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OFFICIAL REQUEST
THERE WAS ONCE A MAN AND A WOMAN WHO HAD TWELVE SONS, AND THE
THIRTEENTH WAS ON THE WAY. THE FIRST TWELVE HAD BEEN NAMED
AFTER THE APOSTLES AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE NAME FOR THIS
ONE WOULD BE. BY THE TIME HE ARRIVED THEY HAD DECIDED TO NAME
HIM CHRIST--CHRIST MURPHY.
AFTER A FEW YEARS CHRIST MURPHY STARTED TO SCHOOL. ONE DAY
IN SECOND GRADE THE BISHOP WAS VISITING. HE SAID TO THE TEACHER,
"SISTER, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ONE OF YOUR PEOPLE SING. HOW ABOUT
THAT LITTLE BOY THERE," POINTING OUT LITTLE MURPHY.
"CHRIST MURPHY CAN'T SING," SHE PROTESTED.
"WELL, GODAMMIT, HE CAN TRY, CAN'T HE?"
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HAS NO RECORD OF WHERE HE FIRST HEARD THE JOKE.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; WOODSTOCK
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ordinary Tale CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite |
NUMBER BELIEF
THE NUMBER THIRTEEN(13) IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; RESIDENCE HALLS
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.5 |
Date learned: 00001950S AND 00001960S
JEWISH CUSTOM --BARMITZVAH
AT THE AGE OF 13 A BOY IS READY TO ACCEPT THE FULL
RESPONSIBITIES OF THE JEWISH FAITH.
Submitter comment:
BY THIS CUSTOM A BOY TAKES ON THE ROLE OF A MAN IN THE JEWISH
RELIGION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
Date learned: 00-00-1974
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH
ON FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH AND GOOD FRIDAY YOU SHOULD NOT GO
OUTSIDE AFTER 6 O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING OR SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN
TO YOU
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-03-1972
THIRTEEN
13 IS A LUCKY NUMBER IN ITALY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM AN ITALIAN FRIEND WHOSE GRANDMOTHER HAD
AN 18 KARAT GOLD METAL CHAIN WITH THE NUMBER 13 INSCRIBED ON IT TO
BE WORN FOR LUCK AROUND HER NECK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Good luck P881.5 |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
THIRTEEN IS AN UNLUCKY NUMBER.
Submitter comment: THIS IS WHAT SHE SAYS, BUT I THINK THIS IS A LUCKY NUMBER FOR ME.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Good luck P881.5 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.5 |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
THE NUMBER "13" IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.5 |
Date learned: 00001950S
LUCK/OMEN
IF SEVEN PEOPLE EAT A SEVEN COURSE MEAL TOGETHER, THEN THEY WILL
HAVE GOOD LUCK B/UT IF THIRTEEN PEOPLE EAT TOGER AT ALL, ONE OF TH
THE THIRTEEN WILL DIE WITHIN THE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.2 |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
NUMBERS
IN ITALY, 13 IS A LUCKY NUMBER AND 11 IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Number P686.1.11 BELIEF -- Good luck P881.5 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.5 |
Date learned: 03-13-1975
"GRISWOLD BUILDING"
THIS BUILDING LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT
DOESN'T HAVE A FOURTH FLOOR, BUT IT HAS A THIRTEENTH. THE OWNERS
LUCKY NUMBER WAS 13; HIS UNLUCKY NUMBER WAS 4.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described 686 Fourths / Quarters Favorites |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR
BELIEF
SEVEN PEOPLE EATING TOGETHER
BRING GOOD LUCK - IF THIRTEEN
EATING TOGETHER, ONE WILL
DIE BEFORE THE YEAR IS UP.
Where learned: HOME ; LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
NUMBER 13
THE NUMBER 13 WORN ON LEATHER JACKETS OF MOTORCYCLE GANGS REPRESENTS
MARIJUANA
Where learned: 19415 WALTHAM
Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Overall body coverUpper body and arms |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR
NUMBERS
THE NUMBER 13 IS CONSIDERED TO
BE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOESN'T REMEMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17235 TEPPERT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
NUMBERS
THIRTEEN IS AN UNLUCKY NUMBER BECAUSE
AT THE LAST SUPPER THERE WAS THIRTEEN
AND ONE OF THEM WAS BETRAYED.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
THE ITALIAN GOOD LUCK NUMBER IS NUMBER "13"
Where learned: TOLD AT HOME OF A
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
NUMBER (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
THIRTEEN IS AN UNLUCKY NUMBER TO THE SUPERSTICIOUS
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
NUMBER (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
# 13 IS BAD LUCK
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
THIRTEEN (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
IT IS UNLUCKY TO BE THE THIRTEENTH AT THE DINNER TABLE.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; 18471 FAIRFIELD ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
SUPERSTITION (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
NEVER SIT 13 AT TABLE.
THE LAST ONE TO SIT DOWN WILL NOT LIVE TO MEET AGAIN
WITH ALL THE PEOPLE PRESENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
BELIEF-SUPERSTITION
INFORMANT WOULD NEVER SEAT 13 PEOPLE
TOGETHER AT ONE TABLE FOR A MEAL, AS IT IS EXTREMELY
MISFORTUNATE AND BRINGS BAD LUCK. ONCE AS A CHILD
THERE WERE 13 AT A THANKSGIVING DAY DINNER AT HER HOUSE
AND BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HER UNCLE GREGORY, ONE OF THOSE
AT THE TABLE, DIED. INFORMANT FIRMLY ADHERES TO THE
BELIEF THAT 13 AT THE DINNER TABLE IS A BAD LUCK OMEN.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT ; 14625 GLASTONBURY
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |