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GHOST SUPERSTITION
IF YOU SEE A GHOST IN YOUR MIRROR AT NIGHT, GET UP AND LIGHT A
CANDLE AND WALK NINE TIMES AROUND THE ROOM. THE GHOST WILL
DISAPPEAR.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK ; Chociemski, Stanley ; St. Hyacinth School
Keyword(s): GHOST ; Haunt ; NUMBER ; SUPERSTITION ; Ward
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
WHEN MY GRANDFATHER WANTED THE HIGHEST CARD IN A CUT,
HE WOULD KNOCK ON THE DECK OF CARDS THREE TIMES.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CARDS ; CUSTOM ; Cut ; GAMES ; Knock ; LUCK ; NUMBER ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
BELIEF ( COLLECTOR'S TITLE ) ; GOOD LUCK: CLOVER ( CLASSIFIER'S TITLE )
IT IS GOOD LUCK IF YOU FIND A FOUR LEAF CLOVER.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Clover ; Four Leaf ; Irish ; LUCK ; NUMBER ; PREDICTION ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck P881.11 |
Date learned: 04-02-1968
GOLF BELIEF
IF YOU HAVE HAD THREE BAD HOLES, PUT A FENCE ON YOUR SCORECARD
FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBER
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
BASEBALL BELIEF
PITCHERS NEVER CROSS THE FIRST OR THIRD BASE LINE BECAUSE IT
MEANS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBER ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-04-1971
BASEBALL SUPERSTITION
IT IS BELIEVED TO BE BAD LUCK IN BASEBALL TO STRIKE OUT THE FIRST
BATTER AGAINST YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT ONLY HEARD OF THIS, DID NOT PLAY BY IT HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBER
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- P888 P888.2 |
Date learned: 09-30-1971
BASEBALL SUPERSTITION
FOR GOOD LUCK IN BASEBALL, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE THIRD BASEMAN
MUST BE THE LAST PERSON TO TOUCH THE BALL BEFORE THE PITCHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBER
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 09-30-1971
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SILLY BELIEF
IT WAS A BELIEF IN EIGHTH GRADE THAT THE PHONE NUMBER
777-7777 WAS THE NUMBER OF A WHOREHOUSE.
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBER ONCE TRYING TO FIND OUT FOR SURE, BUT THE
NUMBER WAS NON-EXISTENT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBER ; PROSTITUTION
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 10-20-1971