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IF THERE IS A LOOSE STRING HANGING FROM YOUR CLOTHING, YOU
WILL GO ON SOME KIND OF TRIP. IF THE STRING IS LONG,
IT WILL BE A LONG TRIP, IF THE STRING IS SHORT, IT WILL
BE A SHORT TRIP.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT MADE THIS STATEMENT ON JUST SUCH AN OCCASION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU FIND A THREAD ON YOUR COAT YOU ARE GOING TO
GET A DATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
IF YOU GET A HOLE IN YOUR LEFT SOCK BEFORE YOU GET
ONE IN YOUR RIGHT SOCK, YOU ARE GOING TO GET SOME
MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): STOCKING
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF SOMEONE LEAVES A DIAPER BEHIND AT YOUR HOUSE,
YOU SOON WILL BECOME PREGNANT.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
PLACING A HAT ON A BED IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: (LEARNED FROM) HER HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-22-1964
A HAT ON THE BED IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
SYLVIA LEARNED THIS FROM HER SISTER, WHO IN TURN
LEARNED IT AT THE NURSES' LOUNGE AT BEAUMONT
HOSPITAL, ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.2 |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
IRON A HUSBAND'S SHIRTTAIL AND YOU (WILL) RUFFLE
UP HIS TEMPER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
IF YOU TEAR YOUR WEDDING DRESS ON YOUR WEDDING DAY,
YOUR MARRIAGE WON'T LAST.
Submitter comment:
THE SUPERSTITION DATES BACK TO THE EARLY 1900S, BUT IN
THE 1940S AN INSTANCE HAPPENED TO MY GODMOTHER IN WHICH
SHE RIPPED HER WEDDING GOWN AND WITHIN A YEAR THE
MARRIAGE HAD BEEN ANNULLED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dress of bride and groom |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
IF YOU PUT YOUR SLIP ON INSIDE-OUT ACCIDENTALLY,
YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL DAY.
Submitter comment:
SYLVIA LEARNED THIS FROM HER SISTER, WHO IN TURN
LEARNED IT AT THE NURSES' LOUNGE AT BEAUMONT
HOSPITAL, ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
IF THE HEM OF YOUR DRESS IS UP, YOU'LL GET A NEW
DRESS.
Submitter comment:
SYLVIA LEARNED THIS FROM HER SISTER, WHO IN TURN
LEARNED IT AT THE NURSES' LOUNGE AT BEAUMONT
HOSPITAL, ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
IF THE HEM OF A GIRL'S SKIRT IS TURNED UP, IT MEANS SHE
WILL BE KISSED BY A FOOL.
Submitter comment: I REMEMBER MY MOTHER SAYING IT TO ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE HEM OF YOUR SKIRT HANGS HIGHER IN THE BACK,
YOU WILL HAVE A DATE TONIGHT.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry |
WHEN THE HEM OF A DRESS IS TURNED UP, THAT MEANS THAT
YOU WILL BE GETTING ANOTHER DRESS SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
IF THE END (HEM) OF YOUR DRESS IS TURNED UP, YOU ARE
GOING TO GET A NEW DRESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
IN UKRAINE, IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY
DON AN ITEM OF APPAREL INSIDE-OUT, FATE WILL
CHANGE FOR YOU SOMEHOW.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
IF A GIRL HAS A DRESS MADE AND IT GETS PINNED TO HER
SLIP DURING A FITTING, IT MEANS SHE WILL HAVE A GOOD
TIME IN IT.
Submitter comment: A SEAMSTRESS TOLD ME THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ARABIAN BELIEF
WHEN ONE EYE BEGINS TO TWITCH INVOLUNTARILY, IT
MEANS YOU WILL SOON SEE A GOOD FRIEND WHO HAS BEEN
AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Eye twitch |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
THERE IS A BELIEF THAT IF A MAN BITES HIS TONGUE, A
BOYFRIEND OF HIS IS THINKING ABOUT HIM. IF HE
BITES HIS LIPS, A GIRLFRIEND OF HIS IS REMEMBERING
HIM.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS PARENTS.
Where learned: TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Biting lip, tongue, accidentally |
Date learned: 08-09-1964
IF YOU HAVE COLD SHIVERS SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Chills, shivering |
Date learned: 10-04-1968
IF A SHIVER RUNS UP YOUR SPINE, SOMEONE IS STEPPING
ON YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Chills, shivering |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN