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EVERY TIME YOU SEE A WHITE HORSE, YOU LICK THE END OF THE INDEX
FINGER OF YOUR RIGHT HAND, HIT IT AGAINST THE PALM OF YOUR LEFT
HAND, AND THEN HIT YOUR LEFT PALM WITH THE END OF YOUR RIGHT
FIST. THIS IS CALLED "STAMPING WHITE HORSES." WHEN YOU SEE 100
WHITE HORSES AND STAMPTHEM THIS WAY, YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Number P686.1.100 |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
IF YUR PALM ITCHES, SOMEONE IS GOING TO LEAVE YOU SOME MONEY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PUT A HAT ON THE BED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
IF YOU CUT A DRESS ON FRIDAY, IT WILL NEVER BE FINISHED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
IF YOU ARE DRIVING ALONG AND A RABBIT COMES IN FRONT OF YOU,
TURN YOUR HAT ALL THE WAY AROUND TO WARD OFF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
DON'T BRING AN AX IN THE HOUSE OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 06-28-1970
DON'T LEAVE A ROCKER ROCKING OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 06-28-1970
THOSE PEOPLE BORN IN JANUARY WILL SHOW CONSTANCY, TRUE
FRIENDSHIP, AND FIDELITY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ASTROLOGY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-07-1972
THOSE WOMEN BORN IN MAY WILL BE LOVED AND HAPPY WIVES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ASTROLOGY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 04-07-1972
IF YOU ARE BORN IN DECEMBER, YOU WILL BE A SUCCESS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ASTROLOGY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F120 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-07-1972
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU WILL BE IN A FIGHT SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 04-07-1972
IF YOU LEAVE ANY OBJECTS WHEN YOU VISIT SOMEONE, IT MEANS YOU
WILL VISIT AGAIN SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 04-07-1972
PEOPLE BORN IN THE SPRING ARE SMARTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- P663 |
Date learned: 05-02-1972
IF YOU GIVE A PERSON A KNIFE AS A TOKEN OF FRIENDSHIP, THE
KNIFE WILL SOMEHOW CUT THE FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THERE IS A BIG OLD RING AROUND THE MOON, IT MEANS THAT THE
NEXT DAY WILL BE CLOUDY AND A STORM WILL COME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 07-01-1970
MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO BELIEVE THAT ANY TIME THAT IT GOT WARM
BETWEEN THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER AND MARCH, IT WAS A SIGN THAT
IT WAS GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F110 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F120 BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through A time segment or a direction |
Date learned: 06-29-1970
IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT IS RAINING, IT MEANS THAT THE DEVIL IS
BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): SATAN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 06-29-1970
THEY SAY THAT IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT IS RAINING, IT MEANS
THAT IT WILL RAIN THAT SAME TIME TOMORROW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 06-25-1970
ASTROLOGY RELATED TO DISEASE--MOON BLINDNESS
SOME HORSES ARE MOON BLIND AND CANNOT SEE OUT OF ONE EYE,
WHICH RUNS AND BECOMES SWOLLEN, WHEN THE MOON IS FULL.
THE EYE MUST BE PUT OUT, OR THE OTHER EYE WILL BE AFFECTED
AS WELL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
ASTROLOGICAL OBSERVATION
WHEN THE MOON IS ALMOST FULL, OR FULL, AND FOR A FEW DAYS
AFTER IT IS FULL, THE MOON AFFECTS SOME PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
WHOEVER IS AFFECTED BECOMES HARD TO HANDLE AND STUBBORN, AND
OFTEN IRRITABLE. ANIMALS MAY BECOME RATHER WILD. BEING
AFFECTED BY MOON CHANGES MAY BE HANDED DOWN TO OFFSPRING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 00-00-1967