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IF THE CORN IS KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY, IT WILL BE
A GOOD CROP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
IF THE BOTTOM OF YOUR LEFT FOOT ITCHES, YOU WILL WALK ON
STRANGE GROUND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IF A BLACK BIRD FLIES IN THE HOUSE, DEATH IS INEVITABLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, IT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE COMPANY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IF YOUR PALM ITCHES, YOU WILL RECEIVE A CASH GIFT IN A
SHORT TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
IF YOUR EAR BURNS, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching ear |
Date learned: 05-12-1969
A STAMP, PUT ON A LETTER UP-SIDE DOWN, MEANS YOU LOVE THE
PERSON YOU ARE SENDING THE LETTER TO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN GOES TO A FIRE, THE BABY WILL BE BORN RED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 06-21-1972
ON MONDAYS YOU SHOULDN'T LET A WOMAN INTO YOUR HOUSE, ONLY
MEN, OR YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 08-12-1968
PREGNANCY BELIEF
A BOY RIDES HIGH IN THE STOMACH, PUSHING UP YOUR BREASTS.
BUT A GIRL IS LOW AND WIDE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
IF SOMEONE ENTERS YOUR HOUSE BY ONE DOOR, HE HAS TO LEAVE BY
THE SAME DOOR, UNLESS HE HAS SAT DOWN WHILE INSIDE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
SUCKING RAW LEMONS WILL HELP A SINGER DO A GOOD JOB.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MOST SINGERS--PARTICULARLY AMATEURS AND STUDENTS, BELIEVE
LEMONS ARE GOOD TO PREPAR THE VOICE FOR SINGING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU SHOULD PICK UP YOUR FEET WHEN YOU GO OVER A RAILROAD
TRACK TO KEEP FROM LOOSING (LOSING) YOUR BOYFRIEND.
Submitter comment: COMMON AMONG TEENAGE GIRLS, WHO PRACTICE IT
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHILE PREGNANT, MRS. MOBBS CRAVED CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKES AND
OBTAINED THEM WHENEVER POSSIBLE. HER MOTHER CAUTIONED
HER NOT TO DRINK TOO MANY, FOR SHE BELIEVED HE BABY
WOULD BE MARKED. MRS. MOBB'S BABY WAS BORN WITH A
BLACK (SIZE OF A NICKEL) SPOT UNDER HIS RIGHT ARM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 07-00-1968
IT IS VERY BAD LUCK FOR A FRESHMAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
TO WALK UNDER THE IRON ARCH LEADING ONTO THE CAMPUS. HE MUST
WALK AROUND IT UNTIL HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
AFTER A WINNING BALL GAME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, THE CLASS
BELL MUST BE RUNG BY FRESHMAN BOYS UNTIL MIDNIGHT, UNLESS IT
IS THE GEORGIA-GEORGIA TECH GAME, IN WHICH CASE, THE BELL
MUST BE RUNG ALL NIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
IT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK FOR A GIRL TO WALK DOWN THE AISLE,
AS A BRIDE, TWICE. FOR THIS REASON, THE BRIDE USUALLY HAS
A STAND-IN AT THE WEDDING REHEARSAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Marriage Wedding rehearsal |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
A WINEGLASS IS BROKEN BY THE GROOM'S STEPPING ON IT IN AN
ORTHODOX JEWISH WEDDING. THIS USED TO BE TO SCARE THE DEVIL
AWAY, AS HE MIGHT MAKE IT APPEAR THAT THE BRIDE WAS NOT A
VIRGIN WHEN THE MARRIAGE WAS CONSUMMATED. NOW, IT IS DONE TO
REMIND THE COUPLE OF THE HARDSHIPS IN LIFE BY BRINGING TO
MIND THE FALL OF JERUSALEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Marriage Stepping on wine glass |
Date learned: 00-00-1968