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THE SIGNS OF THE SCORPION AND THE CRAB ARE GOOD TIMES
TO ROOT FLOWERS AND TO SET THEM OUT.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
Keyword(s): ZODIAC ASTROLOGY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
IF YOU HAVE A DREAM, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TELL IT BEFORE
BREAKFAST, IF YOU WANT IT TO COME TRUE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 07-04-1970
IF A CAT HAS A CROSS-SHAPED MARK ON ITS FOREHEAD, IT IS
DESCENDED FROM THE LITTER WHICH WAS BORN AT THE NATIVITY
OF CHRIST.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE
Keyword(s): Born ; CAT ; Cross ; Descendant ; Fur ; Litter ; Mark ; Nativity ; SIGN ; Tale
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
WHENEVER WALKING PAST A GRAVEYARD, SPIT THREE TIMES
THROUGH THE GATE OR THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY
WITHIN A MONTH.
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE
Keyword(s): DEATH ; FAMILY ; GRAVEYARD ; SPIT ; SUPERSTITION ; THREE
IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT'S RAINING, THAT'S A SIGN THAT
THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
Keyword(s): SATAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 07-04-1970
IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT IS RAINING, THAT'S A SIGN THAT
TOMORROW AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S GONNA RAIN AGAIN.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 07-04-1970
WHEN YOU BORROW SALT, YOU REPAY IT WITH SUGAR.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Flavoring BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
REPEAT THREE TIMES EZEKIEL 16:6
"AND WHEN I PASSED BY THEE, AND SAW THEE POLLUTED IN THINE
OWN BLOOD, I SAID UNTO THEE WHEN THOU WAS IN THY BLOOD,
LIVE, YEA, I SAID UNTO THEE WHEN THOU WAS IN THY BLOOD,
LIVE.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS USED BY MRS. WARREN'S GRANDMOTHER TO STOP
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
ANIMAL BELIEF
ROOSTERS ALWAYS CROW AT MIDNIGHT.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
ANIMAL BELIEF
AT MIDNIGHT ON CHRISTMAS EVE ANIMALS KNEEL TO PRAY.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
SUSPEND A WEDDING RING ON A STRING AND HOLD IT OVER
THE BELLY OF A PREGNANT WOMAN. IF THE RING SWINGS
ON AN AXIS ACROSS THE BELLY, THE BABY WILL BE A BOY.
IF IT SWINGS IN A CIRCLE, THE BABY WILL BE A GIRL.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN HER HOMETOWN OF PARIS, TENNESSEE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P870 P870.542 |
Date learned: 08-10-1964
MY GRANDMOTHER SAID THAT SHE LIVED IN A HOUSE BETWEEN MIDDLEBROOK
AND GREENVILLE, VIRGINIA. THE MAN WHEN SHE MOVED IN SAID NOT TO
PAY ANY ATTENTION TO WHAT SHE HEARD IN THE HOUSE, BUT SHE DID.
ONE MORNING, THEY WERE SETTING AT THE TABLE EATING WHEN UPSTAIRS
IN THE ROOM WHERE HIS WIFE HAD A SPINNING WHEEL, SHE HEARD THE
WHEEL SPINNING. SHE WENT UP INTO THE ROOM BUT THE WHEEL WAS TIED
UP JUST LIKE IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN. HIS WIFE HAD DIED IN THIS HOUSE
AND THEY COULD HEAR HER CHINA WASH BOWL RATTLE MANY TIMES AND
NOBODY COULD HAVE GOTTEN IN THE ROOM BECAUSE THEY KEPT IT LOCKED.
THEY DID NOT LIVE IN THAT HOUSE VERY LONG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
James Callow Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS GHOSTLY NOISE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BELIEF
CUCUMBERS SHOULD BE PLANTED WHEN THE SIGN IS IN THE TWINS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HOHENWALD
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
BELIEF
A CROWN IN A FEATHER PILLOW IS A SIGN OF DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HOHENWALD
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
NOT GIVEN
HE WHO LAUGHS LAST LAUGHS BEST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
ISAAC (AN OLD NEGRO PREACHER) TELLS OF HAVING A VISION OF SOME
BURIED GOLD ON AN OLD FARM RIGHT OUTSIDE HAMPSHIRE, TENNESSEE.
THIS GOLD WAS BURIED UNDERNEATH AN OLD PEACH TREE BY AN
EXPEDITION OF LEWIS AND CLARKE. THE PEACH TREE HAS LONG
SINCE GONE, BUT HE THINKS HE KNOWS ABOUT WHERE IT IS.
HOWEVER, SEVERAL ATTEMPTS (EVEN USING A METAL DETECTOR) TO
RECOVER THE HIDDEN TREASURE BY THE BELIEVERS HAS FAILED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HAMPSHIRE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MOUNT PLEASANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Money |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREDICTION OF DEATH
THE HOWLING OF A DOG MEANT DEATH IN THE FAMILY. FOR EXAMPLE, A MAN
IN COOKVILLE CLAIMED HIS DOG STARTED HOWLING AT THE SAME HOUR HIS
GRANDSON DROWNED IN OLD HICKORY LAKE IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CENTERVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
PREDICTION OF DEATH
IF YOU HEAR A ROOSTER CROW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU WILL
HEAR OF A DEATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CENTERVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
PREDICTION OF DEATH
A CABBAGE THAT DOESN'T HEAD INDICATES A DEATH IN THE FAMILY WITHIN
ONE YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CENTERVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
ON THE FIRST NIGHT IN MAY, GET A PAN OF MEAL; PUT IN A SNAIL
AND LEAVE OVERNIGHT. HE WILL WRITE THE INITIAL OF YOUR WIFE;
IF MALE.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Word Letter BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 07-19-1968