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GOLD
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PHILOSOPHY
YOU SHOULD PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
Keyword(s): HYPOCRISY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HORSE TO WATER
YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM
DRINK.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WISE MAN
A WISE MAN PROFITS BY HIS MISTAKES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIGHT AND WRONG
TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WAGON
AN EMPTY WAGON MAKES A LOT OF NOISE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BLIND LEADING BLIND
THE BLIND CANNOT LEAD THE BLIND BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM
MAY FALL INTO THE DITCH.
Data entry tech comment:
MATTHEW 15:14--IF A BLIND MAN LEADS A BLIND MAN, BOTH WILL
FALL INTO A DITCH. LUKE 6:39--CAN A BLIND MAN LEAD A BLIND
MAN? WILL THEY NOT BOTH FALL INTO A DITCH?
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN ORDER TO HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL YEAR, EAT BLACK-EYED PEAS
AND HOG HEAD ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink BELIEF -- Good luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A WOMAN TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO COME INTO
YOUR HOUSE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. A MAN BRINGS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THERE IS A BELIEF AMONG THE RURAL PEOPLE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
TENNESSEE THAT IF A SNAPPING TURTLE BITES YOU IT WON'T LET
GO UNTIL IT THUNDERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLARKSVILLE ; MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Date learned: 00-00-1970
IF YOU SWEEP TRASH OUT OF THE DOOR AT NIGHT, IT MAKES THE
GHOST ANGRY.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IF YOUR STOMACH STICKS OUT IN FRONT, IT'S A BOY. IF IT STICKS OUT
ON THE SIDES, IT'S A GIRL.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
IF YOU GET SWEPT ON THE FOOT BY A BROOM, IT IS BAD LUCK.
YOU CAN CHANGE IT BY SPITTING ON THE BROOM.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping BELIEF -- Conversions Broom Sweeping SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR, YOU WILL HAVE SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF YOU PUT A ROPE AROUND THE CAMP WHEN YOU'RE NOT CAMPING, THE SNAKES WON'T CROSS IT.
(COURSE, IT'S NOT TRUE.)
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ON A BUS ; BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM AND MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
BELIEF
IF YOU GET IN A NEST OF BEES, THEY WON'T STING YOU IF YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ON A BUS ; BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM AND MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
IF YOUR AZALEA BLOOMS AT CHRISTIMASTIME, THERE'LL BE A DEATH
IN YOUR FAMILY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ON A BUS ; BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM AND MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas Season See F645.2 for Advent Season. BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
IF A BIRD TRIES TO GET IN THE HOUSE, THERE'LL BE A DEATH
IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ON A BUS ; BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM AND MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
IN ORDER TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING IN A BOOK, SLEEP WITH IT
UNDER YOUR HEAD.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; MONTGOMERY
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WORK ON SABBATH
IT IS BAD LUCK TO DO ANY TYPE OF HOUSEWORK ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN