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IN SHOW BUSINESS A BAD DRESS REHEARSAL MEANS A GOOD PERFORMANCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation DRAMA -- D000 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DROP A SPOON, IT MEANS THAT COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO FRONT TEETH IS A SIGN OF LUSTINESS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PEOPLE WHO WASH THEIR HANDS TOO MUCH HAVE A GUILTY CONSCIENCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE HEM OF YOUR DRESS IS TURNED UP, KISS THE HEM AND MAKE
A WISH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
PEEL AN APPLE WITHOUT BREAKING THE PEELING, THEN THROW IT OVER
YOUR SHOULDER AND THE INITIALS OF WHOEVER YOU'LL MARRY WILL
APPEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
UNLESS YOU CUT YOUR HAIR ON THE FULL OF THE MOON, IT WON'T GROW
BACK PROPERLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
IF YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED AND YOU'RE WALKING YOUR HUSBAND
TO THE CHURCH, AND IF A WHITE HORSE PASSES YOU, AND IF THE
MAN WHO'S RIDING IT IS ALL DRESSED IN BLACK, IT'S BAD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING CORRECTED--ALL "ING" ENDINGS WERE SPELLED "IN"
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.545 |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF YOU HOP EXACTLY THIRTEEN TIMES ON THE FLOOR, THE
THIRTEENTH TIME YOU'LL GO THROUGH IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
AT THE END OF THE MONTH, RIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED, YOU SAY
"RABBIT, RABBIT." THEN THE NEXT MORNING WHEN YOU WAKE UP
YOU SAY "RABBIT, RABBIT" AND MAKE A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF YOU SPILL SALT ON THE TABLE, MEANS IT'S BAD LUCK. AND THAT
WAS BECAUSE OF, (YOU KNOW) WHEN CHRIST GOT CRUCIFIED, JUDAS,
WHEN CHRIST SAID THAT ONE OF (TH)EM WOULD DENY HIM, JUDAS
TURNED OVER AND KNOCKED THE SALT OVER. SO EVERYONE THINKS
THAT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
THEY SAY IT'S GOOD LUCK TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND THE FIRST
THING YOU THINK IS "RABBIT," AND YOU HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL
YEAR LONG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD SAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH IS,
"RABBIT, RABBIT." SHOULD YOU FORGET, THEN THE LAST THING
BEFORE YOU GO TO BED (IT MUST BE BEFORE MIDNIGHT) YOU SHOULD
SAY IT BACKWARD, "TIBBAR, TIBBAR." YOUR LUCK WOULD NOT BE
AS GOOD BY SAYING IT AT NIGHT, BUT NOT AS BAD AS IF YOU
DIDN'T SAY IT AT ALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 06-22-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THE TRAVELER IF YOU WATCH HIM UNTIL HE IS
OUT OF SIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| 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: 06-22-1972
IN MAINE, I WAS ALWAYS TOLD IF WHEN YOU WERE CLEANING FISH AND
YOU FOUND SOMETHING WHOLE IN THE GULLET, IT WAS A SIGN OF
GOOD LUCK. IF YOU FOUND SOMETHING PARTLY DIGESTED, IT WAS
A SIGN OF BAD LUCK. IF YOU FOUND SOMETHING OF VALUE, IT WAS
A SURE SIGN YOU WOULD BE WEALTHY SOMEDAY. IF YOU DIDN'T
BOTHER TO INVESTIGATE THE GULLET, YOU WERE MORE WISE THAN
CURIOUS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MAINE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Good luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
HARM A CRICKET, BAD LUCK WILL FOLLOW.
A CRICKET IN THE HOUSE IS A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MAINE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
STEP ON A DADDY-LONGLEGS AND KILL IT, IT WILL RAIN FOR SURE.
Submitter comment: WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I KILLED ONE. IT HAILED SOON AFTER FOR
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MAINE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): SPIDER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
IF YUR EARS ARE RINGING, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 842 Ringing ears / buzzing / hot, burning Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 06-14-1973
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU ARE EITHER GOING TO HAVE A FIGHT
OR KISS A FOOL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 06-14-1973
IF YOU DROP A UTENSIL, COMPANY IS COMING.
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, A MAN IS COMING.
IF YOU DROP A FORK, A WOMAN IS COMING.
IF YOU DROP A SPOON, A FOOL IS COMING.
THE PERSON WILL COME FROM THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE HEAD
OF THE UTENSIL IS POINTING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 06-14-1973