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IF YOU SPILL SALT, THEN THROW SOME OVER YOUR LEFT
SHOULDER TO BRING GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
AFTER USING SALT, YOU SHOULD THROW A PINCH OF IT
OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER TO INSURE GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS FROM A FRIEND.
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
IF YOU THROW SALT OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER IT WILL
BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
THROW SALT OVER YOUR SHOULDER FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
TO THROW SALT OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER IS A SIGN OF
LUCK. IT USED TO WARD OFF EVIL.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS A BELIEF GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
THROW SPILLED SALT OVER YOUR SHOULDER FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
A PERSON SHOULD THROW SALT OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER
IN ORDER TO BRING GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITIONN DIRECTIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 00001950S
WHEN YOU ACCIDENTALLY SPILL SALT, INFORMANT TAKES
A FEW GRAINS OF SALT AND THROWS IT OVER EACH
SHOULDER FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; GRADE SCHOOL ; REDFORD ; SAINT MARYS
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 02-12-1970
TSSS A HORSESHOE OVER YOUR SHOULDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
THROW HORSHOE OVER LEFT SHOULDER (FOR GOOD LUCK).
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
SEEING A FULL MOON OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER BRINGS
GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Good luck Objects |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
THEY SAY THAT IF A PERSON WALKS VERY QUICKLY AND THEIR
ARMS ARE SWINGING THROUGH A LARGE ANGLE, THAT PERSON
IS GOING TO COLLECT HIS PAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
CONFESSION JOKE
PENITENT: FATHER, I PUT MY ARMS AROUND A GIRL THREE TIMES.
PRIEST: MY GOD, HOW LONG ARE YOUR ARMS?
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TELLING THIS JOKE TO THE
BOYS WHO WORK FOR HER, BUT SHE THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO TELL IT TO ME.
Where learned: OHIO ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck |
Date learned: 00-07-1973
LUCK
IF YOU STEP ON A CRACK YOU WILL CAUSE YOUR MOTHER TO BREAK HER BACK.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
Date learned: CA11001973
LUCK
NEVER BREAK FRENCH BREAD WITH YOUR HAND. ALWAYS CUT IT OR YOU WILL
CAUSE YOUR FATHER TO BREAK HIS BACK.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.21 |
Date learned: CA11001973
IF A MOSQUITO IS BITING YOU ON THE FOREARM, SHE WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO RETRACT HER NEEDLE IF YOU EXTEND YOUR ARM OUT AND FLEX IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.11 |
Date learned: 11-24-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
BUSIER THAN A ONE ARMED PAPER HANGER WITH THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH.
Where learned: DEARBORN
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUSTRATION
Date learned: 04-06-1971
MOON BELIEF
IF YOU SEE A NEW MOON AND YOU LOOK AT IT OVER YOUR SHOULDER
AND MAKE A WISH, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Prayer |
WHEN PARENTS WANT TO MAKE THEIR SONS EAT VEGETABLES, THEY TELL
THEM IT WILL PUT HAIR ON THEIR CHEST,
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
HAIR ON CHEST
WHEN I WAS SSMAL, MY FATHER TRIED TO CONVINCE
ME TO EAT SOME DISTASTEFUL VEGETABLE BY TELLING ME IT WOULD
PUT HAIR ON MY CHEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN