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GLASS HOUSES
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T THROW STONES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
BLOOD
SULPHUR AND MOLASSES IS GOOD FOR THE BLOOD.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
DRINK SASSAPHRAS TEA IN FEBRUARY TO THIN THE BLOOD.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
HOW TO BLEED PEOPLE
PUT LEECHES ON PEOPLE TO BLEED THEM.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
NOT GIVEN
HE WHO LAUGHS LAST LAUGHS BEST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
IF YOU SEE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF BUZZARDS THIS MEANS SOMETHING.
ONE FOR A SORROW, 2 FOR JOY, 3 FOR A LETTER AND 4 FOR A BOY.
DON'T KNOW WHAT COMES BETWEEN THERE AND 8, (BUT) 8 IS A SIGN
OF DEATH.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number To specific numbers |
Date learned: 07-25-1968