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BAD LUCK
I'VE ALWAYS HEARD THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER START ANYTHING ON FRIDAY THAT YOU CAN'T FINISH THAT DAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
GOOD LUCK SIGN
IF THE PALM OF YOUR HAND ITCHES, YOU RUB IT ON SOMETHING NEW AND YOU WILL GET SOME MONEY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
TO CAUSE RAIN
WHEN YOU KILL A SNAKE, HANG IT UP WITH BELLY UP AND IT WILL RAIN IN THREE DAYS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
WAKING UP SNAKES
THEY SAY THAT THE FIRST THUNDERRSTORM IN MARCH WAKES UP THE SNAKES.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
CONQUERING ENEMIES
IF YOU KILL THE FIRST SNAKE YOU SEE IN THE SPRING, YOU CONQUER ALL YOUR ENEMIES.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
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IF YOU FIND A BUTTON, COUNT THE HOLES IN IT AND YOU WILL
RECEIVE SOME MONEY IN THAT NUMBER OF DAYS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BAD LUCK TO GIVE ANYONE A SHARP OBJECT,
SUCH AS A KNIFE, A PAIR OF SCISSORS--FOR A PRESENT. IT WILL
CUT YOUR LOVE. THE PERSON RECEIVING THE OBJECT SHOULD GIVE
THE OTHER PERSON A PENNY OR SOMETHING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
James Callow Keyword(s): GIFT ; HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Good luck Sharp objects BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 08-03-1968
PEOPLE USED TO SAY THAT IF YOU DREAM ABOUT CATCHING FISH AT
NIGHT YOU WOULD GET MONEY THE NEXT DAY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about animals |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
OWLS GO TO HOLLERING IT'S A SURE SIGN IT'S GOING TO RAIN
WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
Date learned: 08-02-1968
IF A MULE SHAKES HIMSELF WITH THE HARNESS ON, IT IS A SIGN
OF RAIN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
Date learned: 08-02-1968
OLD PEOPLE USED TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU HEARD THE FIRST DOVE YOU
HEARD THAT YEAR, IF YOU WERE STANDING UP YOU WOULD BE IN GOOD
HEALTH ALL YEAR, BUT IF YOU WERE SITTING DOWN, YOU WOULD BE
IN BAD HEALTH ALL YEAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
WHEN LARGE DEAD LIMBS FALL OUT OF THE TREES WHEN THE WIND IS
NOT BLOWING, IT IS A SIGN OF RAIN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
THE NIGHT THAT UNCLE TROY DIED, MAMA AND PAPA AND SOME OTHERS
SETTING UP WITH UNCLE TROY HEARD SOME DOGS FIGHTING IN THE
HALL. PAPA WENT TO THE DOOR AND KICKED AT THE DOGS, BUT
NOTHING WAS THERE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IF KEROSENE LAMPS THAT ARE FULL GO OUT, SOMEONE DIES. THE NIGHT
VIRGINIA ANN WAS BORN BOTH KEROSENE LAMPS WENT OUT. EVERYONE
THOUGHT VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA ANN WOULD DIE, BUT FOURTEEN
DAYS LATER MAMA AND ERNEST DIED.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number P686.1.14 |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
DREAM OF A HORSE AND IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH. ALSO A COW THAT
LOWS (CALLS) ONE TIME AT NIGHT IS A SIGN OF DEATH. I HAVE
WOKE UP AT NIGHT AND HEARD A COW LOW AND I WILL LIE AWAKE FOR
HER TO LOW AGAIN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
A PICTURE THAT FALLS OFF THE WALL IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: MY SISTER-IN-LAW BELIEVES THIS AND SAYS THAT THE WEEK BEFORE
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
IF THE WHIRLWIND GOES TO THE NORTH, IT IS A SIGN OF DROUGHT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
FROM THE TIME YOU HEAR THE FIRST KATYDID IN THE SPRING, IT WILL
BE THREE MONTHS UNTIL THE FIRST FROST.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
Date learned: 07-20-1968
MAMA HAD GOT IN THE CLOTHES AND SHE LOOKED OUT AND SHE THOUGHT
SHE SAW SOMETHING SHE HAD DROPPED. SHE WENT TO PICK IT UP
AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE. THAT NIGHT GRANDPA CHAPMAN
PASSED AWAY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-23-1968