The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

RINGING EARS

IF YOU HAD A RINGING SENSATION IN YOUR EARS, SOMEONE WAS SAYING
NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU. IF YOU HAD A BUZZING NOISE IN YOUR EARS,
SOMEONE WAS SPREADING UGLY RUMORS ABOUT YOU.

Submitter comment: TOLD TO INFORMANT BY HER MAID, MRS. BERTHA REID, NEGRO, WHO WAS
48 AT THE TIME.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE