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THICK SHUCKS ON CORN MEAN IT'S GONNA BE A HARD WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
YOU CAN TELL HOW HARD THE WINTER'S GOING TO BE BY THE
AMOUNT OF HAIR ON A WOOLLY WORM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 00-00-1972
THE NUMBER OF FOGS IN AUGUST WILL EQUAL THE NUMBER OF SNOWS
FOR THE COMING WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WIND BLOWS FROM THE SOUTH
IT'LL BLOW THE BAIT IN THE FISHES MOUTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF THE WIND BLOWS FROM THE WEST,
FISHING AT BEST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF THE WIND BLOWS FROM THE EAST
IT'S NEITHER FIT FOR MAN NOR BEAST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WHEN THE COWS LAY DOWN, IT'S GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF THE COWS ARE SITTING DOWN, IT'S GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF A SCREECH OWL SCREECHES AT NIGHT, IT'S GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
AN OLD COLORED WOMAN WE HAD WORKING FOR US USED TO MAKE
ME EAT CHARCOAL SO I'D HAVE WHITE TEETH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN WERE FRIGHTENED BY SOMETHING, THE BABY
WOULD BE MARKED. MY FATHER ALWAYS SAID THAT IF A BABY WAS
BORN WITH HAIR DOWN ITS BACK, IT WAS MARKED BY A SQUIRREL.
ALSO IF SHE EATS STRAWBERRIES, THE BABY COULD HAVE A
STRAWBERRY BIRTHMARK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, WE ALWAYS USED TO TAKE THE BED DOWN
IF SOMEONE DIED IN IT. MAYBE IT WAS A SUPERSTITION THAT
CAME FROM GERMS OR SOMETHING OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST TO MAKE
ROOM FOR THE CASKET, I DON'T KNOW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
THE FIRST WORD YOU SAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH MUST
BE "RABBIT" TO HAVE GOOD LUCK FOR THAT MONTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU TELL A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU PLAY IN THE FIRE BEFORE YOU GO TO BED, YOU'LL WET THE
BED.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS USED TO TELL ME THAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
TO GET RID OF A WART, TIE A STRING AROUND IT AND THEN BURY
THE STRING. AS THE STRING ROTS, THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: AND IT WORKS TOO 'CAUSE MY SISTER DID IT AND IT WENT AWAY!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SHEEP BALL TEA
GO OUT IN A SHEEP PASTURE AND YOU GET "WHAT'S IN A SHEEP
PASTURE" AND YOU BOIL IT, THEN DRINK IT AND IT CURES YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT CURES. OTHER SOURCES SAY
FEED IT TO A BABY TO CURE DIARRHEA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; SHEEP DUNG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS KEPT THIS SPECIAL STONE AND WHENEVER
SHE GOT A WART SHE RUBBED THIS STONE ON IT AND IT WENT AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PUT A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW AND THE GUY
YOU DREAM OF IS YOUR TRUE LOVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Wedding cake BELIEF -- Marriage Things under pillow BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about friends and lovers |
Date learned: 00-00-1972