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SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE
ITALIANS BELIEVE THAT EVERY HOUSEHOLD HAS A GOOD SPIRIT,
OR GHOST. THE INFORMANT SAYS THAT SHE WAS LYING AWAKE
IN BED LATE ONE NIGHT ABOUT 35 YEARS AGO. SHE HEARD A
CREAKING NOISE OUTSIDE THE DOOR OF THE BEDROOM AND SAW
THE FIGURE OF THE WOMAN WITH DARK HAIR AND A WHITE
NIGHTGOWN GLIDE BY INTO THE LIVING ROOM. SHE THOUGHT
ONE OF HER FOUR DAUGHTERS HAD COME DOWNSTAIRS, BUT SHE
HAD HEARD NO ONE ON THE STAIRWAY. MRS. TROIANI GOT OUT
OF BED AND WENT INTO THE LIVING ROOM. THERE WAS NO ONE
THERE. SHE THEN WENT UPSTAIRS AND FOUND ALL FOUR
DAUGHTERS FAST ASLEEP. THE DAUGHTERS INSIST STILL THAT
THEY DID NOT GO DOWNSTAIRS THAT NIGHT. MRS. TROIANI
BELIEVES THAT SHE SAW THE "SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
BELIEF
A HOMOSEXUAL WILL HAND YOU SCISSORS POINT FORWARD.
Submitter comment:
HEARD FROM SPANISH OR LATIN-AMERICAN ROOMMATE AT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, BATON ROUGE, LA.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
BELIEF
THE HAIR FROM A HORSE'S TAIL PUT IN WATER WILL TURN INTO A SNAKE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
BELIEF
YOU HAVE TO TELL BEES EVERYTHING. IF THE BEEKEEPER DIES, YOU HAVE TO TELL THE BEES BEFORE SUNDOWN OR THEY'LL ALL DIE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
ANIMAL BELIEF
GRASSHOPPERS SPIT TOBACCO.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB
NO MOON, NO MAN.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
BELIEF
BORN BY LIGHTNING, CAN'T BE HURT BY ANYTHING NATURAL OR HUMAN.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
BELIEF
THE PERSON WHO TAKES THE LAST SERVING OR PIECE OF BREAD WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOU'LL NEED TO LICK THAT CALF AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION IS USED BY THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER, HAZEL DARDEN,
BORN IN NORTH ALABAMA, WHO LIVES IN AUBURN, ALABAMA. THE EXPRES-
SION MEANS THAT IF YOU DON'T DO A JOB RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, IT
WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE OVER CORRECTLY. IF YOU ARE WATCHING
SOMEONE DO A JOB, AND THEY ARE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB, THEN YOU
SAY, "YOU'LL HAVE TO LICK THAT CALF AGAIN." THE INFORMANT
SAYS THAT HIS MOTHER HAS SAID THIS ALL HER LIFE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
BUSY AS A BUCKET FULL OF MAGGOTS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THAT HE HAS HEARD THIS EXPRESSION MANY
TIMES WHILE GROWING UP IN NORTHERN ALABAMA, AND IN RECENT
YEARS IN AUBURN, ALABAMA. HE USES THE EXPRESSION HIMSELF
IN CASUAL CONVERSATION TO INDICATE ANYONE WHO IS VERY BUSY
DOING SOMETHING.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EARWIGS WILL GET INTO YOUR EARS AND THEN EAT YOUR BRAINS OUT.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT'S NURSE, SALLY, HAD HIM TERRIFIED OF EARWIGS
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IF YOU PREFER SUNRISES TO SUNSETS, YOU ARE A DREAMER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
BELIEF
MOST MEN WILL LOOK INTO THEIR GLASS WHEN THEY DRINK, BUT A HOMOSEXUAL WILL LOOK OUT OVER HIS GLASS.
Submitter comment:
HEARD FROM SPANISH OR LATIN-AMERICAN ROOMMATE AT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE
ITALIANS BELIEVE THAT EVERY HOUSEHOLD HAS A GOOD SPIRIT,
OR GHOST. THE INFORMANT SAYS THAT SHE WAS LYING AWAKE
IN BED LATE ONE NIGHT ABOUT 35 YEARS AGO. SHE HEARD A
CREAKING NOISE OUTSIDE THE DOOR OF THE BEDROOM AND SAW
THE FIGURE OF THE WOMAN WITH DARK HAIR AND A WHITE
NIGHTGOWN GLIDE BY INTO THE LIVING ROOM. SHE THOUGHT
ONE OF HER FOUR DAUGHTERS HAD COME DOWNSTAIRS, BUT SHE
HAD HEARD NO ONE ON THE STAIRWAY. MRS. TROIANI GOT OUT
OF BED AND WENT INTO THE LIVING ROOM. THERE WAS NO ONE
THERE. SHE THEN WENT UPSTAIRS AND FOUND ALL FOUR
DAUGHTERS FAST ASLEEP. THE DAUGHTERS INSIST STILL THAT
THEY DID NOT GO DOWNSTAIRS THAT NIGHT. MRS. TROIANI
BELIEVES THAT SHE SAW THE "SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE
IT IS AN ITALIAN BELIEF THAT EVERY HOUSEHOLD HAS A GOOD
SPIRIT THAT REMAINS WITH IT, AND CAN SOMETIMES BE SEEN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: NEW YORK ; AUBURN
Keyword(s): GHOST ; Haunt ; HAUNTED HOUSE ; Home ; House ; Italian ; SPIRIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE
IT IS AN ITALIAN BELIEF THAT EVERY HOUSEHOLD HAS A GOOD
SPIRIT THAT REMAINS WITH IT AND SOMETIMES CAN BE SEEN.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; AUBURN
James Callow Keyword(s): COBOLD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 12-00-1971