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WHEN FOWL IS EATEN...
TWO PEOPLE EACH TAKE HOLD OF ONE SIDE OF A WISHBONE, MAKE
A WISH, PULL UNTIL THE BONE BREAKS. THE ONE WHO GETS THE
LARGEST PIECE OF BONE, THEIR WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Bird Poultry BELIEF -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-20-1973
BURN A CANDLE FOR THREE DAYS AFTER SOMEONE DIES TO FREE
THEIR SOUL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN MOON IS FULL MORE BABIES ARE BORN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
THERE WAS A BLACK MAN SLAVE WHO WAS ACCUSED OF TRAPPING A
YOUNG WHITE GIRL. HE WAS INNOCENT AND SAID "IF YOU HANG ME,
I'LL HAUNT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS." HE IS
STILL HERE. THE FAMILY IS THE GREENS OF SODDY DAISY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
IN A HAUNTED HOUSE WHEN EVERYONE WAS ASLEEP OR IN BED, THERE
WOULD BE HORRIBLE NOISES LIKE CHAINS DRAGGING, GROANS AND
SCRATCHING NOISES. THE MAN IN THE HOUSE HAD TO SLEEP WITH
HIS FOOT ON THE FLOOR TO KEEP THE NOISES FROM OCCURRING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
IN CHAPEL HILL, TENNESSEE A CONDUCTOR'S HEAD WAS KNOCKED
OFF. AT NIGHT WHEN A TRAIN IS COMING, YOU WILL SEE A RED
LIGHT GOING BACK AND FORTH AND THIS IS HIM WARNING THAT
A TRAIN IS APPROACHING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
FIVE MEN, EACH HEAD OF THE SAME HOUSE, DIED IN SUCCESSION
FOR OWNING CERTAIN PROPERTY. THE PLACE WAS CALLED "SUNSET
PLACE ON SIGNAL MOUNTAIN."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Fifths PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
GARLIC OVER A DOORWAY WARD (S) OFF EVIL SPIRITS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
CROSS OVER THE DOORWAY, WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
STEP ON A CRACK, BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 09-13-1973
Language
RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY
COME AGAIN ANOTHER DAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD / Updated on 01-13-2011
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CHILD ; CHILDREN ; Language ; Play ; Rain ; RHYME ; SONG ; VERSE ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 09-13-1973
DON'T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-15-1973
WHEN TWO PEOPLE ARE WALKING AND ONE GOES ON ONE SIDE AND
ONE GOES ON ANOTHER SIDE OF A TREE OR POST, YOU SAY "BREAD
AND BUTTER COME TO SUPPER."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): SPLITTING A POLE (POST)
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
MUSIC SOOTHES A SAVAGE BEAST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-15-1973
LOAD OF HAY, LOAD OF HAY
MAKE A WISH AND TURN AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 09-13-1973
DRINK SASSAFRAS TEA IN THE SPRING FOR A TONIC.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Spring BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-15-1985
HANG ASTIFITITY AROUND THE NECK TO KEEP GUMS AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ASAFETIDA ; GUMS = GUM BOILS?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
ASTIFITY TEA IS DRUNK IN SPRING TO GET IMPURITIES OUT OF
THE BODY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): SPRING TONIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
BLACK SNAKE IN A BARN WILL KILL HARMFUL VARMITS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 09-17-1973