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SUPERSTITION-FOOD
CELERY INCREASES YOUR SEX DRIVE.
Submitter comment: A SUPERSTITION AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption |
Date learned: 03-17-1972
SUPERSTITION
WHEN IT IS RAINING AND THE SUN IS SHINING, THE DEVIL IS BEATING
HIS WIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mythology |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU TURN A STRAY CAT AWAY FROM YOUR DOOR, YOU TURN AWAY
GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 03-29-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOUR RIGHT EYE ITCHES, YOU WILL BE PLEASED; IF YOUR LEFT
EYE JUMPS, YOU WILL GET ANGRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
DOGS DRAW LIGHTENING. (IF IT IS LIGHTENING, DOGS WILL CAUSE
THE LIGHTENING TO COME INTO THE PLACE THEY ARE AND WILL
BE STRUCK BY IT.)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
SUPERSTITION
FOXES GO MAD WITH THE COMING OF A NEW MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 04-01-1972
SUPERSTITION
TO KEEP A NEW KITTEN FROM RUNNING AWAY, RUB BUTTER ON EACH
OF ITS FEET AND HAVE IT WALK AROUND THE EDGE OF THE TABLE
FOUR TIMES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 04-16-1972
A PREGNANT WOMAN CAN "MARK" HER BABY BY WATCHING OR PARTICIPATING
IN SOMETHING SHE SHOULD NOT WHILE SHE IS STILL CARRYING HER
CHILD. "MARKING" USUALLY REFERS TO SOME PHYSICAL OR MENTAL
DEFECT IN THE CHILD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 04-04-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF ONE IS PREGNANT AND IS SEARED BY SOMETHING, THE CHILD WILL
TAKE THE FORM THE SEARER.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS TO ENCOURAGE PREGNANT WOMEN TO BE CAREFUL OR TO
EXPLAIN PHYSICAL DEFORMITY IN THE BABY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 04-04-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU DREAM OF FISH, YOU ARE PREGNANT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
NEVER RAISE YOUR ARM OVERHEAD DURING PREGNANCY. THE BABY WILL
BE STRANGLED BY THE UMBILICAL CORD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
SUPERSTITION
WHEN A COMET IS VISIBLE AND A BABY IS BORN, THAT BABY WILL
BE FAMOUS. THE SAME COMET WILL BE PRESENT AT THAT PERSON'S DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
YOU HAVE LIVED HALF YOUR DAYS WHEN YOUR WISDOM TEETH BEGIN TO
GROW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
A CAT WILL SMOTHER AN INFANT IF GIVEN A CHANCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF A CHILD IS HOMELY WHEN IT IS SMALL, IT WILL BE GOOD-LOOKING
WHEN IT IS GROWN.
Submitter comment: OFTEN USED TO CONSOLE THE MOTHER OF AN UNATTRACTIVE BABY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
BABIES COME FROM TREE STUMPS.
Submitter comment:
AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN BIRTH EITHER BY PARENTS WHO ARE
EMBARASSED ABOUT SEX OR BY CHILDREN WHO VIEW BIRTH AS A
MYSTICAL OCCURRENCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
PLANT A TREE WHEN A BABY IS BORN AND THE TREE AND THE BABY
WILL LIVE EXACTLY THE SAME LENGTH OF TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
BABIES ARE BROUGHT BY STORKS.
Submitter comment:
AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN BIRTH, USUALLY TO CHILDREN, BY
EMBARASSED PARENTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU CRAVE FOOD BEFORE A BABY IS BORN, THE IMAGE OF THE FOOD
IS LIKELY TO BE OBSERVED ON THE BABY.
Submitter comment:
THE CONCEPT OF CRAVING FOOD DURING PREGNANCY DATES BACK TO THE
ERA OF PAMPERING PREGNANT WOMEN BECAUSE THEY WERE CONSIDERED
ESPECIALLY DELICATE AND ALSO BECAUSE THEY WERE THOUGHT TO POSESS
SPECIAL POWERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972