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BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR BRIDE AND GROOM TO SEE EACH OTHER ON THEIR
WEDDING DAY.
Submitter comment:
I BELIEVE THE INFORMANT MEANS BEFORE THE WEDDING ITSELF -
IT WOULD BE WORSE LUCK FOR THEM NOT TO SEE EACHOTHER! - A.C.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
BELIEF
TO DREAM OF DEATH IS A SIGN OF A WEDDING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF YOUR SHOESTRING COMES UNTIED, YOUR SWEETHEART IS THINKING
ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU ARE A BRIDESMAID MORE THAN THREE TIMES BEFORE YOU ARE
MARRIED, YOU WILL NEVER MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-29-1972
SUPERSTITION
A DOUBLE WEDDING ALWAYS BRINGS BAD LUCK TO ONE OF THE COUPLES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-29-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU WALK OVER A NEW GRAVE WITHOUT WALKING BACK OVER IT,
YOU WILL BE NEXT TO DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-29-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU HEAR DOORS SLAMMING AND DOORS ARE NOT BEING SLAMMED,
IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO A CHURCH, THERE IS SOMEONE THERE WHO WON'T
LIVE TO COME BACK AGAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-02-1972
BELIEF
IF THERE IS RAIN DURING A FUNERAL, THE DECEASED PERSON HAS GONE
TO HEAVEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU HEAR ETHEREAL MUSIC WHILE LYING IN BED AT NIGHT, IT IS
A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
CURE
A SLAB OF SALT PORK ON THE CHEST CAN CURE THE FEVER OF A
PNEUMONIA PATIENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
IF A PERSON WHO IS IN A COMA TALKS TO RELATIVES WHO ARE DEAD,
IT IS A SIGN THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU ARE RIDING DOWN THE STREET AND PASS A FUNERAL PROCESSION,
TURN AROUND AND FOLLOW IT OR YOU WILL BE THE NEXT TO DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU DREAM OF A WEDDING, IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO A HOUSE, IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU DREAM ALL YOUR TEETH HAVE BEEN PULLED, IT IS A SIGN OF
DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
SEEING MUDDY WATER IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
SUPERSTITION
THE HICCUPS MEAN YOU ARE GROWING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Measure |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOU WALK WITH ONE SHOE OFF AND THE OTHER ON, COUNT STEPS
AND THAT WILL BE THE NUMBER OF YEARS BEFORE YOU MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Numbers System of counting Calculation |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
YOU CAN TELL HOW MANY KITTENS A CAT WILL HAVE BY COUNTING THE
NUMBER OF TEATS WHICH ARE SWELLED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Numbers System of counting Calculation |
Date learned: 00-00-1972