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EARACHE CURE:
USE WARM OLIVE OIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
DON'T ROCK AN EMPTY CHAIR -- BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
DROP A SPOON, COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
PUTTING ANY CLOTHING ON INSIDE OUT IS GOOD LUCK, BUT
DON'T TAKE IT OFF THAT DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
GIVING SOMEBODY TWO FORKS AT A DINNER TABLE MEANS COMPANY
IS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
A BIRD HITTING YOUR WINDOW MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
SIGN OF A HOWLING DOG MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
THE ONLY BAD LUCK YOU GET FROM BREAKING A MIRROR IS THAT
IT COST (S) MONEY TO REPLACE IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
NEVER OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN A HOUSE, IT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
IF YOU FIND A PENNY, PICK IT UP AND ALL THE DAY YOU'LL
HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.881 BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Good luck Money |