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WHEN TWO PEOPLE ARE WALKING TOGETHER DOWN A ROAD AND GET
SEPARATED BY A TREE OR A TELEPHONE POLE AFTER WALKING
AROUND IT, THEY BOTH SAY "BREAD AND BUTTER."
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DID IT, BUT WE ALWAYS DID. MAYBE IT WAS
FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-15-1973
DON'T COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION OR YOU'LL BE
THE NEXT TO DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 10-15-1973
NEVER LAUGH WHEN A HEARSE GOES BY OR YOU MAY BE THE NEXT
TO DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-15-1973
ON THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING, THE BRIDEGROOM SHOULD
MOVE THE ENGAGEMENT RING FROM THE BRIDE'S LEFT HAND RING
FINGER TO HER RIGHT HAND RING FINGER. THIS WILL BRING GOOD
LUCK TO THE COUPLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Before wedding BELIEF -- Good luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 10-15-1973
UPON ENTERING A NEW CHURCH YOU ARE SUPPOSE (D) TO MAKE A WISH
AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Submitter comment:
Mary E. Rush; Deceased. Housewife - Italian. Donora, Penn.
I remember her saying these things ever since I was a child. She got most of them from her friends and mother.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Prayer |
IF YOU SPRINKLE SALT AROUND THE HOUSE IT WILL KEEP OUT THE
EVIL SPIRITS.
Submitter comment:
Mary E. Rush; Deceased. Housewife - Italian. Donora, Penn.
I remember her saying these things ever since I was a child. She got most of them from her friends and mother.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 10-26-1973
IF YOU TURN AROUND DURING A CHURCH SERVICE YOU WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE
PRIEST.
Submitter comment:
Mary E. Rush; Deceased. Housewife - Italian. Donora, Penn.
I remember her saying these things ever since I was a child. She got most of them from her friends and mother.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-26-1973
IF THE PICTURE OF A DEAD PERSON FALLS FROM THE WALL IT MEANS
SOMEONE ELSE WILL DIE SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU DREAM OF SOMEONE THAT IS DEAD, THEY ARE GIVING YOU
A WARNING OF SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN THE
FUTURE.
Submitter comment:
Mary E. Rush; Deceased. Housewife - Italian. Donora, Penn.
I remember her saying these things ever since I was a child. She got most of them from her friends and mother.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick |
Date learned: 10-26-1973
PUT VANILLA FLAVORING BEHIND EARS FOR PERFUME.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BEAUTY ; NATURAL ; Perfume ; Vanilla
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Custom ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Human or animal body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Ears, noise in ear BELIEF -- Plant SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
MASH UP RED BERRIES FOR LIPSTICK AND PUT ON LIPS.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BEAUTY ; Berries ; Lipstick ; Makeup
James Callow Keyword(s): ADORNMENT BEAUTIFICATION ; COSMETICS
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Human or animal body ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Color Design |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
A WOMAN'S HAIR IS HER CROWN OF BEAUTY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BEAUTY ; Female ; HAIR ; POWER ; Woman
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 11-24-1977
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FOLLOW THE ARROWS
WE USED TO GET UP A BIG GANG OF TEN OR FIFTEEN KIDS
FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN NASHVILLE. THIS WAS WHEN
I WAS AROUND TEN YEARS OLD. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS
ABOUT THE SIZE OF TWO CITY BLOCKS, BUT WITHOUT
FENCES AND VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC. THERE WERE LOTS OF
STOREHOUSES, GARAGES AND A CREEK RUNNING THROUGH
IT. LITTLE KIDS COULDN'T PLAY WITH US BECAUSE
THEY COULDN'T RUN FAST ENOUGH.
YOU LET ONE OR TWO KIDS HIDE THEIR EYES WHILE THE
OTHERS RUN IN A GROUP TOWARD SOME SPECIAL PLACE,
SAY, BEHIND A GARAGE. ONE PERSON IN THE GANG MAKES
CHALK ARROWS POINTING THE DIRECTION TO GO. THEN
THE SEARCHERS WOULD HUNT FOR THE ARROWS. THE GAME
WAS OVER WHEN THE SEARCHERS WOULD SPOT THE BIG
GANG.
WE WOULD USUALLY PLAY THIS ONLY ONCE A DAY BECAUSE
OF THE RUNNING TIRING US OUT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT PLAYED THIS GAME AROUND 1942 WHEN SHE
WAS A TEN YEAR OLD IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
EYELASH GAME
PLACE THE NAME OF FIVE BOYS ON FIVE DIFFERENT FINGERS. WITH
EYELASH IN HAND, PLACE FINGERS TOGETHER FIRMLY. THE NAME ON THE
FINGER WITH THE EYELASH IS THE ON THAT YOU WILL MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
BUTTERMILK FACE
MRS. WALKER SAID THAT WHEN SHE WAS SMALL AND GROWING UP IN
MISSISSIPPI ALL THE LITTLE GIRLS PADDED THEIR FACES WITH
BUTTERMILK TO REMOVE FRECKLES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
KNOCK ON WOOD
WHEN SPEAKING OF UNFORTUNATE THINGS BE SURE TO KNOCK ON WOOD SO
THE SAME THINGS WON'T HAPPEN TO YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
BRIDAL SHOWER
TRADITION HAS IT IN THE NASHVILLE AREA THAT THE SEVENTH GIFT
OPENED BY THE BRIDE WILL BE THE NAME OF THE NEXT BRIDE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1968