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SUPERSTITION
IF YOU STUMP YOUR TOE, YOU SHOULD TURN AROUND THREE TIMES TO
PREVENT HAVING BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
BELIEF
WHEN YOU GO BACK INTO THE HOUSE FOR SOMETHING YOU HAVE FORGOTTON,
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK UNLESS YOU SIT DOWN AND CROSS YOUR LEGS
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 04-06-1972
SUPERSTITION
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO GO SWIMMING WITH A SHARK'S TOOTH AROUND
YOUR NECK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 03-17-1972
BELIEF
IF TWO PERSONS SAY THE SAME THING SIMULTANEOUSLY, THEY MAY HAVE
A WISH GRANTED BY HOOKING THE LITTLE FINGERS OF THEIR RIGHT
HANDS TOGETHER WHILE THEY MAKE THE WISH, AFTER WHICH ONE SAYS,
"NEEDLES," AND THE OTHER SAYS, "PINS." THEN, PLACING THEIR THUMBS
TOGETHER, BOTH SAY "THUMBS."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
SUPERSTITION
COME IN ONE DOOR AND LEAVE BY ANOTHER, YOU WILL BRING COMPANY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
YOU WILL LOSE YOUR BOYFRIEND IF YOU DON'T LIFT UP YOUR FEET WHEN
YOU COME TO RAILROAD TRACKS, AND CROSS THEM UNTIL ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE TRACKS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
IT IS BAD LUCK TO RECIEVE A SHARP OBJECT (SCISSORS, KNIFE, ETC.)
FOR A GIFT. YOU MUST GIVE THE GIVER A PENNY FOR IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU HAVE MONEY THE FIRST TIME YOU HEAR THE CUCKOO IN THE
SPRING, YOU WILL BE RICH ALL YEAR. IF YOU HAVE NO MONEY YOU WILL
BE POOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME, CROSS YOUR
LITTLE FINGERS WITH EACHOTHER AND MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOU PLANT A FLOWER, NAME IT AFTER SOMEONE; IF THAT PERSON
LOVES YOU, THE FLOWER WILL LIVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU LIE ON A FEATHERBED DURING A THUNDERSTORM, LIGHTENING
WON'T STRIKE YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU SEE A FALLING STAR AND SAY "MONEY, MONEY, MONEY" BEFORE
IT DISAPPEARS, YOU WILL BE RICH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU MAKE A WISH WHILE YOU ARE UNDER A RAILROAD TRESTLE OVER
WHICH A TRAIN IS PASSING, YOU WILL HAVE EVERYTHING YOU WISH FOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU HIDE UNDER THE BED DURING A THUNDERSTORM, LIGHTENING
CANNOT STRIKE YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
PUT A PAIR OF BOOTS IN THE WINDOW AND LIGHTENING WILL NEVER
STRIKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU STAND INSIDE A CIRCLE WHILE IT IS BEING DRAWN, YOUR MOTHER
WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU FEED A DOG SWEETS, IT WILL GIVE HIM WORMS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
BELIEF
PLACING AN ONION UNDER THE BED DURING FLU EPIDEMIC WILL KILL
GERMS AND KEEP THE EVIL SPIRITS AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES IN FRONT OF YOUR CAR, MAKE AN "X" THREE
TIMES ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE TO NULLIFY THE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 05-03-1972