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FLIRTATION WALK
AT WEST POINT IF YOU TAKE YOUR GIRL FRIEND DOWN FLIRTATION WALK
AND KISS HER UNDER THE KISSING ROCK YOU WILL MARRY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST POINT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 BELIEF -- P535 SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
LIGHTS
IT IS VERY BAD LUCK IN THE NAVY AIRBORNE FOR THREE FRIENDS TO LIGHT
THEIR CIGARETTES FROM THE SAME MATCH.
Where learned: ROUTE 2 ; W JEFFERSON RD
Keyword(s): MILITARY
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
THREE ON A LIGHT
YOU SHOULD NEVER LIGHT 3 CIGARS OR CIGARETTES ON ONE MATCH BECAUSE
YOU CAN GET KILLED. WITH THE FIRST LIGHT, THE ENEMY WILL SEE YOU,
WITH THE SECOND, HE WILL SIGHT YOU, AND WITH THE THIRD, HE WILL FIRE
AT YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THE ARMY AS PART OF HIS
ADVANCED INDIVIDUAL
TRAINING AT FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- P535 |
Date learned: 01-31-1980 ; 00-00-1968
NO WOMEN ARE ALLOWED ON A SHIP BECAUSE THEY BRING BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS A PRACTICED CUSTOM WHEN INFORMANT WAS IN THE NAVY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-17-1980
LEAVING THE SERVICE
WHEN LEAVING THE SERVICE, A SAILOR WILL NEVER CARRY HIS OWN
LUGGAGE. TO DO SO IS BAD LUCK. HE USUALLY ALLOWS ONE OF HIS BEST
FRIENDS TO HELP HIM, BRINGING ABOUT GOOD LUCK FOR
HIS HELPFUL FRIEND.
Where learned: ROUTE 2 ; INFORMANTS HOME ; W JEFFERSON RD
Keyword(s): CONVERSION ; TRAVEL: RETURN FROM NAVY
Date learned: 03-09-1970
IF YOU PLANT YOUR POTATOES ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY, YOU'LL HAVE
A GOOD CROP.
Submitter comment:
THIS FOLK BELIEF WAS COMMUNICATED TO BRIAN BY HIS MOTHER WHEN
BRIAN WAS A CHILD AND GROWING UP IN RURAL OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick BELIEF -- P535 |
Date learned: 00001960S
IF IT IS A GOOD GROWING YEAR, THE CORN WILL BE KNEE HIGH
BY THE FOURTH OF JULY.
Submitter comment:
THIS BELIEF WAS PASSED TO BRIAN AS A CHILD GROWING UP IN
RURAL OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.475 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- P535 |
Date learned: 11-02-1984 ; 00001960S
PLANT UNDERGROUND-GROWING VEGETABLES UNDER A WANING MOON AND THE
CROP WILL BE PLENTIFUL
Where learned: FLORIDA ; PENSACOLA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P535 |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
PLANT ABOVE-GROUND VEGETABLES UNDER A WAXING MOON AND THE CROP
WILL BE PLENTIFUL
Where learned: FLORIDA ; PENSACOLA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P535 |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
TO HAVE A GOOD CROP, CORN SHOULD BE,
"KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
NEVER PICK PUMPKINS, UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST FROST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- P535 |
If you thank someone who gives you a plant, it will
not grow.
Submitter comment:
Elinor really believes this saying to be true, and states
that she is very careful to avoid thanking someone for a
plant.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRASER
Keyword(s): superstition, vegetation, curse
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 00001950S
YOU SHOULD PUT OLD COFFEE GROUNDS IN THE SOIL AROUND PLANTS
(INDOORS OR OUTDOORS). THIS IS GOOD FOR PLANTS. MRS. SNIDER
THINKS IT MAY BE GOOD BECAUSE OF THE ACID IN THE GROUNDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WEST BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P535 |
Date learned: 09-12-1990
During the Vietnam War, it was felt to be unlucky for an
American soldier to carry a camera. The soldiers felt that there
was a high incidence of being killed shortly after buying a
camera, or receiving one from home.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
During the Vietnam War, when a soldier was to go back to the
United States shortly, his time in Vietnam was considered "short."
There was a "short superstition" among the American soldiers
during the war. It was generally believed that as a soldier's time
became "short" he was more likely to be killed than at any other
time of his tour of duty.
Submitter comment:
The informant could name numerous time when a soldier had
survived most of his tour of duty only to be killed when he was
"short".
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
FLIERS COMMONLY BELIEVE THAT HAVING THEIR PICTURE
TAKEN PRIOR TO A MISSION WILL BRING THEM BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER UNCLE, RUSS FLOYD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): Photography
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- War BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IT IS VERY BAD LUCK WITHIN THE NAVY AIRBORNE TO
LET ANYONE ELSE WEAR YOUR FLIGHT JACKET. THIS IS
ESPECIALLY TRUE IF YOUR FLIGHT JACKET HAS YOUR
NAME TAGS ON IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
A SAILOR GETTING OUT OF THE NAVY WILL NEVER LOOK
BACK AT THE SHIP HE IS LEAVING, THE BASE, ETC.
TO LOOK BACK IS TO BRING BAD LUCK TO YOUR FUTURE
CIVILIAN LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
ARMY ADVERTISING SLOGAN
"THE ARMY BUILDS MEN" IS ONLY USED TO GET GUYS IN THERE.
IT'S JUST A SNOW JOB.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): PROPAGANDA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P535 PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
CROPS GROWN ABOVE GROUND SHOULD BE PLANTED DURING TIME
WHEN MOON IS DARK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 04-10-1972