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WHEN THE MOON IS IN THE LAST QUARTER, WEIN (WEAN) THE CALVES
AND WANT (WON'T?) BAWL AS MUCH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
SEE A PENNY, PICK IT UP,
AND ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
IT'S BAD LUCK TO WASH ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR. IF
YOU WASH, THAT IS A SIGN THAT YOU WILL WASH SOMEONE OUT
OF THE FAMILY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: 06-24-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SWEEP DIRT OUT OF THE HOUSE AFTER THE
SUN GOES DOWN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
YOU MUST HOLD YOUR BREATH WHEN YOU DRIVE PAST A GRAVEYARD, OR
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel BELIEF -- Conversions Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A LARGE MOUTH IS THE SIGN OF A GENEROUS NATURE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A SHORT UPPER LIP AND A FULL LOWER LIP INDICATE THAT A PERSON IS
OF A SENSUOUS, VIRILE NATURE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A THIN MOUTH IS A SIGN OF A CRUEL NATURE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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A CHILD THAT IS BORN BALD IS OF A CULTURED FAMILY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A RECEDING CHIN IS A SIGN OF A WEAK CHARACTER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Chin |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LOW SET EARS ARE A SIGN OF INTELLIGENCE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Ears, noise in ear |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EYEBROWS THAT GROW TOGETHER INDICATE A JEALOUS NATURE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MILK WILL NOT CHURN TO BUTTER IF THE WOMAN CHURNING IT IS HAVING
HER MENSTRUAL PERIOD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Animal product Butter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF IT IS HUMID WEATHER, MILK WILL NOT CHURN TO BUTTER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Animal product Butter BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Food |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ANIMALS SHOULD NOT BE BUTCHERED UNLESS THE WEATHER IS VERY
COLD AND THERE IS A CRESCENT MOON (USUALLY IN FEBRUARY).
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOUL WEATHER MAKES MILK SPOIL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Drink from animal product Milk BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BEFORE A HEAVY STORM, BIRDS DON'T COME TO THE BIRD FEEDERS,
THEY STAY IN SECLUDED PLACES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN THE WINTERTIME, IF THE BARE BRANCHES OF TREES LOOK GRAY, IT
MEANS COLD WEATHER, USUALLY SNOW.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU PLANT DURING A FULL MOON, VINES AND STALK WILL GROW,
BUT THERE WILL BE NO FRUIT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN