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IF YOU SEE YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR AT NIGHT, YOU WILL SEE YOUR
EVIL SIDE OR THE SELF THAT THE DEVIL RULES.
Submitter comment: OUR NEGRO MAID, CELANE DENY, BELIEVED THIS. SHE WOULD NEVER
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon |
IT BRINGS GOOD LUCK WHEN A BABY CRIES WHEN HE IS BEING
BAPTISED. IN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, CHILDREN ARE BAPTISED
AS INFANTS. IF THEY DON'T CRY WHEN THE HOLY WATER IS
SPRINKLED ON THEM (ON HEAD) WHOEVER IS HOLDING BABY SHOULD
PINCH HIM JUST A LITTLE BIT.
Submitter comment: KNOWN ALL MY LIFE FROM PRESBYTERIANS IN LOUISVILLE,
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Crucial moment of life |
IF LEFT EYE JUMPS, SPIT ON FINGER AND CROSS EYE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Eye twitch SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
IF RIGHT EYE JUMPS, GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Eye twitch BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
IF (YOU) SEE REDBIRD, SPIT OVER LEFT SHOULDER AND MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
DO NOT SWEEP OUT TRASH FROM HOUSE AFTER DARK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
DO NOT WASH CLOTHES ON NEW YEAR'S DAY OR SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY
WILL DIE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
FIRST PERSON IN HOUSE AT FIRST OF THE YEAR MUST BE A MAN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Date learned: 03-00-1969
DO NOT LET BIRDS OUTSIDE HAVE ACCESS TO LOOSE HAIR FROM YOUR
HEAD.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
IF BLACK CAT IS ABOUT TO CROSS PATH, CROSS FOOT ON GROUND
DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF SELF.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
IF (YOU) SEE DEAD ANIMAL, THROW SALT ON TELEGRAM POLE OR
ANIMAL WILL BE ON MOTHER'S TABLE WHEN ARRIVING HOME.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): DINNER SUPPER MEAL
James Callow Keyword(s): PUCKETT OHIO 29885
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
BAD LUCK TO IRON ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.532 |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
SPIT ON TOE WHEN STUMPED.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): STUBBED?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
PROVERB
AGE BEFORE BEAUTY, BEAUTY WAS A HORSE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
ANGER IS A FOOL.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
BEER ON WHISKEY MIGHTY RISKY,
WHISKEY ON BEER NEVER FEAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
CLEAN AS A WHISTLE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
COLD DAY IN HELL.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU.
Data entry tech comment:
MATTHEW 7:12--IN EVERYTHING, DO TO OTHERS WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE
THEM DO TO YOU, FOR THIS SUMS UP THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN