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IF YOU SET OUT A CEDAR TREE AND IT GETS LARGE ENOUGH TO SHADE
YOUR GRAVE, YOU WILL DIE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
IF THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, A MAN IS COMING AND IF
THE RIGHT SIDE ITCHES, A WOMAN IS COMING. IF BOTH SIDES
ITCH, A MAN AND A WOMAN ARE COMING.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
A DREAM OF A WEDDING MEANS DEATH. IT SURE HAPPENED TO ME.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about weddings, funerals, and other crucial moments of life |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
IF YOUR LEFT EAR ITCHES, YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR GOOD NEWS.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching ear |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
IF TWO HENS FIGHT, TWO WOMEN ARE COMING; IF TWO ROOSTERS
FIGHT, TWO MEN ARE COMING; IF A HEN AND ROOSTER FIGHT,
THERE'S A MAN AND WOMAN COMING.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
A DREAM OF FISH MEANS INCREASE IN FAMILY.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
Keyword(s): WATER BAG OF WATERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling about birth and life |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
A BABY BORN WITH A VEIL OVER ITS FACE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE
TO FORETELL THE FUTURE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
Keyword(s): CAUL
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 07-28-1968