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TO SLAY A SHEEP AND THEN TO DONOTE ITS MEAT TO THE
POOR BRINGS GOOD LUCK (1) WHEN YOU BUILD OR BUY A
HOUSE, (2) WHEN A BRIDE AND GROOM ENTER THEIR FIRST
HOME, (3) WHEN YOU HAVE A SERIOUSLY SICK PERSON IN
THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment: SUCH A CUSTOM HAS ITS ORIGIN IN BIBLICAL TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BAGHDAD ; IRAQ
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ITALIAN
FOR GOOD LUCK WITH A NEW CAR, HANG A RED BOW SOMEPLACE
IN THE CAR. THIS WILL ALSO KEEP YOU SAFE FROM
ACCIDENTS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER ITALIAN MOTHER.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; PLEASANTVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Good luck Numbers |
Date learned: 12-27-1963
WHENEVER YOU MOVE INTO A NEW HOME, YOU MUST MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE A BROOM, SALT, AND A BIBLE WITH YOU.
THIS IS FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE HAD DONE THIS WHEN SHE MOVED
INTO HER NEW HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Broom Sweeping BELIEF -- Good luck Numbers |
Date learned: 03-18-1972
WHEN YOU MOVE INTO A NEW HOME YOU SHOULD SPILL
CHICKEN OR ROOSTER BLOOD OUTSIDE THE DOOR FOR
GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THE SPILLING OF CHICKEN BLOOD REFERS *33460/CENCKEN
TO THE PAGAN TRADITION OF SACRIFICES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Good luck Animals BELIEF -- Good luck Numbers |
Date learned: 02-14-1972
ITALIAN
WHEN YOU GUY A NEW HOUSE, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY GO OUT
AND BUY A LOAF OF BREAD, A BOTTLE OF WINE, AND A BOX
OF SALT. PLACE THESE SOMEPLACE IN YOUR HOUSE AND
NEVER TOUCH THEM FOR ANY REASON. THIS WILL ASSURE
YOU OF LUCK AND HAPPINESS IN YOUR NEW HOME.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER ITALIAN MOTHER.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; PLEASANTVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink BELIEF -- Good luck Numbers |
Date learned: 12-27-1963
BEFORE MOVING INTO A NEW HOUSE, YOU PLACE SALT AND
A LOAF OF BREAD TO BRING YOU GOOD LUCK ANYWHERE IN
THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink BELIEF -- Good luck Numbers |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN SOMEONE MOVES INTO A NEW HOME, HE SHOULD SPRINKLE
SALT ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE. THIS WILL BRING GOOD
LUCK, AND ALSO KEEP AWAY THE EVIL SPIRITS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER SISTER-IN-LAW, WHO
DID ACTUALLY DO THIS WHEN THE INFORMANT AND HER
HUSBAND MOVED INTO THEIR FIRST HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Numbers |
Date learned: 05-18-1965
YOU HAVE YOUR NEW HOUSE BLESSED FOR GOOD LUCK THAT NO
WRONG COMES TO THE HOME OR THE PEOPLE IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Good luck Numbers |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
THE FIRST PERSON TO ENTER YOUR HOME ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
SHOULD BE A DARK-HAIRED MAN. THIS WILL BRING GOOD
LUCK TO THE ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck Numbers |
Date learned: 03-27-1970
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY THE MAN OF THE HOUSE SHOULD ENTER
FIRST TO INSURE GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck Numbers |
Date learned: 03-22-1967
FRENCH CANADIAN
THE FIRST TIME ANYONE SEES A BABY, THEY SHOULD KISS
IT ON THE FOREHEAD TO BRING GOOD LUCK AND GOOD
HEALTH TO THE CHILD FOR THE REST OF ITS LIFE.
Submitter comment:
A FRENCH-CANADIAN LADY DID THIS TO MY BROTHER AND THEN
TOLD MY MOTHER WHY SHE HAD DONE THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Date learned: 10-10-1968
EATING THE FIRST SLICE OF YOUR BIRTHDAY CAKE WILL BRING
YOU GOOD LUCK AND MAKE YOUR WISH COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Good luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
IF YOU MOVE TO ANOTHER HOME, DO NOT MOVE THE BROOM
FROM THE OLD HOUSE, IT IS A SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 03-27-1967
WHEN YOU MOVE INTO A NEW HOME, DON'T TAKE A BROOM
FROM THE OLD HOME OR ONE THAT SOMEONE HAS GIVEN
YOU OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK. IT'S BEST TO BUY A
NEW ONE AFTER YOU GET IN THE NEW HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
PUTTING THE LEFT SHOE ON FIRST IN THE MORNING WILL
BRING BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID WHEN HIS HAPPENS TO HIS MOTHER,
SHE STAYS CLOSE TO HOME ALL DAY AND IS AFRAID
TO RECEIVE ANY PHONE CALLS. HE SAID THAT WHENEVER
HIS MOTHER DOES THIS, HE REALLY GETS ANGRY AND CANNOT
STAND TO BE AROUND ALL DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 12-01-1971
YOU MUST HAVE BREAD AND SALT WHEN YOU MOVE INTO A
NEW HOUSE, OR IT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO MAKE A NEW OPENING IN AN OLD
HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 01-03-1970
DON'T EVER MOVE INTO A HOME ON A FRIDAY BECAUSE
IT IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
DIANE LEARNED THIS FROM HER GIRLFRIEND, SANDY
DITTRICH.
Where learned: CAR
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
MOVING INTO A NEW HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY OR FRIDAY WILL
BRING BAD LUCK OR MUCH SICKNESS.
Submitter comment:
I WAS TOLD THIS WHEN MOVING TO DETROIT; THE TELLER
WAS ALSO CAUTIONED LIKE THIS BY HER GRANDMOTHER
WHO REALLY BELIEVED IT.
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
IT'S UNLUCKY TO START ON A NEW JOB OR A NEW PROJECT
ON A FRIDAY.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-22-1968