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SUPERSTITION
IT IS BAD LUCK TO RECIEVE A SHARP OBJECT (SCISSORS, KNIFE, ETC.)
FOR A GIFT. YOU MUST GIVE THE GIVER A PENNY FOR IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU HAVE MONEY THE FIRST TIME YOU HEAR THE CUCKOO IN THE
SPRING, YOU WILL BE RICH ALL YEAR. IF YOU HAVE NO MONEY YOU WILL
BE POOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME, CROSS YOUR
LITTLE FINGERS WITH EACHOTHER AND MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOU PLANT A FLOWER, NAME IT AFTER SOMEONE; IF THAT PERSON
LOVES YOU, THE FLOWER WILL LIVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU LIE ON A FEATHERBED DURING A THUNDERSTORM, LIGHTENING
WON'T STRIKE YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU SEE A FALLING STAR AND SAY "MONEY, MONEY, MONEY" BEFORE
IT DISAPPEARS, YOU WILL BE RICH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU MAKE A WISH WHILE YOU ARE UNDER A RAILROAD TRESTLE OVER
WHICH A TRAIN IS PASSING, YOU WILL HAVE EVERYTHING YOU WISH FOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU HIDE UNDER THE BED DURING A THUNDERSTORM, LIGHTENING
CANNOT STRIKE YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
PUT A PAIR OF BOOTS IN THE WINDOW AND LIGHTENING WILL NEVER
STRIKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU STAND INSIDE A CIRCLE WHILE IT IS BEING DRAWN, YOUR MOTHER
WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU FEED A DOG SWEETS, IT WILL GIVE HIM WORMS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
BELIEF
PLACING AN ONION UNDER THE BED DURING FLU EPIDEMIC WILL KILL
GERMS AND KEEP THE EVIL SPIRITS AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES IN FRONT OF YOUR CAR, MAKE AN "X" THREE
TIMES ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE TO NULLIFY THE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
SUPERSTITION
COUNT NINE STARS FOR NINE NIGHTS TO DREAM OF THE ONE YOU'LL MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
LIGHTING THREE CIGARETTES ON ONE MATCH IS UNLUCKY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 04-06-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU ARE BORN ON FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH, YOUR LIFE IS DOOMED.
Submitter comment: TO A TERRIBLE DEATH OR AN EARLY ONE MAYBE? COLLECTOR OMITTED -A.C.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
NEVER LEAVE YOUR HOUSE ON FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH. IT WILL BRING
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
SUPERSTITION
STEP ON A CRACK AND BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED, YOU'LL HAVE A
HEADACHE ALL DAY LONG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
TICKLING THE BOTTOM OF AN INFANT'S FOOT WILL CAUSE HIM TO STUTTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-29-1972