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IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT IS RAINING, IT IS A SIGN THAT IT
WILL RAIN TOMORROW.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON SUPERSTITION IN
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO TAKE A PEN FROM A PERSON AND SIGN SOMETHING
WITH IT. YOU SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THE PERSON PUTS THE PEN
DOWN, THEN PICK IT UP AND USE IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
NEVER COUNT YOUR TEETH OR THEY'LL ALL DROP OUT.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES HEARD THIS SUPERSTITION AS A GIRL IN FORT SMITH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IF YOU START ON A JOURNEY AND SOMEONE CALLS YOU BACK, YOU ARE TO
MAKE A CROSS WHERE YOU STOP, SPIT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, AND WALK
BACKWARDS TO THE PERSON WHO CALLED YOU. TO TURN BACK WOULD BE
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES HEARD THIS SUPERSTITION WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO STUB YOUR TOE.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THIS SUPERSTITION AUGUST 8, 1968. I DO
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BE HIT WITH A BROOM.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM HER GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
IT'S BAD LUCK TO STEP OVER A BROOM.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM HER GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
IT'S BAD LUCK TO SIT ON A BED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
IF A WOMAN COMES TO YOUR HOUSE BEFORE A MAN ON NEW YEAR'S DAY,
YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK WITH YOUR CHICKENS THAT YEAR.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THIS AT OUR HOME JULY 19, 1968. WHEN
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LAY A MAN'S HAT ON THE BED, UNLESS YOU
TURN THE CROWN DOWN.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THIS SUPERSTITION ON JULY 21, 1968. IT IS
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) BELIEF -- Conversions Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CROSS IN FRONT OF A FUNERAL.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THIS ON JULY 21, 1968.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
THREE LITTLE ANGELS
THREE LITTLE ANGELS, ALL DRESSED IN WHITE,
TRIED TO GET TO HEAVEN ON THE END OF A KITE,
BUT THE KITE STRING BROKE AND DOWN THEY FELL,
INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN THEY WENT TO...
TWO LITTLE ANGELS, ALL DRESSED IN WHITE,
TRIED TO GET TO HEAVEN ON THE END OF A KITE,
BUT THE KITE STRING BROKE AND DOWN THEY FELL,
INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN THEY WENT TO...
ONE LITTLE ANGEL...
...
INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN HE WENT TO... MM
THREE LITTLE DEVILS, ALL DRESSED IN RED,
TRIED TO GET TO HEAVEN ON THE END OF A THREAD,
BUT THE THREAD-STRING BROKE AND DOWN THEY FELL,
INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN THEY WENT TO...
TWO LITTLE DEVILS ALL DRESSED IN RED...
... MM
THREE LITTLE DEMONS, ALL DRESSED IN BLACK,
TRIED TO GET TO HEAVEN IN A CADILLAC,
BUT IT RAN OUT OF GAS AND DOWN THEY FELL,
INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN THEY WENT TO...
TWO LITTLE...
...
(LAST TIME) INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN THEY WENT TO...
DON'T GET EXCITED, DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD,
INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN THEY WENT TO BED.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; KANSAS CITY
James Callow Keyword(s): CHAIN OF COLORS ; ELLIPSES IN LINES 4, 8, ETC. ; EUPHEMISM FOR HELL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
IF YOU DREAM ABOUT A WEDDING, IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: WHEN I WAS A SMALL GIRL, I HEARD IT FROM MY MOTHER ;
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 07-30-1968
FOR A STY ON THE EYE, GO TO THE CROSSROADS, STAND IN THE
CENTER, AND REPEAT, "STY, STY, LEAVE MY EYE. GO TO THE
NEXT ONE PASSING BY."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- P646 P646.750 |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
THERE WAS A LADY IN FORTH SMITH WHO LIVED AT 1313 13TH STREET,
AND HER HUSBAND STABBED HER WITH A BUTCHER KNIFE ON THE 13H
DAY OF THE MONTH. STRUCK HER SO HARD HE BROKE THE KNIFE OFF
IN HER RIB CAGE.
THIRTEEN WAS REALLY UNLUCKY FOR HER.
Where learned: Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
PLACE
JUNK CITY IS A TERM APPLIED TO JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS; BY
THE SOLDIERS OF FORT RILEY, KANSAS.
Where learned: KANSAS ; FORT RILEY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Place |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
MILITARY NICKNAME
OLD MAN - USED IN REFERENCE TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER REGARDLESS OF
AGE.
Where learned: KANSAS ; FORT RILEY
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
MILITARY CUSTOM
A NEWLY COMMISSIONED OFFICER WILL GIVE THE FIRST
SOLDIER HE SALUTES A SILVER DOLLAR.
Where learned: KANSAS ; FORT RILEY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- War |
Date learned: 08-00-1966
MILITARY CUSTOM
A REPLY TO AN OFFICER IS ALWAYS ENDED WITH "SIR."
Where learned: KANSAS ; FORT RILEY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
IF YOU SEW ON SUNDAY YOU WILL RIP ON MONDAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT CLAIMS SHE IS NOT REALLY SUPERSTITIOUS,
BUT FOR SOME REASON AS SURE AS THE SUN RISES, THAT
IF SHE DOES SEW ON SUNDAY SHE ALWAYS HAS TO RIP
ON MONDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; KANSAS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 03-00-1971