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A WOMAN SHOULD NOT MAKE SAUERKRAUT DURING HER MENSTRUAL
PERIOD, IT MAKES THE KRAUT SOFT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NEVER PASS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF A POST; IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
WHEN YOUR EARS BURN, IT MEANS SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | 842 Ringing ears / buzzing / hot, burning BELIEF -- Body part Senses Ears, noise in ear |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
IF IT RAINS ON EASTER SUNDAY, IT WILL RAIN SEVEN SUNDAYS AFTER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
IF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, IT MEANS YOU WILL WALK ON STRANGE GROUND.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
HAPPY IS THE BRIDE THE SUN SHINES ON.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
TO CATCH A BIRD PUT SALT ON ITS TAIL.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
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PREDICTION--RAIN
IF IT RAINS THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, IT WILL RAIN FIFTEEN DAYS
THAT MONTH.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
Date learned: 02-00-1972
WEATHER PREDICTION
RAIN BEFORE 7, QUIT BEFORE 11.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PREGNANCY PREDICTION
THE TENDENCY TO DROP THINGS USUALLY MEANS PREGNANCY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
DON'T LET ANYONE SWEEP UNDER YOUR FEET OR YOU WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
IF AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR ROCKS, IT MEANS THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN
THE FAMILY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination Favorites BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
IF YOU PUT YOUR HAT ON A BED, THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
TO ENTER THROUGH ONE DOOR AND GO OUT THE OTHER WILL BRING COMPANY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
IF YOU COME IN ONE DOOR AND GO OUT ANOTHER, COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
DROP A KNIFE--MEANS A MAN IS COMING TO VISIT.
DROP A FORK--MEANS A WOMAN IS COMING TO VISIT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
DROP A SPOON--COMPANY SOON.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PROVERB: TIMELY MAINTENANCE
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB: INGRATITUDE
DON'T BITE THE HANDS THAT FEED YOU.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1972