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IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH ON THE LEFT SIDE
WHILE IT IS RAINING, YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO
LEAVE YOUR HOUSE ALL DAY, OR ELSE YOU WILL HAVE
A STREAK OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SEEMED TO GET MORE AND MORE UPSET JUST
TELLING ME ABOUT HIS MOTHER'S BELIEFS AND HE
COMMENTED THAT HE THOUGHT ANYONE WHO BELIEVED IN
SUCH MESS WAS CRAZY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.3 |
Date learned: 12-01-1971
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, BAD LUCK WILL
FOLLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 10-12-1971
IF A BLACK CAT RUNS ACROSS THE ROAD IN FRONT OF YOU,
THAT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK FOR THAT DAY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
IF YOUWERE WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND SAW A BLACK
CAT, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO TURN AROUND AND WALK THE
OPPOSITE WAY.
Submitter comment:
IF YOU DIDN'T TURN AROUND AND GO THE OPPOSITE WAY,
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN UKRAINE, IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A CAT (NOT
SPECIFICALLY BLACK) CROSSES YOUR PATH, IT MEANS
BAD LUCK. HOWEVER, IF A DOG CROSSES YOUR PATH
IT MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM GRANDPARENTS
IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; UKRAINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
IN GERMANY, IT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK TO TIE UP
CATTLE OR SELL THEM ON ASH WEDNESDAY.
Where learned: GERMANY
| Subject headings: | 663 Ash Wednesday Favorites BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 12-08-1967
IF YOU JUMP OVER A DOG, JUMP OVER HIS TAIL TOO
FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-15-1969
EVERY TIME HIS SISTER'S BOYFRIEND CAME OVER, HE
WOULD CRINGE WITH FEAR WHENEVER THE DOG CAME
NEAR HIM. HIS BELIEF WAS THAT DOGS BROUGHT
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
IF THE STATUE OF AN ELEPHANT WITH HIS TRUNK DOWN IS
SEEN, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 12-01-1971
HER GRANDMOTHER (WHOSE NAME I DON'T KNOW) WARNED HER
NEVER TO KEEP GOLDFISH IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE THEY
ARE ALWAYS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Flint
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-00-1967
IF YOU HAVE GOLD FISH IN THE HOUSE, YOU WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-25-1967
IF A DEAD LIZARD FALLS IN FRONT OF YOU, THEN YOU WILL
HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-11-1971
FOR A PERSON TO KILL A SNAKE, IS TO BRING THAT
PERSON VERY BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
YOU SHOULDN'T SEW UP A HOLE IN CLOTHES THAT A RAT
MAKES, BECAUSE IT IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RODENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 01-26-1971
IN LEBANON, WHEN THEY HEAR A DOG HOWLING, THEY
FEEL IT IS A SYMBOL OF BAD LUCK. THEY THROW IT
BREAD, BUT IF IT DOESN'T STOP, IT IS THE FORE-
SHADOWING OF VERY BAD LUCK OR DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
IT IS CONSIDERED GOOD LUCK IF YOU KILL A SPIDER
GOING UP A WALL, BUT IF IT IS GOING DOWN A WALL
AND YOU KILL IT, THEN BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
IF YOU SEE A SPIDER COME DOWN ON HIS WEB AND HE
DOESN'T TOUCH THE FLOOR, YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
IF HE TOUCHES THE FLOOR, YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: 11-13-1970
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, TAKE TEN STEPS BACK
TO COUNTER THE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: INDIANA ; NEW ALBANY
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions |
CATCH A BLACK CAT AFTER HE CROSSES YOUR PATH AND THROW
HIM IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THIS WILL BREAK THE BAD
LUCK SPELL HE PUT ON YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN