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DROWN A FEVER
STARVE A COLD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-10-1973
IF YOU TELL YOUR DREAM BEFORE YOU EAT BREAKFAST IT WILL
COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 10-15-1973
FOURTH FLOOR IS NEVER FOUND IN KOREA BECAUSE OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 10-20-1973
IF YOU PLANT A ROOT CROP, THE SIGN MUST BE IN THE LOWER
PART OF THE BODY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ZODIAC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
DON'T PLANT BEANS WHEN WIND IS OUT OF THE NORTH OR WHEN THE
SIGN IS IN THE BOWELS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): VIRGO ; ZODIAC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
Date learned: 09-23-1973
DON'T CUT HORNS WHEN THE SIGN IS IN THE HEART.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): LEO ; ZODIAC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
Date learned: 09-23-1973
DON'T WEAN AN ANIMAL UNLESS SIGNS ARE IN THE THIGH OR LOWER.
IF THE SIGN IS ABOVE THIGH, THE ANIMAL WILL CRY ALL THE TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): SAGITTARIUS AQUARIUS CAPRICORN ; ZODIAC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
Date learned: 09-23-1973
WHEN THE SIGN IS IN THE ARM, PLANT COTTON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): GEMINI ; ZODIAC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
Date learned: 09-23-1973
BAD LUCK RESULTS FOR RACERS IF THEY EAT PEANUTS IN THE PIT
BEFORE A RACE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 10-20-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PAINT A RACE CAR GREEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Vehicle propelled by mechanical or other force on land BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-20-1973
IN THE RIFLES COMPANY OF MARINES I WAS IN, WE SMOKED
CIGARS WHENEVER WE WENT INTO CAMP LeJEANS SWAMPS BECAUSE
WE TOLD EACH OTHER THAT IT KEPT GNATS AND MOSQUITOES
AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): CAMP LEJEUNE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- P535 |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
PEOPLE IN DANVILLA, ILLINOIS BELIEVE THAT SWANS ARE KEPT
IN THE POND AT THE LOCAL CEMETARY BECAUSE SWANS REPRESENT
IMMORTALITY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): CEMETERY ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING ON A JOURNEY TO A STRANGE
LAND.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| 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: 06-18-1972
IF YOU CARRY A BABY HIGH, IT WILL BE A BOY AND LOW AND
IT WILL BE A GIRL.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IF YOU DROP A SPOON, A BOY IS COMING FOR DINNER.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IF YOU DROP A FORK, A LADY IS COMING FOR DINNER.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, A MAN IS COMING FOR DINNER.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IF YOU DROP A PLATE, SOMEBODY'S GOING HUNGRY.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY THAT NONE OF THE BOYS
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE ALLOWED TO EAT A FRESH PEACH
BECAUSE OUR PARENTS THOUGHT THE SKIN OF A FRESH PEACH
CAUSED POLIO, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 1950 DURING
THE POLIO SCARE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-02-1972