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PEOPLE BORN BETWEEN THE LIGHTS (DUSK AND DAWN) CAN SEE SPIRITS.
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Informant learned this from the book "These Are Our Lives" (Kingsport Press, 1939, pp.26-29), a Federal Writers' Project publication featuring the everyday lives of people in the South.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; KINGSPORT ; "These Are Our Lives"
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
CURE FOR FLU
CASTOR OIL AND TURPENTINE SPRINKLED ON HAIR.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant learned this from the book "These Are Our Lives" (Kingsport Press, 1939, pp.26-29), a Federal Writers' Project publication featuring the everyday lives of people in the South.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; KINGSPORT ; "These Are Our Lives"
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
FOR TEETHING PAINS, TIE A BAG OF FLUCK (A WEED) AROUND THE NECK.
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Informant learned this from the book "These Are Our Lives" (Kingsport Press, 1939, pp.26-29), a Federal Writers' Project publication featuring the everyday lives of people in the South. This home remedy was shared by Gracie Turner, an African-American sharecropper.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; KINGSPORT ; "These Are Our Lives"
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
WHEN YOU FIND A WITCHES SKIN BEHIND A DOOR, FILL IT WITH RED PEPPER. WHEN THE WITCH JUMPS IN IT, SHE WILL YELL, "SLIP SKIN, SLIP SKIN, SLIP..!"
Data entry tech comment:
Informant learned this from the book "These Are Our Lives" (Kingsport Press, 1939, pp.26-29), a Federal Writers' Project publication featuring the everyday lives of people in the South.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; KINGSPORT ; "These Are Our Lives"
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
WHEN YOU GO TO SLEEP, PUT A SIFTER UNDER YOUR BED, AND A WITCH WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH EVERY HOLE BEFORE HE CAN BOTHER YOU.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant learned this from the book "These Are Our Lives" (Kingsport Press, 1939, pp.26-29), a Federal Writers' Project publication featuring the everyday lives of people in the South.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; KINGSPORT ; "These Are Our Lives"
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
A KNIFE UNDER YOUR PILLOW WILL KEEP A WITCH FROM RIDING YOU AT NIGHT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant learned this from the book "These Are Our Lives" (Kingsport Press, 1939, pp.26-29), a Federal Writers' Project publication featuring the everyday lives of people in the South.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; KINGSPORT ; "These Are Our Lives"
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
PLACING A FORK OR A BUTCHER KNIFE UNDER YOUR PILLOW WILL PROTECT YOU FROM SPELLS.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant learned this from the book "These Are Our Lives" (Kingsport Press, 1939, pp.26-29), a Federal Writers' Project publication featuring the everyday lives of people in the South.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; KINGSPORT ; "These Are Our Lives"
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1970