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SUPERSTITION
LIGHTING THREE CIGARETTES ON ONE MATCH IS UNLUCKY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 04-06-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU ARE BORN ON FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH, YOUR LIFE IS DOOMED.
Submitter comment: TO A TERRIBLE DEATH OR AN EARLY ONE MAYBE? COLLECTOR OMITTED -A.C.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
BELIEF
NEVER LEAVE YOUR HOUSE ON FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH. IT WILL BRING
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
SUPERSTITION
STEP ON A CRACK AND BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED, YOU'LL HAVE A
HEADACHE ALL DAY LONG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
TICKLING THE BOTTOM OF AN INFANT'S FOOT WILL CAUSE HIM TO STUTTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-29-1972
CURE
A MUSTARD PLASTER PLACED ON THE CHEST OF A PNEUMONIA PATIENT WILL
LOWER THE FEVER CAUSED BY THE PNEUMONIA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
CURE
A MIXTURE OF COAL OIL (KEROSENE) AND SUGAR IS GOOD FOR COLD
OR A COUGH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-29-1972
CURE
A SLAB OF SALT PORK WAS PLACED ON THE CHEST OF A CHILD WITH A
HIGH FEVER. THE NEXT MORNING, THE CHILD'S FEVER WAS GONE AND THE
MEAT WAS COMPLETELY COOKED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
CURE
TO CURE CHILLBLAINS, WALK IN THE SNOW AT DAWN AND PRICK
CHILLBLAINS WITH HOLLY LEAVES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
FOLK MEDICINE
TO INSURE FERTILITY, DRINK A MIXTURE OF ONE TEASPOON HONEY AND
ONE TABLESPOON APPLE VINEGAR EVERY DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
SUPERSTITION
TOMATOE SEEDS WILL CURE APPENDICITIS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 03-14-1972
SUPERSTITION
A MEXICAN CHIHUAHUA WILL CURE ASTHMA BECAUSE THE DOG CATCHES IT
FROM THE PERSON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
WHITE GRAPES WILL CLEANSE THE SYSTEM OF POISON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
CURE
TO CURE CHILLBLAINS, SOAK THEM IN URINE FOR HALF AN HOUR EVERY DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
SUPERSTITION
SPIDER WEBS WILL STOP A WOUND FROM BLEEDING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
RAIN AND THE SUN SHINING, IT WILL RAIN THIS TIME TOMORROW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 03-06-1972
SUPERSTITION
WHEN THE HALF MOON IS UP, NO RAIN;
WHEN THE HALF MOON IS DOWN, RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 03-06-1972
BELIEF
IF ALL THE FOOD ON A TABLE IS EATEN AT THE END OF THE EVENING
MEAL, THE NEXT DAY WILL BE AS CLEAR AS THE TABLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
DREAM OF FISH OR SOMEONE FISHING AND SOMEONE YOU KNOW WILL BE
OR BECOME PREGNANT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |