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BELIEF
IF TWO PEOPLE WALK AROUND A LIVING OBJECT SUCH AS A TREE, THEIR
FRIENDSHIP WILL BREAK UP.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU WASH YOUR CAR IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
FOLK BELIEF
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES YOU WILL GET COMPANY.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
FOLK BELIEF
DON'T LOOK AT A FULL CUP OF COFFEE WHILE YOU ARE CARRYING IT AND IT
WILL NOT SPILL.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
FOLK BELIEF
IF YOU COME IN THE FRONT DOOR AND LEAVE BY THE BACK DOOR YOU ARE
APT TO BRING COMPANY.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
FOLK BELIEF
IF YOU COME IN THE FRONT DOOR OF A HOUSE AND LEAVE BY THE BACK DOOR
THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE WILL GET COMPANY.
Submitter comment: THIS IS PRETTY MUCH PRACTICED IN THE INFORMANT'S HOUSE, EVEN NOW.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FOLK BELIEF
IF IT RAINS ON EASTER SUNDAY IT WILL RAIN FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- P663 |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERB
CONFUCIUS SAY: HE WHO SITTETH ON A RED HOT STOVE SHALL RISE AGAIN.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001960 CA
PROVERB
DON'T DO ANYTHING I WOULDN'T DO AND IF YOU DO NAME IT AFTER ME.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001960 CA
PROVERB
IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001960 CA
PROVERBIAL SAYING
IN RESPONSE TO A BAD JOKE SAY EITHER "THAT'S ABOUT AS FUNNY
AS A SCREEN DOOR ON A SUBMARINE" OR "THAT'S ABOUT AS FUNNY
AS A FIRE IN A POLIO WARD."
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001960 CA
PROVERB
DON'T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERB
DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERB
A COLD NOSE MEANS A WARM HEART.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001960 CA
PROVERB
COLD HANDS MEAN A WARM HEART.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001960 CA
YOU CAN HEAR CORN GROW AT NIGHT IN JULY.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THUNDER IS THE DEVIL REARRANGING HIS FURNITURE
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
Keyword(s): SATAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 00001950'S
THUNDER IS THE ANGELS BOWLING.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 00001950'S
SNOW IS FROM THE ANGELS FLUFFING THEIR FEATHER PILLOWS.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00001950'S