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THERE WAS A MAN BACK HOME THAT ALWAYS TOOK THE BACK ROADS TO
WORK SO HE WOULDN'T MEET ANYONE. IF HE DID MEET ANYONE, IT
WOULD BRING BAD LUCK FOR THE DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DICKSON
| 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: 06-18-1972
I'VE NEVER KNOWN THIS TO BE TRUE IN ANYONE ELSE'S FAMILY,
BUT THE SCOTT FAMILY. WE CALL IT "DEATH TOKENS."
IN MY LIFE THERE WERE THREE RINGS OF A BELL AND SOMEONE
DIED. ONE TIME 3 KEYS ON THE PIANO PLAYED WITHOUT ANYONE
SITTING THERE. AND THE LAST TIME THERE WERE 3 KNOCKS ON THE
BED AND SOMEONE DIED.
USUALLY THE PERSON WHO DOESN'T HEAR IT WILL BE THE ONE TO
DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DICKSON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
Proverb
Seeing is believing.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BELIEF ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Seeing ; Sight ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
All's well that ends well.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
CUSTOM
MEN ALWAYS WALK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE IN THE OLD DAYS
IF A CHARIOT WENT BY, IT WOULD SPLASH THE MAN INSTEAD OF THE WOMAN.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD
Keyword(s): CHIVALRY ; DIRECTION ; POSITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 03-01-1971