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IT IS BAD LUCK TO STEP ON CRACKS IN THE SIDE WALK.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A COMMON SUPERSTITION. I CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE I
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; MEMPHIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
IF A COLD SHIVER RUNS DOWN YOUR SPINE, A CAT HAS RUN ACROSS
YOUR GRAVE.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; MEMPHIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
IF YOUR EARS BURN, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS FROM MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; MEMPHIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching ear |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
BUBBLES IN COFFEE MEAN MONEY.
Submitter comment: I DO NOT KNOW WHERE I FIRST HEARD THIS SUPERSTITION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; MEMPHIS
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
WHEN YOUR RIGHT NOSTRIL ITCHES, IT'S A SIGN YOU'RE GOING TO
GET A LETTER FROM A MAN OR A CALL FROM A MAN.
Submitter comment: SHE BELIEVES THAT THIS IS SO, AND IT SEEMS TO WORK FOR HER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF YOUR LEFT NOSTRIL ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LETTER OR A
VISIT FROM A WOMAN.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES BELIEVES THIS TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF YOUR LEFT EAR ITCHES, IT'S A SIGN YOU WILL HEAR SOMETHING BAD.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS A COMMON SUPERSTITION WHEN MRS. REAVES WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching ear |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF YOUR RIGHT EAR ITCHES, IT'S A SIGN YOU WILL HEAR SOMETHING
GOOD.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THIS AT OUR HOME JULY 19, 1968. THIS WAS
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching ear |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
TO DROP A KNIFE IS A SIGN A MAN IS COMING TO YOUR HOUSE.
Submitter comment: I HAVE OFTN HEARD HER EXPRESS THIS SUPERSTITION WHEN A
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| 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: 07-19-1968
IF YOU DROP A FORK, IS A SIGN THAT A WOMAN IS GOING TO YOUR HOUSE.
Submitter comment: I HAVE OFTEN HEARD HER EXPRESS THIS SUPERSTITION WHEN A FORK
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| 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: 07-19-1968
IF THE TAIL OF YOUR DRESS TURNS UP, IF YOU SPIT ON IT, YOU
WILL GET A NEW DRESS.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON SUPERSTITION
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, YOU WILL WALK ON NEW GROUND OR YOU WILL
GO TO THE CEMETERY.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES, MY MOTHER, TOLD ME THAT SHE STOPPED PAYING ANY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF YOUR RIGHT EYE JUMPS, IT'S A SIGN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
SOMETHING GOOD.
Submitter comment: SHE HEARD IT FROM HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Eye twitch |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF YOUR LEFT EYE JUMPS, IT'S A SIGN YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME
MONEY, OR IT MAY BE A SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF A ROOSTER CROWS BEFORE MIDNIGHT, IT'S A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES HEARD THIS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL IN FORT SMITH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; FORT SMITH ; ARKANSAS, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IF THE PICTURE OF A DEAD PERSON FALLS OFF THE WALL, IT'S A SIGN
OF DEATH. AT UNCLE'S FUNERAL, HIS SITER'S PICTURE FELL OFF
THE WALL, AND SHE HAD BEEN DEAD FOR A LONG TIME, BUT NOBOBY
DIED.
Submitter comment: SHE HEARD THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER AS A GIRL IN FORT SMITH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; FORT SMITH ; ARKANSAS, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
DON'T PLANT PINE TREES; THEY ARE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
A WOMAN HAVING HER MONTHLY PERIOD SHOULD NOT CAN PICKLES OR
CROUT. IT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): KRAUT SAUERKRAUT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Preservation BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
RISE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE BED YOU GO TO BED ON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 00-00-1972