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IF YOU HOP EXACTLY THIRTEEN TIMES ON THE FLOOR, THE
THIRTEENTH TIME YOU'LL GO THROUGH IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
AT THE END OF THE MONTH, RIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED, YOU SAY
"RABBIT, RABBIT." THEN THE NEXT MORNING WHEN YOU WAKE UP
YOU SAY "RABBIT, RABBIT" AND MAKE A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF YOU SPILL SALT ON THE TABLE, MEANS IT'S BAD LUCK. AND THAT
WAS BECAUSE OF, (YOU KNOW) WHEN CHRIST GOT CRUCIFIED, JUDAS,
WHEN CHRIST SAID THAT ONE OF (TH)EM WOULD DENY HIM, JUDAS
TURNED OVER AND KNOCKED THE SALT OVER. SO EVERYONE THINKS
THAT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
THEY SAY IT'S GOOD LUCK TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND THE FIRST
THING YOU THINK IS "RABBIT," AND YOU HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL
YEAR LONG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD SAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH IS,
"RABBIT, RABBIT." SHOULD YOU FORGET, THEN THE LAST THING
BEFORE YOU GO TO BED (IT MUST BE BEFORE MIDNIGHT) YOU SHOULD
SAY IT BACKWARD, "TIBBAR, TIBBAR." YOUR LUCK WOULD NOT BE
AS GOOD BY SAYING IT AT NIGHT, BUT NOT AS BAD AS IF YOU
DIDN'T SAY IT AT ALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 06-22-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THE TRAVELER IF YOU WATCH HIM UNTIL HE IS
OUT OF SIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-22-1972
IN MAINE, I WAS ALWAYS TOLD IF WHEN YOU WERE CLEANING FISH AND
YOU FOUND SOMETHING WHOLE IN THE GULLET, IT WAS A SIGN OF
GOOD LUCK. IF YOU FOUND SOMETHING PARTLY DIGESTED, IT WAS
A SIGN OF BAD LUCK. IF YOU FOUND SOMETHING OF VALUE, IT WAS
A SURE SIGN YOU WOULD BE WEALTHY SOMEDAY. IF YOU DIDN'T
BOTHER TO INVESTIGATE THE GULLET, YOU WERE MORE WISE THAN
CURIOUS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MAINE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Good luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
HARM A CRICKET, BAD LUCK WILL FOLLOW.
A CRICKET IN THE HOUSE IS A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MAINE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
STEP ON A DADDY-LONGLEGS AND KILL IT, IT WILL RAIN FOR SURE.
Submitter comment: WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I KILLED ONE. IT HAILED SOON AFTER FOR
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MAINE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): SPIDER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
IF YUR EARS ARE RINGING, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 842 Ringing ears / buzzing / hot, burning Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 06-14-1973
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU ARE EITHER GOING TO HAVE A FIGHT
OR KISS A FOOL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 06-14-1973
IF YOU DROP A UTENSIL, COMPANY IS COMING.
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, A MAN IS COMING.
IF YOU DROP A FORK, A WOMAN IS COMING.
IF YOU DROP A SPOON, A FOOL IS COMING.
THE PERSON WILL COME FROM THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE HEAD
OF THE UTENSIL IS POINTING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 06-14-1973
WHEN YOUR RIGHT NOSTRIL ITCHES, IT'S A SIGN YOU'RE GOING TO
GET A LETTER FROM A MAN OR A CALL FROM A MAN.
Submitter comment: SHE BELIEVES THAT THIS IS SO, AND IT SEEMS TO WORK FOR HER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF YOUR LEFT NOSTRIL ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LETTER OR A
VISIT FROM A WOMAN.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES BELIEVES THIS TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF YOUR LEFT EAR ITCHES, IT'S A SIGN YOU WILL HEAR SOMETHING BAD.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS A COMMON SUPERSTITION WHEN MRS. REAVES WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching ear |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF YOUR RIGHT EAR ITCHES, IT'S A SIGN YOU WILL HEAR SOMETHING
GOOD.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THIS AT OUR HOME JULY 19, 1968. THIS WAS
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching ear |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
TO DROP A KNIFE IS A SIGN A MAN IS COMING TO YOUR HOUSE.
Submitter comment: I HAVE OFTN HEARD HER EXPRESS THIS SUPERSTITION WHEN A
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF YOU DROP A FORK, IS A SIGN THAT A WOMAN IS GOING TO YOUR HOUSE.
Submitter comment: I HAVE OFTEN HEARD HER EXPRESS THIS SUPERSTITION WHEN A FORK
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF THE TAIL OF YOUR DRESS TURNS UP, IF YOU SPIT ON IT, YOU
WILL GET A NEW DRESS.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON SUPERSTITION
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, YOU WILL WALK ON NEW GROUND OR YOU WILL
GO TO THE CEMETERY.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES, MY MOTHER, TOLD ME THAT SHE STOPPED PAYING ANY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 07-19-1968