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BACKACHE CURE
WALK ON THE PERSON'S BACK. IT TAKES A CERTAIN TECHNIQUE
AND A SMALL PERSON (LIGHT WEIGHT).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ACHE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
IF YOU WANT TO GET DRUNK AGAIN THE MORNING AFTER YOU HAVE
BEEN DRUNK, DRINK A TLL GLASS OF WATER. YOU WON'T NEED
TO DRINK ANY MORE LIQUOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU SPRINKLE SALT ON A BIRD'S TAIL, IT WILL ALLOW YOU TO
CATCH IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; GALLATIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COWS AND GOATS IN THE KENTUCKY HILLS HAVE ADJUSTABLE LEGS
SO THEY CAN WALK ALONG THE MOUNTAINSIDE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN SEES A SHAGGY DOG, HER BABY WILL HAVE
HAIRY EYEBROWS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BLOOD THINNER--SPRING TONIC
IN THE SPRING FOLKS WENT TO THE WOODS AND GATHERED THE ROOT
OF THE RED SASSAFRAS. IT WAS USED AS A SPRING TONIC TO THIN
YOUR BLOOD. MAYBE IT WAS A TONIC, BUT MOST FAMILIES HAD A
POT OF IT ON THE SUPPER TABLE. THE POT WAS USUALLY EMPTY.
IF IT WASN'T EMPTY THE REMAINING TEA WAS REBOILED AND WAS
BETTER THAN BEFORE. SASSAFRAS TEA AND CRACKLING BREAD WERE
PRESCRIBED BY THE HOME DOCTOR WHO WAS ALSO THE NURSE--THE
MOTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Spring BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Plant |
WHEN A PAIR OF SHOES IS BROUGHT INTO THE HOUSE, NEVER PUT
THEM ON THE TABLE. SOMEONE WILL DIE IF YOU DO. WHEN I
BOUGHT A NEW PAIR OF SHOES, WHEN I CAME IN WITH THEM, IT PUT
THEM ON A CHAIR, BUT NEVER ON A TABLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress HandsFeet |
Date learned: 05-09-1969
IF A HARD SHELLED TURTLE BITES YOU, HE WON'T TURN ALOOSE
UNTIL IT THUNDERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
CHILDREN, WHEN THEY WALK ALONG THE SIDEWALK STEP OVER THE
CRACKS 'CAUSE THEY SAY, "STEP ON A CRACK AND BREAK YOUR
MOTHER'S BACK."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
"HANTS" APPEAR AT DUSK AND AT NIGHT, AND WILL HARM
PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT ALONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
THE DISMAL SWAMPS ARE LOCATED IN SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA. THERE
ARE PHOSPHOROUS LIGHTS IN MOST SWAMPY AREAS, BUT THERE IS
A LEGEND ABOUT THE LIGHTS IN THE DISMAL SWAMPS. THE LIGHTS
IN THIS SWAMP BELONG TO A GIRL WHO IS LOOKING FOR HER HUSBAND
WHO WAS LOST HUNTING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Formation |
INFORMANT REMEMBERS HER MOTHER SAYING, "TO WEAN A CHILD,
PUT SOOT ON THE NIPPLE; AND THE CHILD, THINKING IT IS
BLACK, WON'T WANT ANY MORE."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
IF YOU HAVE TWINS IN YOUR WEDDING, ALL YOUR CHILDREN WILL
BE TWINS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
FOR EVERY RIBBON THAT A GIRL BREAKS AT HER BRIDAL SHOWER
SHE WILL HAVE A BABY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
THE BRIDE SHOULDN'T WEAR BLACK ON WEDDING DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
THE GROOM IS NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE THE BRIDE'S WEDDING GOWN
BEFORE THE WEDDING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 07-05-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SEE YOUR INTENDED BEFORE THE CEREMONY ON
YOUR WEDDING DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE WEDDING CEREMONY SHOULD TAKE PLACE WHEN THE MINUTE HAND
OF THE CLOCK IS GOING UP. THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY TO BRING GOOD
LUCK IN THE MARRIAGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A TOMBSTONE MUST NOT BE SET BEFORE ELEVEN MONTHS AFTER
BURIAL OR THE SPIRIT CANNOT REST. (ORTHODOX JUDAISM)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IF AN OWL COMES CLOSE TO THE HOUSE NEAR SUNDOWN, THERE
WILL BE A DEATH IN THE HOUSE BEFORE MORNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |