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WHEN RAIN DROPS HANG ON THE CLOTHES LINE, IT IS FIXING
TO QUIT RAINING.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
WHEN YOUR EARS ARE BURNING, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
SKY COLOR
EVENING RED AND MORNING GRAY WILL SET THE TRAVELLER ON HIS WAY.
EVENING GRAY AND MORNING RED WILL BRING DOWN RAIN UPON HIS HEAD.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
THE HEIG'S WOMEN
AT SHEBOSS CEMETERY THERE ARE FIVE LITTLE TOMB ROCKS
WHICH A GENERATION AGO WAS A MYSTERY TO THIS SECTION.
TWO GROWN WOMEN AND THREE CHILDREN (3 GIRLS) APPEARED
ON THE BANK OF CATHEY'S CREEK AND LIVED THEIR LIVES
AND WERE BURIED AT SHEBOSS AND NO ONE EVER KNEW WHERE
THEY CAME FROM. THEY WERE HARD WORKING PEOPLE AND THEIR
CHARACTER WAS ABOVE REPROACH, BUT THEY LIVED OUT THEIR
LIVES THERE AND NEVER TOLD ANYONE WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
THINK THEIR LIVES WERE SOME LIKE RUTH IN THE BIBLE,
THE FARMERS GAVE OF THEIR ABUNDANCE TO THEM. I'VE
HEARD THAT ONE FARMER HAD WHAT HE CALLED THE HEIG'S
WOMEN'S CRIB THAT HE SAVED CORN ON HIS PLACE TO GIVE
TO THEM.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH BIBLE
WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER I USED TO HEAR FOLKS TALK ABOUT THE
"ST. JOHN'S CHURCH" WHERE A LOT OF CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS ARE
BURIED IN A CEMETERY BEHIND THE CHURCH. IT WAS ACTIVE
DURING THE CIVIL WAR DAYS AND IS LOCATED BETWEEN COLUMBIA
AND MOUNT PLEASANT. I ALWAYS HEARD THERE WAS A BIBLE
IN THIS CHURCH THAT YOU COULDN'T MOVE AND I LATER
LEARNED THAT THE REASON IT COULDN'T BE MOVED WAS THAT
IT WAS MADE OF MARBLE OR STONE IN THE SHAPE OF THE HOLY
BIBLE.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Magic Book |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO TURN ABOUT AND GO AFTER ANYTHING.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| 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: 07-25-1968
IF YOU HEAR A WHIPPERWILL, IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
IF YOU PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON BACKWARDS, IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
AFTER YOU HEAR YOUR FIRST KATYDID, YOU WILL HAVE A FROST WITHIN
THREE MONTHS.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): SEE ALSO CICADA
Date learned: 07-25-1968
IF YOU STEP ON A CRACK, YOU WILL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
SMOKE SIGNS
WHEN THE SMOKE GOES UP, THE WEATHER WILL BE FAIR. WHEN THE SMOKE GOES TO THE GROUND, THE WEATHER WILL BE CLOUDY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
IF YOU POINT AT A WATERMELON IT WILL FALL OFF THE VINE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
ISAAC (AN OLD NEGRO PREACHER) TELLS OF HAVING A VISION OF SOME
BURIED GOLD ON AN OLD FARM RIGHT OUTSIDE HAMPSHIRE, TENNESSEE.
THIS GOLD WAS BURIED UNDERNEATH AN OLD PEACH TREE BY AN
EXPEDITION OF LEWIS AND CLARKE. THE PEACH TREE HAS LONG
SINCE GONE, BUT HE THINKS HE KNOWS ABOUT WHERE IT IS.
HOWEVER, SEVERAL ATTEMPTS (EVEN USING A METAL DETECTOR) TO
RECOVER THE HIDDEN TREASURE BY THE BELIEVERS HAS FAILED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MOUNT PLEASANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Money |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A NIGHT BEING SO BLACK, IT MADE BLACK CATS LOOK LIGHT.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
IF YOU DREAM OF THINGS OUT OF SEASON, YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE OUT
OF REASON.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about luck |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
IF YOU DREAM OF MUDDY WATER, YOU OR SOME OF YOUR FAMILY ARE
GOING TO BE SICK.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | 841 Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
IF YOU DREAM OF BROKEN EGGS, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
IF YOU DREAM OF GOOD EGGS, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Food and liquids BELIEF -- Good luck P881.88 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.88 |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
SIGN OF DEATH
IF YOU HEAR A HEN CROW BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- P74 P74.84 |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
PROVERB
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
PROVERB: LONGEVITY OF A CAT
A CAT HAS NINE LIVES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-25-1968