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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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HOLD THE BIBLE WITH BOTH HANDS AGAINST THE CHEST
AND ASK GOD THE QUESTION. OPEN THE BIBLE TO ANY
PAGE AND RUN FINGER DOWN THE PAGE AND STOP. LOOK
AT THE PASSAGE FOR THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Religious objects |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IF YOUR HANDWRITING IS VERY ROUND, IT MEANS YOU
ARE A ROMANTIC PERSON.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
A DROWNING PERSON RISES TO THE SURFACE TWICE
BEFORE GOING DOWN FOR THE THIRD TIME.
Submitter comment: KNEW AS GENERAL INFORMATION.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: 10-30-1967
WHEN YOU HAVE RECEIVED A BIRTHDAY PRESENT, IF
YOU BREAK THE RIBBON WHILE UNWRAPPING IT, YOU
WILL HAVE A BABY FOR EVERY RIBBON YOU BREAK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of object for determining number of children or sex of unborn P863.9 |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
"ITCHY PALM" MEANS YOU WILL SOON COME INTO SOME MONEY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
CERTAIN PEOPLE JINX THEIR OWN BELONGINGS BECAUSE
THEY LIKE THEM VERY MUCH, IN WHICH CASE, AN
OBJECT OF THEIRS WILL BREAK OR BECOME USELESS.
TO BREAK THE JINX, A PERSON MUST GET AN ARTICLE
OF CLOTHING FROM THE JINX, BURN IT, AND PUT THE
HOT ASHES AROUND THE JINXED ARTICLE. THEN THE
JINX IS BROKEN.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
TEST FOR THE MUMPS: TAKE A TEASPOON OF VINEGAR AND
IF IT BURNS ON THE WAY DOWN, YOU HAVE THEM. IF NOT,
YOU DON'T.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): DIAGNOSIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
IF YOU GO SOMEWHERE AND FORGET SOMETHING, WHEN YOU GO BACK FOR IT YOU HAVE TO SIT DOWN BEFORE YOU GO OUT AGAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 08-02-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK TO PASS SOMEONE ON A STAIRWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 08-02-1970
LEGEND - OUR LADY OF THE LAKE
MANY PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS TRUE, BUT I HAVE NEVER
SEEN IT AND I WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT BELIEVING THESE PEOPLE.
THE LEGEND GOES THAT A LADY COMES OUT OF THE LAKE AND
WALKS UP ON THE SHORE AND HAS EVEN BEEN SEEN TO MOVE THE
BENCHES AROUND THE LAKE. AFTER DOING THIS SHE WALKS BACK
DOWN INTO THE LAKE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: 06-00-1965
BELIEF - DOLLY POND
THIS REFERS TO A RELIGIOUS SECT NEAR CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE.
THESE PEOPLE ARE SNAKE HANDLERS. THEY HANDLE RATTLESNAKES
AND IF THEY ARE BITTEN BY ONE, THEY WILL NOT CALL A DOCTOR
BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT IF IT IS GOD'S WILL THEN THE PERSON
WILL NOT DIE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 06-00-1963
BELIEF
IN THE EARLY 1900'S, BLACK WOMEN WHO CARRIED CLOTHES ON THEIR
HEADS WERE THOUGHT TO BE BEWITCHED WITH EVIL SPIRITS AND WERE
CALLED CUNGERS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
BELIEF
UP THE RIVER FROM OUT HOUSE IN MATTHEWS, VIRGINIA IS A DARK
SHADED CREEK WHICH WE WERE TOLD WAS HAUNTED. THERE WAS AN
OLD DESERTED HOUSE BY THGE CREEK AND WHEN OWLS MADE NOISES
AT NIGHT, WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS GHOSTS. WHENEVER WE WENT
BOAT RIDING IN THE EVENING, WE WOULD NEVER GO NEAR THAT CREEK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
BELIEF
GET SOMEONE WHO IS PREGNANT TO PLANT YOUR CUCUMBERS AND YOU'LL
HAVE A GOOD CROP.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
BELIEF
GROW CASTOR BEANS TO KEEP FLIES AWAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
BELIEF
GROW ONIONS BY POTATOES TO KEEP BUGS AWAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
BELIEF
SET CHIVES AMONG ROSES TO KEEP APHIDS AWAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
BELIEF
SET GARLIC AROUND PEACH TREES TO STOP BUGS AND WORMS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
BELIEF
GET SOMEONE WHO IS PREGNANT TO PLANT YOUR CUCUMBERS
AND YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD CROP.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-23-1969