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IF I WAS GOOD TO MY MOTHER, I WOULD GROW OLD AND RICH.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 82
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IF YOU SPAT ON EACH GRAIN OF CORN THAT WAS PLANTED, THE CORN
WOULD GROW TALL AND BEAR WELL.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 82
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IF I COVERED A MIRROR WHEN A STORM WAS RAGING, THE LIGHTNING
WOULD NOT STRIKE ME.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 82
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IF A MAN CONFESSED ANYTHING ON HIS DEATHBED, IT WAS THE
TRUTH; FOR NO MAN COULD STARE DEATH IN THE FACE AND LIE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
"IF I HEARD A VOICE AND NO HUMAN BEING WAS NEAR, THEN
EITHER GOD OR THE DEVIL WAS TRYING TO TALK TO ME."
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Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
Keyword(s): Communication ; Divine ; Mental ; Voice
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Supernatural Being BELIEF -- Devil Demon |
"IF MY RIGHT EAR ITCHED, THEN SOMETHING GOOD WAS BEING SAID
ABOUT ME BY SOMEBODY."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching ear |
Date learned: 00001945 P. 81
"IF I WALKED IN MY SLEEP, THEN GOD WAS TRYING TO LEAD ME
SOMEWHERE TO DO A GOOD DEED FOR HIM."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions |
Date learned: 00001945 P. 82
"IF I LOOKED AT THE SUN THROUGH A PIECE OF SMOKED GLASS ON
EASTER SUNDAY MORNING, I WOULD SEE THE SUN SHOUTING IN
PRAISE OF A RISEN LORD."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Sun |
Date learned: 00001945 P. 82
"IF IT RAINED WHILE THE SUN WAS SHINING, THEN THE DEVIL
WAS BEATING HIS WIFE."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00001945 P. 82
"IF THE STARS TWINKLED MORE THAN USUAL ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT, IT
MEANT THAT THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN WERE HAPPY AND WERE FLITTING
ACROSS THE FLOORS OF HEAVEN; AND SINCE STARS WERE MERELY
HOLES VENTILATING HEAVEN, THE TWINKLING CAME FROM THE ANGELS
FLITTING PAST THE HOLES THAT ADMITTED AIR INTO THE HOLY HOME
OF GOD."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Star |
Date learned: 00001945 P. 82
IF I KISSED MY ELBOW, I WOULD TURN INTO A GIRL.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; BLACK BOY: A RECORD OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH ; SIGNET BOOK ; NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- BELIEF P. 81, BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IF I SPILT SALT, I SHOULD TOSS A PINCH OVER MY LEFT
SHOULDER TO WARD OFF MISFORTUNE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; BLACK BOY: A RECORD OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH ; SIGNET BOOK ; NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 82
James Callow Keyword(s): SPILLED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IF I PASSED A CATHOLIC SISTER OR MOTHER DRESSED IN BLACK
AND SMILED AND ALLOWED HER TO SEE MY TEETH, I WOULD
SURELY DIE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IF I PLACED A SAFETY PIN ON A STEEL RAILROAD TRACK AND LET
A TRAIN RUN OVER IT, THE SAFETY PIN WOULD TURN INTO A
PAIR OF BRIGHT BRAND NEW SCISSORS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 81
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
WHENEVER I MADE URINE, I SHOULD SPIT INTO IT FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 81
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Good luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
"IF MY NOSE ITCHED, SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO VISIT ME."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 00001945 P. 82
"IF I BROKE A MIRROR, I WOULD HAVE SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Good luck Mirror |
IF I USED THE NAME OF GOD IN VAIN, THEN GOD WOULD STRIKE
ME DEAD.
Where learned: NEW YORK CITY ; NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 82
James Callow Keyword(s): CURSING ; SWEARING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IF I PULLED A HAIR FROM A HORSE'S TAIL AND SEALED IT
IN A JAR OF MY OWN URINE, THE HAIR WOULD TURN
OVERNIGHT INTO A SNAKE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; BLACK BOY: A RECORD OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH ; SIGNET BOOK ; NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 81
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFORMATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IF I WALKED UNDER A LEANING LADDER, I WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 00-00-1945