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RUBBING A BLACK CAT'S BACK AT NIGHT CAUSING SPARKS, SHOWS
THAT THERE IS ELECTRICITY IN THE AIR AND AN ELECTRICAL
STORM IS SOON COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
ONE'S DREAMS WILL COME TRUE IF THEY ARE TOLD BEFORE BREAKFAST
THE NEXT MORNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 04-29-1969
IF YOU FIND A PIN ON THE FLOOR AND THE POINT IS TOWARD YOU,
PICK IT UP AND IT BRINGS GOOD LUCK. IF THE HEAD IS POINTING
TOWARD YOU, DON'T PICK IT UP, OR IT WILL BRING YOU BAD
LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Sharp objects BELIEF -- Good luck Sharp objects BELIEF -- Conversions Sharp objects |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
NEVER SWEEP UNDER A SINGLE PERSON'S FEET OR THEY WILL NEVER
GET MARRIED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
FOLK SAYING
THEY ARE CLOSER THAN PEAS IN A POD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
FOLK SAYING
HIGH AS A CAT'S BACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
FOLK SAYING
HE'S TOUGHER THAN WHIT LEATHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
FOLK SAYING
A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
FOLK SAYING
CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
FOLK SAYING
WHEN POVERTY COMES TO THE DOOR, LOVE FLIES OUT THE WINDOW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
FOLK SAYING
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
PROVERB
FIND A PIN--PICK IT UP--ALL THAT DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
Keyword(s): C880 PROVERBIAL METAPHOR IN VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-03-1969
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A STINGY MAN IS OFTEN SAID TO BE AS TIGHT AS THE BARK ON A TREE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-10-1969
SAYING
A PERSON BURPS HE SAYS: "IF I'D BEEN HOME I WOULD HAVE PUKED."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-22-1969
IF A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL, A DEATH IN THE FAMILY WILL
FOLLOW. OUR NEGRO MAID, CELANE D ENY, BELIEVED THIS AND
TAUGHT IT TO US CHILDREN. I HAVE HEARD THIS FROM OTHER
PEOPLE; THE ONES WHO BELIEVED IT USUALLY SAID THAT
ROBERT E. LEE'S PICTURE FELL OFF THE WALL THE DAY HE
DIED. THE DAY MY GRANDMOTHER DIED, 2 PAINTINGS FELL
FROM THE WALL AT MY HOUSE (BREAKING FRAME, GLASS, ETC.)
THE MAID I HAD THEN WAS TERRIFIED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BIRD FLIES IN THE HOUSE, A DEATH WILL FOLLOW. THE
MAID WE HAD WHEN I WAS A CHILD, AND WHO WORKED FOR ME LATER,
BELIEVED THIS. HER NAME WAS CELANE DENY, SHE WAS ABOUT
20, IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, IN 1940. SHE WOULD GET
HYSTERICAL IF A BIRD GOT IN THE HOUSE. IF IT CAME DOWN
THE CHIMNEY SHE WOULD SCREAM AND RUN OUT OF THE ROOM WHERE
IT WAS. THEN SHE WOULD OPEN THE DOORS AND WINDOWS AND
HIDE BEHIND THE COUCH OR RUN IN THE CLOSET AND JUST PEEK
OUT. IT WAS BAD LUCK FOR HER IF IT TOUCHED HER. SHE
WOULD KEEP MY SISTER AND ME RIGHT WITH HER SO IT
COULDN'T TOUCH US EITHER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN ; 00-00-1940
WILD MUSTARD--WHEN YOU WANTED TO BUY A FARM IN WILSON COUNTY,
TENNESSEE, YOU WENT AND LOOKED IN THE SPRING FOR WILD
MUSTARD, IF IT WAS BLOOMING (A BRIGHT YELLOW FLOWER) YOU
KNEW THAT ROCK WAS JUST UNDER THE PLANT, AND THAT THE LAND
WAS UNDER WATER DURING THE WET TIMES OF THE YEAR. THIS
CUSTOM WAS HELD TO BE TRUE FOR A FIFTY MILES RADIUS AROUND
WILSON COUNTY.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO ME BY ROBERT MARTIN, OF LEBANON (TENNESSEE)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO TELL A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST. MY FAMILY ALL
QUOTED THIS BELIEF WHEN EVER ANYONE WOULD START TO TELL A
DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST. AFTER EATING IT WAS OK. THIS BELIEF
APPLIED TO ALL DREAMS--IT WAS WRONG TO TELL BAD DREAMS BECAUSE
THEY MIGHT COME TRUE, BUT GOOD DREAMS COULD NOT BE TOLD
EITHER BECAUSE THE GOOD THINGS MIGHT BE CANCELLED OUT IF IT
WERE TOLD OUT LOUD. EVERYONE WOULD LAUGH WHEN SOMEONE
SAID "IT IS BAD LUCK" OR "DON'T TELL IT NOW, WAIT TILL YOU
EAT" BUT SOMEONE ALWAYS SAID IT TO STOP ANOTHER MEMBER
FROM TELLING THE DREAM. I STILL DO IT AS A MATTER OF
COURSE TO MY OWN FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT ALWAYS HAS TO SNOW ON THE BUTTERCUPS.
Submitter comment: OVERHEARD IN THE GROCERY WHEN TWO WOMEN WERE DISCUSSING
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through A time segment or a direction BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
NUMBER OF FOGS IN AUGUST (EQUALS) THE NUMBER OF SNOWS IN
WINTER.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME BY DR. MORREL, BIOLOGY TEACHER AT PEABODY
Where learned: BUFFALO ; TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through A time segment or a direction BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN