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IF CITY NAME IMPRINTED ON BOTTOM OF COKE BOTTLE IS ANOTHER
CITY OTHER THAN HOME CITY, MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTVIEW HILLS DR ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
TROLLS LIVE UNDERBRIDGES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF SUNLIGHT STRIKES A TROLL, HE TURNS INTO A MOUNTAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROSE NARRATIVE
GHOSTS MUST BE BACK IN THEIR GRAVES WHEN A CROCK CROWS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROSE NARRATIVE
GHOSTS CANNOT REST IF THEY HAVR ANY EARTHLY TIES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROSE NARRATIVE
IF YOU KISS A GHOST YOU WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROSE NARRATIVE
MOURNING TOO MUCH DISTURBS THE SLEEP OF THE DEAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROSE NARRATIVE
GHOSTS CANNOT EAT AT THE TABLE WITH MORTALS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IRISH PEOPLE HAVE BAD TEMPERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
REDHEADS ARE TEMPERMENTAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IRISH PEOPLE DRINK TOO MUCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
SCOTTISH PEOPLE ARE THRIFTY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
GERMANS HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
LATINS MAKE THE BEST LOVERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
A BARKING DOG WILL NOT BITE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
A BARKING DOG WILL NOT BITE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LEAVE A CAT IN THE SAME ROOM WITH A CAT
IN THE SAME ROOM WITH A CAT SLEEPING BABY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF A CAT STARES AT YOU, MAKE SURE HE AVERTS HIS EYES FIRST.
IF YOU LOOK AWAY FIRST, HE WILL POUNCE ON YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF IT RAINS WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING, THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS
WIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
TOADS CAUSE WARTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN