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ON BOARD A NAVAL VESSEL, IT IS BAD LUCK TO WALK UP
A LADDER ON THE PORT SIDE OR DOWN ON THE AFT
SIDE OF THE SHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Water craft or boat propelled by human, wind, mechanical or other force BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Objects |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WEAR A DEAD MAN'S CLOTHES.
Submitter comment: ACQUIRED THIS THROUGH LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
OYSTER FISHERMEN SAY IT IS BAD LUCK, A SIGN OF
DEATH, TO SWALLOW OYSTERS WHOLE.
Submitter comment:
SOME OF THE MEN OF HIS FISHING CREW BELIEVED THIS
VERY STAUNCHLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; YPSILANTI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 03-01-1968
IF SOMEONE COMES IN OR OUT OF THE WINDOW, IT IS BAD
LUCK. ONLY DEAD PEOPLE USE WINDOWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
IT IS BAD LUCK TO HAVE A BIRD FLY IN THE HOUSE, USUALLY
AN OMEN OF DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; PIZZERIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-21-1968
PUTTING NEW LUMBER IN AN OLD HOUSE IS BAD LUCK FOR
IT MEANS SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 01-00-1971
THREE ON A MATCH IS BAD LUCK.
ORIGIN: IN WORLD WAR II, GUYS IN THE FRONT LINES,
WHEN LIGHTING A CIGARETTE, COULD BE SEEN BY THE
ENEMY LINES. THE FIRST GUY USED THE MATCH, THEN
THE SECOND AND BY THE THIRD GUY, THE ENEMY HAD
HAD ENOUGH TIME TO ZERO IN ON THEIR POSITION AND
"BLAM" THEY GOT THEIR HEADS BLOWN OFF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 01-00-1972
LIGHTING THREE CIGARETTES ON A MATCH (IS BAD LUCK.)
THIRD GUY DIES IN AN HOUR.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
IF YOU LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES WITH ONE MATCH, THE THIRD
PERSON WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
I'VE ALSO HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT THIRD ONE ON A
MATCH WILL DIE IN A WHORE HOUSE.
I LEARNED THIS FROM A FRIEND WHEN I FIRST STARTED
SMOKING, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
STEPPING ON SOMEONE'S TOMBSTONES IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE LEARNED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
MY MOTHER BELIEVES THAT IF YOU HAVE A DREAM ABOUT
A PRIEST, SOMEONE WILL DIE. SIMILARLY, IF YOU
MEET ONE ON A STREET, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: Child
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BREAKING A MIRROR WILL BRING YOU SEVEN YEARS OF BAD
LUCK UNLESS YOU TAKE THE BROKEN PIECES, PUT THEM
IN A BAG AND THROW THEM IN A SWIFT RUNNING STREAM
OF WATER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S HUSBAND BROKE A MIRROR AND GATHERED UP
THE PIECES AND THREW THEM IN THE BELLE ISLE RIVER
AND SINCE THIS WAS NOT A SWIFT MOVING STREAM, HE
DIED SEVEN YEARS LATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Favorites BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 12-07-1971
IT'S VERY BAD LUCK TO PLAY PIANO WHILE SOMEONE IN
THE HOUSE IS ILL, BECAUSE THIS MAY HASTEN THEIR
DEATH.
James Callow Keyword(s): MUSIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
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
IT IS BAD LUCK IF YOU DON'T HOLD A WHITE BUTTON
WHEN DRIVING THROUGH A CEMETERY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Conversions Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HOLD YOUR BREATH WHILE GOING BY A CEMETERY TO
SUCURE AGAINST BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: DOES NOT REMEMBER (SOURCE).
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Conversions Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
IN LEBANON, WHEN THEY HEAR A DOG HOWLING, THEY
FEEL IT IS A SYMBOL OF BAD LUCK. THEY THROW IT
BREAD, BUT IF IT DOESN'T STOP, IT IS THE FORE-
SHADOWING OF VERY BAD LUCK OR DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, IT MEANS DEATH OR
TROUBLE.
Submitter comment:
WHENEVER A BLACK CAT CROSS IN FRONT OF ME, I WILL
TURN AROUND AND GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
DON'T SLEEP WITH YOUR HEAD POINTING NORTH (THE BUDDHIST
DEATH POSITION) OR DEATH WILL FOLLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
COVER THE MIRRORS IN THE HOUSE WHEN SOMEONE DIES.
THE SPIRIT OF THE DEAD PERSON COULD FLY INTO THE
MIRROR AND HIS RELEASE TO HEAVEN WOULD BE DELAYED
OR IMPEDED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 02-24-1968