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IF YOU STUMBLE WHILE WALKING, YOU HAVE TO STOP
AND RETRACE YOUR STEPS OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
IT'S BAD LUCK IF AN OLD LADY WALKS IN FRONT OF YOU,
ACROSS YOUR PATH. AND THE OLDER THE WOMAN, THE
WORSE THE LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A YOUNG GIRL.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; YONKERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 12-26-1963
WHEN SOMEONE IS WALKING WITH YOU, NEVER LET ANOTHER
PERSON, ANIMAL OR OBJECT PASS BETWEEN THE TWO OF
YOU. THIS IS VERY BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-05-1969
IT WOULD BE BAD LUCK TO PASS A PERSON GOING THE
OTHER DIRECTION ON A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.
Submitter comment: FAMILY SUPERSTITION--IRISH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): WALKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DON'T EVER WALK A HALF MILE WITH A STRANGER
WITHOUT FINDING OUT HIS NAME. IF YOU DO, BAD LUCK
WILL SET UPON YOU FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT, WHO IS THE AUNT OF THE COLLECTOR,
LEARNED THIS AS A GIRL IN JACKSON, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
DO NOT TURN BACK WHEN YOU FIRST START OUT, OR YOU
WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 09-26-1965
WHENEVER MY NEIGHBOR LEAVES FOR A TRIP, HE REFUSES
TO COME BACK FOR A FORGOTTEN ITEM, AS IT WILL BE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IF YOU ARE GOING SOMEWHERE AND HAVE FORGOTTEN
SOMETHING, DO NOT GO BACK TO GET IT. LEAVE IT
BEHIND, FOR IF YOU DO GO BACK TO GET IT, IT WILL
BRING BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.
SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN IRELAND.
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; IRELAND ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
IT IS BAD LUCK TO GO BACK AND UNLOCK A DOOR ONCE
YOU'VE LOCKED IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 04-09-1971
IT IS BAD LUCK TO RETURN HOME AFTER YOU HAVE
STARTED ON A TRIP BECAUSE YOU FORGOT SOMETHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 02-15-1971
IF YOU RETURN TO THE HOUSE IMMEDIATELY AFTER
LEAVING IT, LIKE WHEN YOU REMEMBER THAT YOU FORGOT
SOMETHING, BAD LUCK WILL COME TO YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER HAS PRACTICED THIS EVER
SINCE SHE CAN REMEMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 03-13-1971
NEVER TURN BACK ONCE YOU HAVE STARTED ON A TRIP--
BAD LUCK WILL BEFALL YOU IF YOU DO.
Submitter comment: GERMAN SUPERSTITION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 11-15-1971
IF YOU ARE COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE AND FORGET SOME-
THING, IT IS BAD LUCK TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK,
UNLESS YOU SPIT ON THE GROUND AND MAKE AN X WITH
YOUR FOOT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAW A FRIEND DO THAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 03-06-1971
BAD LUCK IF YOU GO ON A TRIP AND RETURN HOME FOR
SOMETHING YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN; YOU WILL HAVE A
DISAPPOINTMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
WHEN STARTING ON A JOURNEY, IT IS UNLUCKY TO MEET A
WOMAN OR A PRIEST.
Submitter comment:
THIS WOMAN'S GRANDFATHER SUPPOSEDLY STARTED FOR
TOWN AND MET BOTH A WOMAN AND A PRIEST ON THE WAY;
WHEN HE RETURNED HOME, HE DISCOVERED HIS BARN BURNT
DOWN WHILE HE WAS GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVER ROUGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 02-10-1968
YOU MUST ALWAYS LEAVE A PERSON'S HOME BY THE DOOR
YOU ENTER. IF YOU DO NOT, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THIS CAME FROM THE "OLD COUNTRY"
(YOZGOT, TURKEY).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TURKEY ; LIVONIA ; YOZGAT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LEAVE FROM A HOUSE IN A DIFFERENT
DOOR THAN YOU CAME IN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S BROTHER NEVER BROKE THIS BELIEF, ALWAYS
ENTERING AND EXITING FROM THE SAME DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 01-24-1972
ALWAYS GO OUT THE SAME DOOR YOU CAME IN. IF YOU FAIL
TO DO SO, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT FIRMLY BELIEVES THIS AND WILL NOT ALLOW
ANYONE TO EXIT A DOOR THEY DID NOT ENTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
THE DOOR THAT YOU ENTER A PERSON'S HOME IS THE DOOR
YOU MUST LEAVE BY OR ELSE BAD LUCK WILL BEFALL YOU
THE REST OF THE DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 10-25-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK NOT TO GO OUT THE SAME DOOR YOU CAME IN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 10-01-1968