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A RING AROUND THE MOON IN SUMMER, RAIN IS COMING.
A RING AROUND THE MOON IN WINTER, SNOW IS COMING.
IF YU COUNT THE NUMBER OF STARS WITHIN THE RING, YOU WILL
KNOW HOW MANY DAYS (BEFORE THE RAIN COMES).
Submitter comment: I HAVE HEARD THE SAME THING IN MAINE.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MAINE ; HOLLY SPRINGS
James Callow Keyword(s): PARALLELISM
Date learned: 08-11-1968
IF YOU THROW WATER OUT THE DOOR AFTER SUNDOWN, IT IS A SIGN OF
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection |
Date learned: 08-11-1968
IF YOU SING BEFORE BREAKFAST, THE DAY WILL BRING BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C350 Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Good luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 08-11-1968
OVEN TESTS FOR BAKING
AN OVEN IS HOT ENOUGH TO BAKE SPONGE OR POUND CAKE WHEN IT
WILL IN FIVE MINUTES TURN A PIECE OF WHITE PAPER YELLOW.
AN OVEN IS HOT ENOUGH TO BAKE ALL OTHER KINDS OF CAKE,
WHEN IT WILL IN FIVE MINUTES TURN A PIECE OF WHITE PAPER
DARK YELLOW.
AN OVEN IS HOT ENOUGH TO BAKE BREAD AND PASTRY WHEN IT
WILL IN FIVE MINUTES TURN A PIECE OF WHITE PAPER DARK BROWN.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
DRY CLEANING HINTS
REMOVE MUD FROM BLACK CLOTHES BY RUBBING SPOTS WITH A RAW POTATO
CUT IN HALF.
RENOVATE BLACK SILK BY SPONGING WITH STALE BEER PLACED BETWEEN
NEWSPAPERS AND PRESSED WITH HOT IRON.
FINE LACES MAY BE CLEANED BY BEING PACKED IN WHEAT FLOUR AND
ALLOWED TO REMAIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
A LITTLE KEROSENE MIXED WITH STARCH GIVES A GLOSS TO COLLARS
AND RUFFS (CUFFS?).
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
SOME OF THE MENFOLKS STILL CARRY HIGH JOHN DE CONQUER ROOTS
IN THEIR POCKETS FOR LUCK. OLD JOHN WAS THE PROTECTOR OF
THE OLD-TIME SLAVES.
Submitter comment: HIGH JOHN DE CONQUER ROOTS ARE THE MARSH ST. JOHN'S WORT,
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
LOCAL LEGEND
NORTHERN JONES WAS A COLORED HANDYMAN ABOUT TOWN
YEARS AGO. WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HIM, THEY SAY
HE WAS KINDA SLICK, OR IN OTHER WORDS, SHIFTLESS.
ONE DAY THE WHITE MAN FOR WHOM HE WORKED WAS HEARD
TO BE GIVING NORTHERN JONES A LONG STRING OF JOBS
TO GET DONE. WHEN HE WAS TOLD THAT NORTHERN JONES
COULD NEVER BEGIN TO DO ALL OF THEM, THE WHITE
MAN REPLIED: "SHUCKS, IF HE GETS ONE OF 'EM DONE,
I'LL BE SATISFIED!"
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
James Callow Keyword(s): LAZY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
LOCAL LEGEND
THE STORY IS TOLD AROUND TOWN THAT SOMEONE ONCE
PLACED A LARGE HARP IN THE TREE ON HIS LAWN,
SLANTING THE HARP SO A GENTLE BREEZE PLAYED SOFTLY
ACROSS ITS STRINGS, BECAUSE HE LIKED SWEET MUSIC.
I GUESS IT MUST HAVE BEEN MORE EERIE THAN SWEET.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
HAUNTED HOUSE
THAT HOUSE WHERE I USED TO LIVE--IT HAS SEVERAL
STORIES CONNECTED WITH IT. I DIDN'T WANT MY CHILDREN
TO HEAR THEM--I DO WANT THEM SLEEPING AT NIGHT!
THE HOUSE BELONGED TO CAPTAIN SAM FRANK--HE WAS IN
THE CIVIL WAR. WHILE HE OWNED THE HOUSE, HIS DOG
FELL OUT OF THE UPPER WINDOW AND BROKE HIS NECK.
CAPTAIN FRANK HAD THE REMAINS CREMATED. THEY SAY
THAT WHEN IT RAINED AFTERWARDS, THE ASHES WOULD
SHAKE. HE KEPT THEM IN AN URN INSIDE THE HOUSE!
THEY ALSO SAY THAT SOMEONE LAID A FIRE ONCE THEN
LOCKED UP THE ROOM. WHEN HE RETURNED THE NEXT DAY,
HE UNLOCKED THE DOOR TO FIND THE FIRE HAD BEEN
KINDLED AND BURNED.
A WOMAN WHO LIVED THERE DURING WORLD WAR I, WOKE
UP ONE NIGHT TO FIND HER HUSBAND STANDING OVER THE
BED. "I LOVE YOU," HE SAID. NEXT WEEK SHE GOT A
TELEGRAM THAT HE HAD BEEN KILLED IN FRANCE.
ANOTHER WOMAN WHO LIVED THERE HAD LOTS OF TINY
IVORY ELEPHANTS. EACH NIGHT SHE'D FACE THEM ONE
WAY. IN THE MORNING, THEY'D FACE ANOTHER.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 07-27-1968