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IF YOUR EYE JUMPS SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE
PLEASED. SOMETHING HAPPEN TO SOMEBODY IN THE FAMILY--WHEN
PUMPKIN AND HER HUSBAND NOT GETTING ALONG--I KNOW IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): MUSCLE TIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
LOUISE: IF NOSE ITCHING, SOMEONE'S COMING.
ANN: AGAIN.
LOUISE: ON RIGHT SIDE, I BELIEVE IT'S FOR A WOMAN AND THE
LEFT SIDE FOR A MAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
ANN: ABOUT ARTHRITIS AND THE WEATHER.
LOUISE: WHEN IT'S GONNA RAIN, IT ACHES AND HURTS. AS LONG
AS THE WEATHER'S FAIR, IT DON'T ACHE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Pains |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
THEN IF THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FEET ITCH, YOU'RE GOING TO
WALK ON A STRANGE LAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
ANN: TELL ME WHAT YOU SAW THE OTHER DAY.
BRUCE: SIM KILLED A SMALL COPPERHEAD THE OTHER DAY AND HE
SAID IT WOULDN'T DIE UNTIL SUNSET. HE ALSO SAID, TO HANG A
SNAKE ON THE FENCE AND IT WILL RAIN. AND HE SAID IT IN
JOKING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
Date learned: 07-25-1968
BRUCE: THIS REMINDS ME OF SEVERAL SAYINGS ABOUT THE WEATHER.
ANN: OK
BRUCE: UH, WHEN THE BIRDS AND BUGS FLY LOW, IT'S A SURE
SIGN OF RAIN OR SNOW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
Date learned: 07-25-1968
MARY: IF YOU'VE EVER HAD A BROKEN BONE AND IT ACHES, YOU KNOW
THERE IS TO BE A DEFINITE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Pains |
Date learned: 07-12-1968
WHEN THE HEM OF YOUR DRESS GETS TURNED UP, BY ACCIDENT, YOU
ARE GOING TO RECEIVE A NEW DRESS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry |
ANN: ABOUT THE RED BIRD....
LOUISE: IF YOU SEE A RED BIRD, YOU'LL SEE SOMEONE YOU'RE NOT
EXPECTING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
DO YOU EAT WITH THAT MOUTH?
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION IS USED AS A SUBTLE REBUKE TO SOMEONE
WHO IS USING LANGUAGE NOT NORMALLY USED IN POLITE
COMPANY.
Where learned: Massachusetts ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
NOT GIVEN
THERE IS A PLACE IN LIBANON, NEW YORK, CALLED "LOVER'S LEAP."
AN INDIAN GIRL IN LOVE WITH A BRAVE FROM THE OTHER TRIBE LEAPED
TO HER DEATH WITH HIM BECAUSE THEIR RESPECTIVE TRIBES WERE AT
WAR AND WOULD NOT PERMIT THEM TO MARRY.
Where learned: Massachusetts ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Explanation of a name |
MARRIAGE
ANN: ABOUT MARRYING IN BLUE
LOUISE: THE ONE YOU'LL LOVE WILL BE TRUE. AND IF YOU
MARRY IN WHITE--THERE'S SOMETHING--IT'S A GOOD SIGN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
HABIT IS EVERYTHING-----EVEN IN LOVE.
Where learned: HOME ; DORM ROOM ; Massachusetts ; TOLD IN ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-23-1971
Superstition
You should not operate on pigs (geld) if the moon sign is in the heart or head. If you do, there is more sickness and loss.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD ; U.H. Garrett
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; ASTROLOGY ; HEAD ; HEART ; MEDICINE ; MOON ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |
Super
Plant beans when the moon sign is in the arm. If you do, beans will hang out heavy with many pods like fingers. Otherwise the beans will be shaded inside under the leaves and there will not be as many pods.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD ; L.G. Corbin
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; Arm ; ASTROLOGY ; Beans ; FARMING ; GARDEN ; PLANT ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |
Superstition
Plant corn after the first quarter of the moon. If you plant corn during the first quarter the stalks grow very tall, taking away from the quality of the corn on the ear.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |
Superstition
My grandfather has always cut the end off a cucumber and rubbed the cut piece around on the cut end of the cucumber before eating it. He says it takes out the bitterness.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; Bitter' Taste ; Cucumber ; FOOD ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Kind of Food and Its Preparation |
Holiday Tradition
We have a family tradition. Christmas Eve dinner is the same each year. There is no meat served at that meal, going back to the Catholic observance of Christmas Eve as a day of abstinence. THe foods served are spaghetti with anchovi sauce, Baccala ( Cod fish with almonds and spices), fillet of sole, fried shrimp.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE ; Catholic ; Dinner ; ETHNIC ; FISH ; FOOD ; holiday ; Italian ; meat ; RELIGION ; tradition
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Superstition: Animals
It will be a rough winter if the Cuckleburrs fill out good before the frost and turn brown early.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): ; AGRICULTURE ; Frost ; PREDICTION ; SUPERSTITION ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |
Prediction
It will be a cold winter if the shucks on the corn get tight and thick all over the ear.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; CORN ; FARMING ; PREDICTION ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |