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HANGMAN'S CROSSING
SEYMOUR IS THE TOWN WHERE THE FIRST TRAIN ROBBERY
HAPPENED IN THIS COUNTRY OR IN THE WHOLE WORLD. WHEN
THEY CAUGHT THE ROBBERS-THERE WERE 3 OR 4 OF THEM-
THEY TOOK THEM OUT TO HANGMAN'S CROSSING AND HUNG THEM.
AND IT IS STILL CALLED HANGMAN'S CROSSING TODAY. I
THINK THEY WERE CALLED THE RENO BROTHERS. IT WAS
BEFORE JESSE JAMES OR THE DALTON BROTHERS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN HOME TOWN OF SEYMOUR, INDIANA.
Where learned: SOUTHFIELD DOWNS TRAILER CAMP
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
BIRTH
ON THE NINTH DAY AFTER A BABY WAS BORN, THE MOTHER
HAD TO LIE PERFECTLY STILL. THEY WOULDN'T EVEN LET
HER HAVE A PILLOW UNDER HER HEAD. BECAUSE THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE THE DAY WHEN ALL HER FEMALE ORGANS
GO BACK INTO PLACE. BUT NOT (NOW) THEY GET A
MOTHER UP RIGHT AWAY!
Submitter comment:
LEARNED THIS AT HOME IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO, BUT
DOESN'T BELIEVE IN IT TODAY.
Where learned: SOUTHFIELD DOWNS TRAILER CAMP
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
MENSTRUAL SUPERSTITIONS
MARIE'S (WIFE'S) GRANDFATHER OWNED A STORE WHEN
PICKLES WERE STILL KEPT IN A BIG BARREL. WELL, HE
WOULDN'T LET NO WOMAN TAKE A PICKLE OUT OF THE
BARREL OR THE REST WOULD GO SOFT, IF SHE WAS JUST
COMIN' SICK OR JUST GETTIN' OUT OF HER PERIOD.
HE'D PUT SOME PICKLES ON A TRAY AND LET THEM BUY
THEM OFF THAT.
Submitter comment: HAPPENED IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO
Where learned: SOUTHFIELD DOWNS TRAILER CAMP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
BIRDS
A WILD BIRD THAT GETS INTO THE HOUSE IS A SIGN OF A
DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: TRADITIONAL BELIEF IN FAMILY IN GLOUCESTER AND HOLLISTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD ; SOUTHFIELD DOWNS TRAILER CAMP
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
BIRTH
YOUR BABY WILL NOT COME ON THE DATE THAT IT IS DUE.
IT WILL BE BORN WHEN THE MOON CHANGES FOR THE FIRST
TIME - LIKE WHEN THE MOON HAS A NEW QUARTER. AND
THAT'S TRUE. I'VE TOLD LOTS OF WOMAN THAT AND IT'S HAPPENED.
Submitter comment:
COULDN'T REMEMBER WHERE SHE LEARNED IT - PERHAPS HOME
TOWN OF GLOUCESTER, OHIO BUT BIDES BY IT TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD ; SOUTHFIELD DOWNS TRAILER CAMP
| Subject headings: | Observation |