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IF YOU HAVE MOLES ON YOUR BACK, YOU'LL BE RICH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PORTLAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
IF SOMEONE PASSES YOU THE SALT, DON'T TAKE IT FROM THEIR HAND.
THEY SHOULD SET IT ON THE TABLE AND THEN YOU CAN PICK IT UP, THIS
AVOIDS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PORTLAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
PREVENTION OF BAD LUCK
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, DROP A STRING TO THE GROUND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PORTLAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
LUCK
IF YOU BORROW SALT, IT'S BAD LUCK TO RETURN IT, BUT I'VE NEVER
HAD NOTHIN' BUT BAD LUCK SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HOLDS TRUE OR
NOT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PORTLAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
LUCK
BREAKING A MIRROR IS SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PORTLAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
LUCK
WALKING UNDER A LADDER IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PORTLAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
HOG KILLING
KILL YOUR HOGS IN THE COLD OF THE MOON. IF YOU DIDN'T, THE
GREASE WOULDN'T COME OUT OF THE MEAT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS HER FATHER TRIED THIS ONCE, BUT THE MEAT FROZE
SOLID BEFORE IT COULD BE DRESSED FOR CURING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PORTLAND
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Bred animal BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
WHEN PREGNANT, DO NOT PUT YOUR ARMS ABOVE YOUR HEAD, OR THE
CORD WILL WRAP AROUND YOUR BABY'S NECK AND CHOKE HIM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTWOOD
Keyword(s): UMBILICAL CORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: 07-05-1973
IF YOU PUT AN AX UNDER THE BED, IT WILL CUT IN HALF THE PAIN
OF CHILDBIRTH
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTWOOD
Keyword(s): METAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 07-05-1973
WHEN EATING WEDGES OF PIE WITH A MEMBER OF THE OPPOSITE SEX,
EACH SILENTLY NAMES THE CORNERS OF THE OTHER'S PIECE (NAMES
ARE THOSE OF THREE SUITORS). THE LAST CORNER EATEN BY THE
GIRL IS THE ONE SHE WILL MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTWOOD
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert BELIEF -- Use of object for determining future spouse SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 07-05-1973
WHEN YOU GET GOOSEPIMPLES AND SHIVER, SOMEONE IS WALKING OVER
YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTWOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Chills, shivering |
Date learned: 07-05-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PASS SALT FROM HAND TO HAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTWOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 07-05-1973
WHEN PULLING PULLEYBONE, ONE WHO GETS SHORT END WILL GET HIS
WISH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTWOOD
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Bird Poultry BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 07-05-1973
TO GET MILDEW OUT OF CLOTHES, PUT URINE ON THEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTWOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 06-24-1972
AT A RACE, IT'S BAD LUCK TO HAVE A NUMBER THAT LOOKS THE
SAME BOTH WAYS--69, 11, 2, 33.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTWOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 06-22-1972
AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT ON THE NIGHT OF A FULL MOON, IT IS
POSSIBLE TO SEE YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND IF YOU DO THE FOLLOWING:
TAKE A HALF-GALLON JAR OF WATER AND PUT IT BEHIND YOU. THEN
PLACE YOURSELF IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE MOONLIGHT COMES IN OVER
YOUR LEFT SHOULDER WHEN YOU FACE THE WINDOW. LOOK INTO A
MIRROR AND YOU WILL SEE YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND. IF YOU ARE
NOT TO MARRY, YOU WILL SEE A CASKET.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTWOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
JUMP ROPE RHYME
COKA-COLA WENT TO TOWN,
PEPSI COLA SHOT HIM DOWN,
DR. PEPPER PICKED HIM UP,
AND GAVE HIM A SHOT OF SEVEN-UP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
YOU'RE AS WELCOME IN MY HOUSE AS A CASE OF SMALLPOX.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
"A RATTLESNAKE WON'T CROSS A HORSEHAIR ROPE"
IF SLEEPING IN THE WOODS, A HORSEHAIR ROPE PLACED ON THE
GROUND AROUND YOU WILL KEEP RATTLESNAKES AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 04-15-1972
SASSAFRAS TEA REMEDY
SASSAFRAS TEA DRUNK IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH WILL THIN THE BLOOD FOR THE SUMMER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-12-1968