The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

PREDICTION: IS IT GOING TO BE GOOD OR BAD NEWS?

IF YOU HAD A WHITE THREAD ON YOUR CLOTHES, YOU WOULD RECEIVE A
LETTER ON THAT DAY WITH GOOD NEWS IN IT. IF IT WAS A BLACK THREAD,
THE NEWS CONTAINED IN THAT LETTER WOULD BE BAD.

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

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): COLOR

Date learned: 07241968 REID, BERTHA, MRS.