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BELIEF
KILL A MOSQUITO AND TWO WILL COME AND TAKE ITS PLACE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 05-01-1972
BELIEF
THE INSECTS CALLED "DARNING NEEDLES" WILL SEW UP YOUR MOUTH OR YOUR NOSE OR AT LEAST STING YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 03-28-1972
FATAL FOODS
A COMBINATION OF MANGOES AND MILK IS FATAL TO ANYONE WHO EATS THEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
FOOD
FISH AND MILK ARE A POISONOUS COMBINATION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 06-24-1970
FOOD
FISH, IF EATEN IN GREAT PORTIONS, WILL MAKE YOUR BRAIN GROW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 06-24-1970
BELIEF
IF A COUPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BOY BABY, THE MAN SHOULD HANG HIS PANTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BED. IF THEY WANT A GIRL, THE MAN SHOULD HANG HIS PANTS ON THE LEFT SIDE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
RIVER LEGEND
THERE IS A SPOT ON THE RIVER IN MARSHALL COUNTY WHERE THE WATER IS A VERY DARK BLUE. THE STORY IS THAT A YOUNG NEGRO SLAVE WAS BATHING HER BABY IN THE RIVER. THE CHILD SLIPPED OUT OF HER HANDS AND FELL INTO THE RIVER. THEY SEARCHED THE RIVER BUT NEVER FOUND THE BODY OF THE CHILD. THE WATER AT THAT SPOT REMAINS A DEEP DARK BLUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Running water Large current. |
THE GHOST
THE WILHOITE FAMILY THAT LIVED IN THE OLD FAMILY HOME WAS WARNED OF DISASTER BY THE KNOCKING OF THEIR GHOST. IT IS TOLD THAT THE GHOST KNOCKED THREE TIMES TO WARN OF SERIOUS TROUBLE. THE FIRST TIME THAT THE KNOCKING WAS HEARD, THE SLAVES THOUGHT THE HOUSE WOULD FALL IN. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE SON OF THE FAMILY DIED. THE SECOND TIME, THE KNOCKING CAME AND LATER WORD WAS RECEIVED THAT HENRY HORTON HAD BEEN HURT IN A WRECK. THE THIRD TIME THE KNOCKING WARNED THEM, THE FAMILY DISCOVERED THAT A FIELD NEAR THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 06-22-1970
THE SPOOKLIGHT
IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI, NEAR THE HORNET COUNTRY STORE AREA, THERE IS A LIGHT THAT COMES OUT OF NOWHERE AND SHINES ON OBJECTS, PEOPLE, TREES, ANYTHING. IT COMES AT NIGHT. STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE ON THE LIGHT AND SCIENTISTS HAVE INVESTIGATED IT. SOMETIMES CALLED THE HORNET SPOOKLIGHT, IT HAS BEEN SEEN BY MANY PEOPLE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT BELIEVES THERE IS SUCH A LIGHT, BUT SHE HAS NEVER SEEN IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
BROWN MOUNTAINS LIGHTS
A MOTHER AND SON WERE LOST ON BROWN MOUNTAIN IN NORTH CAROLINA. STRANGE LIGHTS RESEMBLING AUTOMOBILE LIGHTS ARE OFTEN SEEN ON THE MOUNTAIN. THERE ARE NO ROADS, NO PHOSPHORUS DEPOSITS AND NO GAS PRODUCING CONDITIONS, BUT THE LIGHTS APPEAR. THE STORY IS THAT THE HUSBAND AND FATHER SEARCHES FOR THE LOST ONES AND THE LIGHTS ARE HIS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE THE STORY, BUT SHE HAS SEEN THE LIGHTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
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IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT IS RAINING, THE DEVIL IS BEATING
HIS WIFE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): DEVIL ; Domestic Violence ; METAPHOR ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-15-1972
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CROWING HENS AND WHISTLING WOMEN ALWAYS COME TO NO GOOD END.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Saying ; Whistle ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-13-1969
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THE SPIRIT OF ROBERT. E. LEE
THE GHOST OF ROBERT E. LEE HAUNTS ROOM 307 IN CONFEDERATE
HALL, PEABODY COLLEGE, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
THE LEGEND OF POT GOLD
THE TORIES BEFORE FLEEING NEW YORK, TOOK ALL THEIR GOLD
AND PUT IT IN HUGE IRON POTS. THEY BURIED THESE POTS IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND TO THIS DAY THERE STILL REMAINS SOME
TO BE FOUND.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Legend ; MONEY ; Pot of Gold ; Tories ; TREASURE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mineral |
Date learned: 04-00-1972