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COUNT 100 RED CONVERTIBLES AND THE NEXT BOY YOU MEET IS YOUR
FUTURE HUSBAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILES CARS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Number P686.1.100 BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 04-09-1969
BLESSED IS THE CORPSE THE RAIN FALLS ON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-07-1969
IF A BIRD ENTERS A HOUSE, SOMEONE IN THAT HOUSE WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-07-1969
IF AN EXPECTANT MOTHER LOOKS UPON A CORPSE, HER BABY
WILL BEAR A BIRTHMARK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
THE GHOST OF RESTON
RESTON, VIRGINIA, NEAR WASHINGTON, D. C., IS NOW A NEW TOWN
BUT WAS ONCE THE SITE OF A BEAUTIFUL MANSION, ALSO KNOWN AS
RESTON. A YOUNG GIRL WITH LONG BLONDE HAIR LIVED HERE LONG
AGO. SHE WAS COURTED BY A MAN WHO BECAME INSANELY JEALOUS AND
IN A FIT OF ANGER, KILLED AND DECAPITATED HER, TAKING THE HEAD
WITH HIM IN HIS FLIGHT. THE HEADLESS BODY WAS BURIED ON THE
GROUNDS OF RESTON, BUT THE HEAD WAS NEVER DISCOVERED. SEARCHING
FOR HER HEAD, THE "GHOST OF RESTON" HAUNTED THE MANSION UNTIL
IT WAS DEMOLISHED.
WITHOUT A HOUSE OR HEAD NOW, SHE CONTINUES TO HAUNT LONELY ROADS
AND WOODS NEAR THE TOWN OF RESTON, AND HAS RECENTLY APPEARED
TO SEVERAL CARLOADS OF TEENAGERS, WHO HAVE MADE A HOBBY OF
"GHOSTWATCHING." SHE SEEMS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN BLONDE GIRLS
LIKE HERSELF, FOR WHEN A CAR CONTAINING A BLONDE PARKED NEAR HER
HAUNTS, SHE NOT ONLY APPEARED BUT DREW CLOSE TO THE CAR AND TRIED
TO ENTER THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. THE GIRL INSIDE SCREAMED AND
THE GHOST DISAPPEARED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-12-1969
ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST, ESPECIALLY AROUND PARLEY'S ISLAND,
A STORY HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION OF THE
"GREY GHOST." THE STORY ORIGINATED PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR TIMES.
THE STORY BEGAN FROM A YOUNG MAN RETURNING HOME FROM A WAR TO
FIND HIS FIANCEE MARRIED. HE ONLY PEEPED IN A WINDOW AND FOUND
HER HAPPY, WHICH WAS HIS MAIN DESIRE, AND SO HE TURNED FROM THE
HOME AND WALKED INTO THE OCEAN.
ON MANY OCCASIONS, THE GREY GHOST HAS RETURNED AS A WARNING OF
IMPENDING TROUBLE OR DISASTER. THE LAST SUCH OCCURANCES WAS
DURING THE APPROACH OF THE HURRICANE, HAZEL, IN 1955. THE PEOPLE
IN CHARGE OF EVACUATING PARLEY'S ISLAND HAD CHECKED EACH HOUSE,
BUT AS THEY LEFT THE ISLAND, THEY SAW THE FIGURE OF THE GREY
GHOST IN A LIGHTED WINDOW WATCHING OVER THE ISLAND.
DURING MY VACATION ON THE ISLAND A FEW YEARS AGO, TWO TEENAGE
BOYS WERE WALKING ON THE BEACH BEFORE A THUNDER AND WIND STORM
ARRIVED, AND DECLARED THEY SAW A FIGURE WALKING TOWARD THEM. BUT
AS THEY CAME NEARER, THE FIGURE DISAPPEARED. WHEN THEY CAME
INSIDE, THEY WERE AS WHITE AS A SHEET, AS IF THEY HAD SEEN A
GHOST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): SUICIDE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-08-1969
DURING PREGNANCY, IF YOU HAVE A CRAVING AND YOU DON'T SATISFY IT, YOUR BABY WILL HAVE A BIRTHMARK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
IF YOUR HAND ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE MONEY.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
TO KILL A CRICKET IS TO "KILL THE LUCK OF THE HOUSE." BAD
LUCK TO THE PERSON WHO KILLS IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLD WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-08-1970
IF THE SUN RISES RED, IT IS SURE TO RAIN.
RED SKY IN THE MORNING--SAILOR'S WARNING.
RED SKY AT NIGHT--SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLD WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 06-13-1970
THE BROWN MOUNTAIN LIGHT: A SLAVE OWNER WAS KILLED OR LOST
ON A MOUNTAIN. THE SLAVE WENT LOOKING FOR HIM IN THE NIGHT.
AND TO THIS VERY DAY YOU CAN STILL SEE THE LIGHT ON THE
MOUNTAIN AT NIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLASS ASSIGNMENT ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
MY FATHER TOLD ME A STORY ABOUT HIS GREAT GRANDMOTHER. SHE WAS
VERY RELIGIOUS BUT NONE OF HER SONS WOULD JOIN THE CHURCH. ONE
NIGHT AFTER SHE DIED, HER SONS HEARD A SCREAM. THEY RAN OUT
TO THE FIELDS AND FOUND HER PRAYING AND SCREAMING, ASKING
THE LORD TO MAKE HER SONS GO TO CHURCH. THEY HEARD THUNDER
AND SHE DISAPPEARED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLASS ASSIGNMENT ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
A LEGEND
IT WAS SAID THAT AT MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE,
THE COWS ARE ON THEIR KNEES AND THE CHICKENS HANG
FROM THE ROOST BY THEIR CLAWS.
Submitter comment:
MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A LEGEND WHICH HER
GRANDMOTHER TOLD HER WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL IN FORT
SMITH, ARKANSAS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
PROVERB
IT'S BETTER TO LOSE A JEST THAN A FRIEND.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT PEOPLE WHO PLAY JOKES ON THEIR FRIENDS AND LOSE
SHOULDN'T DO THIS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
ALL COVET, ALL LOSE.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU HOARD SOMETHING, SOMEONE WILL EVENTUALLY
TAKE IT FROM YOU.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
IT'S BETTER TO SUFFER ILL THAN TO DO ILL.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
ALL FEAR IS BONDAGE.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU'RE AFRAID, YOU'RE NOT AS FREE TO TAKE
RISKS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
ONLY THE DEAD SHOULD DO NOTHING.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
VIRTUE IS ITS OWN REWARD.
Submitter comment: ONE SHOULD BE VIRTUOUS FOR THE SAKE OF BEING VIRTUOUS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
PRIDE COSTS US MORE THAN HUNGER, THIRST, OR COLD.
Submitter comment:
SOME PEOPLE WON'T LET YOU FEED THE, OR WARM THEM, OR GIVE THEM
DRINK BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO PROUD. THEY MIGHT END UP STARVING
BECAUSE OF IT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972