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FOR GOOD LUCK, ONE SHOULD COUNT WHITE HORSES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HAWAIIAN
WHEN YOU SEE DIAMOND HEAD (HAWAII) IF YOU THROW YOUR
LEI OVER THE BOATRAIL, AND IF IT FLOATS BACK TO SHORE,
YOU'LL RETURN TO HAWAII.
Data entry tech comment: LEI=WREATH OR NECKLACE OF FLOWERS
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Emblem |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
DO NOT COUNT FUNERAL CARS OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: TOLD AT GRANDPARENT'S HOUSE
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.44 |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
IF YOU LAUGH ON FRIDAY, YOU WILL CRY ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
IF YOU RUB A BEAN OVER A WART, THEN THROW IT AWAY, WHEN THE BEAN
SPROUTS UP, THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WASH THE WART IN OLD, ROTTEN STUMP WATER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WARTS CAN BE REMOVED BY TYING A STRING AROUND IT AND THEN
THROWING THE STRING AWAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TIE A KNOT IN A STRING, RUB IT ON THE WART, THEN GO BURY
THE STRING AND WHEN YOU FORGET WHERE YOU BURIED THE
STRING THE WART WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE MOST POPULAR CURE FOR WARTS THAT HE COULD REMEMBER WAS
TO RUB THE WART WITH AN OLD DISHRAG AND THEN BURY THE
DISHRAG. WHEN THE RAG ROTTED AWAY, THE WART WOULD DISAPPEAR.
HE CLAIMS THAT IT ACTUALLY WORKED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-12-1965
WHEN SOMEBODY IS SWEEPING THE FLOOR, AND THEY SWEEP
AROUND A GIRL, SHE WILL GROW UP TO BE AN OLD MAID.
Submitter comment:
HER MOTHER, RAISED IN KENTUCKY, TOLD HER THIS WHEN
THE INFORMANT WAS TEN YEARS OLD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 04-18-1965
IF A GIRL IS NOT MARRIED BY THE TIME SHE IS TWENTY-ONE,
SHE WILL END UP AN OLD MAID.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT, WHO IS THE COLLECTOR'S GRANDMOTHER,
SAID THAT HER MOTHER TOLD HER THE TALE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Number P686.1.21 |
Date learned: 02-27-1965
ITALIAN SUPERSTITION
IN ITALY IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A YOUNG GIRL GOES OUT ON
A DATE WITHOUT A CHAPERONE, SHE IS NO LONGER A VIRGIN,
AND IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO MARRY A MAN OF POSITION.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE LIVED IN ITALY WHILE
HER FATHER, AN ARMY OFFICER, WAS STATIONED THERE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; ITALY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating, courtship mechanics |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE WHITE DRESS WORN BY THE BRIDE AT A WEDDING, MEANS SHE
IS PURE OF BODY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Color of wedding dress |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
TO WISH UPON A "SANTA CLAUS" IS A POSITIVE WISH.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD IN FAMILY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
THE POLISH PEOPLE CUT THE HAIR OF THE GIRLS SLIGHTLY
ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH. THIS WILL INSURE A
HEAVY TEXTURED HEAD OF HAIR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A GIRL'S NOSE TWITCHES, THE NEXT MAN SHE SEES SHE
WILL MARRY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HER WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 04-18-1965
IF SOMEONE HAS DREAMS ABOUT A DEATH, THERE WILL BE A
WEDDING IN THE FAMILY. BUT, IF THERE IS A DREAM
ABOUT A WEDDING, THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED THAT THIS WAS A FAMILY BELIEF, THAT
GOES BACK MANY GENERATIONS ACCORDING TO HER MOTHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
Date learned: 04-18-1965
AFTER I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE TWITCHY NOSE A COUPLE WEEKS
AGO, I REMEMBERED ANOTHER LITTLE STORY. MY MOTHER
ALSO TOLD ME THAT IF MY NOSE TWITCHED, I WOULD BECOME
RICH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 05-01-1965
ON HALLOWEEN IF A GIRL WOULD LIGHT A CANDLE, GO INTO A
DARK ROOM, LOOK INTO A MIRROR, SHE WOULD SEE THE FACE
OF HER FUTURE HUSBAND LOOKING OVER HER LEFT SHOULDER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A CAT JUMPS ON A BABY'S LAP, IT WILL TAKE ITS
BREATH AWAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS BELIEF WAS IN HER FAMILY
SINCE SHE COULD REMEMBER. SHE IS THE COLLECTOR'S
MOTHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 04-18-1965