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Fatty, fatty, two by four. Can't get through the bathroom door. So he did it on the floor.
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Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BATHROOM ; Bowels ; Door ; Fat ; Fatty ; Floor ; INSULT ; JOKE ; Large ; RHYME ; SIZE ; TAUNT ; URINATE ; WEIGHT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
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If a person is called a big mouth by another big mouth he says "the donkey said that the rooster had a big head."
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Annoying ; Big ; DONKEY ; HEAD ; Hypocrite ; INSULT ; Loud ; Mouth ; RETORT ; Rooster ; Saying
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
OPENING AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE BRINGS BAD LUCK.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GALLATIN
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; House ; Indoors ; LUCK ; OMEN ; UMBRELLA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 08-20-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CUT A FRAME FOR A WINDOW OR A DOOR
INSIDE A HOUSE.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; Carpentry ; Craft ; Cut ; Door ; frame ; House ; Indoors ; Inside ; LUCK ; Window
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-22-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SWEEP DIRT OUT OF DOORS AFTER SUNDOWN.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; LUCK ; Out ; Outdoors ; Sundown ; SUNSET ; Sweep
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 11-22-1972
CATS AND DOGS SHOW AVERSION TO PREGNANT WOMEN.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; BELIEF ; Cats ; Dogs ; PREGNANCY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 08-18-1973
A HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT THE PERSON WILL PREVENT
RABIES IF APPLIED TO THE WOUND.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Bit ; CURE ; DOG ; HAIR ; PREVENTION ; Rabies
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Animal |
FOR DOG BITES, USE A PLASTER OF GOOSE GREASE AND HAIR
OF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CURE ; DOG ; Goose ; Grease ; HAIR ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Animal |
A SNAKE WON'T DIE UNTIL THE SUN GOES DOWN. THEY'LL SQUIRM
AND SQUIRM UNTIL SUN GOES DOWN, THEN THEY DIE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): Die ; Snake ; Sundown ; Tale ; Time of day
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
GOING OUT OF A HOUSE THROUGH THE SAME DOOR BY WHICH
YOU ENTERED IS BAD LUCK.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): Door ; Enter ; Exit ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
IF LEAVES TURN OVER ON "WRONG" SIDE, IT'S GOING TO RAIN.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): ; Leaves ; OMEN ; Rain ; SIGN ; Turn ; Upside Down ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
A CAT LOOKING OUT A WINDOW IS "LOOKING FOR RAIN."
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Where learned: Arkansas ; RUSSELLVILLE
Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM ; CAT ; CAT ; Rain ; SIGN ; Window
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
IF A CAT LEAVES A HOUSE WHERE THERE IS AN ILLNESS AND
REFUSES TO COME BACK, THE PATIENT WILL NOT RECOVER.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE
Keyword(s): Abandon ; ANIMAL ; CAT ; DEATH ; ILLNESS ; PROPHECY ; Recovery
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 10-14-1973
WHEN LEAVING A BUILDING, IT IS BAD LUCK TO GO OUT ANY
DOOR, EXCEPT THE ONE THROUGH WHICH YOU ENTERED.
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Where learned: Arkansas ; RUSSELLVILLE
Keyword(s): Bad ; Door ; Enter ; Exit ; Leave ; LUCK
| 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: 10-07-1973
COUGH SYRUP REMEDY:
SYRUP OF SQUILLS FOUR OUNCES; SYRUP OF TOLU FOUR
OUNCES; TINCTURE OF OPIUM FOUR OUNCES. MIX. DOSE
FOR AN ADULT, ONE TEASPOONFUL REPEATED EVERY TWO TO
FOUR HOURS OR AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COUGH ; Dose ; Opium ; REMEDY ; Squills ; Syrup ; Tobu
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
CURE FOR WHOOPING COUGH:
TWO LEVEL TABLESPOONFULS OF POWDERED ALUM, TWO-THIRD
OF A CUPFUL OF BROWN SUGAR, DISSOLVED IN TWO QUARTS
OF WATER; BOTTLE AND OUT IN A DARK CLOSET WHERE IT
IS COOL.
ONE YEAR OLD CHILD'S DOSE: ONE TEASPOON THREE TIMES A
DAY OR AN EMPTY STOMACH
TWO YEAR OLD CHILD'S DOSE: TWO TEASPOONS PER DOSE OF
ONE YEAR OLD CHILD
FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD'S DOSE: ONE TABLESPOON PER DOSE OF
ONE YEAR OLD CHILD
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Alum ; Brown Sugar ; COUGH ; Dosage ; RECIPE ; REMEDY ; Whooping Cough
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; House ; Indoors ; LUCK ; Open ; UMBRELLA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
SINGING AT THE TABLE FORESHADOWS A CRAZY HUSBAND.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CRAZY ; Foreshadow ; HUSBAND ; Predict ; Sing ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF ONE'S SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN THE "BIG" TOE, YOU
WILL BE THE DOMINANT PARTNER OF THE MARRIAGE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Dominance ; Length ; MARRIAGE ; SUPERSTITION ; TOE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-00-1972