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LITTLE CHILDREN WHO TWIRL AROUND MANY TIMES ARE TOLD
THAT THEY WILL START SCREAMING AND NEVER STOP.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; LOUISVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P428 BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU SING BEFORE BREAKFAST, YOU WILL CRY BEFORE SUPPER
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; LOUISVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): INEVITABILITY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FINDING A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER IS A GOOD LUCK CHARM.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; PADUCAH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH IT'S THE SIGN OF BAD
LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BURN BRUSH ON SUNDAY.
Submitter comment: BELIEVED IN KENTUCKY IN FARMING AREAS. THE IMPLICATION IS
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; FRANKFORT ; KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; LOUISVILLE ; PRESTONSBURG
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Fixed DateFor specific dates, use the following system: BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU PICK UP YOUR HUSBAND'S CLOTHES ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF
YOUR MARRIAGE, YOU WILL PICK THEM UP FOR THE REST OF YOUR
LIFE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; LOUISVILLE
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU WEAR YOUR SORORITY PIN ALL NIGHT, THE FIRST NIGHT
YOU ARE INITIATED, IT'LL LAST FOREVER. (SAME IF YOU GET
PINNED, ENGAGED, ETC.)
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DREAM OF SNAKES, YOU ARE GOING TO DEFEAT ONE OF YUR
ENEMIES.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Untamed varieties BELIEF -- Dreams P841.61 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU TELL ABOUT A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; PADUCAH
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 07-04-1972
WALKING UNDER A LADDER WILL BRING YOU BAD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; PADUCAH
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-04-1972
WHEN YOU CUT YOUR WISDOM TEETH, YOUR LIFE IS HALF OVER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; PADUCAH
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-04-1972
BREAKING A MIRROR BRINGS SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; PADUCAH
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 07-04-1972
IT IS COMMONLY CONSIDERED BAD LUCK FOR A BABY TO CRY WHILE
IT IS BEING BAPTIZED.
Submitter comment: I HAVE NOT HEARD THE SUPERSTITION VOICED LATELY, BUT AFTER
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED
Date learned: 08-04-1968
TURKEY NECK BEND IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE SECTION OF
MONROE COUNTY, KENTUCKY, WHERE MY HUSBAND WAS BORN.
THE NAME CAME FROM THE FACT THAT THE LAND FORMED A
TURKEY'S NECK WHERE IT WAS BORDERED BY THE CUMBERLAND
RIVER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; MONROE COUNTY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 08-12-1968