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DROPPING A KNIFE ON THE FLOOR INDICATES THAT AN UNEXPECTED
MALE VISITOR WILL COME THAT EVENING; DROPPING A FORK
MEANS TO EXPECT A FEMALE VISITOR. THIS PERSON REALLY
BELIEVED THIS, AND OFFERED AS PROOF SEVERAL INSTANCES IN
WHICH HIS FRIEND, BILL SCHROEDER, CAME IN JUST SUCH
A MANNER. IN FACT, IT BECAME A FAMILY JOKE THAT
BILL WOULD BE AT THEIR HOUSE IN TIME TO HELP WITH
DISHES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 01-20-1968
BELIEF
IF YOU DROP A FORK, IT MEANS SOME GIRL'S COMING.
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE IT MEANS SOME BOY'S COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-17-1967
BELIEF ABOUT DROPPING SILVERWARE
DROP A KNIFE - A FIGHT.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM AN IRISH COMPANION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
FEMALE AND MALE VISITOR PREDICTION
IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY DROP A KNIFE,
IT SUPPOSEDLY MEANS THAT YOU
WILL SOON HAVE A MALE VISITOR.
DROP A FORK IMPLIES FEMALE VISITOR.
Where learned: MADONNA COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
DROPPING A KNIFE
IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY DROP A KNIFE, SOMEONE IS TALKING
ABOUT YOU BEHIND YOUR BACK. (JABBLING YOU IN THE BACK)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00001950'S
DROPPING A FORK
IF YOU DROP A FORK, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00001950'S
OMEN
IT IS AN AUSPICIOUS OMEN FOR THE CALL OF THE PRAYER
FROM ATOP THE MOSQUE (ALLAHU AKBAR, GOD IS GREAT) TO INSTANTANEOUSLY
FOLLOW THE CEASING OF ONE'S CONVERSATION; AN HARBINGER OF AN
EMBELLISHED LIFE TO COME.
Where learned: RABAT ; MOROCCO
| Subject headings: | Observation |
OMEN
IF A FIRE CRACKLES, COMPANY IS COMING.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-10-1967
IF BUBBLES RISE TO THE TOP OF A CUP OF COFFEE IT MEANS
YOU WILL BE RICH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-00-1965
BUTCHER
IT IS A BELIEF OF MANY BUTCHERS THAT IF YOU CUT
YOURSELF AND GET AN ODD NUMBER OF STITCHES, YOU
WILL GET CUT AGAIN.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
GOOD LUCK SIGN
IF YOU FIND A PENNY AND KEEP IT, YOU WILL SOON BE GETTING
A LARGE SUM OF MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
SUPERSTITION
STEP ON A STONE, BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
OMEN
IT IS A LEBANESE BELIEF THAT IF YOU BRING A PERSON IN THE HOSPITAL
FLOWERS, YOU THINK HE IS DYING, SO NEVER BRING A PERSON IN THE
HOSPITAL FLOWERS OR ELSE YOU WILL SCARE THAT PERSON.
Where learned: WORK ; TOLD AT ; DETROIT BOARD OF
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
READING AT THE TABLE
IF YOU READ AT THE DINNER
TABLE YOU WILL EAT YOUR
BRAINS AWAY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-27-1968
A PICTURE OF AN UPSIDE - DOWN PLANE IS A SIGN OF DOOM
FOR THE PILOT. THIS WAS RECOGNIZED AS A SUPERSTITION,
BUT WHEN MEMBERS OF ANGEL FLIGHT WERE PUTTING UP
PICTURES OF PLANES ON A BULLETIN BOARD, ALL THE
AFROTC CADETS MADE CERTAIN THEY WERE RIGHT - SIDE UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; PIZZERIA
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-21-1968
CRYING
IF YOU CRY BEFORE 11, YOU WILL LAUGH BY 7.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00001920'S
PREDICTION
VISITORS TO HAWAII CAST THEIR LEIS
UPON THE WATER AS THEY LEAVE BY
SHIP. IF THE LEIS FLOAT BACK TO SHORE,
THE VISITOR WILL RETURN.
Submitter comment: KATHY PROBABLY HEARD THIS IN SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
SAYING
A GREEN CHRISTMAS MAKES A FULL GRAVEYARD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER WHO SAID THE SAYING WAS USED
IN DUNDEE, SCOTLAND, WHERE SHE LIVED UNTIL SHE WAS AROUND THIRTY YEA
OLD. INFORMANT,S MOTHER CAME TO AMERICA IN 1912, THREE YEARS AFTER
THE INFORMANT WAS BORN.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; 4236 WILLOW AVE ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
BELIEF
IF YOU PUT A STAMP ON AN ENVELOPE UPSIDE DOWN IT IS A SIGN YOU LOVE
THE PERSON YOU ARE SENDING IT TO.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
SUPERSTITION
IF A GIRL SINGS AT THE TABLE SHE WILL HAVE A CRAZY HUSBAND.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1965