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SUPERSTITION
TO KEEP A NEW KITTEN FROM RUNNING AWAY, RUB BUTTER ON EACH
OF ITS FEET AND HAVE IT WALK AROUND THE EDGE OF THE TABLE
FOUR TIMES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 04-16-1972
A PREGNANT WOMAN CAN "MARK" HER BABY BY WATCHING OR PARTICIPATING
IN SOMETHING SHE SHOULD NOT WHILE SHE IS STILL CARRYING HER
CHILD. "MARKING" USUALLY REFERS TO SOME PHYSICAL OR MENTAL
DEFECT IN THE CHILD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 04-04-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF ONE IS PREGNANT AND IS SEARED BY SOMETHING, THE CHILD WILL
TAKE THE FORM THE SEARER.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS TO ENCOURAGE PREGNANT WOMEN TO BE CAREFUL OR TO
EXPLAIN PHYSICAL DEFORMITY IN THE BABY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 04-04-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU DREAM OF FISH, YOU ARE PREGNANT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
NEVER RAISE YOUR ARM OVERHEAD DURING PREGNANCY. THE BABY WILL
BE STRANGLED BY THE UMBILICAL CORD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
SUPERSTITION
WHEN A COMET IS VISIBLE AND A BABY IS BORN, THAT BABY WILL
BE FAMOUS. THE SAME COMET WILL BE PRESENT AT THAT PERSON'S DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
YOU HAVE LIVED HALF YOUR DAYS WHEN YOUR WISDOM TEETH BEGIN TO
GROW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
A CAT WILL SMOTHER AN INFANT IF GIVEN A CHANCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF A CHILD IS HOMELY WHEN IT IS SMALL, IT WILL BE GOOD-LOOKING
WHEN IT IS GROWN.
Submitter comment: OFTEN USED TO CONSOLE THE MOTHER OF AN UNATTRACTIVE BABY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
BABIES COME FROM TREE STUMPS.
Submitter comment:
AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN BIRTH EITHER BY PARENTS WHO ARE
EMBARASSED ABOUT SEX OR BY CHILDREN WHO VIEW BIRTH AS A
MYSTICAL OCCURRENCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
PLANT A TREE WHEN A BABY IS BORN AND THE TREE AND THE BABY
WILL LIVE EXACTLY THE SAME LENGTH OF TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
BABIES ARE BROUGHT BY STORKS.
Submitter comment:
AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN BIRTH, USUALLY TO CHILDREN, BY
EMBARASSED PARENTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU CRAVE FOOD BEFORE A BABY IS BORN, THE IMAGE OF THE FOOD
IS LIKELY TO BE OBSERVED ON THE BABY.
Submitter comment:
THE CONCEPT OF CRAVING FOOD DURING PREGNANCY DATES BACK TO THE
ERA OF PAMPERING PREGNANT WOMEN BECAUSE THEY WERE CONSIDERED
ESPECIALLY DELICATE AND ALSO BECAUSE THEY WERE THOUGHT TO POSESS
SPECIAL POWERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
BABIES ARE FOUND UNDER A CABBAGE LEAF.
Submitter comment:
AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN BIRTH, USUALLY TO CHILDREN, BY EMBARASSED
PARENTS AND WITHIN THE PEER GROUP BY CHILDREN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR BRIDE AND GROOM TO SEE EACH OTHER ON THEIR
WEDDING DAY.
Submitter comment:
I BELIEVE THE INFORMANT MEANS BEFORE THE WEDDING ITSELF -
IT WOULD BE WORSE LUCK FOR THEM NOT TO SEE EACHOTHER! - A.C.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
BELIEF
TO DREAM OF DEATH IS A SIGN OF A WEDDING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF YOUR SHOESTRING COMES UNTIED, YOUR SWEETHEART IS THINKING
ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU ARE A BRIDESMAID MORE THAN THREE TIMES BEFORE YOU ARE
MARRIED, YOU WILL NEVER MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-29-1972
SUPERSTITION
A DOUBLE WEDDING ALWAYS BRINGS BAD LUCK TO ONE OF THE COUPLES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-29-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU WALK OVER A NEW GRAVE WITHOUT WALKING BACK OVER IT,
YOU WILL BE NEXT TO DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-29-1972