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IF YOU HAVE A BAD DREAM AND TELL IT BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL
COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IN INDIA, THEY WON'T PLANT CROPS EARLY IN THE SPRING OR
EVEN GO OUT MUCH OR WALK, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO HURT
MOTHER EARTH WHEN SHE IS PREGNANT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): FECUNDITY FERTILITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
I HEARD MY MOTHER TELL MY LITTLE GIRL, AFTER FINDING A WHITE
SPOT ON HER FINGERNAIL, THAT IT WAS A SIGN THAT SHE HAD
TOLD A LIE--SO HER MOTHER HAD TOLD HER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Color |
BABIES ARE BORN WHEN THERE IS A FULL MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 05-03-1969
THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BELIEF IN THE INFORMANT'S FAMILY
THAT A DREAM CONCERNING MUDDY WATER IS A PREDICTION THAT
THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. THE INFORMANT'S SISTER
DECLARES THAT SHE HAD SUCH A DREAM THE NIGHT BEFORE HER
FATHER WAS KILLED SUDDENLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 841 Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
IF YOU TELL A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL SURELY COME
TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
DREAM OF A BIRTH IS THE SIGN OF A DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
DREAM OF A DEATH IS A SIGN OF A MARRIAGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about weddings, funerals, and other crucial moments of life |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
WHENEVER A SHADOW PASSES ACROSS A HOUSE, THERE IS A GHOST
INSIDE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-08-1969
A CIRCLING BIRD IS A SIGN OF A DEATH.
Submitter comment: SHE CITED SEVERAL PERSONAL INCIDENTS WHICH PROVED TO HER
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-08-1969
WHEN A BIRD FLIES INSIDE A HOUSE, IT IS A SIGN OF A DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-08-1969
IF YOU DREAM THAT YOU ARE KILLING SNAKES, IT MEANS THAT YOU
WILL CONQUER ALL YOUR ENEMIES AND WIN WHATEVER YOU ARE AFTER.
THAT IS ONE OF THE LUCKIEST DREAMS YOU CAN HAVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions P842.61 BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 00001950 CA.
IF YOU TELL A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00001950 CA.
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, EAT BLACK EYED PEAS AND HANG A BAG OF
THEM BEHIND THE STOVE FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 06-28-1970
AFTER A QUILTING PARTY, TAKE A CAT AND PUT IT IN THE QUILT
AND SHAKE IT. THEN OPEN IT UP AND HE ONE IT (THE CAT) JUMPS
ON WILL MARRY NEXT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 06-28-1970
DON'T TAKE THE LAST PIECE OF BREAD OR YOU'LL BE AN OLD MAID
(BACHELOR).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Number Last events: the last person to the table... |
Date learned: 06-28-1970
A CHILD CAN BE MARKED BY WHAT ITS MOTHER SEES. (FOR
INSTANCE, IF SOMEONE MAKES A FACE AT THE MOTHER, THE
CHILD WILL LOOK LIKE IT.)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Specific distinguishing characteristic Dimple, wart, mole, scar, freckle, birthmark, strawberry mark, bruise, spot (on any part of body) |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
IF YOU TELL A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
THE NUMBER OF FOGS IN AUGUST WILL PREDICT THE NUMBER OF
SNOWS IN WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through A time segment or a direction BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
IF YOU HEAR A ROBIN HOLLER, THAT'S A SIGN OF RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 07-03-1970