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DO NOT OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN A HOUSE; IT BRINGS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
AN OPEN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE WILL BRING BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: SOUTHERN BLACK AMERICAN SAYING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 10-00-1987
It is bad luck to open an umbrella in the house only
if you place it over your head.
Submitter comment:
Elinor's dance instructor is very convinced of this belief's
veracity, and dislikes her students bringing umbrellas into
class.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
Keyword(s): proscription, advice
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 00001987ca
If you open an umbrella in the house it will
bring you bad luck.
Submitter comment:
Informant said her family strongly believed in
superstitions.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): Unnatural act
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 00001950S
Superstition
Break a mirror and you'll have seven years of bad luck. Open an
umbrella indoors and something bad will happen to you. Walk
underneath a ladder and you'll have an accident.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
Date learned: 00-00-1968
MY MOTHER BELIEVES THAT AN OPEN UMBRELLA IN THE
HOME WILL BRING SERIOUS MISFORTUNE TO THE
INHABITANTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO OPEN AN UMBRELLA INSIDE A HOUSE OR ANY OTHER
BUILDING IS VERY BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
OPENING AN UMBRELLA INDOORS IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM MY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE, BAD LUCK
WILL FOLLOW.
Submitter comment: MARY HEARD IT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IF YOU OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE, YOU WILL
HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 11-16-1967
IF YOU OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE, YOU WILL
HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
TO OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
NEVER RAISE AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE. IT IS A
SURE SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
LEARNED FROM MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS YOUNGER (APPROX.
1954.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
IT IS BELIEVED THAT OPENING AN UMBRELLA IN THE
HOUSE WILL BRING BAD LUCK. IF YOU ARE AN UNMARRIED
GIRL, IT ESPECIALLY MEANS THAT YOU WILL REMAIN
AN OLD MAID FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
BAD LUCK WILL COME TO ONE WHO OPENS AN
UMBRELLA IN A HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
HEARD THIS FROM A FRIEND AFTER OPENING THE
UMBRELLA IN HIS HOUSE IN 1963.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 10-00-1963
DON'T OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE--IT'S VERY
UNFORTUNATE.
Submitter comment: GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
IF YOU OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE, IT IS A SIGN
OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
DON'T OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN A HOUSE. IT'S BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 04-04-1967
IF YOU OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE, YOU WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 04-03-1967