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IF YOU'RE BOWLING AND YOU PUT TOGETHER A STRING OF STRIKES
IT'S BAD LUCK TO ADD THE SCORE OF THE BOWLER. YOU SHOULD
ONLY PUT THE X'S FOR THE STRIKES HE SCORES AND DON'T
ADD THE NUMBER SCORE UNTIL HE FINISHES HIS STRING.
IF YOU ADD THE SCORE BEFORE, HE WILL BREAK THE STRING
AND IT WILL BE YOUR FAULT.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD CUSTOM IN BOWLING.
Data entry tech comment: TOO BAD IF HE'S USING A MACHINE WITH AUTOMATIC SCORING!
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GOOD LUCK FOR HOCKEY
HOCKEY PLAYERS ARE OFTEN SUPERSTITIOUS. FOR BEFORE
EVERY GAME, EACH PLAYER ALWAYS DRESSES THE SAME WAY
HE DID THE GAME BEFORE. EACH ITEM SHOULD BE PUT ON
IN THE SAME ORDER. IF HE CHANGED HIS DRESS HABITS
HIS LUCK WILL CHANGE, GOOD OR BAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 03-16-1971
GOOD LUCK FOR HOCKEY
FOR GOOD LUCK, IN THE HOCKEY GAME, THE GUYS TAPE THEIR
STICKS FROM THE TIP OF THE BLADE UP TO THE SHAFT. IT
MUST BE DONE IN THAT ORDER. START FROM THE TIP AND
WORK UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 03-16-1971
GOOD LUCK IN HOCKEY
IN HOCKEY IT IS GOOD LUCK TO WHACK THE GOALIE IN
THE SHINS WITH YOUR HOCKEY STICK BEFORE THE GAME.
Data entry tech comment: FORTUNATELY, HE IS WELL PADDED IN THAT AREA!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-24-1971
Superstition: Baseball
NEVER MENTION A NO-HITTER TO A PITCHER DURING THE GAME.
Submitter comment:
HEARD IT ON T.V.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD 12.2.2010
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ASSUMED
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; BASEBALL ; BASEBALL STADIUM ; CHANCE ; CUSTOM ; Fan ; FATE ; jinx ; LUCK ; No-Hitter ; Shutout ; SPORTS ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
STANDING IN THE SEVENTH INNING OF A BASEBALL GAME.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IT WHEN I SAW IT ON T.V.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SUPERSTITION
DON'T SAY "GOOD LUCK" TO ACTORS; RATHER SAY, "BREAK A
LEG."
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
SUPERSTITION
DON'T ADD UP THE SCORE IF YOU HAVE A STRING OF
STRIKES. (BOWLING)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
Superstition: Baseball
BASEBALL PITCHER IS PITCHING A NO-HITTER, NO ONE SPEAKS
OF IT.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; BASEBALL ; BASEBALL STADIUM ; CHANCE ; CUSTOM ; Fan ; FATE ; jinx ; LUCK ; No-Hitter ; Shutout ; SPORTS ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
SUPERSTITION
A BASEBALL PLAYER ON A HITTING STREAK WOULDN'T CHANGE
HIS SOCKS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
ENTERTAINMENT BELIEF
IT IS A STAGE CUSTOM THAT BEFORE THE PRESENTATION
THE CAST PICKS A WORD, AT RANDOM, OUT OF THE
DICTIONARY. EACH CAST MEMBER, NO MATTER HOW SMALL
A PART, MUST FIT THAT WORD INTO THEIR DIALOG. IF
THIS IS ACHIEVED, GOOD LUCK WILL FOLLOW THE CAST AND
THE PRESENTATION WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.
