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WHEN YOUR EAR ITCHES, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 05-07-1972
IF YOU DROP A FORK, COMPANY IS COMING SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| 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: 04-12-1972
IF YOU GIVE A FRIEND A KNIFE, IT WILL CUT YOUR FRIENDSHIP IN TWO.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | 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: FROM CHILDHOOD
A RED BIRD FLYING ACROSS THE ROAD MEANS THAT YOU WILL GET
A LETTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
IF A ROOSTER CROWS THREE TIMES, IT MEANS 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: 08-12-1968
EVENING RED, MORNING GRAY,
SETS THE TRAVELER, ON HIS WAY.
BUT THE EVENING GRAY, AND THE MORNING RED,
WILL BRING DOWN RAIN, ON HIS HEAD.
Submitter comment:
MICHAEL LEARNED THIS FROM HIS GRANDFATHER, WHO LIKED TO
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Date learned: 03-07-1969
SEE A CARDINAL IN THE WINTER, IT IS A SIGN OF A STRANGER
COMING SOON.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
Date learned: 03-23-1969
IF YOU DROP A SPOON, IT MEANS THAT COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 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: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU STEP ON A CRACK
YOU'LL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK;
AND IF YOU STEP ON A LINE,
YOU WILL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S SPINE.
Where learned: OUTSIDE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 06-28-1970
NEVER PASS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF A POST; IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NEVER LET ANYONE PASS YOU ON THE STAIRS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
IF YOU DROP A DISHRAG, SOMEONE IS COMING TO VISIT, CAUSING PLENTY OF WORK FOR YOU.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
A ROOSTER CROWING AT THE DOOR FORETELLS COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IF YOU DREAM OF A SOLID COLORED SNAKE, YOU HAVE A MALE ENEMY.
IF YOU DREAM OF A SPECKLED SNAKE, YOU HAVE A FEMALE ENEMY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: 07-00-1972
NEVER HAND A PERSON AN OPEN KNIFE, BECAUSE IT WILL CUT YOUR
FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IF THE PALM OF YOUR HAND ITCHES, COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| 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: 06-00-1972
WHEN YOUR NOSE IS BURNING, SOMEBODY IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, YOU WILL GO ON STRANGE
LAND (SOMEWHERE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE.)
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| 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: NOT GIVEN
IF A SPIDER HANGS DOWN FROM A WEB IN A ROOM OF YOUR HOUSE,
A STRANGER IS COMING THERE.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THE TRAVELER IF YOU WATCH HIM UNTIL HE IS
OUT OF SIGHT.
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: 06-22-1972