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BETTY RECEIVED A CHAIN LETTER IN HER MAIL AND SHE SEEMED
QUITE SERIOUS WHEN SHE ASKED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO HER IF SHE
DIDN'T CARRY IT ON. SHE ADMITTED THAT SHE WAS TERRIBLY
SUPERSTITIOUS AND BELIEVED SOMETHING AWFUL WOULD HAPPEN
BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON IT.
Submitter comment: CHAIN LETTER IS ATTACHED
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Word Letter BELIEF -- Bad luck |
WHEN WALKING DOWN A CONCRETE SIDEWALK, CHILDREN AVOID
STEPPING ON CRACKS AND CHANT:
STEP ON A CRACK, YOU'LL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
IF YOU HAVE TWO THINGS TO DO, ONE ON YOUR LEFT SIDE AND
ONE ON YOUR RIGHT, IT'S BAD LUCK TO DO THE THING ON
YOUR LEFT IF YOU'RE RIGHT HANDED. I'S BAD LUCK IF YOU
DON'T.(?)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Routine activity |
Date learned: 03-03-1969
FIRST THING YOU BRING INTO A NEW HOUSE IS SUGAR, SALT AND
BREAD FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY CAFE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 05-13-1969
IF YOU PUT UP A FENCE RAIL IN THE WANE OF THE MOON, IT WILL
SINK INTO THE MUD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY CAFE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Architecture BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 04-19-1969
IF YOU PLANT CROPS IN THE WANE OF THE MOON, THEY WILL WITHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY CAFE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE DOWN BY NEW YEAR'S DAY
BAD LUCK WILL COME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY CAFE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 03-02-1969
IF YOU EAT ANY KIND OF BERRY, YOU WILL GET AN APPENDIX.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY CAFE
Keyword(s): APPENDICITIS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-02-1969
THE COLORS A WOMAN WEARS MAY BE SENDING SECRET MESSAGES
TO MEN. MRS. LUCY DAVIS, MERCHANDISE MANAGER FOR HARVEY'S
WOMEN'S WEAR RETURNED FROM THE NEW YORK MARKET RECENTLY
WITH DISTURBING NEWS: COLOR PSYCHOLOGISTS, SHE SAYS,
NOW INSIST THAT WOMEN SPEAK FLUENTLY WITH THEIR CLOTHING
COLOR--WHETHER THEY KNOW IT OR NOT.
"FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW THAT PINK IS SEXY," MRS DAVIS SAID.
"BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT MEN THINK WOMEN IN BEIGE MAY BE
TOO INDEPENDENT? AT LEAST, THAT'S WHAT THE COLOR-
ENGINEERS ARE SAYING."
OTHER PERSONALITY EXPRESSIONS: ANGER IS RED-ORANGE;
CONFIDENCE-BROWN; FRIENDSHIP IS GREEN; INTELLIGENCE IS
YELLOW AND EXCELLENCE IS BLUE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE BANNER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
THE BROWN MOUNTAIN LIGHT: A SLAVE OWNER WAS KILLED OR LOST
ON A MOUNTAIN. THE SLAVE WENT LOOKING FOR HIM IN THE NIGHT.
AND TO THIS VERY DAY YOU CAN STILL SEE THE LIGHT ON THE
MOUNTAIN AT NIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLASS ASSIGNMENT ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
MY FATHER TOLD ME A STORY ABOUT HIS GREAT GRANDMOTHER. SHE WAS
VERY RELIGIOUS BUT NONE OF HER SONS WOULD JOIN THE CHURCH. ONE
NIGHT AFTER SHE DIED, HER SONS HEARD A SCREAM. THEY RAN OUT
TO THE FIELDS AND FOUND HER PRAYING AND SCREAMING, ASKING
THE LORD TO MAKE HER SONS GO TO CHURCH. THEY HEARD THUNDER
AND SHE DISAPPEARED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLASS ASSIGNMENT ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
SAYING: ENVY
WHEN SOMEONE SEES SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS AND HE WISHES
HE HAD IT--HE IS SUPPOSE TO SAY, "I WISH I HAD THAT AND HE HAD
A KNOT ON HIS ASS."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-04-1969
IF THERE IS A RING AROUND THE MOON, IT MEANS THAT THE NEXT DAY
WILL BE SUNNY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BEGIN THINGS ON RIGHT DAYS
YOU CAN'T BEGIN ANYTHING IMPORTANT ON MONDAY. FRIDAY
IS THE BEST DAY; TUESDAY THE SECOND BEST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 04-29-1969
DORMITORY HOURS
BECAUSE VANDERBILT GIRLS' HOURS CHANGE, GETTING LATER,
PEABODY'S HOURS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW IN THE SAME MANNER
(THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THE(Y) EVER CHANGE!)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
WHEN YOU SEE THE FIRST ROBINS OF SPRING, LICK YOUR THUMB
PUT IT PERPENDICULAR ON THE PALM OF OPPOSITE HAND, THEN
STAMPTHE SAME PALM WITH YOUR FIST FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Spring |
Date learned: 04-14-1969
MISS PRITCHETT (STUDENT FINANCIAL AID OFFICE) GROWLS
AT EVERYONE. ESPECIALLY GIRLS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 02-12-1969
WEDDING GIFTS
PRIMITIVES GIVE WEDDING GIFTS TO HELP THE MARRIAGE GET OFF TO
A HAPPY START--AND IF IT STARTS OFF HAPPILY, IT WILL CONTINUE
THAT WAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
BLESSED IS THE CORPSE THE RAIN FALLS ON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-07-1969
IF A BIRD ENTERS A HOUSE, SOMEONE IN THAT HOUSE WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-07-1969