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NASHVILLE
FIRST LADY SCHOOLTEACHER
MRS. PAMELIA A. KIRK
BORN IN VIRGINIA
DIED IN NASHVILLE, TENN.
NOV. 6, 1860 / AT THE AGE OF 80
Submitter comment: ON THE TOP OF HER TOMBSTONE IS AN INTERESTING CARVING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
THIS BOY IN SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA WAS DATING A GIRL WHO LIVED NEXT
TO A GRAVEYARD. THEY USED TO WALK THROUGH IT AT NIGHT AND LOOK
AT THE TOMBSTONES.
ONE NIGHT, WHILE THEY WERE WALKING, HE SAW THAT A GRAVE HAD
BEEN DUG UP BUT SHE PAID NO ATTENTION TO IT. HE FELT SOMETHING
GRAB HIS SHOULDER AND HE STARTED RUNNING TOWARD HOME. HE
DIDN'T FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS AND HE NEVER CALLED ON THE GIRL
AGAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
LADYBUGS ARE LUCKY AND SHOULD NOT BE KILLED.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN ANTS ARE UNUSUALLY BUSY, FOUL WEATHER WILL SOON FOLLOW.
THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE ANTS ARE PREPARING FOR FOUL WEATHER
AHEAD AND THAT THEY HAVE UNFORSEEN POWERS TO PREDICT THE
WEATHER.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COPPER BRACELETS AND RINGS ARE REMEDIES FOR ARTHRITIS.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE SKY IS CLEAR WHEN THE SUN SETS, THE WEATHER WILL BE GOOD
THE NEXT DAY.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THIS BOY WAS GOING TO HIS COUSIN'S TO GO FISHING WITH THEM.
WHEN HE GOT OFF THE TRAIN, NOBODY WAS THERE TO MEET HIM, SO HE
TOLD THE TRAINMASTER THAT HE WOULD WALK. THE TRAINMASTER THEN
SAID, "BEWARE OF JACOB MARLEY." THE BOY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT
HE MEANT, BUT HE STARTED WALKING TOWARD HIS COUSIN'S HOUSE. IT
WAS RAINING AND THUNDERING WHEN HE HAD SET OUT. HE HADN'T BEEN
WALKING VERY LONG WHEN HE HEARD A WAGON AND HORSES BEHIND HIM.
HE SAW AN OLD MAN DRIVING AN OLD WAGON. WHEN THE WAGON CAME
NEARER, HE YELLED OUT, "CAN I HAVE A RIDE?" NO ANSWER CAME
FROM THE MAN, SO THE BOY JUMPED ON.
WHEN HE WAS NEARING HIS COUSIN'S HOUSE HE SAID, "I GET OFF HERE,"
BUT THE WAGON KEPT GOING. HE JUMPED OFF, BUT HE HAD LEFT HIS
SUITCASE ON THE WAGON. HE WENT IN AND TOLD HIS COUSINS ALL ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED. THEY SAID, "YOU MUST OF BEEN RIDING WITH JACOB
MARLEY."
THIS IS THE STORY THEY TOLD HIM:
ONE NIGHT, IT WAS THUNDERING AND LIGHTENING, AND IT WAS RAINING
VERY BAD. JACOB MARLEY WAS DRIVING HIS CARRIAGE ALONG THAT SAME
ROAD THAT NIGHT. THERE WAS A SHARP RIGHT TURN ABOVE THEIR
HOUSE, AND MARLEY HAD GONE OVER THE CLIFF.
THE NEXT MORNING THEY WENT DOWN TO THE CLIFF AND FOUND HIS
SUITCASE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
James Callow Keyword(s): GHOST HAUNTS SCENE OF ACCIDENT.
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IF YOUR SHOES SQUEAK THAT IS A SIGN THAT THEY ARE NOT PAID FOR.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P224 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GRAVEYARD MARKER
FELIX ROBERTSON/ SON OF/ GEN. JAMES ROBERTSON/ AND/
CHARLOTTE REEVES ROBERTSON/ JAN. 11. 1871/ JULY 10, 1865/
FIRST WHILE CHILD BORN IN THE/ SETTLEMENT NOW CALLED
NASHVILLE/ DISTINGUISHED AS A PHYSICIAN/ FOREMOST AS A
CITIZEN.
