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SUPERSTITION
YOU MUST HOLD YOUR BREATH WHILE DRIVING BY A GRAVEYARD OR BAD
LUCK WILL RESULT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
WHEN SOMEONE MAKES A PROMISE, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE KEPT
IF ANY PART POF HIS BODY (FINGERS, LEGS, EYES, ETC.) IS
CROSSED WHILE HE IS MAKING THE PROMISE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
IF YOUR EARS ARE BURNING, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
COUGH REMEDY
MIX LEMON JUICE AND HONEY TOGETHER-TAKE ONE TABLESPOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
WART CURE
PICK THE WART UNTIL IT BLEEDS, THEN RUB WITH CORN GRAIN AND
PLANT THE GRAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
WART CURE
GRANDFATHER WOULD ASK,"HOW MANY WARTS?" RUB THEM AND TELL YOU
NOT TO THINK ABOUT THEM AND THEY WOULD GO AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LEAVE YOUR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS UP ON
NEW YEAR'S DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
BAD LUCK TO KILL A CRICKET IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
DON'T START ANYTHING ON FRIDAY THAT YOU CAN'T FINISH THAT
SAME DAY, IT'S BAD LUCK. YOU MAY NOT LIVE TO FINISH IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
SUPERSTITION
WHILE GROWING UP- WHEN AN AIRPLANE WENT OVERHEAD, YOU HAD
TO CROUCH ON THE GROUND. IF YOU DIDN'T, SOMETHING BAD
WOULD HAPPEN TO YOU AT THE AGE OF THIRTEEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-20-1973
A CAT OF THREE COLORS, A CALICO, WILL BRING YOU MUCH GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
IF A CAT COMES TO YOUR HOUSE AND STAYS, THAT WILL BRING YOUR
HOUSEHOLD GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
WHEN YOU MOVE TO A NEW HOUSE AND ARE TAKING YOUR OLD BROOM
WITH YOU, YOU SHOULD THROW THE BROOM IN THE HOUSE BEFORE
YOU GO IN. BAD LUCK WILL FOLLOW IF YOU DO NOT DO THIS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
IF YOU ARE GOING SOMEWHERE AND MUST RETURN HOME FOR SOMETHING,
YOU MUST SIT DOWN IN THE HOUSE FOR A FEW MINUTES TO AVOID BAD
LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
IF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES, IT MEANS YOU WILL SOON COME INTO
SOME MONEY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
IF YOU MAKE A WISH WHEN GOING UNDER A TRAIN UNDERPASS WHILE
A TRAIN IS MOVING OVERHEAD, ANY WISH YOU MAKE WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
IF YOU ENTER A HOUSE BY ONE DOOR, YOU MUST LEAVE BY THAT
SAME DOOE ALSO. IT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK TO ENTER BY ONE
DOOR AND DEPART BY ANOTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-20-1973
IF YOU BREAK A MIRRO, YOU'LL HAVE SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
SUPERSTITION
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, YOU MUST TURN YOUR HAT
AROUND. IF YOU ARE NOT WEARING A HAT, YOU MUST BACK UP AND
START OVER AGAIN!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
WHEN COME TO AN OBSTACLE THAT MAY COME BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE
WALKING TOGETHER, THEY SHOULD SAY, "BREAD AND BUTTER" AS
THEY GO ON EITHER SIDE OF THE OBSTACLE. IF DO NOT SAY,
"BREAD AND BUTTER," WILL HAVE A FUSS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-01-1973