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IF YOU FIND A BUTTON, COUNT THE HOLES IN IT AND YOU WILL
RECEIVE SOME MONEY IN THAT NUMBER OF DAYS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BAD LUCK TO GIVE ANYONE A SHARP OBJECT,
SUCH AS A KNIFE, A PAIR OF SCISSORS--FOR A PRESENT. IT WILL
CUT YOUR LOVE. THE PERSON RECEIVING THE OBJECT SHOULD GIVE
THE OTHER PERSON A PENNY OR SOMETHING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
James Callow Keyword(s): GIFT ; HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Good luck Sharp objects BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 08-03-1968
PEOPLE USED TO SAY THAT IF YOU DREAM ABOUT CATCHING FISH AT
NIGHT YOU WOULD GET MONEY THE NEXT DAY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about animals |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
OWLS GO TO HOLLERING IT'S A SURE SIGN IT'S GOING TO RAIN
WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
Date learned: 08-02-1968
IF A MULE SHAKES HIMSELF WITH THE HARNESS ON, IT IS A SIGN
OF RAIN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
Date learned: 08-02-1968
OLD PEOPLE USED TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU HEARD THE FIRST DOVE YOU
HEARD THAT YEAR, IF YOU WERE STANDING UP YOU WOULD BE IN GOOD
HEALTH ALL YEAR, BUT IF YOU WERE SITTING DOWN, YOU WOULD BE
IN BAD HEALTH ALL YEAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
WHEN LARGE DEAD LIMBS FALL OUT OF THE TREES WHEN THE WIND IS
NOT BLOWING, IT IS A SIGN OF RAIN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
THE NIGHT THAT UNCLE TROY DIED, MAMA AND PAPA AND SOME OTHERS
SETTING UP WITH UNCLE TROY HEARD SOME DOGS FIGHTING IN THE
HALL. PAPA WENT TO THE DOOR AND KICKED AT THE DOGS, BUT
NOTHING WAS THERE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IF KEROSENE LAMPS THAT ARE FULL GO OUT, SOMEONE DIES. THE NIGHT
VIRGINIA ANN WAS BORN BOTH KEROSENE LAMPS WENT OUT. EVERYONE
THOUGHT VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA ANN WOULD DIE, BUT FOURTEEN
DAYS LATER MAMA AND ERNEST DIED.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number P686.1.14 |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
DREAM OF A HORSE AND IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH. ALSO A COW THAT
LOWS (CALLS) ONE TIME AT NIGHT IS A SIGN OF DEATH. I HAVE
WOKE UP AT NIGHT AND HEARD A COW LOW AND I WILL LIE AWAKE FOR
HER TO LOW AGAIN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
A PICTURE THAT FALLS OFF THE WALL IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: MY SISTER-IN-LAW BELIEVES THIS AND SAYS THAT THE WEEK BEFORE
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
IF THE WHIRLWIND GOES TO THE NORTH, IT IS A SIGN OF DROUGHT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
FROM THE TIME YOU HEAR THE FIRST KATYDID IN THE SPRING, IT WILL
BE THREE MONTHS UNTIL THE FIRST FROST.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
Date learned: 07-20-1968
MAMA HAD GOT IN THE CLOTHES AND SHE LOOKED OUT AND SHE THOUGHT
SHE SAW SOMETHING SHE HAD DROPPED. SHE WENT TO PICK IT UP
AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE. THAT NIGHT GRANDPA CHAPMAN
PASSED AWAY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
WHEN WE LIVED AT THE TRIBBLE PLACE, WE COULDN'T KEEP THE FRONT
DOOR LOCKED. IT WOULD CLICK AND COME OPEN. THE CHAIRS,
CANE-BOTTOMED CHAIRS, WOULD TURN OVER. MOSTLY THEY WERE THE
CHAIRS AROUND THE TABLE. AT NIGHT THE COVER WOULD BE PULLED
OFF THE BEDS. MY SISTER DIDN'T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED UNTIL
SHE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH US. DURING THE NIGHT SHE WAS
AWAKENED BY THE COVER BEING PULLED OFF HER. ONE NIGHT
SOMETHING THAT SOUNDED LIKE A MIRROR BROKE, AWOKE US. WE GOT
UP AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. ANOTHER NIGHT A LITTLE
ROUND BALL OF LIGHT WENT AROUND THE BED AND THEN WENT UP THE
STAIRS AND DISAPPEARED. THIS WAS ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE
ERNEST, MY BROTHER, TOOK SICK. A FEW NIGHTS LATER, I AWOKE
TO HEAR MY MOTHER CALLING, "MATTIE MAE" THREE TIMES. IT
SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS AT THE WINDOW AND I WENT OUT TO LOOK
FOR HER. NO ONE WAS THERE, BUT ABOUT A WEEK LATER ERNEST
AND MAMA BOTH PASSED AWAY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
WHEN TWO SPEAK THE SAME WORDS AT THE SAME TIME, TWO FOOLS
ARE COMING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
I'VE ALWAYS HEARD THAT FOR EVERY FOG IN AUGUST, THERE WILL BE A
SNOW THAT WINTER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
IF HORNETS BUILD CLOSE TO THE GROUND, IT WILL BE A HARD WINTER;
IF THEY BUILD HIGH, IT WILL BE A MILD WINTER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
Date learned: 07-20-1968
IF THE CORN EARS STAND UP, IT WILL BE A MILD WINTER; IF
THEY TURN DOWN, IT WILL BE A HARD WINTER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
IF THE SUN GOES DOWN BEHIND A CLOUD ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, IT WILL
RAIN BEFORE SUNDAY NIGHT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through A time segment or a direction BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-20-1968