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HOLD YOUR BREATH WHEN YOU PASS A CEMETERY AND SAY "RABBITT,
RABBITT" OR YOU WILL SOON BE BURIED THERE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
CATCH A BLACK CAT AFTER HE CROSSES YOUR PATH AND THROW
HIM IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THIS WILL BREAK THE BAD
LUCK SPELL HE PUT ON YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A CROSS ON THE HEEL OF YOUR BOOT KEEPS THE DEVIL AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration 682 682.4 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CUT THE CORNER OFF A TWO DOLLAR BILL SO THE BAD LUCK
WILL DRAIN OUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU CANNOT GET PREGNANT IF YOU SLEEP ON YOUR LEFT SIDE
AFTER INTERCOURSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRACEPTION ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU CANNOT GET PREGNANT IF YOU KEEP AN ARTICLE OF CLOTHING
ON DURING INTERCOURSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO BE SITTING PARALLEL TO THE BATHTUB
WHEN PLAYING BRIDGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
BAD LUCK AND DEATH COMES IN THREES. IF TWO BAD THINGS
HAPPEN OR TWO DEATHS OCCUR, BE ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR THE
THIRD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
A DARK STREAK DOWN A HORSE'S BACK IS A WILD STREAK; THIS
HORSE WILL BE DIFFICULT TO MANAGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00001960 CA.
IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED, AMONG THOSE WHO EXHIBIT IN HORSE
SHOWS, THAT IN CERTAIN YEARS, A PARTICULAR COLOR OF HORSE
IS FAVORED BY JUDGES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00001960 CA.
MY LUCKY NUMBER IN HORSE SHOWS WAS 54.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
IT'S BAD LUCK IF YOU LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES FROM ONE MATCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-07-1973
IF YOU SEE A BLACK CAT CROSSING IN FRONT OF YOUR CAR, PUT
AN X ON THE WINDSHIELD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal BELIEF -- Word Letter BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
WHEN YOU AND A FRIEND ARE WALKING TOGETHER AND PASS ON EITHER
SIDE OF AN OBJECT, YOU ON ONE SIDE AND HE ON THE OTHER,
YOU SAY "BREAD AND BUTTER." HE FOLLOWS WITH "PINS AND
NEEDLES." YOU SAY "WHAT GOES UP THE CHIMNEY." HE
ANSWERS "SMOKE." YOU BOTH THEN SAY, "MAY THIS WISH
NEVER BE BROKEN." THIS GRANTS YOU ONE WISH AND INSURES
YOUR EVERLASTING FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Word Letter SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, COMPANY IS COMING TO VISIT WITH A HOLE
IN THEIR PANTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): BRITCHES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
I'VE ALWAYS HEARD AUNT EMMA COULD TAKE WARTS OFF. I NEVER
BELIEVED IT. I HAD A WART ON MY THUMB AND IT BOTHERED ME
WHEN I WAS BOWLING. ONE NIGHT EMMA WAS THERE BOWLING
AND I WENT OVER AND SHE SAID "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR
THUMB?" SO I TOLD HER I HAD A WART. WELL, SHE DIDN'T
TOUCH IT OR SAY A WORD, BUT THAT WART WENT AWAY RIGHT
AFTER THAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
UNION PROTECTION FOR REBEL
THIS INCIDENT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. MY INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER
AND FAMILY WERE LIVING IN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, DURING THE
CIVIL WAR. GOVERNOR BROWN HAD KEPT A LOT OF THE GEORGIA
SOLDIERS HOME TO GUART COLUMBUS. WHEN COLUMBUS FELL TO THE
UNION, THE UNION OFFICER IN CHARGE OF UNION TROOPS THERE,
WAS THE COUSIN OF MY INFORMANTS' GRANDMOTHER. THEIR HOUSE
WAS NOT TOUCHED, BUT THEY HAD TO FEED THE SOLDIERS.
IN THE COURSE OF A DAY, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY HEARD A SHOT
FIRED. IMMEDIATELY THE UNION SOLDIERS SURROUNDED THE PLACE--
THEY FOUND A HALF-WIT BOY WANDERING AROUND WHO HAD FIRED
THE SHOT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
I HAVE HEARD MANY PEOPLE SAY THIS: DEATH SEEMS TO OCCUR IN
THREES. IF ONE PERSON WITH WHOM YOU ARE ACQUAINTED DIES--
TWO MORE DEATHS WILL OCCUR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THIS WILL
HAPPEN TO THOSE YOU HAVE HAD CONTCT WITH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
IF ONE TAKES THE LAST PIECE OF FOOD ON THE PLATE, SHE WILL
BE AN OLD MAID. I HAVE HEARD THIS ALL MY LIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Last events: the last person to the table... |
Date learned: 07-00-1968