Submitter comment: THIS IS THE PLAQUE NEAR HIS GRAVE--S.R.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
GRAVEYARD MARKER
GERARD TROOST/ M.D. PH.M./ BORN BOIS-LE-DUC, HOLLAND/ MAR 15,
1776/ DIED NASHVILLE, TENN./ AUG 14, 1850/
PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND/ GEOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE/
1828 1850
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
THESE PEOPLE WENT DRIVING NEAR ROANOKE, VIRGINIA. THEY STOPPED
THE CAR AND WERE SITTING THERE, WHEN A HAND REACHED OUT AND
CAUGHT HOLD OF THE HANDLE OF THE CAR DOOR OUTSIDE. A HAND WAS
ALL THEY COULD SEE. IT WAS ALL BLOODY AND TORN UP. THEY TOOK
OFF AS FAST AS THEY COULD, BUT THE HAND FELL OFF AND THEY
COULDN'T FIND IT.
THEY FOUND OUT THE NEXT DAY THAT A MAN HAD BEEN KILLED WHERE THEY
WERE THAT NIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
James Callow Keyword(s): GHOST HAUNTS SCENE OF ACCIDENT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
THERE WAS ONCE A GIRL WHO LOVED THIS MAN. SHE WANTED TO MARRY
HIM, BUT HER FATHER SAID NO. HER FATHER PAID THIS MAN TO GO.
THE GIRL THEN JUMPED OFF THE BRIDGE. SHE COMES BACK EVERY
NIGHT TO JUMP OFF THE BRIDGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
James Callow Keyword(s): SUICIDE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
THERE WAS A GREAT BIG YELLOW HOUSE IN WHICH A MAN KILLED
HIS WIFE AND KIDS. EVERYBODY WAS AFRAID TO LIVE IN THE
HOUSE BUT MY GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER MOVED INTO IT.
THEY SAID YOU COULD HEAR BABIES CRYING AND WEIRD NOISES
EVERY NIGHT.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
THERE IS A HOUSE IN VERONA, VIRGINIA AND IF YOU GO THERE AT
NIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THIS MAN IN A CAGE AND HIS WIFE IS BEATING
HIM. HOWEVER, YOU CAN'T FIND THE HOUSE IN THE DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; VIRGINIA ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; VERONA ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
ONCE THERE WAS A LADY WHO WAS BURIED ALIVE. AFTER BEING BURIED
TWO DAYS, SOMEONE DUG UP THE GRAVE. THEY OPENED THE COFFIN AND
THE CLOTH WAS TORN OUT. HER FINGERNAILS WERE ALL GONE FROM
SCRATCHING AND THEY WERE BLEEDING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
Date learned: 03-07-1969
MOST CUSTOMERS FEEL THAT THE RIGHT FOOT IS THE LARGEST FOOT AND
MUST BE FITTED CORRECTLY. IT IS TRUE THAT THE SIZE OF THE FEET
SELDOM MATCH, HOWEVER ONE CANNOT PREDICT WHICH FOOT WILL ALWAYS
BE THE LARGEST.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P248 P248.8 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN VIRGINIA THE BARBERS WERE ALSO BLOOD-
LETTERS. THEY WOULD BLEED PEOPLE TO CURE
THEIR SICKNESSES. TO ADVERTISE THAT THEY
WERE BLOODLETTERS, THEY USED TO HAVE A
BLOODY WHITE SHEET OUTSIDE THEIR DOORS.
AFTER A LOT OF COMPLAINING ABOUT THE STENCH,
THEY STARTED JUST HANGING OUT A SHEET WITH
RED DYE ON IT.
THIS IS THE WAY THE BARBER POLE CUSTOM WAS
STARTED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; GALLATIN ; ROUTE 3
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ONE SHOULD EAT SPARE RIBS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY TO BRING GOOD
HEALTH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P245 P245.2 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A CAT SHOULD NOT BE PLACED IN THE ROOM OF A NEWBORN BABY. THE
CAT MIGHT JUMP INTO THE CRIB AND SUCK THE BREATH FROM THE CHILD.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO DIE ON ONE'S OWN BIRTHDAY IS CONSIDERED BY THE JEWS TO BE
A GOOD OMEN.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN