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SPILLING OF SALT AND THEN THROWING A PINCH OF IT
OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER, SO YOU DON'T HAVE BAD
LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM DORM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MERCY COLLEGE
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
IF YOU SPILL SALT, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK UNLESS
YOU IMMEDIATELY THROW SALT OVER YOUR RIGHT
SHOULDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 04-03-1967
IF YOU SPILL SALT, PICK SOME UP AND THROW IT OVER
YOUR LEFT SHOULDER OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER COLLECTED THIS FROM A WOMAN WITH WHOM
SHE WORKED. MRS. HAIRSTON LEARNED IT FROM HER
MOTHER AND HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 02-00-1967
WHEN SALT IS SPILLED, SOME OF IT MUST BE TOSSED
OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER.
Submitter comment: TO AVERT BAD LUCK, SAYS COLLECTOR.
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITIN DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IF YOU SPILL SALT, PICK SOME UP AND THROW OVER LEFT
SHOULDER TO PREVENT BAD LUCK FROM HAPPENING.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Mount Clemens
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
IF YOU SPILL SALT, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK UNLESS
YOU PICK SOME OF IT UP WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND AND THROW
IT OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED THIS FROM A FRIEND IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
IF YOU SPILL SOME SALT YOU SHOULD PICK SOME UP
AND THROW IT OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER TO AVOID
BAC LUCK.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
SPILLING SALT BRINGS BAD LUCK, BUT THROWING IT
OVER YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER BRINGS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 09-20-1965
IF YOU SPILL SALT ON THE TABLE, YOU HAVE TO THROW
SOME OVER YOUR SHOULDER TO GET RID OF THE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
IF YOU WASTE SALT, THROW SOME OVER YOUR SHOULDER
OR ELSE YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 01-17-1972
IF YOU SPILL SALT, THROW A BIT OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER
AND MAKE A WISH OR YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: I'VE SEEN THE INFORMANT PRACTICE THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
GOOD LUCK OMEN AFTER RAIN
THE OIL IN THE STREET AFTER IT RAINS--ALL KINDS OF
DIFFERENT COLORS--WELL, IF YOU STEP IN IT, IT MEANS
GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: POPULAR TRADITION IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; DETROIT ; GLOUCESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
WHEN A PREGNANT WOMAN IS NOT LOOKING, SPRINKLE SOME
SALT IN HER HAIR. IT WILL CAUSE HER TO ITCH HER CHIN OR
NOSE. IF SHE ITCHES HER CHIN, THE BABY WILL BE A GIRL.
IF SHE ITCHES HER NOSE, THE BABY WILL BE A BOY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THIS WAS A FAVORITE SYRIAN BELIEF IN
PREDICTING THE SEX OF AN UNBORN CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
Keyword(s): SCRATCH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Use of object for determining number of children or sex of unborn P863.1 |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
IF YOU PUT A LOT OF SALT ON YOUR FOOD, IT MEANS YOU
HAVE A GREAT CAPACITY TO LOVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
THE BLARNEY STONE IS LOCATED IN A CASTLE IN IRELAND.
TRADITION SAYS IF YOU GO THERE AND CLIMB UP TO A POINT
ABOVE THE STONE, AND SOMEONE HOLDS YOU BY THE ANKLES,
SO THAT YOU HANG DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE STONE,
AND YOU KISS IT, YOU'LL GET THE GIFT OF BLARNEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 09-28-1968
Belief
YOU SHOULD NEVER BORROW SALT WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT,
BECAUSE YOU WILL NEVER SPEAK TO THAT PERSON AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER PARENTS WHEN SHE LIVED
ON A FARM AS A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Salt, Mineral, Belief, Friendship, Custom, Ownership
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F553 Food Drink -- Flavoring BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
THROW SALT OVER YOUR SHOULDER FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck P881.17 |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
IF YOU WANT TO CATCH A BIRD, PUT SALT ON HIS TAIL.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
THERE IS AN EVIL EYE STONE TO WARD OFF EVIL CURSES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 01-19-1968
THE TOPAZ, THE NOVEMBER BIRTHSTONE, IS A SYMBOL FOR
CHEERFULNESS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F110 BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-08-1967