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BELIEF
IF YOU HEAR DOORS SLAMMING AND DOORS ARE NOT BEING SLAMMED,
IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO A CHURCH, THERE IS SOMEONE THERE WHO WON'T
LIVE TO COME BACK AGAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-02-1972
BELIEF
IF THERE IS RAIN DURING A FUNERAL, THE DECEASED PERSON HAS GONE
TO HEAVEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU HEAR ETHEREAL MUSIC WHILE LYING IN BED AT NIGHT, IT IS
A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
CURE
A SLAB OF SALT PORK ON THE CHEST CAN CURE THE FEVER OF A
PNEUMONIA PATIENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
IF A PERSON WHO IS IN A COMA TALKS TO RELATIVES WHO ARE DEAD,
IT IS A SIGN THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU ARE RIDING DOWN THE STREET AND PASS A FUNERAL PROCESSION,
TURN AROUND AND FOLLOW IT OR YOU WILL BE THE NEXT TO DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU DREAM OF A WEDDING, IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO A HOUSE, IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU DREAM ALL YOUR TEETH HAVE BEEN PULLED, IT IS A SIGN OF
DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
SEEING MUDDY WATER IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
SUPERSTITION
THE HICCUPS MEAN YOU ARE GROWING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Measure |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOU WALK WITH ONE SHOE OFF AND THE OTHER ON, COUNT STEPS
AND THAT WILL BE THE NUMBER OF YEARS BEFORE YOU MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Numbers System of counting Calculation |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
YOU CAN TELL HOW MANY KITTENS A CAT WILL HAVE BY COUNTING THE
NUMBER OF TEATS WHICH ARE SWELLED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Numbers System of counting Calculation |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF IT THUNDERS AND THERE IS LIGHTENING, THE SNOWFALL WILL BE
VERY HEAVY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
IF THERE ARE FEWER CRICKETS, THERE WILL BE A HEAVY WATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
SUPERSTITION
IT WILL BE A LIGHT WINTER IF THERE ARE FEWER SPIDERS THAN USUAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF BEES BUILD THEIR NESTS IN THE GROUND, IT IS A
SIGN OF HARD WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter |
Date learned: 03-06-1972
SUPERSTITION
A LATE FALL MEANS A COLD WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter |
Date learned: 03-06-1972
SUPERSTITION
THE FIRST TWELVE DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS SIGNIFY WHAT KIND OF WEATHER
IS TO BE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT TWELVE MONTHS - THE FIRST DAY FOR
JANUARY, THE SECOND DAY IS FEBRUARY, ETC.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Month |
Date learned: 03-06-1972