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NO-SPILL-SALT
IF YOU SPILL SALT YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK UNLESS YOU DO THIS,
TAKE A HAND FULL OF SALT AND THROW IT OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER.
THIS WILL REVERSE THE BAD LUCK AND GIVE YOU GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED THIS FOLKLORE FROM HER CHILDHOOD DAYS OF HER HOME TOWN.
THIS SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEF IS SYMPATHETIC MAGIC BECAUSE THERE IS A
PRIMITIVE CONNECTION BETWEEN SPILLING AND THE THROWING THE SALT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; RIGHT LEFT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions P883.17 |
Date learned: 00001930'S
LUCK
NEVER WASTE SALT ON THE FLOOR. IT CAUSES BAD LUCK.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; UNICE
James Callow Keyword(s): SPILL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions P883.17 |
Date learned: CA11001973
LUCK
IF YOU SPILL SALT YOU SHOULD THROW SOME SALT OVER YOUR LEFT
SHOULDER TO WARD OFF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions P883.17 |
Date learned: CA11001973
THROWING SALT OVER YOUR SHOULDER BREAKS ANY BAD LUCK THAT YOU HAVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions P883.17 SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-00-1972
BAD LUCK
IF YOU'VE SEEN A BLACK CAT OR BROKEN A MIRROR, THROW SOME SALT
OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER TO PREVENT THE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 10410 SOMERSET ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Conversions P883.14 BELIEF -- Conversions P883.17 BELIEF -- Conversions P883.31 |
SALT
NEVER WIPE SALT OFF THE TABLE, BLOWIT OFF,
OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): SPILLED SALT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.17 BELIEF -- Conversions P883.17 BELIEF -- Conversions P883.22 |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
SUPERSITITION (COLLECTOR,S TITLE) ; CONVERSION; SALT (CLASSIFIER,S TITLE)
YOU,LL HAVE BAD LUCK IF YOU SPILL SALT.
THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT THE BAD LUCK IS THROWING THE SALT OVER YOUR
LEFT SHOULDER.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A SUPERSTITION COMMON IN THE UNDY FAMILY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Conversions P883.17 |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
IF YOU SPILL SALT, THROW IT OVER YOUR SHOULDER TO WARD OFF BACK LUCK.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions P883.17 |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO THROW SALT OVER THEIR SHOULDERS AS A WAY
TO BRING GOOD LUCK, BUT ACTUALLY SPILLING SALT IS BAD LUCK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions P883.17 |
Date learned: 10-00-1979
BAD LUCK PREVENTION: (ITALIAN)-SALT
TO PREVENT BAD LUCK FROM ENTERING A HOUSE, PLACE SALT IN LITTLE
BAGS AND PUT THE BAGS IN THE CORNERS OF THE ROOMS WHERE NO ONE SEES
THEM. IT IS ESPECIALLY GOOD TO DO THIS WHEN A NEW BABY ARRIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): CONVERSION ; HOME, DOMESTIC PURSUITS ; SUPERNATURAL: SALT AS LUCKY CHARM
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Conversions P883.17 |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
Belief
If you drop salt on the floor, shake salt over your left shoulder or there will be a catastrophe of fire or disappointment.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Various Boggs number classifications written down and crossed out:
P686
P860 = Use of Object
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Mousseau, Mary
Keyword(s): CATASTROPHE ; DISAPPOINTMENT ; FIRE ; Salt ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Conversions P883.17 |