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AFTER YOU'VE LOCKED THE DOOR TO LEAVE THE HOUSE, DON'T GO
BACK IN THE HOUSE IF YOU'VE FORGOTTEN ANYTHING UNLESS YOU
MAKE A CROSS AND SPIT IN IT.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications SPEECH -- Gesture |
PUTTING A KNIFE UNDER THE BED DURING CHILDBIRTH WILL CUT
THE PAIN.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
WHATEVER DAY YOU ARE BORN ON, YOUR FIRST CHILD WILL BE BORN
ON. (THIS PERTAINS TO DAYS OF THE WEEK.)
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
PUT HEMP ROPE AROUND ANYTHING TO KEEP A SNAKE FROM IT.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
IF YOU TALK WHILE FISHING, YOU'LL SCARE THE FISH AWAY.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
EVIL EYE SYNDROME
IN GREECE, TO WARD OFF THE EFFECTS OF THE EVIL EYE, SMALL BLUE
PLASTIC EYEBALLS ARE SOLD EVERYWHERE.
Where learned: GREECE ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 12-00-1979
NEW YEAR'S EVE CUSTOMS
IN GREECE, IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR PEOPLE TO VISIT EACH OTHER'S HOUSES
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE TO EXCHANGE GIFTS. THE CELEBRATION CONSISTS OF A
BIG MEAL. AFTER THE MEAL EVERYONE STAYS UP UNTIL MORNING TALKING,
SINGING AND DRINKING.
Where learned: GREECE ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 12-31-1979
NEW YEAR'S EVE CUSTOMS
IN GREECE, FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE, THEY BAKE A SPONGE CAKE AND PUT
A DRACHMA INSIDE. THE PERSON WHOSE PIECE OF CAKE HAS THE DRACHMA IN
IT WINS A PRIZE AND WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Where learned: GREECE ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Good luck |
BURPING
IN INDIA THE PLEASING MANNER OF EXPRESSING A GOOD MEAL IS TO BURP
IN YOUR HOSTESS'S PRESENCE.
THIS IS REMEMBERED AS A COMMENT AFTER A VERY GOOD MEAL AT A FINE
RESTAURANT IN ATHENS, GREECE.
Where learned: GREECE ; ATHENS
Keyword(s): POLITENESS BURPING
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 08-00-1969
SNAKES
IF A SNAKE TURNS HIS STOMACH UP TO THE SKY, THAT MEANS IT WILL
RAIN.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
Putting your hat on the bed meant you would bring yourself
bad luck.
James Callow comment:
See Puckett, Ohio, nos. 3368 ("the boggyman will spank you"),
13928 ("you will be an old maid"), 18283, 18284 ("bad luck to the
owner of the hat"), 18285, 18288 ("new hat"), 18289 ("man's
hat"), 18291 ("bring a house bad luck"), 18292 ("on a friend's
bed"), 18295 ("and the police will be involved"), 18296 ("spit in
it three times before setting it down"), 18297 ("Never put your
hat on the bed upside down"), 18298 (the hat "should always be
placed upside down"), 27634 ("after a funeral"). Puckett has
many more items on this topic; I have selected only those items
which come from Africa
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 01001960 CA
Dogs howling at night (or singing as elders would say) was a
sign of death, meaning that someone was dead or someone was going
to die.
James Callow comment: See Hand, North Carolina, nos. 5208-5214.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 01001950 CA
Education (11th grade)
High school was and still is a four-year program. Where I
grew up the high schools graduated students after the 11th grade,
the reason is that high schools started with the 7th grade.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 01001954 CA
Yard brooms
People would gather branches, tree limbs and straw, tie them
together to make a yard broom.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Raw Material ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Household furniture and utensil |
Lightning Bugs (night light)
As a child, we would catch these bugs and put them in a jar.
Whoever caught the most bugs had the brightest light. We had no
street light and the only light we had was from the moon.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 01001952 CA
June Bugs
As a child, we played a game of catching bugs and tieing a
string to their leg and letting them fly in a circle around us.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 01001952 CA
PLANT WATERMELONS BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP ON THE FIRST DAY
OF MAY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
ALWAYS PLANT YOUR GARDEN ON GOOD FRIDAY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IF YOU HAVE A DUCK, HEN, OR TURKEY SETTING, PUT ROCKS AROUND
ITS NEST TO KEEP THUNDER FROM JARRING THE EGGS, BECAUSE
THUNDER WILL KEEP THE EGGS FROM HATCHING.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |