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BELIEF
IF A PERSON WEARS GREEN ON THURSDAY IT IS A SIGN THAT HE IS A
HOMOSEXUAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 06-13-1973
BELIEF
BAD LUCK COMES IN THREES. WHEN SOMEONE DIES, WITHIN THREE MONTHS,
THERE WILL BE TWO MORE DEATHS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 06-14-1973
THEY USED TO SCARE ME AND TELL ME IF I DIDN'T BEHAVE, OL'
RAWHEAD 'N' BLOODY BONES 'D GET ME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
THEY USED TO TALK ABOUT OL' RAWHEAD 'N' BLOODY BONES. THEY SAID
RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES WOULD PIN YER EARS BACK, GREASE YOUR
HEAD A LITTLE, AN' SWALLER YE WHOLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
MORE "HAINTS"
THERE'S A SPRING IN SMITH COUNTY, PRESUMABLY BETWEEN PLEASANT
SHADE AND DIFFICULT, WHERW SOME STRANGE MONSTERS, BEASTS OR
SOMETHING WERE SEEN TO SUDDENLY RISE UP AND JUST AS SUDDENLY
DISAPPER. THIS IS IN OPPOSITION TO THE SPOT WHERE ONLY HUMAN
APPARITIONS WERE SEEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
LUCK
IF YOU WASH ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, YOU'LL WASH FOR SICKNESS, THAT IS
YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
CURE FOR RHEUMATISM
A MAGNET WILL DRAW RHEUMATISM OUT OF THE BODY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
WART CURES
TO CURE WARTS, PUT A DIRTY WASHRAG OVER THE WARTS, THEN BURY.
THREE DAYS LATER, THE WARTS SHOULD BE GONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-05-1973
USE OF OBJECT IN PREDICTION
WHEN YOU FIND A DANDELION (THE FLUFFY KIND), MAKE A WISH AND
IF YOU CAN BLOW IT CLEAN IN THREE BLOWS, THE WISH WILL COME
TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
OMEN
IF A LIGHTNING BUG GETS INTO THE HOUSE, THE NEXT NIGHT SOMEONE
WILL BE TAKEN OUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
OMEN
IF YOU'RE SLEEPING IN A STRANGE ROOM, NAME THE FOUR CORNERS OF
THE ROOM AND WHICHEVER CORNER YOU LOOK AT WILL TELL YOU THE
PERSON YOU'RE GOING TO MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
OMEN
IF YOU CUT A BABY'S HAIR OFF BEFORE HE'S A YEAR OLD, HE'LL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
OMEN
IF YOU CUT A BABY'S FINGERNAILS BEFORE HE'S A YEAR OLD, HE'LL
STEAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
OMEN
DREAM OF A WEDDING, SIGN OF A DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
OMEN
IF YOU SEE A REDBIRD, SOMEONE'S COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
OMEN
CATTLE WILL LIE DOWN WITH THEIR FACES INTO THE WIND WHEN A STORM
IS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
ALL THE KIDS USED TO BE FED SULPHUR AND MOLASSES TO INSURE YOURE
THEIR GOOD HEALTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
IF YOU SEE A LOAD OF HAY, MAKE A WISH ON IT AND DON'T LOOK BACK.
THE WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
DEATHS COME IN THREES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
GOOD LUCK
IF YOU FIND A PENNY ON THE GROUND, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-06-1973