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WHEN A PAIR OF SHOES IS BROUGHT INTO THE HOUSE, NEVER PUT
THEM ON THE TABLE. SOMEONE WILL DIE IF YOU DO. WHEN I
BOUGHT A NEW PAIR OF SHOES, WHEN I CAME IN WITH THEM, IT PUT
THEM ON A CHAIR, BUT NEVER ON A TABLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress HandsFeet |
Date learned: 05-09-1969
IF A HARD SHELLED TURTLE BITES YOU, HE WON'T TURN ALOOSE
UNTIL IT THUNDERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
CHILDREN, WHEN THEY WALK ALONG THE SIDEWALK STEP OVER THE
CRACKS 'CAUSE THEY SAY, "STEP ON A CRACK AND BREAK YOUR
MOTHER'S BACK."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
"HANTS" APPEAR AT DUSK AND AT NIGHT, AND WILL HARM
PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT ALONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
THE DISMAL SWAMPS ARE LOCATED IN SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA. THERE
ARE PHOSPHOROUS LIGHTS IN MOST SWAMPY AREAS, BUT THERE IS
A LEGEND ABOUT THE LIGHTS IN THE DISMAL SWAMPS. THE LIGHTS
IN THIS SWAMP BELONG TO A GIRL WHO IS LOOKING FOR HER HUSBAND
WHO WAS LOST HUNTING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Formation |
INFORMANT REMEMBERS HER MOTHER SAYING, "TO WEAN A CHILD,
PUT SOOT ON THE NIPPLE; AND THE CHILD, THINKING IT IS
BLACK, WON'T WANT ANY MORE."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
IF YOU HAVE TWINS IN YOUR WEDDING, ALL YOUR CHILDREN WILL
BE TWINS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
FOR EVERY RIBBON THAT A GIRL BREAKS AT HER BRIDAL SHOWER
SHE WILL HAVE A BABY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
THE BRIDE SHOULDN'T WEAR BLACK ON WEDDING DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
THE GROOM IS NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE THE BRIDE'S WEDDING GOWN
BEFORE THE WEDDING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 07-05-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SEE YOUR INTENDED BEFORE THE CEREMONY ON
YOUR WEDDING DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE WEDDING CEREMONY SHOULD TAKE PLACE WHEN THE MINUTE HAND
OF THE CLOCK IS GOING UP. THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY TO BRING GOOD
LUCK IN THE MARRIAGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A TOMBSTONE MUST NOT BE SET BEFORE ELEVEN MONTHS AFTER
BURIAL OR THE SPIRIT CANNOT REST. (ORTHODOX JUDAISM)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IF AN OWL COMES CLOSE TO THE HOUSE NEAR SUNDOWN, THERE
WILL BE A DEATH IN THE HOUSE BEFORE MORNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
BURY A PERSON WITH HIS FACE TO THE EAST SO THEY CAN SEE
THE RISING SUN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FENTON'SFATHER WOULD NEVER HAVE ANY WORK DONE ON HIS OLD
RAMSHACKLED HOUSE BECAUSE IF ANY REPAIR WAS DONE,
SOMEONE DIED.
ONCE HE BOUGHT A REFRIGERATOR AND ONCE HE PAINTED THE
HOUSE, AND PEOPLE DIED BOTH TIMES, SO NOTHING ELSE WAS
EVER DONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
GRAVESTONE
IN MEMORY OF LENISA STANLEY, BORN AUGUST 3, 1832, DIED JUNE 6,
1849. SHE SAID TO ALL AROUND
PREPARE TO MEET ME IN HEAVEN
SHE RAISED HERSELF WHEN HER
LIPS WAS COLD AS CLAY AND KIST
HER MOTHER AND SAID DON'T
GRIEVE IT WON'T BE LONG TILL WE MEET AGAIN.
Submitter comment: IN THE SECOND LINE OF THE THIRD SECTION THERE ARE TWO
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
GRAVEYARD MARKER
IN MEMORIUM
LILLIE EMILY, DAUGHTER OF FRED & KATE BAUER
BORN AUGUST 16, 1877 DIED JUNE 14, 1881
TRANSPLANTED TO BLOOM IN HEAVEN
FAREWELL DEAR LILLIE
Submitter comment: BETWEEN THE "IN MEMORIUM" AND "LILLIE EMILY" WAS
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
WEATHER SIGN
THE NUMBER OF FOGS IN AUGUST CONSTITUTE THE NUMBER OF
SNOWS FOR THE WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Numbers System of counting Calculation |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
PLANTING
CROPS SHOULD BE PLANTED ON INCREASING MOON TO INSURE A
FRUITFUL HARVEST
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time |
Date learned: 08-03-1968