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BAD LUCK AND DEATH COMES IN THREES. IF TWO BAD THINGS
HAPPEN OR TWO DEATHS OCCUR, BE ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR THE
THIRD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
A DARK STREAK DOWN A HORSE'S BACK IS A WILD STREAK; THIS
HORSE WILL BE DIFFICULT TO MANAGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00001960 CA.
IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED, AMONG THOSE WHO EXHIBIT IN HORSE
SHOWS, THAT IN CERTAIN YEARS, A PARTICULAR COLOR OF HORSE
IS FAVORED BY JUDGES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00001960 CA.
MY LUCKY NUMBER IN HORSE SHOWS WAS 54.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
IT'S BAD LUCK IF YOU LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES FROM ONE MATCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-07-1973
IF YOU SEE A BLACK CAT CROSSING IN FRONT OF YOUR CAR, PUT
AN X ON THE WINDSHIELD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal BELIEF -- Word Letter BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
WHEN YOU AND A FRIEND ARE WALKING TOGETHER AND PASS ON EITHER
SIDE OF AN OBJECT, YOU ON ONE SIDE AND HE ON THE OTHER,
YOU SAY "BREAD AND BUTTER." HE FOLLOWS WITH "PINS AND
NEEDLES." YOU SAY "WHAT GOES UP THE CHIMNEY." HE
ANSWERS "SMOKE." YOU BOTH THEN SAY, "MAY THIS WISH
NEVER BE BROKEN." THIS GRANTS YOU ONE WISH AND INSURES
YOUR EVERLASTING FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Word Letter SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, COMPANY IS COMING TO VISIT WITH A HOLE
IN THEIR PANTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): BRITCHES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
I'VE ALWAYS HEARD AUNT EMMA COULD TAKE WARTS OFF. I NEVER
BELIEVED IT. I HAD A WART ON MY THUMB AND IT BOTHERED ME
WHEN I WAS BOWLING. ONE NIGHT EMMA WAS THERE BOWLING
AND I WENT OVER AND SHE SAID "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR
THUMB?" SO I TOLD HER I HAD A WART. WELL, SHE DIDN'T
TOUCH IT OR SAY A WORD, BUT THAT WART WENT AWAY RIGHT
AFTER THAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
UNION PROTECTION FOR REBEL
THIS INCIDENT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. MY INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER
AND FAMILY WERE LIVING IN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, DURING THE
CIVIL WAR. GOVERNOR BROWN HAD KEPT A LOT OF THE GEORGIA
SOLDIERS HOME TO GUART COLUMBUS. WHEN COLUMBUS FELL TO THE
UNION, THE UNION OFFICER IN CHARGE OF UNION TROOPS THERE,
WAS THE COUSIN OF MY INFORMANTS' GRANDMOTHER. THEIR HOUSE
WAS NOT TOUCHED, BUT THEY HAD TO FEED THE SOLDIERS.
IN THE COURSE OF A DAY, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY HEARD A SHOT
FIRED. IMMEDIATELY THE UNION SOLDIERS SURROUNDED THE PLACE--
THEY FOUND A HALF-WIT BOY WANDERING AROUND WHO HAD FIRED
THE SHOT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
I HAVE HEARD MANY PEOPLE SAY THIS: DEATH SEEMS TO OCCUR IN
THREES. IF ONE PERSON WITH WHOM YOU ARE ACQUAINTED DIES--
TWO MORE DEATHS WILL OCCUR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THIS WILL
HAPPEN TO THOSE YOU HAVE HAD CONTCT WITH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
IF ONE TAKES THE LAST PIECE OF FOOD ON THE PLATE, SHE WILL
BE AN OLD MAID. I HAVE HEARD THIS ALL MY LIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Last events: the last person to the table... |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
THEY SAY 13 IS A BAD LUCK NUMBER BECAUSE THERE WERE THIRTEEN
PEOPLE SITTING AT THE LAST SUPPER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
TO OBTAIN A CURE FOR A SPELL WHICH ONE HAS HAD CAST ON HIM
A PERSON GOES TO A ROOT DOCTOR. THE ROOT DOCTOR WORKS A
COUNTER-SPELL AND GIVES A WHITE POWDER WHICH MUST BE TAKEN
DAILY UNTIL IT IS ALL USED UP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 08-03-1968
TO CURE A SPELL BATHS IN HOT LYE SOLUTION EVERY EVENING
AND MORNING BATHS IN ICE WATER MUST BE TAKEN FOR NINE
DAYS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
DON'T SWALLOW WATERMELON SEEDS. IF YOU DO, THE VINE WILL
GROW OUT YOUR EARS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Ears, noise in ear |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
WHEN I WAS A CHILD IN MAINE THERE WAS A FAIRLY COMMON VARIETY
OF SPIDER WHICH STITCHED A HEAVY ZIGZAG DOWN THE CENTER OF
OF ITS WEB. THIS SPIDER WAS COMMONLY CALLED "GARDEN SPIDER."
IF YOU TELL A LIE, THE GARDEN SPIDER WILL STITCH YOUR
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MAINE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
WHEN IT RAINS AND THE SUN IS SHINING, THE DEVIL IS BEATING
HIS WIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
DEATHS AND TRAGIC EVENTS COME IN THREES.
Submitter comment: THE ONLY TORNADO THAT EVER STRUCK IN MARSHALL COUNTY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-05-1968