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WALKING THROUGH HORSE MANURE BAREFOOT WILL BRING
GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 09-22-1970
IF YOU SWEEP YOUR FEET WITH A BROOM IT WILL BRING
YOU BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
IF A PERSON SWEEPS YOUR FEET WITH A BROOM, EVEN BY
MISTAKE, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CLIP ONE'S TOENAILS AT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 02-26-1971
IF YOU ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND STOMP YOUR
TOE, THAT IS A SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): STUB
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
IN UKRAINE, IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A PERSON GETS
OUT OF BED ON HIS LEFT FOOT, HE WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION PASSED ON
BY GRANDPARENTS IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Bad luck Bodily characteristics BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
WHEN LEAVING THE HOUSE, ALWAYS STEP OUT WITH THE
RIGHT LEG, THEN YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK. IF
YOU STEP OUT WITH LEFT LEG, YOU WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK ALL DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Conversions Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: FROM YOUTH
IT IS BAD LUCK IF YOU DON'T LIFT YOUR LEGS WHEN
DRIVING OVER A RAILROAD TRACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
James Callow Keyword(s): TRAVELING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Conversions Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK IF YOU DON'T LIFT YOUR LEGS WHEN
DRIVING BY A CEMETERY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Conversions Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN DRIVING OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS, PICK
UP YOUR FEET OR BAD LUCK WILL FOLLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Conversions Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 03-18-1968
THE CORNS ON A PERSON'S FEET WILL HURT IF IT IS
GOING TO RAIN.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Pains |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
IF YOU TICKLE A BABY'S FOOT, IT MAY DEVELOP A
SPEECH IMPEDIMENT.
Submitter comment:
HEARD IN DEVELOPMENT PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC 250, SECT. II)
AT UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT (DETROIT, MICHIGAN). HEARD FROM A
STUDENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-24-1970
IF YOU DO NOT WIPE DRY BETWEEN YOUR TOES AFTER A BATH
OR SHOWER, YOUR TOES MIGHT BECOME INFECTED AND FALL
OFF.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD THIS TO SCARE HER CHILDREN INTO WIPING
TOES.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; LE ROY
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNGUS ATHLETE'S FOOT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
AN ITCHY FOOT MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO TRAVEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-00-1972
WHEN GOING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS IN A CAR, PUT HANDS
ON ROOF AND FEET OFF FLOOR. MAKE A WISH AND IT
WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
IF THE CORNS ON YOUR FEET ACHE, IT'S A SURE SIGN OF RAIN.
Where learned: FARMINGTON ; KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
IF YOUR SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN YOUR BIG TOE, YOU ARE GOING
TO BE THE BOSS IN YOUR FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
YOU SHOULD PICK UP YOUR FEET WHEN YOU GO OVER A RAILROAD
TRACK TO KEEP FROM LOOSING (LOSING) YOUR BOYFRIEND.
Submitter comment: COMMON AMONG TEENAGE GIRLS, WHO PRACTICE IT
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEVER TICKLE A BABY'S FEET BECAUSE WHEN IT STARTS TO TALK, IT
WILL STUTTER.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF SOMEONE SWEEPS YOUR FOOT, YOU WILL GET IN JAIL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 06-23-1972