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TO GET RID OF WARTS, COOK BAKED BEANS ALL NIGHT. THEN KEEP
THE JUICE AND BOIL IT UNTIL IT IS LIKE MOLASSES. THEN
APPLY IT TO THE WARTS.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
A PERSON WITH A STYE IN THEIR EYE WILL INHERIT MONEY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Use of Object Food |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
SINGING BEFORE BREAKFAST MAKES YOU CRY BEFORE BED.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
A GIRL SHOULD NEVER MARRY A MAN WHOSE LAST NAME HAS
THE SAME INITIAL AS HER OWN.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Signs of availability |
Date learned: 10-25-1968
DON'T LOOK THROUGH A BROKEN MIRROR OR YOUR FACE WILL
WRINKLE EARLY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-08-1967
WHEN YOU THINK OF SOME LIVING PERSON, SOMEONE WILL
DIE; WHEN YOU THINK OF SOMEONE DEAD A BABY WILL
BE BORN.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-08-1967
TO START THE DAY "ON THE RIGHT FOOT," ONE MUST COVER
THE RIGHT FOOT FIRST AND THE LEFT ONE LAST.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
EVERY TIME MY KNEES HURT ME SO BADLY THAT I CANNOT
STAND, I KNOW IT IS GOING TO RAIN. AND WHEN I
CANNOT KNEEL THERE IS GOING TO BE A TERRIBLE STORM.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Pains |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE SKY IS PINK WITH THE RISING SUN, PREPARE
FOR BAD WEATHER.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
PUTTING LEMON JUICE IN YOUR HAIR WHEN YOU WASH IT
WILL MAKE YOUR HAIR BLONDER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
IF YOU WANT TO CATCH A BIRD, PUT SALT ON HIS TAIL.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
AS YOU BREAK THE POD OF THE MILKWEED AND IT FLIES
UP IN THE AIR, MAKE A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
IF YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD IT IS ATTRIBUTED TO GETTING
UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE EARLY 1900S. MRS.
LASKEY'S STEPFATHER, NAMED AUGUST, WAS IN THE BARBER
SHOP IN THE EARLY SPRING AND THE BARBER TOLD HIM THAT
HIS SKIN WAS BEGINNING TO DECAY, AND BECAUSE OF THIS
HE THOUGHT THAT "ABOUT THE FIRST OF MAY WOULD BE
THE LAST OF AUGUST." ON MAY FIRST OF THAT YEAR, HE
DROPPED DEAD ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK. THIS
BARBER SAID THAT HE KNEW THIS BECAUSE HE HAD SEEN
SUCH A THING HAPPEN BEFORE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001900s ; 11-04-1969
IF YOU BREAK OPEN A CHINESE FORTUNE COOKIE,
WHATEVER IS WRITTEN THERE IS YOUR FORTUNE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert BELIEF -- Use of Object Food |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
HOLD THE BIBLE WITH BOTH HANDS AGAINST THE CHEST
AND ASK GOD THE QUESTION. OPEN THE BIBLE TO ANY
PAGE AND RUN FINGER DOWN THE PAGE AND STOP. LOOK
AT THE PASSAGE FOR THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Religious objects |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IF YOUR HANDWRITING IS VERY ROUND, IT MEANS YOU
ARE A ROMANTIC PERSON.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
A DROWNING PERSON RISES TO THE SURFACE TWICE
BEFORE GOING DOWN FOR THE THIRD TIME.
Submitter comment: KNEW AS GENERAL INFORMATION.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: 10-30-1967
WHEN YOU HAVE RECEIVED A BIRTHDAY PRESENT, IF
YOU BREAK THE RIBBON WHILE UNWRAPPING IT, YOU
WILL HAVE A BABY FOR EVERY RIBBON YOU BREAK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of object for determining number of children or sex of unborn P863.9 |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
"ITCHY PALM" MEANS YOU WILL SOON COME INTO SOME MONEY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 10-22-1968