEAD, YOU WILL BLEED TO DEATH.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT COULD NOT REMEMBER THE SIGN OF THE MOON.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): ALMANAC
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Surgery |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU SEW A GARMENT WHILE WEARING IT, HOLD A PIECE OF THREAD
BETWEEN YOUR TEETH TO KEEP FROM HAVING BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 04-02-1969
IF YOU SEWA GARMENT WHILE WEARING IT, HOLD A PIECE OF THREAD
BETWEEN YOUR TEETH TO KEEP FROM HAVING BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 04-02-1969
A SORE ON YOUR TONGUE MEANS YOU HAVE TOLD A LIE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
WHEN PREGNANT, DON'T HAVE A PERMANENT OR A TOOTH FILLED,
BECAUSE NEITHER WILL TAKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 06-30-1973
IF YOU THROW AWAY A TOOTH AND A DOG STEPS ON IT, WHEN YOUR
TOOTH GROWS IN IT WILL BE A DOG'S TOOTH.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-00-1970
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
IF YOU DON'T STICK YOUR TONGUE IN THE HOLE WHERE A TOOTH COMES
OUT, YOU WILL HAVE A GOLD TOOTH.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-19-1970
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 A PREGNANT WOMAN DOESN'T EAT A PIECE OF CHALK, HER BABIES
TEETH WILL COME IN ROTTEN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN