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IF YOU DREAM ABOUT BEING KILLED AND YOU KNOW YOU ARE ABOUT
TO BE KILLED IN THE DREAM YOU WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 07-06-1970
IF YOU LOSE SOMETHING AND DREAM ABOUT FINDING IT, YOU LOOK
IN THE PLACE YOU DREAMED IT WOULD BE, AND WILL FIND IT THERE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about objects |
Date learned: 07-06-1970
THERE IS A HOUSE IN KNOXVILLE THAT IS SUPPOSE(D) TO BE
HAUNTED. A PREACHER LIVED THERE AND DIED AND IS BURIED
OUT BACK. HE HAD A BIBLE THT HE ALWAYS USED AND IT IS IN
THE HOUSE. YOU CAN SEE THE BIBLE, BUT YOU CAN'T PICK IT UP.
IT IS NOT NAILED DOWN OR TIED DOWN, IT JUST CAN'T BE PICKED UP
BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TRIED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 07-06-1970
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES IT MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE COMPANY.
MY NOSE ITCHES, MY NOSE ITCHES,
SOMEBODY'S COMING WITH A HOLE IN HIS BRITCHES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
IF YOU FIND AN EYELASH YOU ARE SUPPOSE(D) TO PUT IT
BETWEEN YOUR THUMB AND FINGER AND THEN GUESS WHICH ONE
IT WILL BE ON WHEN YOU HOLD YOUR HAND UP. IF YOU
GUESS THE RIGHT ONE, YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN IS SHOCKED BY SEEING SOME ANIMAL OR
SOME DISFIGURED PERSON, HER CHILD WILL BE MARKED BY THIS.
THE MARK MAY BE ON HIS FOREHEAD OR ANY PART OF HIS BODY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
IT IS VERY BAD LUCK IF A CLOCK THAT HAS STOPPED SUDDENLY
STRIKES. THIS HAPPENED TO HER ONE TIME AND SHE SAID
HER SISTER DIED; THIS IS WHY SHE THINKS IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
WHEN YOU KILL A GRANDADDY LONG-LEGS, LOOK AT THE WAY ITS
LEGS ARE POINTING AND IT IS SUPPOSE(D) TO SHOW WHICH
DIRECTION THE COWS WENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ARACHNID ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 07-06-1970
IF YOU PLANT CORN WHEN SIGN IS IN THE BOWELS, IT WILL BE
SOFT AND NOT HARD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
YOU SHOULD CASTRATE PIGS AND CALVES WHEN THE SIGN IS IN
EXTREMITIES, SO THEY WON'T BLEED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
BELIEF
THE NUMBER OF WHITE SPOTS ON YOUR FINGERNAILS IS SUPPOSE TO
TELL THE NUMBER OF ADMIRERS YOU HAVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LEGEND
AT FLINTVILLE, TENNESSEE THERE IS AN OLD RAILROAD TRACK. IT
IS SAID THAT THE MAN THAT HOLD THE LANTERN AT THE BACK OF A
TRAIN FELL OFF THE TRAIN AT FLINTVILLE AND THE TRAIN RAN
OVER HIS HEAD AND CUT IT OFF. IF YOU GO TO THIS TRACK AT
CERTAIN TIMES YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT SWINGING IN THE WIND.
IT IS SUPPOSSE TO BE THE MAN LOOKING FOR HIS HEAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN