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"THE CROSS"
CROSS MY HEART.
CROSS MY FINGERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
James Callow Keyword(s): ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.640 |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
WHEN THE WIND'S IN THE NORTH, FISHERMEN GO NOT FORTH.
WHEN THE WIND'S IN THE EAST, NOT FIT FOR MAN OR BEAST.
WHEN THE WIND'S IN THE WEST, FISHING'S AT ITS BEST.
WHEN THE WIND'S IN THE SOUTH, BLOWS BAIT IN FISH'S MOUTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTIONS ; INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Measure of quality |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
DEATH COMES IN THREE'S.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-21-1973
A RED DOOR MEANS A GIRL IS AVAILABLE IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Marriage Signs of availability BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 06-21-1973
WHEN YOU VISIT YOU LEAVE BY THE SAME DOOR OR BAD LUCK
WILL COME ABOUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: 06-21-1973
CURE FOR BOILS:
SMASHED FIGS ARE GOOD TO PLACE ON BOILS...WILL TAKE PAIN
OUT AND CAUSE THEM TO OPEN UP AND DRAIN
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
SASSAFRAS TEA AND HONEY IS (ARE) NEEDFUL TO THIN YOUR
BLOOD IN THE SPRINGTIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Spring BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
EARWAX WILL CURE A FEVER SORE ON YOUR LIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
IF YOUR FOOT ITCHES SOMEONE'S COMING WITH A HOLE IN
THEIR BRITCHES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.842 BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
LAY SHINGLES IN THE WRONG SIGN OF THE MOON AND THEY'LL
CURL ON YOU EVERY TIME -- SAME WITH A ROCK FOUNDATION,
LAY IT IN THE WRONG SIGN AND YOU'LL HAVE TO DO AWAY
WITH IT EVERY YEAR. ONE YEAR HE STOPPED HERSCHEL'S
DAD AFTER HE HAD ONE SIDE DONE. THAT SIDE NEVER DID
STAY PUT. THE ROCK HE FINISHED LAYING IN THE RIGHT
SIGN IS STILL THERE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
WHEN REMOVING YOUR SHOES PLACE THEM SIDE BY SIDE AS
WORN, RIGHT AND LEFT, NEVER OPPOSITE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
I CAN REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHERS TALKING ABOUT THE TIME
THEY WOULD EMPTY FEATHERS FROM THE TICKINGS OF THE
PILLOWS TO WASH THE TICKS (THAT IF) A FEATHER CROWN HAD
BEEN FORMED FROM THE MOVEMENT OF THE HEAD THAT SLEPT ON
THAT PILLOW IT WAS A SIGN THAT PERSON WOULD DIE WITHIN
A YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
SPRAIN CURE
TO CLEAR UP A SPRAIN OR SWELLING, MY AUNT'S GRANDMOTHER
WOULD TAKE POKE BERRIES AND ALUM AND BOIL IT. THEN THIS
MIXTURE WOULD BE PLACED INTO A POULTICE AND PLACED ON THE
SPRAIN OR SWELLING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001937CA
COLD CURE
FOR A COLD FLANNEL CLOTHES WOULD BE PLACED ON THE STOVE
AND ALLOWED TO BROWN. A TALLOW MADE FROM BEEF AND GOATS
WOULD BE MIXED WITH VASELINE, TURPENTINE, AND VICKS SALVE AND
THIS MIXTURE WOULD BE USED AS A RUBDOWN COMPOUND. THE
BROWNED FLANNEL SHEETS WOULD BE PLACED ON THE PERSON'S
CHEST AND THE PERSON WOULD BE WRAPPED TIGHTLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001937CA
CONGESTION CURE1
TO BREAK UP CONGESTION I AM TOLD, A TEA MADE OF BOILED
HOG MIXED WITH HONEY WAS USED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00001940CA
CONGESTION CURE 2
PIZZLE GREASE, WHICH IS MADE FROM THE MALE ORGANS OF A
HOG COOKED DOWN INTO GREASE AND THEN THE ORGANS STRAINED
FROM THE GREASE, WAS BOTTLED AND SOLD AS A CURE FOR A BAD
COLD AND PNEUMONIA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
James Callow Keyword(s): PIZZLE=ANIMAL PENIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00001940CA
FEVER RELIEF
IN ORDER TO BRING DOWN A PERSON'S FEVER WHEN IT WAS HIGH,
THE PERSON WAS BATHED IN A TUB THAT HAD A MIXTURE OF
WATER AND BAKING SODA IN IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001940CA
I AM TOLD THAT, IN A CASE WHERE THE MOTHER IN A FAMILY
DIED AND THE FATHER IS UNABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE
CHILDREN, ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER WILL STEP IN AND TAKE
CARE OF THE CHILDREN AND RAISE THEM AS THEIR OWN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F553 |
Date learned: 00001940CA
WHEN MY AUNT WAS A LITTLE GIRL, HER AND MY MOTHER USE TO
PLAY A GAME CALLED SANCTIFIED CHURCH. THIS GAME HAD NO
RULES OR GOAL. IN THE GAME THE CHILDREN WOULD SIT UNDER A
TENT, MADE OF A GRASS SACK NAILED TO THE HOUSE WITH TWO
BROOMSTICKS STUCK TO THE OTHER END OF THE SACK AND
DRIVEN INTO THE GROUND, UNDER THIS TENT THE CHILDREN
WOULD SIT ON TIN DRUMS AND SING AND CLAP AS THEY SAW
OTHERS DO IN CHURCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
PAPER DOLLS AND DOLL HOUSE
WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, MY AUNT AND MOTHER USE TO PLAY
PAPER DOLLS. THEY WOULD LOOK THROUGH CATALOGUES AND CUT
OUT THE PICTURES OF PEOPLE AND FURNISHINGS. THEN THEY WOULD
TAKE A SHOE BOX AND MAKE A HOUSE OUT OF IT, BY TAKING
PICTURES OF RUGS, DRAPES AND WALLPAPER AND PASTING THEM
INSIDE OF THE BOX, WITH A PASTE MADE OF FLOUR AND WATER.
AND USING PENNEY MATCH BOXES THEY MADE BEDS AND COUCHES
AND THAT IS HOW THEY MADE A HOUSE TO PLAY DOLLS WITH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Toy |
Date learned: 00001947CA