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REMEDY
PLACE A LARGE QUANTITY OF ROCK CANDY IN A LITTLE WHISKEY TO
MAKE A THICK SYRUP. TAKE A FEW SPOONFULS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY
TO CURE A COLD OR CHEST CONGESTION.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-14-1972
HEADACHE CURE
A RAW POTATO CUT INTO PIECES, THEN WRAPPED IN A CLOTH AND
TIED AROUND YOUR HEAD WILL CURE A HEADACHE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-14-1972
CURE FOR STYS
TO CURE A STY ON YOUR EYE, GET WAX FROM YOUR EAR AND PUT IT
ON THE STY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU GET A CUT OR OPEN WOUND ON GROUND HOG DAY, IT WON'T HEAL.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 04-14-1972
SUPERSTITION
YOU SHOULDN'T CUT A BABY'S FINGERNAILS BEFORE IT'S A YEAR OLD.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Surgery |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
A DOG COMING INTO A HOUSE DURING A STORM DRAWS LIGHTNING.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU ARE WALKING WITH FRIENDS AND YOU COME TO A TREE OR
POST YOU ARE NOT TO SPLIT THE POST, THAT IS ONE GOES AROUND
IT ONE WAY AND THE OTHER TAKES THE OTHER DIRECTION. IF YOU
DO, THEN YOUR FRIENDSHIP WILL NOT LAST.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
WEATHER SIGN
IT WILL BE A BAD WINTER IF BLACKBERRY BLOOMS ARE ESPECIALLY
HEAVY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
WHEN A DOG HOWLS LATE AT NIGHT, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
IN ORDER TO HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL YEAR, EAT BLACK-EYED PEAS
AND HOG HEAD ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink BELIEF -- Good luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GOLD
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BLIND LEADING BLIND
THE BLIND CANNOT LEAD THE BLIND BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM
MAY FALL INTO THE DITCH.
Data entry tech comment:
MATTHEW 15:14--IF A BLIND MAN LEADS A BLIND MAN, BOTH WILL
FALL INTO A DITCH. LUKE 6:39--CAN A BLIND MAN LEAD A BLIND
MAN? WILL THEY NOT BOTH FALL INTO A DITCH?
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WAGON
AN EMPTY WAGON MAKES A LOT OF NOISE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIGHT AND WRONG
TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WISE MAN
A WISE MAN PROFITS BY HIS MISTAKES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HORSE TO WATER
YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM
DRINK.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PHILOSOPHY
YOU SHOULD PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
Keyword(s): HYPOCRISY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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A GIRL OR A WOMAN SHOULD NOT TAKE A BATH DURING HER MENSES,
ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER TIME.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DREAM OF FISH SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY IS PREGNANT.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; MONTGOMERY
Keyword(s): WATER BAG OF WATERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling about birth and life BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN