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BABY NINE PATCH QUILT
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Finished Product |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
MAPLE LEAF QUILT
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Finished Product |
Date learned: 00-00-1952
IT'S BAD LUCK NOT TO SPEAK TO A RABBIT THAT CROSSES IN FRONT
OF YOU.
Submitter comment: MRS. WHITEHEAD SAID THAT MANY TIMES SHE HAD SAID, "HIDDY, MR.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
Keyword(s): HELLO HOWDY HI-DEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 06-19-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK TO HAVE A CROWING HEN.
Submitter comment: MRS. WHITEHEAD SAID THAT IF SHE HAD ONE THAT STARTED CROWING,
Data entry tech comment: CROWING LIKE A ROOSTER
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 06-19-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK TO GO IN AT ONE DOOR AND GO OUT AT ANOTHER.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-19-1970
IF YOU DON'T STICK YOUR TONGUE IN THE HOLE WHERE A TOOTH COMES
OUT, YOU WILL HAVE A GOLD TOOTH.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-19-1970
WEARING GRASSHOPPER EGGS ON A STRING AROUND HIS NECK WILL
MAKE TEETHING EASY FOR A BABY.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK TO RAISE AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK TO WASH CLOTHS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK TO WATCH SOMEBODY UNTIL THEY GET OUT OF SIGHT.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-00-1970
IF YOU THROW AWAY A TOOTH AND A DOG STEPS ON IT, WHEN YOUR
TOOTH GROWS IN IT WILL BE A DOG'S TOOTH.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-00-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK TO START ON A TRIP AND HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND GO
BACK FOR SOMETHING.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-00-1970
IF YOU TAKE A STRIP OF LEATHER, TIE FIVE KNOTS IN IT AND
WEAR IT FOR A YEAR WITHOUT TAKING IT OFF, YOUR WISH WILL
COME TRUE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | 686 Fifths ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Leather Fur Feather BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-19-1970
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YUR PATH, TURN AROUND AND GO BACK AND
START AGAIN.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-19-1970
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, TURN YOUR HAT AROUND.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-19-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK TO START A JOB ON FRIDAY.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 06-19-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK TO TAKE UP ASHES FROM THE FIREPLACE FROM
CHRISTMAS DAY TO OLD CHRISTMAS DAY (12 DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS).
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
Date learned: 06-20-1970
NEVER PLANT A WILLOW TREE. YOU'LL WEEP AS LONG AS IT DOES.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
A BABY WON'T LIVE TO BE GROWN IF HE DOESN'T FALL OFF THE BED
BY THE TIME HE IS A YEAR OLD.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Maturity BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
NEVER PLANT A CEDAR TREE, BECAUSE WHEN IT GETS LARGE ENOUGH
TO COVER YOUR COFFIN, YOU'LL DIE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-20-1970