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Never count the number of cars in a funeral
procession. It is very bad luck.
Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 00001920S
Wart Remedies
Take a piece of string and tie a knot in it for each wart
that you have. Dig a hole, and bury the string.
When the string rots, your warts will be gone.
Count the number of warts you have, and write the number
in chalk on the inside of the oven door. When the number
fades, your warts will be gone.
Submitter comment:
When I was twelve I had warts all over my hands and I was
really upset about them. My mother told me these remedies,
told to her by her mother.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HEMLOCK
James Callow Keyword(s): Divestment
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1982
It is bad luck to count the number of cars of a funeral as it
passes you by. It could cause serious illness or death.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 48221
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
ON YOUR BIRTHDAY FOR HOW MANY YEARS OLD YOU ARE YOU ARE TO BE
SMACKED LIGHTLY ON THE BACKSIDE. THIS MAY SOUND CRUEL BUT IT IS
SUPPOSED TO BRING GOOD FORTUNE IN THE YEAR TO COME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): SPANKING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Funeral Superstition
One should never count the number of cars in the line of a
funeral procession. For every car which one counts, he/she will
lose a year of his/her life.
Submitter comment:
My grandmother, who is Italian, told me of this superstition
when I was five years old. The reason that she told me of this
particular belief is that I had just learned to count and I began
to count all of the objects that I looked at. For example,
railroad cars were a favorite of mine to count. Therefore, she
believed that if she told me of this belief, I would have a long
and prosperous life.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
Cake candles resisting "blow out" are years until wish comes
true.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
Cure for the Hiccups? Count them.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
This is a tradition that has been handed down from my mother
and which I have in turn handed down to my children. The
tradition is that if a certain vegetable is being served to eat
and a certain person does not like that vegetable he or she has
to eat as many of the vegetables as he or she is old. For
example, if I hated peas and I am 11 years old, I would have to
eat 11 peas. This only applies to kids until they are 18 years
old. It was a good way of getting children to eat their
vegetables.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
Date learned: 00-00-1966
DON'T COUNT FUNERAL CARS, AS THEY PASS BY, OR SOMEONE IN YOUR
FAMILY WILL DIE NEXT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
IT'S BAD LUCK TO COUNT YOUR TEETH.
Submitter comment: HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 07-29-1964
IT IS BAD LUCK TO TRY TO COUNT STARS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT TOWELS IN THE BATHROOM.
Where learned: DETROIT ; PASTEUR SCHOOL ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 01-29-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL
PROCESSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
IT'S BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF CARS IN A
PASSING TRAIN OR FUNERAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
IT'S BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL
PROCESSION.
Submitter comment: HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 07-29-1964
IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
IT'S BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL
PROCESSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 10-03-1968
NEVER COUNT THE CARS OF A PASSING TRAIN. THIS WILL
BRING YOU BAD LUCK IN ALL YOU ATTEMPT DURING THAT
DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
FISHING SUPERSTITION
IF YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF FISH YOU HAVE CAUGHT, YOU
WILL CATCH NO MORE THAT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance P880.530 |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
FOR GOOD LUCK, ONE SHOULD COUNT WHITE HORSES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN