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BATS THAT GET INTO A HOUSE BRING IN BED BUGS.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
IF THE HEM OF YOUR DRESS GETS ACCIDENTLY TURNED UP, KISS IT
AND YOU WILL GET A NEW ONE.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Observation ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Overall body coverUpper body and arms SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
IF THE CORN CROP WILL BE ANY GOOD, IT'LL BE KNEE HIGH BY THE
FOURTH OF JULY.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
SLEEPING IN THE MOONLIGHT MAKES ONE LOONY.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
James Callow Keyword(s): CRAZY MAD LUNAR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
FOLK BELIEF
IF IT RAINS ON EASTER SUNDAY IT WILL RAIN FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- P663 |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERB
CONFUCIUS SAY: HE WHO SITTETH ON A RED HOT STOVE SHALL RISE AGAIN.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001960 CA
PROVERB
DON'T DO ANYTHING I WOULDN'T DO AND IF YOU DO NAME IT AFTER ME.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001960 CA
PROVERB
IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001960 CA
PROVERBIAL SAYING
IN RESPONSE TO A BAD JOKE SAY EITHER "THAT'S ABOUT AS FUNNY
AS A SCREEN DOOR ON A SUBMARINE" OR "THAT'S ABOUT AS FUNNY
AS A FIRE IN A POLIO WARD."
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001960 CA
PROVERB
DON'T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERB
DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERB
A COLD NOSE MEANS A WARM HEART.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001960 CA
PROVERB
COLD HANDS MEAN A WARM HEART.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001960 CA
YOU CAN HEAR CORN GROW AT NIGHT IN JULY.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THUNDER IS THE DEVIL REARRANGING HIS FURNITURE
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
Keyword(s): SATAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 00001950'S
THUNDER IS THE ANGELS BOWLING.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 00001950'S
SNOW IS FROM THE ANGELS FLUFFING THEIR FEATHER PILLOWS.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00001950'S
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR, IT IS BAD LUCK. IF YOU GATHER
UP THE GLASS AND THROW IT AWAY, THE BAD LUCK WON'T HAPPEN.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IT'S BAD LUCK TO LET A BLACK CAT WALK IN FRONT OF YOU.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Jeffersonville
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-18-1971