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TO DREAM OF BEDS INDICATES APPROACHING MARRIAGE,
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF IT RAINS ON A GIRL'S WEDDING DAY, SHE WILL SHED THAT MANY
TEARS AS RAINDROPS DURING HER YEARS OF MARRIAGE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID, NEVER A BRIDE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FISH BITE THE BEST RIGHT BEFORE A STORM, BUT WILL NOT BITE AT
ALL DURING A STORM.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PEABODY COLLEGE POSSESSES A TREE WHICH HAS A LOW HANGING LIMB
HOVERING ABOVE A WALKWAY ON THE SIDE OF THE PAYNE BUILDING. BY
THE BULK OF THE LIM (SIC), ONE MAY GUESS THAT THE BRANCH HAS
BEEN AROUND MANY YEARS, WHICH MAKES ONE WONDER WHY IT HASN'T
BEEN CUT DOWN OR FALLEN OFF ON ITS OWN ACCO RD. DURING THE
FIRST MONTH OF MY WORK AT PEABODY, I LEARNED THAT THE LIMB
IS DOOMED TO HANG OVER THE WALK UNTIL THE TIME WHEN A VIRGIN
PEABODY COED WALKS BENEATH IT. AT THIS MOMENT, THE LIMB WILL
FALL UPON THE PURE LADY AND HOLD HER DOWN AS A SPECIMEN FOR ALL
TO SEE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BABY CHRIST WHILE BEING HUNTED BY HEROD'S HORDES,
WAS HID IN THE LOW, SWEEPING BRANCHES OF A PINE
TREE. THE TREE SAVED HIM BY KEEPING HIM OUT OF
SIGHT. BABY JESUS BLESSED THE TREE. AND IF YOU
CUT A PINE CONE IN HALF THROUGH ITS CORE, IN THE
UPPER PART OF ONE OF THE HALVES YOU WILL SEE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; CLASS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious |
ITCHING OF THE SOLES OF THE FEET FORCAST (SIC) A JOURNEY IN THE
NEAR FUTURE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ITCHING OF THE PALMS FORESHADOWS MONEY.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOUR EARS ARE BURING (SIC) OR TINGLING, SOMEONE IS TALKING
ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOUR NOSE IS ITCHING, THAT FORECASTS THAT COMPANY IS COMING.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SALT IS USED TO FORETELL THE WEATHER. WHEN THE SALT BECOMES
MOIST AND HARD TO POUR, A HUMID OR RAINY DAY IS EXPECTED.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A PERSON SEES AN EYELASH ON ANOTHER PERSON'S CHEEK, HE
SHOULD REMOVE IT AND PLACE IT ON HIS THUMB. THE PERSON
WHOSE EYELASH IT IS SHOULD MAKE A WISH. IF HE SUCCESSFULLY
BLOW (S) THE LASH OFF YOUR THUMB, THE WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EATING FISH IS GOOD FOR THE BRAIN.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fish |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EATING OYSTERS WILL INDUCE SEXUAL DESIRES.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
AN EAST WIND BLOWS NOBODY GOOD.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
WHEN GIRLS ARE IN WEST HALL IN A BOY'S ROOM, (A MATCHBOOK'S
WIDTH) THE DOOR MUST BE KEPT OPEN (FOR PROPRIETY SAKE).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; WEST HALL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School BELIEF -- School |
ADVICE TO YOUNG LOVERS
DON'T DO ANYTHING YOU COULDN'T DO ON A BICYCLE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
COLD HANS; WARM HEART
DIRTY FEET; NO SWEETHEART
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
SNAKES TRAVEL IN PAIRS
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 06-16-1973