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RED SKY
RED SKY IN THE MORNING,
SAILORS TAKE WARNING.
RED SKY AT NIGHT,
SAILORS' DELIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
BLOOD RELATION
IF YOU SUCK THE BLOOD OF ANOTHER PERSON, YOU ARE FROM THEN ON BLOOD SISTER OR BROTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
BROKEN MIRROR
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR INTO LESS THAN SEVEN PIECES, YOU WILL HAVE AS MANY YEARS OF BAD LUCK AS THERE ARE PIECES. IF YOU BREAK IT INTO MORE THAN SEVEN PIECES, YOU WILL HAVE SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
Remembered from childhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HORSESHOE SUPERSTITION
YOU ALWAYS HANG A HORSESHOE OVER A DOOR WITH THE ENDS POINTED UP SO THAT THE LUCK WON'T ALL RUN OUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
BRIDAL SUPERSTITION
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CHANGE YOUR NAME BUT NOT THE FIRST LETTER OF IT WHEN YOU MARRY.
CHANGE THE NAME AND NOT THE LETTER,
MARRY FOR WORSE AND NOT FOR BETTER.
Submitter comment:
Remembered from childhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE
IT IS BAD LUCK TO OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
Remembered from childhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BRIDAL SUPERSTITION
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THE BRIDE TO SEE THE GROOM ON THE WEDDING DAY BEFORE THE WEDDING.
Submitter comment:
REMEMBERED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BRIDAL SUPERSTITION
A BRIDE WEARS SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE, AND A PENNY IN HER SHOE FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
Remembered from childhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HAT ON THE BED
IT IS BAD LUCK TO THROW A HAT ON THE BED.
Submitter comment:
REMEMBERED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THREE ON A MATCH
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES ON A MATCH.
Submitter comment:
REMEMBERED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RAIN BEFORE SEVEN
RAIN BEFORE SEVEN,
CLEAR BY ELEVEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
OPPOSITE SIDES OF A POST
IF YOU AND A FRIEND WALK ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A POST, ONE MUST SAY "BREAD AND BUTTER" AND THE OTHER MUST ANSWER "COME TO SUPPER" TO KEEP FROM HAVING BAD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SUPERSTITION
THERE'S THIS EASTERN EUROPEAN SUPERSTITION THAT IF YOU'RE LYING DOWN AND SOMEONE JUMPS OVER YOU, HE HAS TO JUMP BACK OVER YOU OR YOU'LL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
BELIEF
IF A BIRD COMES INTO THE HOUSE, IT MEANS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
BELIEF
IF YOU'RE BORN WITH A VEIL OVER YOUR HEAD YOU CAN SEE GHOSTS. ANYBODY WHO CAN SEE GHOSTS CAN TELL YOU TO LOOK OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER AND YOU'LL SEE THEM, TOO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
BELIEF
HOMOSEXUALS CAN'T WHISTLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 07-18-1968
SUPERSTITION
YOU CAN SMELL DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
BELIEF
THE MAN IN THE MOON EATS GREEN CHEESE BECAUSE IT IS ALL HE HAS TO EAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 03-20-1972
BELIEF
I HEARD THE MOON WAS MADE OF GREEN CHEESE WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 03-20-1972
BELIEF
PEOPLE DIE IN THREES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being P430.546 |