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Luck
If a person finds a penny, he will have good luck.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Informant was born and raised in Pensacola, Florida, where he probably learned this.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; FLORENCE ; PENSACOLA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck |
Wart Cure
At midnight on a moonless night, take a dead cat to the cemetery. This must be the first moonless night after a very bad person has died. At exactly midnight, the devil will come to claim the soul of the person who has died, so you have to throw the cat in the direction of the grave and say, "Devil take soul, soul take cat, cat fetch warts and let that be that." The warts disappear shortly afterwards.
Submitter comment:
From Mark Twain.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Informant was born and raised in Pensacola, Florida, where he probably learned this.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FLORIDA ; NASHVILLE ; PENSACOLA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Good Luck
On New Year's Day, a big pot of black-eyed peas should be prepared and cooked into the pot should be a brand new dime from the bank. The peas are served and whoever gets the dime in their serving will have wealth for the rest of the year. The peas keep getting served until the dime is found.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Informant was born and raised in Pensacola, Florida, where he probably learned this.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FLORIDA ; NASHVILLE ; PENSACOLA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. BELIEF -- Good luck |