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IF TH COWS ARE GRAZING WELL, THE FISH ARE BITING.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Fish |
Date learned: 06-20-1973
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, TURN YOUR HAT AROUND.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
I'S BAD LUCK TO WASH ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE AND AFTER CHRISTMAS.
Submitter comment: BOTH HER MOTHER AND HER MOTHER-IN-LAW BELIEVED IN THIS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
Keyword(s): LAUNDRY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IT'S BAD LUCK TO BUTTON AN ARTICLE OF CLOTHING BEFORE PUTTING IT
AWAY IN A DRAWER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IF YOU EVER HEAR A HEN CROW LIKE A ROOSTER, KILL THE HEN
OR GET RID OF IT. SUCH A HEN IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IT'S BAD LUCK TO PUT AN UMBRELLA OVER YOUR HEAD IN THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment: NO MENTION IS MADE OF OPENING AN UMBRELLA BEING BAD LUCK,
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
DON'T PUT NEW WITH OLD.
Submitter comment: HER MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS A STRICT BELIEVER IN THIS. SHE ALWAYS
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
DON'T SWEEP DIRT OUT OF THE HOUSE AFTER SUNDOWN.
Submitter comment: SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE MOST SUPERSTITIONS, BUT SHE
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 06-20-1973
HANG A HORSESHOE OVER THE DOOR FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: SHE HAS A HORSESHOE OVER HER DOOR, SO OBVIOUSLY SHE BELIEVES
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 06-20-1973
WEATHER PREDICTION (RAIN)
IF IT'S RED TOWARD SUNRISE, IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AKIN TO "RED SKY AT MORNING; SAILORS TAKE WARNING."
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
WEATHER PREDICTION
IF IT'S RED TOWARD SUNSET, IT WILL BE FAIR.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AKIN TO "RED SKY AT NIGHT; SAILOR'S DELIGHT."
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
WEATHER PREDICTION (RAIN)
IF THERE'S A RAINBOW IN THE MORNING, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
WEATHER PREDICTION (RAIN)
IF THE SMOKE FROM THE CHIMNEY GOES TO THE GROUND, IT'S A SIGN
OF RAIN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
WEATHER PREDICTION
A JULY FLY A'HOLLERING IS A SIGN OF DRY WEATHER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time Month |
Date learned: 07-07-1973
FOLK BELIEF (WEATHER PREDICTION)
A TREE FROG HOLLERING IS A SIGN OF RAIN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 07-07-1973
BELIEF
MOST MEN WILL LOOK INTO THEIR GLASS WHEN THEY DRINK, BUT A HOMOSEXUAL WILL LOOK OUT OVER HIS GLASS.
Submitter comment:
HEARD FROM SPANISH OR LATIN-AMERICAN ROOMMATE AT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
IF YOU PREFER SUNRISES TO SUNSETS, YOU ARE A DREAMER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
EARWIGS WILL GET INTO YOUR EARS AND THEN EAT YOUR BRAINS OUT.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT'S NURSE, SALLY, HAD HIM TERRIFIED OF EARWIGS
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
BUSY AS A BUCKET FULL OF MAGGOTS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THAT HE HAS HEARD THIS EXPRESSION MANY
TIMES WHILE GROWING UP IN NORTHERN ALABAMA, AND IN RECENT
YEARS IN AUBURN, ALABAMA. HE USES THE EXPRESSION HIMSELF
IN CASUAL CONVERSATION TO INDICATE ANYONE WHO IS VERY BUSY
DOING SOMETHING.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOU'LL NEED TO LICK THAT CALF AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION IS USED BY THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER, HAZEL DARDEN,
BORN IN NORTH ALABAMA, WHO LIVES IN AUBURN, ALABAMA. THE EXPRES-
SION MEANS THAT IF YOU DON'T DO A JOB RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, IT
WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE OVER CORRECTLY. IF YOU ARE WATCHING
SOMEONE DO A JOB, AND THEY ARE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB, THEN YOU
SAY, "YOU'LL HAVE TO LICK THAT CALF AGAIN." THE INFORMANT
SAYS THAT HIS MOTHER HAS SAID THIS ALL HER LIFE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN