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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 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 IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION.
Submitter comment: I HAVE HEARD THIS SUPERSTITION IN BOTH KENTUCKY AND
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 08-04-1968
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
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN CLIMBS THROUGH A BARBEDWIRE FENCE, IT WILL
CHOKE THE BABY.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, IF SHE WILL EAT A LOT OF APPLES,
THE BABY WILL BE SMART.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
IF YOU RUB GREASE ON A BABY'S HEAD, IT WILL MAKE HIS HAIR CURLY.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
EVERY STITCH YOU SEW ON SUNDAY YOU'LL HAVE TO PICK OUT WITH
YOUR NOSE WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN.
Submitter comment: MRS. HUNT SAID THAT HER GRANDMOTHER SAID THAT HER MOTHER
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
IF YOU TICKLE A BABY ON THE BOTTOM OF HIS FOOT, HE WILL
STUTTER WHEN HE STARTS TALKING.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
GRAVEYARD MARKER
ANN COCKRILL/ FORMERLY ANN ROBERTSON/ BORN 10TH FEBRUARY 1757/
DEPARTED THIS LIFE/ OCTOBER 13TH 1821. (THE PLAQUE READS:)
1757 HONORING 1821
ANN ROBERTSON JOHNSTON/ COCKRILL/ FIRST TEACHER CUMBERLAND/
SETTLEMENT. INTREPID/ PIONEER. HEROINE OF THE/
BATTLE OF THE BLUFFS 1781./ RECIPIENT OF LAND GRANT./
FT. NASHBOROUGH CHAPTER D.A.R./ 1935
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
GRAVEYARD MARKER
TERRY H. CAHAL/ BORN IN THE STATE OF/ VIRGINIA/ SEPTEMBER 4TH
1802/ DIED NEAR NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE/ APRIL 15TH, 1851/
ENDOWED BY NATURE WITH GREAT TALENTS AND/ GIFTED WITH AMBITION
EQUAL TO THESE POWERS./ THOUGH BORN TO WANT & OBSCURITY/
HE TRIUMPHED OVER EVERY DISADVANTAGE/ AND RISING IN AN
HONORABLE CAREER,/ TO EMINENCE & HIGH DISTINCTIONS/ HE
ADORNED & ILLUSTRATED HIS LIFE/ BY ALL THE SUCCESS WHICH
GENIUS / ADDED TO VIRTUE, COURAGE & PERSERVERANCE/ NEVER
FAILS TO ACHIEVE./ A MEMBER OF THE LAST STATE CONVENTION/
TWICE A SENATOR IN OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY/ & ONCE THE
SPEAKER OF THAT BODY./ HE WAS THE SECOND IN COMMAND OF A
VOLUNTEER REGIMENT/ IN THE FIRST FLORIDA WAR,/ & BEING
AFTERWARDS ELECTED CHANCELLOR OF TENNESSEE,/ HE DIED IN
DISCHARGING THE DUTIES/ OF HIS EXALTED STATION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
GRAVEYARD MARKER
IN MEMORY OF/ WM. JAMES/ SON OF / PETER & ANNA S./
BASS/ BORN/ THE 19TH OF MAY 1809/ DIED/ IN MARCH/ 1828/
WHILE A STUDENT OF THE/ NASHVILLE UNIVERSITY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
IF YOU PUT ON A GARMENT INSIDE OUT AND NOT RECOGNIZE THE
MISTAKE, IT IS A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 06-20-1970