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THERE WAS A GREAT BIG YELLOW HOUSE IN WHICH A MAN KILLED
HIS WIFE AND KIDS. EVERYBODY WAS AFRAID TO LIVE IN THE
HOUSE BUT MY GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER MOVED INTO IT.
THEY SAID YOU COULD HEAR BABIES CRYING AND WEIRD NOISES
EVERY NIGHT.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
THERE IS A HOUSE IN VERONA, VIRGINIA AND IF YOU GO THERE AT
NIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THIS MAN IN A CAGE AND HIS WIFE IS BEATING
HIM. HOWEVER, YOU CAN'T FIND THE HOUSE IN THE DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; VIRGINIA ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; VERONA ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IF A NEW BABY DOESN'T FALL OFF HIS BED WITHIN SIX WEEKS,
SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN TO HIM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six Observation BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
IF WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, YOU CAN SEE THE UNDERNEATH SIDE OF
THE LEAVES, IT IS GOING TO RAIN SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado |
Date learned: 07-08-1970
ONCE THERE WAS A LADY WHO WAS BURIED ALIVE. AFTER BEING BURIED
TWO DAYS, SOMEONE DUG UP THE GRAVE. THEY OPENED THE COFFIN AND
THE CLOTH WAS TORN OUT. HER FINGERNAILS WERE ALL GONE FROM
SCRATCHING AND THEY WERE BLEEDING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IF THE BIRDS SING WHILE IT IS RAINING, IT IS GOING TO BE
A LONG RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 07-08-1970
IF YOU SEE THREE WHITE HORSES ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE RODE
(ROAD) MAKE A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 07-08-1970
IF YOU GET CHILL BUMPS, A RABBIT HAS JUST JUMPED OVER YOUR
GRAVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): GOOSEPIMPLES GOOSEBUMPS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Chills, shivering |
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU'LL BE KISSED BY A FOOL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 07-01-1970
DROP A KNIFE; A MAN IS COMING TO YOUR HOUSE.
DROP A FORK; A WOMAN IS COMING,
DROP A SPOON; A CHILD IS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-08-1970
MY GRANDPA'S BROTHER WAS DROWNED IN A LAKE NEAR MY HOME-
TOWN. MY GRANDPA AND SOME OF HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAD
A OUIJA BOARD. THEY ASKED IT WHAT WERE THEIR BROTHER'S
LAST WORDS BEFORE HE DIED. THE OUIJA BOARD MOVED BY
ITSELF AND SPELLED OUT "MOTHER."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Word Letter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
MY FRIEND, MRS. BOWMAN, AND HER FRIENDS WHEN THEY WERE IN
COLLEGE, THEY HAD A OUIJA BOARD. ONE NIGHT, THEY WERE
PLAYING WITH IT AND THEY ASKED IT IF THEY ALL WOULD GET
MARRIED, BUT IT WOULDN'T WORK, SO THEY SET IT ON THE BED
AND STARTED PLAYING CHECKERS. ONE OF THE GIRLS WAS ON THE
OTHER BED AND THE OUIJA BOARD STARTED MOVING. THEY ALL
JUMPED UP AND WATCHED IT AND IT SPELLED "YES" WITHOUT ANY
HANDS ON IT AND THEY ALL GOT MARRIED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Word Letter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
SAYING
THERE'S AN OLD SAYING ABOUT A DOG IN THE MANGER THAT WE USE
TODAY WHEN WE KEEP THINGS TO OURSELVES WHEN WE CAN'T USE THEM
BUT WE WON'T LET SOMEONE ELSE HAVE THEM IF HE CAN USE THEM.
THIS CAME FROM A FABLE ABOUT A DOG WHO WAS KEEPING WATCH OVER
SOME HAY AND HE WOULDN'T LET A HORSE HAVE ANY EVEN THOUGH THE
DOG COULDN'T EAT IT HIMSELF.
