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"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 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 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 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 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 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 |