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IF YOU TELL YOUR DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DOYLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
RED AT NIGHT, SAILORS DELIGHT.
RED IN THE MORN, SAILOR'S WARNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DOYLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
IF YOUR PALM ITCHES, IT MEANS THAT YOU WILL HANDLE MONEY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DOYLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO WALK ON
NEW GROUND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DOYLE
Date learned: 07-27-1968
THE NUMBER OF MORNING FOGS IN AUGUST IS THE NUMBER OF SNOWS
IN THE WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DOYLE
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IF IT RAINS THE FIRST DAY OF DOG'S DAY, IT WILL RAIN 25 DAYS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DOYLE
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IF YOU DON'T DIG YOUR POTATOES BEFORE DOG'S DAY (JULY 25),
THEY WILL ROT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DOYLE
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 25 BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
A LARGE NUMBER OF COB WEBS INDICATES A BAD WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DOYLE
James Callow Keyword(s): COBWEBS ; QUANTITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SING IN BED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DOYLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES THE ROAD IN FRONT OF YOU, TAKE A ROCK
AND SPIT ON IT, AND PUT IT DOWN. (THIS ACT WILL PREVENT THE
BAD LUCK).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DOYLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IF A MOCKING BIRD WAKES YOU UP AT NIGHT, IT MEANS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DOYLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
ALWAYS GO OUT THE SAME DOOR AS YOU CAME IN. IT IS BAD LUCK IF
YOU DON'T.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DOYLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 07-27-1968