Data entry tech comment: THE SAYING ITSELF IS "DOG IN THE MANGER."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-03-1968
PROVERB: YOUTH
WHEN A PERSON IS YOUNG, HE IS REFERRED TO AS "EATING FAT MEAT AND
SWINGING ON THE GATE."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-22-1969
MY GRANDMOTHER SAID THAT SHE LIVED IN A HOUSE BETWEEN MIDDLEBROOK
AND GREENVILLE, VIRGINIA. THE MAN WHEN SHE MOVED IN SAID NOT TO
PAY ANY ATTENTION TO WHAT SHE HEARD IN THE HOUSE, BUT SHE DID.
ONE MORNING, THEY WERE SETTING AT THE TABLE EATING WHEN UPSTAIRS
IN THE ROOM WHERE HIS WIFE HAD A SPINNING WHEEL, SHE HEARD THE
WHEEL SPINNING. SHE WENT UP INTO THE ROOM BUT THE WHEEL WAS TIED
UP JUST LIKE IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN. HIS WIFE HAD DIED IN THIS HOUSE
AND THEY COULD HEAR HER CHINA WASH BOWL RATTLE MANY TIMES AND
NOBODY COULD HAVE GOTTEN IN THE ROOM BECAUSE THEY KEPT IT LOCKED.
THEY DID NOT LIVE IN THAT HOUSE VERY LONG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
James Callow Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS GHOSTLY NOISE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IN MT. CRAWFORD, VIRGINIA, THIS STORY IS OFTEN TOLD. THERE
WAS A REAL OLD LADY THAT LIVED IN A LOG CABIN. SHE WAS VERY
SUPERSTITIOUS AND EVERYONE AROUND THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS A WITCH.
SHE HAD A CAT THAT WOULD CLIMB ON TOP OF AN OLD BOARD FENCE
EVERY NIGHT AND WOULD MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF NOISE.
SO ONE NIGHT, THESE BOYS TOOK THE CAT AND CUT OFF HIS CLAWS,
SO THAT HE WOULDN'T CLIMB THE FENCE.
THEY DIDN'T HEAR ANYMORE ABOUT THE CAT. HOWEVER, WHEN SOMEONE
WENT TO VISIT THE OLD LADY, SHE WAS SITTING IN HER ROCKING
CHAIR. ALL OF HER FINGERS WERE CUT OFF AT THE ENDS AND SHE
HAD RAGS WRAPPED AROUND THEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; VIRGINIA ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; MOUNT CRAWFORD ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Angel PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
A HOUSE IN CLIFTON FORGE, VIRGINIA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HAUNTED.
IT WAS SAID THAT A MAN AND HIS WIFE USED TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE.
THE MAN DIED MYSTERIOUSLY AND DISAPPEARED. HE WAS THOUGHT TO BE
BURIED ON THE HILL JUST ABOVE THE HOUSE. HIS WIFE DIED ABOUT A
YEAR AFTER HE DID AND IT IS SAID THAT SHE HAUNTS THE HOUSE
AND CARRIES A LIGHT UPON THE HILLSIDE LOOKING FOR HER HUSBAND'S
GRAVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
DON'T START ANYTHING ON SATURDAY YOU CAN'T FINISH, BECAUSE
IT WILL NEVER GET FINISHED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLASS ASSIGNMENT ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES A PREGNANT WOMAN'S PATH, HER CHILD
WILL HAVE MOLES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; HOSPITAL OF NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
THE WIFE WHO IS DELIVERING, PULLS ON AN OLD SWEATY SHIRT OF
HUSBAND'S TO RECEIVE STRENGTH FOR DELIVERY. IT'S TIED ON THE
FOOT OF THE BED. THE BAHAMA NEGROES TAKE THIS BELIEF FROM THE
FOLLOWING SCRIPTURE: "BY THE SWEAT OF THY BROW, SHALT THOU EARN
BREAD." GEN. 3--CURSE ON ADAM. "IN SORROW SHALT THOU LABOR
ALL THY DAYS." WIFE'S CURSE--"IN SORROW SHALT THOU BRING
FORTH CHILDREN."
Submitter comment: THIS IS A CUSTOM OF THE BAHAMA NEGROES IN THE MIAMI LABOR
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FLORIDA ; BAHAMAS ; NASHVILLE ; MIAMI ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
James Callow Keyword(s): BIBLE GENESIS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 05-09-1969