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CUSTOM
TAPE A PENNY TO A KNIFE GIVEN AS A GIFT BECAUSE A KNIFE CUTS
FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU HAVE LOST SOMETHING AND CANNOT FIND IT, COUNT ONE
HUNDRED STARS AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
CUSTOM
TO GET RIDE OF RED ANTS, SCATTER BRANCHES OF SWEET FERN WHERE
THEY CONGREGATE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
CUSTOM
TO CLEAN LIGHT KID GLOVES PUT THE GLOVE ON THE HAND AND RUB
THOROUGHLY WITH WHITE CORN MEAL USING A PIECE OF COTTON
FLANNEL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
CUSTOM
TO GET RID OF BAD SMELLS FROM CLOTHING, WRAP THEM UP LIGHTLY
AND BURY FOR A DAY OR TWO IN THE GROUND.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
BELIEF
WHEN YOU ARE RAISING CHICKENS, HEAT A FLINT ROCK IN THE
FIREPLACE AND WHEN A HAWK COMES AFTER THEM HE WILL BURN
HIS FEET.
Submitter comment: FROM SOUTH GEORGIA
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
YOU SHOULD NEVER EAT A MELON AFTER A FROST; REASON UNKNOWN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THUNDER SOURS MILK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TOMATOES ARE THE FRUIT OF THE DEVIL AND CAUSE SIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
THE VICTIM OF A VAMPIRE BECOMES ONE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
THE VAMPIRE HAS THE STRENGTH OF TEN MEN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
KILL A VAMPIRE BY DRIVING A STAKE THROUGH HIS HEART.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
GARLIC KEEPS WEREWOLVES AWAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
A VAMPIRE'S REFLECTION CANNOT BE SEEN IN A MIRROR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
A VAMPIRE'S INDEX FINGER IS LONGER THAN HIS MIDDLE FINGER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
WOLFBANE AROUND THE WINDOWS KEEPS WEREWOLVES AWAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
THE COFFIN WHERE A VAMPIRE SLEEPS MUST CONTAIN SOME DIRT
FROM HIS NATIVE LAND.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF A CROSS TOUCHES A VAMPIRE, HE WILL BECOME PARALYZED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF YOU REMOVE THE STAKE FROM THE HEART OF A DEAD VAMPIRE, HE
WILL BE REBORN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
WEREWOLVES SEE PENTAGONS IN THE HANDS OF THEIR VICTIMS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN