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WEDDING BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A GIRL TO CATCH 3 BOUQUETS AT WEDDINGS. THIS
MEANS SHE WILL NEVER GET MARRIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.545 BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
If you are going to wear jewelry with opals, it is
better luck to wear an odd number of opals than an
even number.
Submitter comment:
Elinor's friend, Jane, states that the ring (or other piece
of jewelry) will be stronger this way.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
Keyword(s): Advice, gems
Date learned: 00001980S
EVEN NUMBERS ARE UNLUCKY TO THE JAPANESE PEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JAPAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Even number (not specific) BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
PEOPLE WHO ROCK EMPTY ROCKING CHAIRS ARE ASKING
FOR BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 02-01-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK TO ROCK A ROCKING CHAIR WITH NO ONE
IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 11-20-1968
ROCK AN EMPTY CHAIR
AND BAD LUCK WILL SOON APPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 03-28-1968
IF YOU ROCK A ROCKING CHAIR WITHOUT SOMEONE IN
IT, YOU WILL SURELY HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PONTIAC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO ROCK AN EMPTY CHAIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 04-05-1970
PUTTING NEW LUMBER IN AN OLD HOUSE IS BAD LUCK FOR
IT MEANS SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 01-00-1971
IF YOU SEE A NEW MOON THROUGH GLASS, IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
EACH NEW FAMILY WE VISITED, MY MOTHER INSISTED THAT
MY FATHER ENTER THE HOME FIRST. WHEN I ASKED HER
WHY, SHE SAID THAT IF A MAN (EXCLUDING ANY MALE
LIVING IN THE HOME) IS THE FIRST PERSON TO ENTER
THE HOUSE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, THE FAMILY WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK. BUT IF A WOMAN ENTERS THE HOUSE FIRST,
THERE WILL BE BAD LUCK FALL UPON THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION AS A CHILD
IN WINDLIER, PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
IT IS BAD LUCK IF MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE LIGHT A CIGARETTE
FROM THE SAME MATCH.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS AN OLD WORLD WAR II SUPERSTITION. ONLY TWO
MEN IN A TRENCH COULD LIGHT THEIR CIGARETTES FROM THE
SAME MATCH. THE MEN BELIEVED THAT WHEN THE ENEMY SAW
THE MATCH LIT, THEY WERE GETTING READY TO SHOOT; BY
THE TIME THE MATCH PASSED TO THE SECOND PARTY, THE
ENEMY WAS AIMING; THE NEXT STEP WAS THE FIRING, SO
THE MEN AVOIDED PASSING THE MATCH TO A THIRD PARTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 01-19-1970
BAD LUCK COMES IN THREES.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 00001950S
I WON'T LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES WITH THE SAME MATCH,
BECAUSE IT'S UNLUCKY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 02-09-1972
THREE ON A MATCH IS BAD LUCK.
ORIGIN: IN WORLD WAR II, GUYS IN THE FRONT LINES,
WHEN LIGHTING A CIGARETTE, COULD BE SEEN BY THE
ENEMY LINES. THE FIRST GUY USED THE MATCH, THEN
THE SECOND AND BY THE THIRD GUY, THE ENEMY HAD
HAD ENOUGH TIME TO ZERO IN ON THEIR POSITION AND
"BLAM" THEY GOT THEIR HEADS BLOWN OFF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 01-00-1972
TO LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES WITH ONE MATCH IS A SIGN
OF BAD LUCK FOR THE ONE HOLDING THE MATCH.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER SAID THIS BELIEF ORIGINATED IN WORLD WAR I
WHEN SOLDIERS LIT CIGARETTES IN THE TRENCHES. IT
SHOWED THE ENEMY THEIR POSITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 02-25-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LIGHT CIGARETTES OF THREE PEOPLE
ON ONE MATCH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED THAT THIS EVOLVED OUT OF WORLD WAR II
WHEN GERMANS WOULD WATCH A LIGHTED MATCH GO FROM THE
FIRST, TO THE SECOND, AND TO THE THIRD AND THEN
SHOOT THAT PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 02-02-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO HAVE YOUR CIGARETTE BE THE THIRD
ONE LIGHTED WITH A SINGLE MATCH.
Submitter comment:
HE DOESN'T REMEMBER WHERE HE HEARD IT, PROBABLY
FROM A BOYFRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
NEVER LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES OFF OF ONE MATCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LIGHT MORE THAN THREE CIGARETTES
WITH THE SAME MATCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN