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RING
I RECEIVED A GOOD LUCK CHARM FROM MY MOTHER WHO
RECEIVED IT FROM HER MOTHER. IT'S A RING.
IT HAS A GOLD COLORED BAND WITH A SORT OF TREASURE
BOX ON TOP. INSIDE THE BOX IS A RUBY.
THIS CHARM DOES NOT BRING ME LUCK IN GAMES, RAFFLES
OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT. BUT IT DOES MAKE ME HAPPY
AND LETS ME THINK OF CERTAIN THINGS. WHENEVER I WEAR
THIS RING, IT MAKES ME HAPPY AND I HAVE GAY MOODS.
I CALL IT A GOOD LUCK CHARM BECAUSE I AM LUCKY TO
HAVE IT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-16-1972
TALKING OF EVIL
THIS PERSON BELIEVES THAT IF ANYONE SPEAKS OF EVIL,
ESPECIALLY OF NOT WORRYING ABOUT THE EVIL,
THEN HE OR SHE IS TEMPTING FATE TO STRIKE THIS
PERSON WITH THE EVIL THAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRASER ; 14653 14 MILE RD
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
LUCK OF SHIPS
THERE IS A STORY OF AN UNNAMED GRAIN SHIP,
A GREAT LAKES THREE-MASTER, THAT LOST HER
LUCK ON A RUN TO BUFFALO. A MAN, NAMED BILL, HAD
FALLEN TO HIS DEATH FROM THE MASTHEAD, AND ON THE FOLLOWING
DAY ANOTHER HAD LOST HIS LIFE. ON ARRIVING AT BUFFALO
THE MEN WENT ASHORE AS SOON AS THEY WERE PAID OFF. THEY WERE
NOT RETURNING BECAUSE, THEY SAID, THE SHIP HAD LOST HER
LUCK. WHILE THE VESSEL WAS DISCHARGING HER
CARGO AT AN ELEVATOR THE STORY GOT AROUND AND THE GRAIN-TRIMMERS
REFUSED TO WORK HER. WHEN THE SHIP WAS UNLOADED SHE WAS
ORDERED TO CLEVELAND TO TAKE ON COAL BUT COULD NOT SIGN A CREW.
THEY MANAGED TO GET A NEW CREW BY GOING TO A CRIMP, WHO RAN
THEM IN FROM SALT WATER. THEY CAME ABOARD TWO-THIRDS DRUNK AND
THE MATE WAS STEERING THEM TO THE FORECASTLE, WHEN ONE
OF THEM STOPPED AND POINTED ALOFT, SAID: "WHAT HAVE YOU
GOT A FIGUREHEAD ON THE MASTHEAD FOR?" THE MATE LOOKED ALOFT
AND THEN TURNED WHITE. "IT'S BILL," HE CRIED, AND WITH THAT
THE WHOLE LOT DID A PIERHEAD JUMP, EVEN THE MATE.
THE CAPTAIN MANAGED TO SIGN ON ANOTHER CREW AND SAILED
FOR CLEVELAND, BUT HE NEVER GOT THERE; HIS VESSEL WAS SUNK
BY A STEAMER OFF DUNKIRK.
Submitter comment:
CAPTAIN LUMAS SAYS THAT HE HEARD THIS STORY FROM
HIS FATHER WHO CLAIMED THAT HIS BEST FRIEND WAS
LOST ON THIS ILL-FATED SHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MACKINAC ISLAND
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 09-00-1963
SHATTERED MIRROR
A BROKEN MIRROR IS AN INDICATION OF SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK
Submitter comment:
FIRST HEARD ABOUT 1951 WHEN I BROKE A MIRROR
AND MOTHER ISSUED THE ABOVE WARNING.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
BELIEF
WHEN AN EYELASH DROPS IT CAN BRING GOOD LUCK BY PLACING
IT ON THE BACK OF THE LEFT HAND, MAKING A WISH AND THEN
HITTING IT WITH THE BACK OF THE RIGHT HAND.
YOU GET THREE TRIES AND IF THE EYELASH HAS NOT FALLEN
OFF BY THE THIRD TRY IT MEANS YOUR WISH WILL
NOT COME TRUE.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
BELIEF
A GIRL WITH MUCH HAIR ON HER ARMS AND LEGS WILL
BE LUCKY AND MARRY A RICH MAN.
Submitter comment: FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
TOADS
A TOAD IN THE CELLAR BRINGS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-30-1967
SUPERSTITION-BAD LUCK
RED-HAIRED PEOPLE ARE UNLUCKY.
Submitter comment: DOES NOT REMEMBER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-26-1967
IT'S A GOOD CANDLE THAT SMOKES STRAIGHT UP.
WHENEVER WE HAD CANDLES ON THE TABLE, FOR CHRISTMAS EVE
DINNER, FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY, OR WHENEVER, MY GRANDFATHER
USED TO LOOK VERY INTENTLY AT THE DIRECTION IN WHICH
THE SMOKE OF THE CANDLE WAS GOING
THE DIRECTION DETERMINED WHETHER GOOD OR BAD LUCK WOULD COME
TO THOSE AT THE TABLE.
Submitter comment:
IN MY CASE (AFTER A BIRTHDAY PARTY), THE SMOKE WENT
TOWARD THE NORTH-EAST. "AHA," HE SAID,
"PRYJDZIE KAWALER Z TAMTYCH STRON}" AND HE WAS RIGHT.
MY FUTURE HUSBAND DID COME FROM THAT DIRECTION. I'M SURE GLAD
GRANDPA NOTICED THAT. PERHAPS I'M BEING A BIT FACETIOUS,
BUT GRANDPA REALLY DID BELIEVE IN THIS OMEN OR SIGN.
*AFTER IT WAS BLOWN OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
BLACK CAT
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH YOU WILL
HAVE BAD LUCK FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.
Submitter comment:
LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD IN DETROIT WHERE
PLAYMATES AVOIDED BLACK CATS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 00-00-1949
COLOR BELIEF
THE FIRST DARK-HAIRED PERSON TO COME TO YOUR DOOR
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY WILL BRING GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD FROM HER RELATIVES.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-03-1963
COLOR BELIEF
A BLACK CAT IN YOUR HOUSE, AS A PET, WILL BRING GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: MISS ZITZEWITZ LEARNED THIS BELIEF AS A CHILD IN PANAMA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-02-1963
CASE OF EVIL EYE CAUSING DEATH
AFTER COMING TO THIS COUNTRY, THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER
LOST A BABY GIRL NAMED CATHERINE BECAUSE SOME FRIEND OF THEIRS
(A MAN) PRAISED THE LITTLE BABY AND IT CAME UNDER A SPELL.
THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYONE IN THE U.S. WHO COULD BREAK THE SPELL
(THERE WERE PEOPLE GOOD AT THIS IN THE OLD COUNTRY).
THE BABY JUST WANED AWAY AND DIED. AND IN LATER YEARS
WHEN ANOTHER RELATIVE WAS GIVEN THE NAME OF CATHERINE SHE GOT
BAD LUCK TO GO WITH IT FROM THE OLD SPELL
AND THAT IS WHY SHE NEVER HAS ANY DATES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ATTACHED TO NAME
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
TO MEET A CROSSED EYED WOMAN (ESPECIALLY FIRST THING IN MORNING)
IS BAD LUCK. SHE MAY CAST THE EVIL EYE ON YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVER ROUGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-10-1968
GOOD LUCK BELIEF
IF A CHILDS TOOTH HAS JUST BEEN TAKEN OUT
HE WILL IMMEDIATELY GET ON TOP OF THE ROOF
FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
GOOD LUCK OMEN FOR THE NEW YEAR (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
IF THE MAN OF THE HOUSE IS THE FIRST ONE TO WALK THROUGH THE DOOR
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, THE YEAR WILL BE A GOOD ONE.
Where learned: 9907 YORKSHIRE
Keyword(s): FIRST FOOTING
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-18-1969
THREE'S (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
WHEN MY GRANDFATHER WANTED THE HIGHEST CARD IN A CUT,
HE WOULD KNOCK ON THE DECK OF CARDS THREE TIMES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT ; SOUTH QUAD
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
BAD LUCK (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
IN JAPAN, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE NUMBER "4" BRINGS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHILE HE WAS IN VIET NAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): VIETNAM
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
THE SEVENTH CHILD
THE SEVENTH CHILD OF A FAMILY
WILL ALWAYS BE LUCKY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
"BELIEF ABOUT BAPTISM"
IF YOU REFUSE TO BE A GODPARENT, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK
UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN A GODPARENT SEVEN TIMES. YOU MUST,
HOWEVER, ASK TO BE THE GODPARENT OF THOSE SEVEN CHILDREN.
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-25-1970