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IF YOUR EARS BURN, MEANS SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Date learned: 06-16-1972
RINGING IN EARS MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 842 Ringing ears / buzzing / hot, burning BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
IF IT RAINS WHILE THE SUN IS SHINING, MEANS IT WILL RAIN
THE NEXT DAY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through A time segment or a direction BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
IF THE HEM OF YOUR SKIRT GETS TURNED UP ACCIDENTALLY, KISS
IT AND TURN IT DOWN. YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE LATCH ON YOUR NECKLACE WORKS ITS WAY FROM THE BACK
TO THE FRONT, MAKE A WISH AND TURN IT BACK. YOUR WISH
WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN BEAUTY CONTESTS, PROBABLY HALF OF THE GIRLS WEAR
MUSTARD SEED CHARMS SOMEWHERE ON THEM, BECAUSE THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO BRING GOOD LUCK IF YOU HAVE FAITH IN THEM THAT
THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING. I THINK THAT THIS CAME
FROM SOME VERSE IN THE BIBLE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck P881.4 |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
THE NUMBER THIRTEEN IS CONSIDERED UNLUCKY BECAUSE LONG AGO
WHEN THERE WERE GALLOWS, THEY ALWAYS BUILT THIRTEEN STEPS
LEADING UP TO THEM.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described Favorites BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I WAS TOLD THAT THE COLOR
OF YOUR EYEBROWS ARE NOW, ARE WHAT COLOR YOUR HAIR WOULD
BE WHEN YOU GREW UP. MY HAIR WAS RED AND MY EYEBROWS BLONDE.
I BELIEVED THAT MY HAIR WOULD EVENTUALLY TURN BLONDE, FOR
SEVERAL YEARS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 06-27-1972
WHENEVER YOU HAVE AN APPLE WITH A STEM, YOU TAKE THE STEM
AND BEGIN TO TWIST IT. EACH TIME YOU TWIST THE STEM
YOU SAY A LETTER OF THE ALPHABET--THE LETTER THAT THE STEM
TWISTS OFF ON WILL BE THE FIRST LETTER OF THE LAST NAME
OF THE MAN YOU WILL MARRY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Word Letter BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 06-27-1972
MANY PEOPLE TOLD MY SISTER, WHO HAD SET HER MARRIAGE DATE
FOR MARCH 15TH (THE IDES OF MARCH) THAT THIS WAS UNLUCKY,
BECAUSE OF THE CONNOTATIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE'S JULIUS
CAESAR.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 15 BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.545 BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 06-27-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WALK WITH ONE SHOE ON AND ONE SHOE OFF.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 05-03-1969
WHEN A MEASURING WORM GETS ON YOU, IT MEANS THAT HE IS MEASURING
YOU FOR A NEW SUIT OF CLOTHES.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): INCHWORM ?
Date learned: 05-03-1969
IF A PERSON SEES A REDBIRD, HE SHOULD MAKE A WISH WHILE
LOOKING AT HER, AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 04-07-1969
IF A PERSON WALKS UNDER AN OPEN LADDER, IT WILL BRING HIM
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 04-07-1969
TO SWIRL A CHAIR AROUND ON ONLY ONE OF ITS LEGS BRING(S)
BAD LUCK TO THAT PERSON.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 04-03-1969
ONE SHOULD NEVER EAT FISH AND DRINK MILK TOGETHER, AS IT WILL
CAUSE ONE TO BE SICK AT HIS STOMACH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water Food Drink -- Drink from animal product Milk BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
IF A BUMP APPEARS ON SOMEONE'S TONGUE, IT INDICATES THAT HE
HAS TOLD A LIE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-25-1969
IF ONE ALLOWS A PERSON TO SWEEP UNDER HIS FEET, IT MEANS HE
WILL NEVER MARRY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 04-25-1969
TOWARD PRE-SELECTED SEX: "GALEN, PERSONAL PHYSICIAN TO THE
ROMAN EMPEROR MARCUS AURELIUS, TOLD PREGNANT WOMEN TO FILL
TWO SMALL HOLES IN THE GROUND WITH URINE. IN ONE HOLE THEY
WERE TO PLANT WHEAT, IN THE OTHER BARLEY. IF THE WHEAT
SPROUTED FIRST THEY WOULD BEAR A BOY, IF THE BARLEY, A
GIRL."
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 08-03-1968
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 7 YEARS OLD WE USED TO, WHENEVER WE SAW A
TAXICAB, WE WOULD LICK THE THUMB AND PRESS IT ON THE
PALM OF THE OTHER HAND AND THEN IT (HIT?) IT WITH YOUR
FIST. THIS WAS TO INSURE GOOD LUCK. TO FAIL TO DO THIS
WAS BAD LUCK
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 06-13-1972