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HERRING PUTS HAIR ON YOUR CHEST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fish |
IF YOU LOOK AT (A) BIG BLACK GRASSHOPPER IN THE EYE,
HE'LL SPIT AT YOU AND YOU'LL GO BLIND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
PROVERB
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO EAT, WE WOULD ALL BE RICH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; SHONEYS RESTAURANT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-06-1970
Belief: Weather
Morning red and evening gray / means the sun will shine all day.
Morning gray and evening red / will bring the rain upon your head.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [P800] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Evening ; Gray ; Grey ; MORNING ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; Red ; Sun ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Weather sign or control |
Belief: Weather
RED SKY IN MORNING, SAILORS TAKE WARNING.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.890 BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
Belief: Children's Song
STEP ON A CRACK (AS IN A SIDEWALK) (SIC) BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; ASSUMED
Keyword(s): Back ; BELIEF ; CHILDHOOD ; CHILDREN ; Crack ; GAME ; MOTHER ; RHYME ; SONG ; Spine ; SUPERSTITION ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.533 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
SAILORS DON'T LIKE TO MAKE TRIPS UNLESS THERE'S A CAT ON BOARD
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT A CAT WILL HELP THEM TO HAVE A
LUCKY AND SAFE TRIP.
Where learned: BARRETT RD ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Date learned: 07-30-1968
SPEAKING OF BREAKING UP FRIENDSHIPS, IN MANHATTAN THERE ARE
MANY AWNINGS THAT ARE HELD UP FROM THE SIDEWALKS BY POLES.
I USED TO GO WITH A GIRL WHO WOULD NEVER LET A POLE COME
BETWEEN US WHEN WE WERE WALKING, BECAUSE THAT MEANT THAT
WE WOULD BREAK UP. IF WE DID HAPPEN TO WALK ON OPPOSITE
SIDES OF A POLE, SHE WOULD MAKE ME TURN AROUND AND WALK
BY IT AGAIN WITH BOTH OF US GOING AROUND THE POLE ON THE
SAME SIDE.
Where learned: BARRETT RD ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
THE FIRST TIME A RACE DRIVER IS ON A NEW TRACK, HE WILL PAINT
HIS FENDERS GREEN FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 06-10-1972
MY HUSBAND'S UNCLE WOULD NOT KNOWIN(G)LY EAT ANYTHING THAT
HAD BEEN COOKED IN A PRESSURE COOKER DUE TO HIS BELIEF THAT
THE FOODS WERE NEITHER HEALTHY OR TASTY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Kind of heatCooking equipment BELIEF -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
THE SIZE AND PLACEMENT OF A FETUS INDICATES WHETHER IT IS A
GIRL OR A BOY:
IF THE BABY IS HIGH AND THE MOTHER'S STOMACH IS LARGE, IT WILL
BE A GIRL. IF THE BABY IS CARRIED LOW AND THE MOTHER'S STOMACH
IS RATHER SMALL, IT IS A BOY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU CAN HEAR AN UNBORN BABY CRY IF YOU PUT YOUR EAR TO THE
MOTHER'S STOMACH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE MOON LOOKS RED, IT MEANS THERE IS BLOOD ON IT, AND
THERE WILL SOON BE A WAR.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WE LEARNED THE OTHER DAY THE FIRST PERMANENT THAT WAS EVER GIVEN,
THE LADY WHO GOT IT DIED OF A HEART ATTACK THE NEXT DAY. FOR
A LONG TIME AFTER THAT, NO ONE WANTED A PERMANENT BECAUSE
THEY THOUGHT THAT THE PERMANENT WAS WHAT MADE THAT LADY DIE.
Where learned: HOME ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
ALSO IN THE THEATRE, EVERYONE ALWAYS HOPES FOR AN AWFUL
DRESS REHEARSAL, BECAUSE THEN THE OPENING NIGHT
PERFORMANCE IS SUPPOSED TO BE TERRIFIC. USUALLY THIS
IS TRUE, TOO.
Where learned: HOME ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPENSATION CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Observation DRAMA -- D000 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
IF THE CLASP OF THE NECKLACE IS NEXT TO THE LOCKET, YOUR
BOYFRIEND IS THINKING ABOUT YOU.
Submitter comment: TEENAGE PREVALENT BELIEF.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE HEM OF YOUR DRESS IS TURNED UP, YOUR BOYFRIEND IS
THINKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DON'T PEEL AN APPLE SO THAT THE PEELING STAYS IN ONE
PIECE, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR BOYFRIEND.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOUR PALM ITCHES IT MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO GET SOME
MONEY SOON.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
MAKE A WISH, STRIKE A MATCH; HOLD IT UPRIGHT AND LET IT
BURN DOWN. IF IT BURNS DOWN ALL THE WAY, YOUR WISH
WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 06-16-1972