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SIGN OF BAD LUCK
IF YOU WALK UNDER AN OPEN LADDER, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 04-00-1969
YOU MUST NEVER WASH YOUR HAIR DURING YOUR MENSTRUAL PERIOD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-08-1969
TABU
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN COMBS YOUR HAIR, ALL YOUR HAIR WILL
FALL OUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-08-1969
TABU
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULDN'T CAN FOOD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-08-1969
TABU
ONE MUST NOT GO INTO THE WATER DURING THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): SWIMMING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Water |
Date learned: 04-00-1969
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR, YOU'LL HAVE SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 04-00-1969
WINTER SNOW KILLS THE GERMS
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
I AN UMBRELLA IS OPENED IN THE HOUSE, BAD LUCK WILL COME
TO THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE HOUSE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 04-00-1969
DON'T TAKE FLOWERS FROM A GRAVE OR YOU WILL TAKE THEM
BACK SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): STEALING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
NEVER WALK ON A GRAVE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF A PERSON WISHES TO HARM AN ENEMY, HE MAY GO TO A ROOT
DOCTOR OR A WITCH WHO WILL WORK A SPELL OVER A NAIL.
THE NAIL IS THEN DRIVEN INTO A TREE. THE TREE IS GIVEN
THE ENEMY'S NAME. THE AMOUNT OF PAIN CAUSED THE ENEMY
IS DETERMINED BY THE DEPTH THE NAIL IS DRIVEN INTO THE
TREE. DRIVING THE NAIL IN A LITTLE DEEPER EACH DAY CAUSES SLOW
TORTURE. THE LOCATION OF PAIN IN THE ENEMY CORRESPONDS TO THE
LOCATION OF THE NAIL IN THE TREE. TO CAUSE PAIN IN THE FOOT,
DRIVE THE NAIL IN THE ROOT, AND SO FORTH. AN ENEMY MAY BE
KILLED BY DRIVING THE NAIL DEEP INTO THE HEART OF THE TREE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): METAL IRON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 08-03-1968
IF YOU CROSS YOUR EYES AND THE WIND CHANGES, THEY WILL
STAY CROSSED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
WHEN YOU ARE WEARING SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES MENDING,
WHILE IT IS ON YOU, YOU MUST CHEW A PIECE OF THREAD
WHILE THIS IS TAKING PLACE, OR ELSE YOU WILL SEW UP
YOUR BRAINS. MY MOTHER USED TO MAKE US DO THIS WHEN
WE WERE SMALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
IF SOMEONE IS SPRAWLED ACROSS THE FLOOR, AND YOU STEP OVER
HIM, YOU HAVE TO STEP BACK OVER HIM FROM THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION OR HE WON'T GROW ANYMORE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IF YOU CARRY TOOLS IN THE HOUSE SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN TO
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
PLANT UNDERGROUND CROPS ON THE DAYS WHEN THE SIGN IS IN THE
FEET; PLANT TOP CROPS WHEN THE SIGNS ARE IN THE UPPER BODY.
Submitter comment: ALMANAC REFERENCES
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN LAUGHS AT A DEFORMED OR HANDICAPPED
PERSON, HER BABY WILL BE DEFORMED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-08-1970
CASTRATE (MARK) THE PIGS WHEN THE SIGNS ARE IN THE FEET.
THEY WOULDN'T BLEED AS BAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): BRANDING?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
IF YOU WANT TO WISH A PERSON GOOD LUCK, INSTEAD OF JUST
SAYING "GOOD LUCK," YOU PULL THUMBS WITH THEM AND THAT
MAKES YOUR WISH EVEN STRONGER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Gesture |
ON CHRISTMAS EVE THE COWS BOW DOWN AND PRAY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1972