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CERTAIN PEOPLE JINX THEIR OWN BELONGINGS BECAUSE
THEY LIKE THEM VERY MUCH, IN WHICH CASE, AN
OBJECT OF THEIRS WILL BREAK OR BECOME USELESS.
TO BREAK THE JINX, A PERSON MUST GET AN ARTICLE
OF CLOTHING FROM THE JINX, BURN IT, AND PUT THE
HOT ASHES AROUND THE JINXED ARTICLE. THEN THE
JINX IS BROKEN.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
TEST FOR THE MUMPS: TAKE A TEASPOON OF VINEGAR AND
IF IT BURNS ON THE WAY DOWN, YOU HAVE THEM. IF NOT,
YOU DON'T.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): DIAGNOSIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
LEGEND - OUR LADY OF THE LAKE
MANY PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS TRUE, BUT I HAVE NEVER
SEEN IT AND I WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT BELIEVING THESE PEOPLE.
THE LEGEND GOES THAT A LADY COMES OUT OF THE LAKE AND
WALKS UP ON THE SHORE AND HAS EVEN BEEN SEEN TO MOVE THE
BENCHES AROUND THE LAKE. AFTER DOING THIS SHE WALKS BACK
DOWN INTO THE LAKE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: 06-00-1965
BELIEF - DOLLY POND
THIS REFERS TO A RELIGIOUS SECT NEAR CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE.
THESE PEOPLE ARE SNAKE HANDLERS. THEY HANDLE RATTLESNAKES
AND IF THEY ARE BITTEN BY ONE, THEY WILL NOT CALL A DOCTOR
BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT IF IT IS GOD'S WILL THEN THE PERSON
WILL NOT DIE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 06-00-1963
BELIEF
IN THE EARLY 1900'S, BLACK WOMEN WHO CARRIED CLOTHES ON THEIR
HEADS WERE THOUGHT TO BE BEWITCHED WITH EVIL SPIRITS AND WERE
CALLED CUNGERS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
BELIEF
UP THE RIVER FROM OUT HOUSE IN MATTHEWS, VIRGINIA IS A DARK
SHADED CREEK WHICH WE WERE TOLD WAS HAUNTED. THERE WAS AN
OLD DESERTED HOUSE BY THGE CREEK AND WHEN OWLS MADE NOISES
AT NIGHT, WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS GHOSTS. WHENEVER WE WENT
BOAT RIDING IN THE EVENING, WE WOULD NEVER GO NEAR THAT CREEK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
BELIEF
GET SOMEONE WHO IS PREGNANT TO PLANT YOUR CUCUMBERS AND YOU'LL
HAVE A GOOD CROP.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
BELIEF
GROW CASTOR BEANS TO KEEP FLIES AWAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
BELIEF
GROW ONIONS BY POTATOES TO KEEP BUGS AWAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
BELIEF
SET CHIVES AMONG ROSES TO KEEP APHIDS AWAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
BELIEF
SET GARLIC AROUND PEACH TREES TO STOP BUGS AND WORMS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
BELIEF
GET SOMEONE WHO IS PREGNANT TO PLANT YOUR CUCUMBERS
AND YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD CROP.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-23-1969
BELIEF
GROW ONIONS BY POTATOES TO KEEP BUGS AWAY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
BELIEF
SET GARLIC AROUND PEACH TREES TO STOP BUGS AND WORMS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
WE LEARNED THE OTHER DAY THE FIRST PERMANENT THAT WAS EVER GIVEN,
THE LADY WHO GOT IT DIED OF A HEART ATTACK THE NEXT DAY. FOR
A LONG TIME AFTER THAT, NO ONE WANTED A PERMANENT BECAUSE
THEY THOUGHT THAT THE PERMANENT WAS WHAT MADE THAT LADY DIE.
Where learned: HOME ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
ALSO IN THE THEATRE, EVERYONE ALWAYS HOPES FOR AN AWFUL
DRESS REHEARSAL, BECAUSE THEN THE OPENING NIGHT
PERFORMANCE IS SUPPOSED TO BE TERRIFIC. USUALLY THIS
IS TRUE, TOO.
Where learned: HOME ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPENSATION CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Observation DRAMA -- D000 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
IF YOU HAVE A SCRATCH ON THE ARM NEAR THE ELBOW, YOU'RE GOING
FOR A RIDE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions |
Date learned: 03-28-1969
IF A BLIND HORSE ROOTS LONG ENOUGH, HE WILL DIG UP AN ACORN.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Plant PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
IF YOUR RIGHT FOOT ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING SOMEWHERE. IF YOUR
LEFT FOOT ITCHES, YOU'LL WALK ON THE NEW DIRT OF A GRAVE.
Where learned: HOME
Date learned: 03-23-1969
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, YOU'LL RECEIVE MONEY. IF YOUR
RIGHT HAND ITCHES, YOU'LL SHAKE HANDS WITH A STRANGER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 03-23-1969