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IF THE GROUNDHOG SEES HIS SHADOW ON FEBRUARY 2, THERE WILL BE
SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF IT IS RAINING WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING, IT WILL RAIN THE
SAME TIME THE NEXT DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEAVES SHOW, IT IS A SIGN OF RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
IF IT RAINS WHILE THE SUN IS SHINING THE DEVIL IS BEATING
HIS WIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
IF THE CLOUDS ARE MOVING FAST, THERE IS GOING TO BE A TORNADO.
Submitter comment: WE WERE WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL AND THE CLOUDS WERE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 00001957-1960
IF THE FOUNTAIN BLOWS STRAIGHT UP, IT WILL BE A SUNNY DAY, IF IT
BLOWS TO ONE SIDE, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE TWO STREAMS (DRAWING ON
5X8 CARD DEPICTING THE DIFFERENCE), IT WILL BE A CLOUDY DAY.
Submitter comment: THERE IS A HUGE FOUNTAIN IN LAKE GENEVA; IT SHOOTS HUNDREDS
Where learned: GENEVA ; SWITZERLAND
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 08-00-1966
LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES THE SAME PLACE TWICE.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
RAIN BEFORE SEVEN STOPS BEFORE ELEVEN.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001968 (ASSUMED)
ALWAYS HOLD YOUR BREATH WHEN PASSING BY OR THROUGH A
CEMETERY SO THAT THE SPIRITS THERE CAN'T GET IN YOU.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
IF YOU KILL A SPIDER, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: FAIRMOUNT RD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
THE LENGTH OF THE ORANGE OR MIDDLE BAND ON A "WOOLYBEAR"
CATERPILLAR CORRESPONDS TO THE LENGTH OF THE COMING WINTER
IN RELATION TO THE TWO BLACK OR OUTSIDE BANDS WHICH CORRESPOND
TO SPRING AND FALL.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
WHEN DOGS EAT GRASS, IT MEANS RAIN.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001968 (ASSUMED)
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS THE LEAVES ON TREES SO THAT YOU CAN SEE
THE UNDER SIDES
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001968 (ASSUMED)
A PINK SUNSET MEANS GOOD WEATHER ON THE FOLLOWING DAY. A
YELLOW SUNSET MEANS BAD WEATHER AND RAIN ON THE FOLLOWING
DAY.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001968 (ASSUMED)
IF YOU SEE A HAYWAGON LOADED WITH HAY AND MAKE A WISH, IT WILL
COME TRUE, BUT YOU CAN'T LOOK AT THE HAYWAGON AGAIN AFTER
WISHING.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001968 (ASSUMED)
WHEN TWO PEOPLE SAY A WORD AT THE SAME TIME, THEY MAY CLASP
HANDS AND PRESS THEIR THUMBS TOGETHER. AS THEY DO THIS, THEY
MAKE A WISH AND PRONOUNCE "THUMBS". IF THEY DO NOT SPEAK
UNTIL SPOKEN TO, THE WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRMOUNT RD ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001968 (ASSUMED)
HORSE HAIR IN WATER TURNS TO SNAKES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY ; VANDERBILT ; RAND HALL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
IN A SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, THE ENGINE ALWAYS RUNS ROUGH
WHEN FLYING OVER WATER LIKE LAKE ERIE AT NIGHT.
Where learned: OHIO ; CESSNA 150-MENTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IF A GIRL IS NOT A VIRGIN SHE CANNOT LOOK YOU IN THE EYE.
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
AT ANNAPOLIS, IF A VIRGIN WALKS BETWEEN TWO CANNONS, THEY
HAVE THEM, THEY WILL GO OFF.
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 08-00-1968