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SAYING
THERE'S AN OLD SAYING ABOUT A DOG IN THE MANGER THAT WE USE
TODAY WHEN WE KEEP THINGS TO OURSELVES WHEN WE CAN'T USE THEM
BUT WE WON'T LET SOMEONE ELSE HAVE THEM IF HE CAN USE THEM.
THIS CAME FROM A FABLE ABOUT A DOG WHO WAS KEEPING WATCH OVER
SOME HAY AND HE WOULDN'T LET A HORSE HAVE ANY EVEN THOUGH THE
DOG COULDN'T EAT IT HIMSELF.
Data entry tech comment: THE SAYING ITSELF IS "DOG IN THE MANGER."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-03-1968
IF YOUR RIGHT EYE ITCHES, YOU ARE GOING TO CRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 07-18-1968
IF YOU WILL GO WATCH THE COWS ON DECEMBER 31, AT MIDNIGHT,
THEY WILL PRAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 07-18-1968
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, SOMEONE IS COMING WITH A HOLE IN THEIR
BRITCHES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.840 BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 07-18-1968
RAIN, RAIN GO TO SPAIN
COME AGAIN SOME OTHER DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.465 BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 08-07-1968
PROVERB: YOUTH
WHEN A PERSON IS YOUNG, HE IS REFERRED TO AS "EATING FAT MEAT AND
SWINGING ON THE GATE."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-22-1969
IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT IS RAINING, 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: 06-28-1970
CATCHING BIRDS
SPRINKLE SALT ON A BIRD'S TAIL TO CATCH IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-18-1968
DEATHS COME IN THREES.
Submitter comment: I HAVE HEARD THIS BELIEF ALL MY LIFE, FIRST IN LOUISVILLE,
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEBANON ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
COUGH REMEDY
MAKE A COUGH MEDICINE OF HOREHOUND TEA AND HONEY MIXED TOGETHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HOHENWALD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
PUTTING A HAT ON THE BED MEANS THAT DEATH WILL FOLLOW.
Submitter comment: LEARNED WHILE GROWING UP IN PRESTONSBURG, KENTUCKY IN
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEBANON ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; PRESTONSBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
IF YOU LOOK AT A NEW MOON OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER, YOU'LL
DREAM ABOUT THE MAN YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GILLETTE HALL ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Observation BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about people |
Date learned: 06-26-1970
PROVERB
OLD FISHERMEN NEVER DIE, THEY CAN'T RAISE THEIR RODS
ANY MORE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; PORCH OF GILLETTE HALL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-22-1970
OMEN
ANYONE BORN AFTER HIS FATHER'S DEATH CAN CURE A BABY'S THRASH BY
BLOWING IN ITS MOUTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HOHENWALD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curer |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
IF A CHILD'S EYES ARE CLOSE TOGETHER, HE (SHE) WILL
HAVE A MEAN STREAK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF AN OBSTACLE (TREE, ETC.) COMES BETWEEN YOU AND ANOTHER
WHILE WALKING, IT WILL BE BAD LUCK IF YOU DON'T SAY
"BREAD AND BUTTER."
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SPIT TOBACCO ON FISHING WORMS FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: PERFORMED AFTER THE WORM IS PUT ON THE HOOK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A CIRCLE AROUND THE MOON MEANS IT IS GOING TO RAIN
TOMORROW.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COOKEVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Circle ; MOON ; Rain ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
DR. ANDERSON'S SIDELINE
DR. ANDERSON OF PEABODY COLLEGE, ENGLISH
DEPARTMENT, WRITES DIRTY BOOKS UNDER ANOTHER
NAME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 04-20-1969
DR. HALL'S EDUCATIONAL THEORY
DR. HALL WAS LECTURING IN A CLASS OF
EDUCATION MAJORS DOWNSTAIRS IN THE PAYNE
BUILDING. A LOUD CRASHING NOISE WAS HEARD
IN A ROOM ABOVE AND AFTER A PAUSE, DR. HALL
SAID, "THERE THEY GO AGAIN--EDUCATING THE WHOLE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 04-20-1969