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TOMATOES ARE THE FRUIT OF THE DEVIL AND CAUSE SIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
THE VICTIM OF A VAMPIRE BECOMES ONE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
THE VAMPIRE HAS THE STRENGTH OF TEN MEN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
KILL A VAMPIRE BY DRIVING A STAKE THROUGH HIS HEART.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
GARLIC KEEPS WEREWOLVES AWAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
A VAMPIRE'S REFLECTION CANNOT BE SEEN IN A MIRROR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
A VAMPIRE'S INDEX FINGER IS LONGER THAN HIS MIDDLE FINGER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
WOLFBANE AROUND THE WINDOWS KEEPS WEREWOLVES AWAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
THE COFFIN WHERE A VAMPIRE SLEEPS MUST CONTAIN SOME DIRT
FROM HIS NATIVE LAND.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF A CROSS TOUCHES A VAMPIRE, HE WILL BECOME PARALYZED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF YOU REMOVE THE STAKE FROM THE HEART OF A DEAD VAMPIRE, HE
WILL BE REBORN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
WEREWOLVES SEE PENTAGONS IN THE HANDS OF THEIR VICTIMS.
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| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms |
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BELIEF
IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT ALL ALTOS ARE FAT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
THE GENERAL OPINION OR BELIEF OF MOSY MUSICIANS IS THAT ALL
BAND DIRECTORS ARE DUMB JOCKS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
THOUGH IN ACTUALITY THE KEYS OF "A SHARP" AND "B FLAT" ARE
IDENTICAL, IT HAS THROUGHOUT HISTORY BEEN THOUGHT THAT THE
SHARP KEYS SOUNDED BRIGHT AND HEROIC WHILE THE FLAT KEYS
SOUND MELANCHOLY AND DARK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED BY MANY IN THE MUSIC PROFESSION
THAT THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SINGER AND A
MUSICIAN. THE MUSICIANS UNION HERE IN NASHVILLE DOES NOT
ACCEPT SINGERS AS MEMBERS, ONLY INSTRUMENTALISTS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT AL SOPRANOS ARE TEMPERMENTAL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
ALL ITALIANS CAN SING. ALL ITALIAN MUSICIANS ARE SINGERS.
Submitter comment: BELIEVED BOTH BY PUBLIC AND MUSICIANS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT ALL TENORS LOVE THEMSELVES.
A CHOIR DIRECTOR WILL OFTEN ASK FOR ALL THE MEN AND TENORS
TO SING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
SWEEPING GENERALIZATION OF MEMBERS OF ORCHESTRA: VERY
EMOTIONAL, IMAGINATIVE, CHILDLIKE. LOVE TO EAT, TO GAMBLE,
TO HAVE SEX, TO DRINK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |