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IF YOU EVER TRAMP IN COW MANURE, IT WILL BRING
YOU GOOD LUCK THAT DAY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER--COLLECTOR SAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Activities BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
A SYMBOL OF GOOD LUCK ON CHILDREN'S DAY IN JAPAN
IS TO SEE A DRAGON. FOR THIS REASON, THEY HAVE
NUMEROUS DRAGON FACES AND FIGURES IN THEIR
PARADES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports BELIEF -- Good luck Activities BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
IF YOU KNOCK ON WOOD, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Activities SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 04-03-1967
IF SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENS TO YOU, KNOCK ON WOOD TO
KEEP YOUR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Activities SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
KNOCK ON WOOD THREE TIMES FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM ONE OF HER FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Good luck Activities SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-11-1971
IF YOU BREAK A WISHBONE AND GET THE LONGEST PART
YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK AND YOUR WISH, AS LONG AS
YOU DON'T TELL ANYBODY WHAT YOU WISHED FOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 04-03-1967
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO GET MARRIED AS THE BIG HAND OF THE
CLOCK GOES UP AND BAD LUCK TO GET MARRIED AS THE
HANDS GO DOWN.
Data entry tech comment: LIKE AT 12:00 NOON RATHER THAN 12:15
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Time or day of ceremony BELIEF -- Good luck Activities BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
WHEN A GIRL GETS MARRIED AND ONE DROP OF RAIN FALLS
ON HER VEIL, SHE WILL HAVE A HAPPY LIFE; HOWEVER,
IF IT RAINS, SHE WILL HAVE A SAD LIFE.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Superstition about good weather BELIEF -- Good luck Activities BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
WHEN A GIRL GETS MARRIED, IN ORDER TO INSURE GOOD LUCK
FOR THE FUTURE, SHE MUST DO THE FOLLOWING ON HER
WEDDING DAY: SHE MUST WEAR SOMETHING OLD,
SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-21-1968
RAIN AT A WEDDING BRINGS BAD LUCK, RAIN AT A
FUNERAL BRINGS GOOD LUCK.
HAPPY IS THE BRIDE THAT THE SUN SHINES ON;
HAPPY IS THE CORPSE THAT THE RAIN POURS ON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD. SHE
WAS BORN AND RAISED IN IRELAND.
Where learned: DETROIT ; RECTORY ; IRELAND ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Superstition about good weather BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
IT IS GOOD LUCK IF IT RAINS ON YOUR WEDDING DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Superstition about good weather BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
IF A WEDDING AND FUNERAL PASS EACH OTHER, THIS
WILL MEAN GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW,
SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE.
Submitter comment: GOOD LUCK FOR A BRIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CARRYING THE BRIDE OVER THE THRESHOLD, IT IS
SUPPOSED TO BRING GOOD LUCK TO THE BRIDAL COUPLE.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: NEIGHBOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
AT ITALIAN WEDDINGS, THEY ALWAYS GIVE ALMONDS AS A
WISH OF GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
HAPPENED IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN AT A WEDDING SHE
ATTENDED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
A SCOTTISH TRADITION IS THAT WHEN YOU GET MARRIED YOU
ARE SUPPOSED TO KISS A CHIMNEYSWEEP FOR GOOD LUCK--
LIKE IN THE MOVIE, "MARY POPPINS."
Submitter comment:
LEARNED FROM HER NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET,
MRS. MOLLY DICKSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
THROWING RICE AT WEDDINGS, BRINGS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: NEIGHBORS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Rice BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
ITALIANS BELIEVE IT IS GOOD LUCK TO BREAK A DISH
OF RICE IN FRONT OF THE BRIDE AS SHE EXITS CHURCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Rice BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-22-1971
IF YOU THROW RICE AT A MARRIED COUPLE AT THE TIME
OF THEIR MARRIAGE, THEY WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Rice BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
AFTER THE BRIDE LEAVES THE CHURCH AND ENTERS THE
RECEPTION HALL, SHE IS GIVEN BREAD, WATER AND SALT.
SHE TAKES A BIT OF THE BREAD AND DRINKS SOME WATER.
SHE CARRIES THE SALT INTO THE HALL WITH HER.
THIS IS FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THIS WAS AN OLD POLISH CUSTOM. IT
WAS DONE TO BRING THE BRIDE GOOD LUCK IN LIFE.
THE BREAD AND WATER STAND FOR FOOD, AND THE SALT
FOR WEALTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 02-20-1972