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DON'T TRUST A PERSON WITH BROWN EYES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIGHT EYE ITCHES, YOU WILL CRY.
LEFT EYE ITCHES, YOU WILL BE PLEASED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAYINGS
WEEPING WILLOWS BRING BAD LUCK.
A BIRD FLYING AGAINST A HOUSE MEANS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
OLD SAYING
WHEN SLEEPING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A STRANGE BED, NAME THE FOUR
CORNERS OF THE BED AND THE FIRST CORNER SEEN IN THE MORNING WILL
TELL WHOM YOU WILL MARRY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU SAY SOMEONE'S NAME INADVERTENTLY ONCE OR SEVERAL TIMES IN
A CONVERSATION WHEN YOU'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING OR THINKING
OF THEM THIS MEANS THEY ARE THINING OF YOU.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THERE ARE TWELVE MEMBERS ON A JURY BECAUSE OF THE INFLUENCE OF
ASTROLOGY. COURT ASTROLOGERS SELECTED JURORS, EACH BORN UNDER
A DIFFERENT SIGN OF THE ZODIAC, WITH THE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD
BRING EVERY TYPE OF MIND TO BEAR ON THE DECISION.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
OLD SAYINGS
IF YOU LIFT UP YOUR FEET FOR SOMEONE TO SWEEP UNDER, YOU WON'T
MARRY.
YOU SHOULD GO OUT THE SAME DOOE YOU CAME IN TO KEEP BAD LUCK FROM
COMING IN.
DON'T LET AN OBSTACLE, TREE GO BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE WALKING.
LIFT UP YOUR FEET WHEN YOU CROSS A STATE LINE.
LIFT UP YOUR FEET WHEN YOU CROSS RAILROAD TRACKS OR YOU WON'T
MARRY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A RABBIT RUNS ACROSS YOUR PATH, TURN YOUR HAT AROUND BACKWARDS
AND WEAR IT THAT WAY UNTIL YOU REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR SPIT
IMMEDIATELY IN YOUR SHOE, OTHERWISE YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREDICTION
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN LOOKS AT A COW, HER BABY WILL BE DEFORMED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 03-06-1972
WEATHER PREDICTION
THICK SHUCK ON CORN MEANS A HARD WINTER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF IT RAINS FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, IT WILL RAIN FIFTEEN DAYS
THAT MONTH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 06-01-1972
BELIEF-CURE
IF YOU'RE OUT IN THE WOOD AND YOUR MOUTH GETS DRY, YOU CAN CURE
IT BY SUCKING ON THE ENDS OF A SASAFRAS (SIC) LEAF.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE SUN IS SHINING WHILE THE RAIN IS POURING, THE DEVIL IS
BEATING HIS WIFE BEHIND THE DOOR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mythology |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MORE BABIES ARE BORN WHEN THE MOON IS FULL THAN ANY OTHER TIME
OF THE MONTH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mythology |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MY BROTHER SAILING IN MANY RACES, ALWAYS JOKINGLY RUBS THE BOOM
BEFORE HE CROSSES THE STARTING LINE. WHETHER HE BELIEVES IT
I DON'T KNOW, BUY IT WAS TAUGHT TO HIM BY AN OLD SAILOR IN
MICHIGAN WHO DID.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mythology |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF SOMEONE SWEEPS UNDER YOUR FEET, YOU WILL NEVER GET MARRIED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF AFTER BEING MARRIED ONLY TWO YEARS YOUR HUSBAND'S CLOTHES
START TO FADE AND BECOME THREADBARE, HIS LOVE IS FADING. IF
YOU MEND HIS CLOTHES CAREFULLY, HE WILL BEGIN TO LOVE YOU
AGAIN, THIS TIME MORE THAN HE DID WHEN YOU WERE FIRST MARRIED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU WANT YOU (SIC) TO STAY IN TUNE, KISS YOUR DOG'S EAR ON
THE FULL MOON.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOUR LOVE HAS BEEN UNFAITHFUL, GET A LOCK OF YOUR RIVAL'S
HAIR, PORE (SIC) VINEGAR ON IT AND THEIR AFFAIR WILL TURN SOUR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
THIS BELIEF WAS TOLD TO ME AND ALL THE CHILDREN ON THE BLOCK
WHEN WE PLAYED WAR OR COWBOYS AND INDIANS. WE WE (SIC) TOLD
NEVER TO SPEAK OF KILLING BECAUSE WE MUST REALIZE IT WASN'T
A GAME. I THINK THAT THIS WAS A RELIGIOUS BELIEF-MOST
RELIGIONS DO NOT CONDONE KILLING, BUT SHE WOULD NOT HERE OF
OUR SPEAKING OF IT OR PLAYING LIKE IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN