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IF A DEAD PERSON'S SPIRIT VISITS YOU, AND YOU WANT TO GET RID OF IT,
JUST CURSE IT OUT OR SPEAK VERY HASH TO IT. (HARSH HARSHLY)
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Curse SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO KEEP SNAKES FROM COMING INTO YOUR YARD AND HOUSE, POUR
TURPENTINE AROUND THEM.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN PLANTS A GARDEN, IT WILL PROSPER.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
Keyword(s): FERTILITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU SHAVE THE HAIRS FROM UNDER YOUR ARMS, YOU WILL BECOME
WEAK.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU ARE WITH SOMEONE WHO IS LOOKING AT A GHOST, YOU CAN
SEE IT TOO, IF YOU LOOK OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF IT STARTS RAINING BEFORE 7:00 A.M., IT WILL STOP BEFORE
11:00 A.M.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through A time segment or a direction |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU WANT TO DREAM AT NIGHT, EAT A HEAVY SUPPER.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU DREAM ABOUT FISH, SOMEBODY YOU KNOW IS PREGNANT.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
Keyword(s): WATER BAG OF WATERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU DREAM ABOUT YOUR DEAD MOTHER, SOMEBODY IN YOUR FAMILY
IS ILL.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | 841 Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOUR NOSE IS BURNING, SOMEBODY IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, YOU WILL GO ON STRANGE
LAND (SOMEWHERE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE.)
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, YOU WILL GET SOME MONEY.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES, YOU WILL GET A LETTER.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A SPIDER HANGS DOWN FROM A WEB IN A ROOM OF YOUR HOUSE,
A STRANGER IS COMING THERE.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO YOUR HOUSE, SOMEONE WILL DIE.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU HISS AT A REDBIRD, IT WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF TWO PERSONS SAY THE SAME THING IN UNISON WITHOUT INTENDING TO,
ONE OF THE PERSONS WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK IF HE TOUCHES WOOD BEFORE
THE OTHER PERSON.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING CORRECTED.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Conversions SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TAKE A FOUR LEAF CLOVER AND PLACE IT IN THE BIBLE AND YOU
WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A PERSON BREAKS A MIRROW (MIRROR), HE WILL HAVE SEVEN
YEARS OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO STUMP YOUR LEFT FOOT IS BAD LUCK. HOWEVER, YOU CAN GET RID
OF THE BAD LUCK IF YOU WHIRL YOURSELF AROUND AND SAY--
GO AWAY BAD LUCK
COME BACK GOOD LUCK
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Body parts and functions BELIEF -- Conversions Body parts and functions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN