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IF YOU SEE A LIZARD FIRST IN THE SPRING, YOU'LL BE PRETTY (OR
SMART); IF YOU SEE A SNAKE, YOU'LL BE SICKLY; IF YOU SEE
A FROG, YOU'LL BE LAZY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
SWEEPING ON NEW YEAR'S
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THAT HER MOTHER-IN-LAW WOULD NOT SWEEP ANYTHING OUT THE DOOR ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, FOR SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE SWEEPING OUT THE NEW YEAR. WHEN SHE SWEPT THE FLOOR, EVERYTHING WAS SWEPT INTO THE CORNER UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHEN IT WAS REMOVED.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
DRY PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
INFORMANT'S MOTHER-IN-LAW WOULD ALWAYS COOK DRY PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY AND AFTER DINNER, PUT A PENNY IN HER CLOCK SO SHE WOULD HAVE MONEY ALL THE YEAR.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CUTTING STOVEWOOD
INFORMANT SAYS THAT IF YOU CUT YOUR STOVEWOOD ON THE NEW MOON IN MARCH AND APRIL IT WILL DRY OUT BETTER AND NOT ABSORB THE SUMMER RAIN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
SNOW ATTRIBUTED TO GEESE
INFORMANT CAN REMEMBER BEING TOLD THAT THE SNOW CAME FROM OLD MASSA PICKING HIS GEESE AND LETTING THE FEATHERS ESCAPE FROM THE CLOUDS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mythology |
EVIL EYE
IF YOU STEP OVER A PERSON'S BODY, WHILE HE'S
LAYING ON THE FLOOR, THIS WILL STOP HIS GROWTH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT NEVER SAW THIS HAPPEN, BUT HE DEEPLY
BELIEVES IN THIS CUSTOM.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing P760.12 |
Date learned: 06-00-1962
SUPERSTITION
WHEN A HORSE'S MANE IS ALL TANGLED UP, HE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN
WITCHED.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
IF YOU SWEEP UNDER A GIRL'S FEET, SHE'LL NEVER GET
MARRIED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S MOTHER, AND SHE REMEMBERS THIS
FROM HER CHILDHOOD IN ALABAMA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALABAMA ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
NUMBER SEVEN IS A LUCKY NUMBER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GUNTERSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 06-30-1973
WART CURE
PUT A DROP OF CASTOR OIL UPON THE WART.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GUNTERSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-08-1973
WART CURE
SPLIT A BLACK CHICKEN IN HALF AND PUT YOUR HAND INTO THE CHICKEN
WHILE IT IS STILL WARM.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GUNTERSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-08-1973
IF A PERSON IS BURIED ON A RAINY DAY, HE IS GOING TO HELL;
SUNNY DAY--HEAVEN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; LEEDS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Never wear white to the funeral of an elder because it is
disrespectful to the family.
Submitter comment:
I traveled by plane to Alabama to go to my aunt stepmother's
funeral. As we dressed that morning to go to the funeral I asked
my aunt, "What should I wear? I said, "Maybe I will wear my
white dress." My aunt said, "No, you do not wear white to the
funeral of an elder because it is disrespectful to the family."
Where learned: ALABAMA ; Dixon Mills
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1983
BELIEF
A HOMOSEXUAL WILL HAND YOU SCISSORS POINT FORWARD.
Submitter comment:
HEARD FROM SPANISH OR LATIN-AMERICAN ROOMMATE AT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, BATON ROUGE, LA.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
BELIEF
THE HAIR FROM A HORSE'S TAIL PUT IN WATER WILL TURN INTO A SNAKE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
BELIEF
YOU HAVE TO TELL BEES EVERYTHING. IF THE BEEKEEPER DIES, YOU HAVE TO TELL THE BEES BEFORE SUNDOWN OR THEY'LL ALL DIE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
ANIMAL BELIEF
GRASSHOPPERS SPIT TOBACCO.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
NO MOON, NO MAN.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WEAR AN OPAL IN JEWELRY IF IT IS NOT YOUR
BIRTHSTONE.
Submitter comment: I HAVE AN OPAL RING AND IT IS NOT MY BIRTHSTONE. I HAVE BEEN
Where learned: ALABAMA ; INDIANA ; TENNESSEE ; FLORIDA ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Jewelry (gems, rings, etc.) |
Date learned: 06-30-1970
A COMMON, THOUGH ENTIRELY ORAL, SUPERSTITION IS THE TYPICAL
VANDERBILT COED, OR T.V.C. SHE IS RICH, CONCEITED, AND
ALWAYS DATED UP A WEEK IN ADVANCE. IF NOT DATED UP, SHE
STILL REFUSES ANY OFFER FOR THE WEEKEND MADE AFTER WEDNESDAY
NIGHT, AND ALWAYS REFUSES NON-FRATERNITY MEN. THOUGH THIS
INFORMATION APPEARS IN NO CAMPUS PUBLICATIONS, IT HAS BEEN
PREVALENT FOR YEARS AMONG VANDERBILT MEN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
Keyword(s): Co-ed ; DATE ; DATING ; Female ; Fraternity ; Frigid ; Girl ; SEXISM ; Sorority ; Stereotype ; Vanderbilt University
James Callow Keyword(s): FEMALE WOMAN GIRL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN