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BAD LUCK BY A LADDER

NEVER WALK UNDER A LADDER.

Submitter comment: LONG AGO PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT GODS WENT UP TO THE SKY ON LADDERS,
AND WALKING UNDERNEATH WOULD CERTAINLY BRING PUNISHMENT.

Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Gods
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.13
BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.21

Date learned: 11-05-1973

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TO WALK UNDER A LADDER IS BAD LUCK.

Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.13

Date learned: 00001950S

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SUPERSTITION (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; BAD LUCK: LADDER (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)

THE GEEEKS BELIEVED THAT GODS WENT UP TO THE SKY ON LADDERS,
AND THAT WALKING UNDERNEATH WOULD BRING BAD LUCK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.13

Date learned: 11-00-1969

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WE NEVER WALKED UNDER LADDERS.

Submitter comment: COMMON PRACTICE AS A CHILD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.13

Date learned: 04-15-1967

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IF YOU WALK UNDER A LADDER YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DO NOT KNOW

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.13

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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