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IF A PREGNANT WOMAN'S FEMALE CHILD IS ATTRACTED TO A
MALE SHE HAS PREVIOUSLY DISLIKED, HER CHILD WILL BE A BOY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Attraction ; BELIEF ; Boy ; gender ; Girl ; PREDICTION ; PREGNANCY
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-23-1973
IF A LITTLE BOY IS ATTRACTED TO A PREGNANT WOMAN, HER
CHILD WILL BE A GIRL. IF A GIRL IS ATTRACTED TO THE
WOMAN, HER CHILD WILL BE A BOY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Attraction ; BELIEF ; Boy ; CHILD ; gender ; Girl ; PREDICTION ; PREGNANCY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-23-1973
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN CRAVES ANYTHING WHICH IS DENIED HER,
HER CHILD WILL BEAR A MARK RESEMBLING THAT OBJECT.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Birthmark ; Crave ; FOOD ; PREGNANCY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Specific distinguishing characteristic Dimple, wart, mole, scar, freckle, birthmark, strawberry mark, bruise, spot (on any part of body) BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-23-1973
TO DETERMINE PRE-NATALLY THE SEX OF A CHILD, HOLD A
RING ON THE END OF A STRING ABOVE THE PREGNANT WOMAN'S
NAVEL. IF THE RING SWINGS IN A CIRCLE, THE CHILD WILL
BE A BOY. IF IT SWINGS BACK AND FORTH, THE CHILD WILL
BE A GIRL.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ; BELIEF ; Boy ; gender ; Girl ; PREDICTION ; PREGNANCY ; RING
James Callow Keyword(s): ANAPEL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of object for determining number of children or sex of unborn P863.4 |
Date learned: 10-23-1973
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN IS FRIGHTENED BY AN ANIMAL, HER
NEWBORN CHILD WILL RESEMBLE THAT ANIMAL.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; BELIEF ; FEAR ; PREGNANCY ; Resemblance
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-23-1973
IT IS A COMMON BELIEF AMONG GRAVEDIGGERS (OR WAS) THAT
A DEAD MAN'S "REST" WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE QUALITY OF
THE EARTH IN WHICH HE IS BURIED--THAT IF IT IS SOFT AND
CLAYLIKE, HE WILL NOT BE DISTURBED, BUT IF IT IS HARD
AND STONY, HIS GHOST WILL BE RESTLESS.
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Keyword(s): AFTERLIFE ; BELIEF ; Clay ; GHOST ; GHOSTS ; Grave ; Gravedigger ; Haunt ; Peace ; QUALITY ; Rock ; Soil
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
IT'S LUCKY TO OWN A BLACK CAT, BUT UNLUCKY TO MEET ONE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Bad ; Black ; CAT ; Good ; LUCK ; Unlucky
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-06-1973
COLD CURE: FLAX SEED LEMONADE REMEDY
TO A LARGE TABLESPOON OF FLAX SEED, ALLOW A TUMBLER
AND A HALF OF COLD WATER. BOIL THEM TOGETHER 'TILL
THE LIQUID BECOMES VERY STICKY, THEN STRAIN IT HOT
OVER A QUARTER OF A POUND OF PULVERIZED SUGAR AND
AN OUNCE OF PULVERIZED GUM ARABIC. STIR 'TILL QUITE
DISSOLVED AND SQUEEZE INTO IT THE JUICE OF A LEMON.
THIS MIXTURE HAS FREQUENTLY BEEN FOUND AN EFFICACIOUS
REMEDY FOR A COLD TAKING A WINE GLASS AS OFTEN AS THE
COUGH IS TROUBLESOME.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Cold ; COUGH ; CURE ; DRINK ; FLAX ; Flax Seed ; Lemonade ; RECIPE ; REMEDY ; TEA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
COLD CURE:
A DRINK OF HOT STRONG LEMONADE BEFORE GOING TO BED.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Cold ; CURE ; Hot ; Ingest ; Lemonade ; REMEDY ; Strong
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
PAINS IN THE SIDE ARE MOST PROMPTLY RELIEVED BY THE
APPLICATION OF MUSTARD.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; CURE ; HEALTH ; Mustard ; PAIN ; REMEDY ; Side
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
BEE STING OR WASP CURE:
BIND OR COMMON BAKING SODA DAMPENED WITH WATER OR MIX
COMMON EARTH WITH WATER TO ABOUT THE CONSISTENCY OF MUD.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Baking Soda ; Bee ; CURE ; HEALTH ; REMEDY ; Sting ; Wasp
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
COUGH SYRUP REMEDY:
SYRUP OF SQUILLS FOUR OUNCES; SYRUP OF TOLU FOUR
OUNCES; TINCTURE OF OPIUM FOUR OUNCES. MIX. DOSE
FOR AN ADULT, ONE TEASPOONFUL REPEATED EVERY TWO TO
FOUR HOURS OR AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COUGH ; Dose ; Opium ; REMEDY ; Squills ; Syrup ; Tobu
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
NEURALGIA REMEDY:
A HOT BAG OF HOT SAND RELIEVES NEURALGIA.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Bag ; CURE ; Hot ; NEURALGIA ; REMEDY ; Sand
James Callow Keyword(s): NEURALGIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
REMEDY FOR SUNSTROKE:
WRAP A WET CLOTH BANDAGE OVER THE HEAD; WET ANOTHER
CLOTH, FOLDED SMALL, SQUARE, COVER IT THICKLY WITH
SALT AND BIND IT ON THE BACK OF THE NECK; APPLY DRY
SALT BEHIND THE EARS. PUT MUSTARD PLASTERS TO THE
CALVES OF THE LEGS AND SOLES OF THE FEET.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BANDAGE ; Cloth ; CURE ; FEET ; Mustard ; NECK ; REMEDY ; Salt ; Sunstroke
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
UPSET STOMACH REMEDY:
DRINK TEACUPFUL OF HOT SODA AND WATER
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CURE ; Nausea ; REMEDY ; Soda ; STOMACH ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
WHOOPING COUGH CURE:
PAROXYSMS ARE RELIEVED BY BREATHING FUMES OF TURPENTINE
AND CARBOLIC ACID.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Breathing ; Carbolic Acid ; COUGH ; CURE ; Paroxysms ; REMEDY ; Turpentine ; Whooping Cough
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
CURE FOR WHOOPING COUGH:
TWO LEVEL TABLESPOONFULS OF POWDERED ALUM, TWO-THIRD
OF A CUPFUL OF BROWN SUGAR, DISSOLVED IN TWO QUARTS
OF WATER; BOTTLE AND OUT IN A DARK CLOSET WHERE IT
IS COOL.
ONE YEAR OLD CHILD'S DOSE: ONE TEASPOON THREE TIMES A
DAY OR AN EMPTY STOMACH
TWO YEAR OLD CHILD'S DOSE: TWO TEASPOONS PER DOSE OF
ONE YEAR OLD CHILD
FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD'S DOSE: ONE TABLESPOON PER DOSE OF
ONE YEAR OLD CHILD
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Alum ; Brown Sugar ; COUGH ; Dosage ; RECIPE ; REMEDY ; Whooping Cough
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
BAD BREATH CURE:
A CUPFUL OF STRONG COFFEE WILL REMOVE THE ODOR OF
ONIONS FROM THE BREATH.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BREATH ; Coffee ; CURE ; Onion ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-09-1973