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IF THE CORN HUSKS ARE THICK, IT MEANS BAD WEATHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THE BABIES ARE CONCEIVED AND BORN
ON FULL MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): MENSES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IT IS A SUPERSTITION THAT GOATS WOULD WAKE UP PEOPLE WITH
THEIR NOISE. TO QUIET THE GOATS, TAKE ONE OF YOUR SHOES
AND MOVE IT FROM ONE SIDE OF THE BED TO THE OTHER. IT
WILL QUIET THE GOATS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
THUNDER IS THE DEVIL BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): SATAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
A FALLING STAR IS A LOST SOUL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Comet |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
A MIST AROUND THE MOON MEANS IT WILL RAIN THE NEXT DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
A CARBUNCLE GIVES OFF LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BOIL SKIN SORE STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Specific distinguishing characteristic Dimple, wart, mole, scar, freckle, birthmark, strawberry mark, bruise, spot (on any part of body) |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF A CROWN OF FEATHERS IS FOUND IN THE PILLOW OF A DEAD PERSON,
IT IS A SIGN THAT HE HAS GONE TO HEAVEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
TO DESTROY THE POWER OF A WITCH, TAKE THREE SMALL NECKED STONE
JARS. PLACE IN EACH THE LIVER OF A FROG STUCK FULL OF NEW
PINS AND THE HEART OF A TOAD STUCK FULL OF THORNS FROM THE
THORNE(?) OF JERUSALEM BUSH. CORK AND SEAL EACH JAR. BURY
IN THREE DIFFERENT CHURCHYARD PATHS SEVEN INCHES FROM THE SURFACE
AND SEVEN INCHES FROM THE PORCH. WHILE IN THE ACT OF BURYING
EACH REPEAT THE LORD'S PRAYER BACKWARDS. AS THE HEARTS AND
LIVERS DECAY, SO WILL THE WITCH'S POWER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
ONE CAN FORETELL THE FUTURE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY BY OPENING
THE BIBLE AND READING THE FIRST VERSE YOU COME TO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IT IS BELIEVED THAT ONE CAN FORETELL THE FUTURE ON HALLOWEEN
BY JUMPING OVER LIGHTED CANDLES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A DROWNED BODY, THE ONLY SURE WAY TO
FIND IT IS TO URINATE ON A FRESHLY BAKED LOAF OF BREAD, PLACE
IT IN THE WATER AND IT WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE BODY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
I HEARD MY FATHER SAY IF YOU TAKE A FORKED PLUM BRANCH, IT
WILL LEAD YOU TO WATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): WATER WITCHING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
IF YOU HAVE A BAD DREAM AND TELL IT BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL
COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IN INDIA, THEY WON'T PLANT CROPS EARLY IN THE SPRING OR
EVEN GO OUT MUCH OR WALK, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO HURT
MOTHER EARTH WHEN SHE IS PREGNANT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): FECUNDITY FERTILITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
I HEARD MY MOTHER TELL MY LITTLE GIRL, AFTER FINDING A WHITE
SPOT ON HER FINGERNAIL, THAT IT WAS A SIGN THAT SHE HAD
TOLD A LIE--SO HER MOTHER HAD TOLD HER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Color |
BABIES ARE BORN WHEN THERE IS A FULL MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 05-03-1969
THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BELIEF IN THE INFORMANT'S FAMILY
THAT A DREAM CONCERNING MUDDY WATER IS A PREDICTION THAT
THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. THE INFORMANT'S SISTER
DECLARES THAT SHE HAD SUCH A DREAM THE NIGHT BEFORE HER
FATHER WAS KILLED SUDDENLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 841 Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
IF YOU TELL A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL SURELY COME
TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
DREAM OF A BIRTH IS THE SIGN OF A DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 00-00-1969