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A HOUSE IN CLIFTON FORGE, VIRGINIA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HAUNTED.
IT WAS SAID THAT A MAN AND HIS WIFE USED TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE.
THE MAN DIED MYSTERIOUSLY AND DISAPPEARED. HE WAS THOUGHT TO BE
BURIED ON THE HILL JUST ABOVE THE HOUSE. HIS WIFE DIED ABOUT A
YEAR AFTER HE DID AND IT IS SAID THAT SHE HAUNTS THE HOUSE
AND CARRIES A LIGHT UPON THE HILLSIDE LOOKING FOR HER HUSBAND'S
GRAVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
DON'T START ANYTHING ON SATURDAY YOU CAN'T FINISH, BECAUSE
IT WILL NEVER GET FINISHED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLASS ASSIGNMENT ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
THE WIFE WHO IS DELIVERING, PULLS ON AN OLD SWEATY SHIRT OF
HUSBAND'S TO RECEIVE STRENGTH FOR DELIVERY. IT'S TIED ON THE
FOOT OF THE BED. THE BAHAMA NEGROES TAKE THIS BELIEF FROM THE
FOLLOWING SCRIPTURE: "BY THE SWEAT OF THY BROW, SHALT THOU EARN
BREAD." GEN. 3--CURSE ON ADAM. "IN SORROW SHALT THOU LABOR
ALL THY DAYS." WIFE'S CURSE--"IN SORROW SHALT THOU BRING
FORTH CHILDREN."
Submitter comment: THIS IS A CUSTOM OF THE BAHAMA NEGROES IN THE MIAMI LABOR
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FLORIDA ; BAHAMAS ; NASHVILLE ; MIAMI ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
James Callow Keyword(s): BIBLE GENESIS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 05-09-1969
IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR FIRST RIPE TOMATO BY JULY 4, YOU ARE
A POOR GARDENER AND WILL HAVE A SMALL CROP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLASS ASSIGNMENT ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IF YOU WERE GETTING HUNT AND SOMETHING WENT WRONG WHILE THE
ROPE WAS AROUND YOUR NECK AND YOU DIDN'T GET HUNG, THEY
WOULDN'T TRY IT AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU WOULD DIE A 1000 TIMES
WHILE THE ROPE WAS AROUND YOUR NECK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLASS ASSIGNMENT ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CAPITAL PUNISHMENT PENAL CODE PRISON CRIMINAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IF YOU LOOK AT A NEW MOON OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER, YOU'LL
DREAM ABOUT THE MAN YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GILLETTE HALL ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Observation BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about people |
Date learned: 06-26-1970
PROVERB
OLD FISHERMEN NEVER DIE, THEY CAN'T RAISE THEIR RODS
ANY MORE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; PORCH OF GILLETTE HALL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-22-1970
COOKING PROVERB
TO MAKE A PERFECT SALAD THERE SHOULD BE A SPENDTHRIFT FOR
OIL, A MISER FOR VINEGAR, A WISE MAN FOR SALT, AND A MADCAP
TO STIR THE INGREDIENTS UP AND MIX THEM WELL TOGETHER.
Submitter comment:
SPANISH PROVERB QUOTED IN "LILLIAN'S COOKBOOK." COLLECTOR'S
COMMENT: AND A MAN FOR ALL SEASONINGS, PERHAPS?
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; GRASSLAND LN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
PROVERB
INSIST ON YOURSELF--NEVER IMITATE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; GRASSLAND LN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
PROVERB
THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD.
Submitter comment:
TO ME, THIS MEANS YOU SHOULDN'T TRY TO FIGHT SOMEBODY
PHYSICALLY, BUT YOU SHOULD FELL THEM BY LOGICAL ARGUEMENTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
PEOPLE WITH RED HAIR HAVE FIERY TEMPERS
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONALITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Color |
A LEGEND
IT WAS SAID THAT AT MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE,
THE COWS ARE ON THEIR KNEES AND THE CHICKENS HANG
FROM THE ROOST BY THEIR CLAWS.
Submitter comment:
MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A LEGEND WHICH HER
GRANDMOTHER TOLD HER WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL IN FORT
SMITH, ARKANSAS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
DR. ANDERSON'S SIDELINE
DR. ANDERSON OF PEABODY COLLEGE, ENGLISH
DEPARTMENT, WRITES DIRTY BOOKS UNDER ANOTHER
NAME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 04-20-1969
DR. HALL'S EDUCATIONAL THEORY
DR. HALL WAS LECTURING IN A CLASS OF
EDUCATION MAJORS DOWNSTAIRS IN THE PAYNE
BUILDING. A LOUD CRASHING NOISE WAS HEARD
IN A ROOM ABOVE AND AFTER A PAUSE, DR. HALL
SAID, "THERE THEY GO AGAIN--EDUCATING THE WHOLE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 04-20-1969
DR. HALL'S MULTILINGUAL LECTURE
DR. CLIFTON HALL, A PEABODY PROFESSOR, WAS TO
GIVE A LECTURE AT VANDERBILT. AS HE STARTED
TO SPEAK, SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE MADE A
DEROGATORY STATEMENT ABOUT PEABODY. DR. HALL
CLEARED HIS THROAT AND DELIVERED HIS ENTIRE
LECTURE IN GREEK, TRANSLATED IT INTO FRENCH,
AND THEN SAT DOWN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 04-20-1969
THE GOATMAN
A STRANGE OLD MAN TRAVELS OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA
WITH A HERD OF GOATS. HE HAS WHITE HAIR AND
A LONG WHITE BEARD AND WEARS OLD, TATTERED
CLOTHES. HE OCCASIONALLY COMES INTO TOWN; HE
SEEMS TO APPEAR AND DISAPPEAR LIKE A VISION
AND HAS MAGICAL POWERS WHICH NOBODY QUITE
CAN FIGURE OUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 04-20-1969
BLACK SNAKES CAN GRAB THEIR TAILS AND
ROLL LIKE A TIRE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 04-20-1969
IF YOU CAN SHAKE SALT ON A BIRD'S TAIL
YOU CAN CATCH IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 05-03-1969
THE SALUTING STATUE
THE BRONZE STATUE OF WASHINGTON DUKE
ON THE DUKE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS RECLINES
IN A BRONZE CHAIR. LEGEND HAS IT THAT
WHEN A VIRGIN WALKS BY THE SEATED
FIGURE, HE STANDS UP AND SALUTES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-09-1969
HOOSIER
HOOSIER: TERM APPLIED TO PEOPLE FROM INDIANA.
TERM ORIGINATED FROM SPEECH PATTERN OF
NATIVES WHO, UPON HEARING KNOCK AT DOOR
ANSWER: HOOSIER (WHO'S THERE).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 05-09-1969