Where learned: NEW JERSEY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
GOOD LUCK IN BASEBALL
IN BASEBALL, AFTER AN OUT IS MADE, INFIELDERS WILL
THROW BALL AROUND. 3RD BASEMAN HAS TO OBTAIN
THE BALL LAST, TO THROW TO THE PITCHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-24-1971
I PLAY ON A SUMMER BASEBALL LEAGUE EVERY SEASON. WHILE
INVOLVED IN PLAYING, IF THE TEAM IS ON A WINNING STREAK
IT IS NEVER PROPER TO WASH YOUR BASEBALL SOCKS, OR
YOUR TEAM WILL BREAK ITS LUCK. THE SAME ALSO GOES IF
I AM ON A HITTING STREAK, I'LL NEVER WASH MY
BASEBALL SOCKS OR I MEAN HAVE MY MOTHER WASH THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
THIS IS A CUSTOM FOLLOWED IN THE SPORT OF BOWLING.
IF IN BOWLING, ONE GETS TWO OR MORE STRIKES IN A ROW,
DON'T PUT THE TOTALS OR SCORES ON THE SCORE SHEET
UNTIL YOU MISS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
IN A BASKETBALL GAME, IF SOMEBODY'S "HOT"--IN
SCORING POINTS--YOU ALWAYS FEED HIM THE BALL, BECAUSE
IF HE DOESN'T GET THE SHOTS HE WILL GET COLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
CUSTOM
AT ST. MARY'S ACADEMY, A HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ONLY, IN
MONROE, MICHIGAN, IT IS A TRADITION THAT YOU ARE NEVER
TO WALK DOWN THE STEPS OF MARBLE IN FRONT OF THE
SCHOOL UNTIL YOU ARE GRADUATING. IF YOU DO WALK DOWN,
THEN BEFORE YOU ARE GRADUATING, SOME SORT OF AWFUL
BAD LUCK IS SUPPOSED TO FALL UPON YOU.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 03-27-1971
A WOMAN IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE INSIDE ALTAR IN CHURCH.
IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
PASSING ON STAIRWAY
I WAS ONCE WALKING UP THE STAIRWAY, WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER
WAS WALKING DOWN. SUDDENLY, SHE SCREAMED AT ME,
WHILE ALMOST IN A STATE OF TERROR, THAT I COULDN'T
IMAGINE WHAT WAS TROUBLING THE ELDERLY WOMAN, TO GET
BACK DOWN THE STAIRWAY. SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT I
HAD ACTUALLY INTENDED TO CROSS ON THE STAIRWAY, AND
SHE QUICKLY PROCEEDED TO THE BOTTOM, TO VENT HER WRATH
ON ME.
THE STAIRWAY WAS MORE THAN ADEQUATE TO LET US PASS.
I COULDN'T IMAGINE WHAT WAS WRONG. SHE TOLD ME THAT
ANYONE CROSSING ON THE STAIRS WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE
NOTHING BUT BAD LUCK. I TRIED TO MAKE HER SEE HOW
RIDICULOUS THIS WAS, BUT SHE FIRMLY BELIEVED THAT
ANYONE ENTERING A STAIRWAY AFTER ANOTHER PERSON, AND
CROSSING ON THE STAIRWAY WAS IN FOR MUCH BAD LUCK.
THE NEXT BIT OF BAD LUCK THAT BEFELL THE PERSON, SHE
NATURALLY ATTRIBUTED TO PASSING ON THE STAIRS.
Where learned: VERMONT ; SAINT ALBANS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
AFTER PRAYERS ARE SAID AT THE CEMETERY, PENNIES ARE
TOSSED ON THE CASKET TO INSURE GOOD FORTUNE IN THE
DECEASED'S "NEW LIFE."
AS A SMALL CHILD I CAN REMEMBER SOME PEOPLE TOSSING
PENNIES ON THE CASKET AS THEY WERE LEVING THE
CEMETERY. AT TIMES, THE DECEASED'S FAMILY WOULD
HAND OUT PENNIES TO THE MOURNERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-20-1971
SEE A PIN AND PICK IT UP,
ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
SEE A PIN AND LET IT LAY,
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK FOR ALL THE DAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 09-10-1969