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IF YOU WASH ON MONDAY AFTER NEW YEAR'S DAY, SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY
WILL DIE BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
DON'T THANK A FRIEND FOR A PLANT GIVEN AS A GIFT. IT WILL DIE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
WHEN A MULLEIN STALK BEGINS BLOOMING, BEND IT IN THE DIRECTION
THAT YOUR SWEETHEART LIVES. IF AFTER IT HAS BEEN BENT TO THE
GROUND, IT STRAIGHTENS UP AND LIVES, YOUR SWEETHEART LOVES YOU.
IF IT DIES, YOUR SWEETHEART DOESN'T LOVE YOU.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of object for determining true love |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
THREE MONTHS FROM THE DAY THAT THE KATY-DIDS START
HOLLERING WILL BE THE FIRST FROST.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
YOU CAN COUNT THE NUMBER OF FOGS IN AUGUST AND PREDICT
THE NUMBER OF SNOWS FOR THE WINTER. A HEAVY FOG MEANS A
HEAVY SNOW; A LIGHT FOG MEANS A LIGHT SNOW.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS MAD AS AN OLD WET HEN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE
Keyword(s): ANGRY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-24-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HE TOOK OFF LIKE MOODY'S GOOSE.
Submitter comment: IN A HURRY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE
Keyword(s): RUSH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
HE STILL HASN'T GOTTEN UP FOOL'S HILL.
Submitter comment: MEANING HE LACKS MATURITY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK TO GIVE SCISSORS OR KNIVES AS GIFTS TO FRIENDS OR
KIN. IT WILL SEVER YOUR RELATIONSHIP.
IT (IF) KNIVES OR SCISSORS ARE GIVEN, THE RECEIVER SHOULD
PAY THE PERSON GIVING THE GIFT A PENNY SO THEIR FRIENDSHIP
WILL NOT BE SEVERED.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM HER MOTHER, MRS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE
Date learned: 06-21-1970
IT IS BAD LUCK TO RETURN BORROWED SALT.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Flavoring BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
In the city of Florence, there is a bronze statue of a boar
whose finish has dulled with time except for the nose which
is quite shiny. Custom has it that visitors to the city should
rub the nose of the boar in order to have the good luck to be
able to return to the city, thus the shiny nose.
Where learned: ITALY ; FLORENCE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1989
RAY WAS EATING AT AN OUTDOOR SIDEWALK CAFE. A BIRD FLEW
ONTO RAY'S HEAD. HE REACHED UP AND FELT A FURRY LITTLE THING.
HE REACHED UP HIS HAND AND SWIPED THE BIRD OFF, AND
IT LANDED ON THE TABLE OF AN AUSTRALIAN COUPLE.
Where learned: ITALY ; FLORENCE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 07-00-1985
Luck
If a person finds a penny, he will have good luck.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Informant was born and raised in Pensacola, Florida, where he probably learned this.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; FLORENCE ; PENSACOLA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck |