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ITCHING THE NOSE
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, THAT MEANS THAT YOUR BOYFRIEND IS COMING.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; MINDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams P841.72 |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
ON KISSING
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES YOU'RE GOING TO KISS A FOOL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS PROVERB FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; YPSILANTI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Dreams P841.72 SPEECH -- Gesture PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-13-1967
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIGHT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH ZDROJESKI WHEN
HE WAS GROWING UP. ELIZABETH HEARD IT FROM HER MOTHER, MRS. RICE,
AROUND 1910.
Where learned: NEW JERSEY ; JERSEY CITY
Keyword(s): HUMANS SENSUAL EXPERIENCES SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams P841.72 PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: CA00001968 ; 00-00-1910
BODY PART BELIEF
ITCHY NOSE MEANS YOU WILL KISS YOUR BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND.
Submitter comment: A DENTIST TELLS THEIR PATIENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose BELIEF -- Dreams P841.72 BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001960S