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VARIATION OF "BREAD AND BUTTER"
MUST SAY "CHEESE AND CRACKERS" WHEN TWO PEOPLE COME TO AN
OBSTACLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
IF THE SUN SHINES ON YOUR WEDDING DAY, YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD
MARRIAGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-15-1973
IF YOU EAT BLACK-EYED PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, YOU WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK ALL YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
IF YOU GIVE SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO SOMEONE WHO NEEDS IT, YOU
WILL RECEIVE SOMETHING MUCH BETTER SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-08-1973
IT IS BAD WHEN A CAT IS LOOKING IN A MIRROR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
A RABBIT'S FOOT WILL BRING GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
FEAR OF UNKNOWN
IF YOU GET A GOOD JOB, THEY'LL LET YOU LEAVE, BUT IT'S
DANGEROUS OUT THERE. I'M SURPRISED YOU'VE LIVED THIS LONG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Universe |
Date learned: 06-26-1973
FEAR OF UNKNOWN
NO, HONEY. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN WHAT GOES ON AT CLOVERBOTTOM.
WHY THERE'S A TERRIBLE PLACE THERE THAT THEY LOCK YOU UP AND
THROW AWAY THE KEY IF THEY DON'T LIKE THE WAY YOU LOOK.
YEAH, THEY THROW AWAY THAT KEY!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Universe |
FULL MOON
WHEN THERE'S A FULL MOON, THE RESIDENTS ALWAYS ACT UP. THE
FULL MOON ALWAYS BRINGS TROUBLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Universe |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
FEAR OF UNKNOWN
THE RESIDENTS ARE GENERALLY AFRAID OF MOVING OUT. SOME OF
THEM BELIEVE IT IS DANGEROUS TO THEIR LIVES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Universe |
Date learned: 07-03-1973
BELIEF
THE WOMEN AIDES AT CLOVRBOTTM HAVE MUSCLES LIKE MEN AND WILL
BREAK YOUR NECK IF YOU DO SOMEHTING WRONG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life |
Date learned: 06-26-1973
BELIEF
IS THAT SO? WELL, I KNOW THE SOCIAL WORKERS AREN'T VERY
STRONG. MOST OF 'EM ARE SKINNY, THAT7S WHY THEY'RE NOT
AIDES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life |
Date learned: 06-26-1973
RESPECT
SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WON'T COME INTO THE OFFICE, THEY DON'T
THINK IT'S PROPER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
DEAN HERNDON'S BINOCULARS
MRS. HERNDON, DEAN OF WOMEN AT PEABODY COLLEGE, HAS AN
APARTMENT IN THE BASEMENT OF EAST HALL. IN THE EVENING, SHE
WATCHES GILLETTE HALL THROUGH BINOCULARS TO SEE IF ANY MEN
ARE IN THE WOMEN'S ROOMS. INCIDENTALLY, IT IS PREDOMINANTLY
FRESHMEN DORMITORY. THERE ARE MANY MORE STORIES ON DEAN
HERNDON'S METHODS OF LOOKING AFTER HER GIRLS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: 06-14-1973
SUPERSTITION
YOU SNEEZED! CROSS YOUR FINGER AND MAKE A WISH. IF THE WISH
DOESN'T COME TRUE, BEFORE YOU SNEEZE AGAIN THEN YOU LOSE IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 06-26-1973
I.Q.
IF A RESIDENT KEEPS HIMSELF CLEAN, THAT MEANS HE HAS A
HIGHER I.Q., ANY WORKER CAN TELL YOU THAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
CUSTOM
WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG, I CAN REMEMBER WATER FOUNTAINS
LABELED "COLORED" AND "WHITE." THEY WERE VERY COMMON IN
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA.
Submitter comment: RELATED TO THE BELIEF THAT BLACKS WERE DIRTY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 06-20-1973
"GOD"
IF YOU DON'T GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY, WHY GOD'LL STRIKE YOU
DEAD. SOME OF THE PEOPLE HERE LIKE OL' SPIDER DON'T GO
TO CHURCH. HERE'S A SONG I LIKE TO SING AT CHURCH...
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Church |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
MARRIAGE
IF YOU LET A MAN KISS YOU, YA' GOTTA MARRY HIM 'CUZ THAT'S
THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. ONE TIME A MAN WITH A GREAT BIG
OL' MUSTACHE TRIED TO KISS AN' I SAID, "NO, YOU BIG OL'
MUSTACHED MAN, I AIN'T GONNA MARRY YOU NO-HOW!" WELL HE
DIDN'T BOTHER ME ANYMORE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
"THE BRIDE'S GARTER"
THE FATHER OF THE BRIDE PLACES THE GARTER ON HER LEG BEFORE
THE WEDDING. AT THE RECEPTION, THE HUSBAD REMOVES IT AND
THROWS IT TO THE ELIGIBLE BACHELORS. THE MAN WHO CATCHES IT
WILL BE THE LAST TO WED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 06-20-1973