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THICKNESS OF SHUCKS ON CORN COBS--HARD WINTER.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME BY DR. MORRELL, BIOLOGY TEACHER AT PEABODY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; DIXON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THICKNESS OF FUR ON RABBITS AND SQUIRRELS WILL SHOW HOW
HARD THE WINTER WILL BE.
Submitter comment: THIS BELIEF WAS TOLD TO ME BY DR. MORRELL, BIOLOGY TEACHER AT
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; DIXON
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HARD WINTER--THE CLOSER A HORNET'S NEST IS TO GROUND, THE
HARDER THE WINTER WILL BE.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME BY DR. MORRELL, BIOLOGY TEACHER AT PEABODY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; DIXON
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Never wear white to the funeral of an elder because it is
disrespectful to the family.
Submitter comment:
I traveled by plane to Alabama to go to my aunt stepmother's
funeral. As we dressed that morning to go to the funeral I asked
my aunt, "What should I wear? I said, "Maybe I will wear my
white dress." My aunt said, "No, you do not wear white to the
funeral of an elder because it is disrespectful to the family."
Where learned: ALABAMA ; Dixon Mills
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1983