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IT'S BAD LUCK TO WHISTLE ON A SAILING VESSEL EXCEPT
IN THE MOST DIRE STRAITS, LIKE WHEN THEY'RE BECALMED.
THEN THE CAPTAIN TRIES TO WHISTLE UP A WIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MARITIME
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 01-00-1972
IT WOULD BE BAD LUCK TO PASS A PERSON GOING THE
OTHER DIRECTION ON A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.
Submitter comment: FAMILY SUPERSTITION--IRISH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): WALKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN SOMEONE IS WALKING WITH YOU, NEVER LET ANOTHER
PERSON, ANIMAL OR OBJECT PASS BETWEEN THE TWO OF
YOU. THIS IS VERY BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-05-1969
IT IS CONSIDERED VERY BAD LUCK TO TRIP ON A GANGPLANK
THIS ESPECIALLY HOLDS TRUE BEFORE GOING ON LIBERTY
AND SHOULD THIS OCCUR, IT IS BELIEVED THAT A VERY BAD
LIBERTY WILL RESULT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
James Callow Keyword(s): LIBERTY=LEAVE, VACATION, TIME OFF ; MARITIME
Date learned: 03-09-1970
STEPPING ON THE "M" ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
DIAG IS BAD LUCK; YOU'LL FLUNK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET WITH SOMEONE ELSE,
AND YOU MEET SOMETHING OR SOMEONE, DON'T SPLIT
UP TO GO AROUND IT, BECAUSE IT WILL BRING YOU
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 04-08-1967
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SPLIT A TREE, THAT IS IF ONE PERSON
WALKS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TREE AND ANOTHER PERSON
WALKS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): WHILE WALKING TOGETHER.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 01-26-1971
DON'T SPIT OVERBOARD, BECAUSE IT'S BAD LUCK. REAL
REASON, IS THAT IT BLOWS BACK IN YOUR FACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MARITIME
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SPIN A CHAIR AROUND IN THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment: MR. MURCHISON'S MOTHER BELIEVED THIS TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number P686.2.0 BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 07-01-1964
BAD LUCK TO SLEEP WITH HANDS BEHIND HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-08-1965
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SIT UNDER A DOOR JAMB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 09-27-1965
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SIT AT THE CORNER OF A TABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 02-15-1971
NEVER SHAKE HANDS OVER A FENCE; IT IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
HER FATHER, A PENNSYLVANIA FARMER, ALWAYS BELIEVED
AND PRACTICED IT, EVEN TO THE POINT OF NOT SHAKING
HANDS OR WALKING AROUND THE FENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BARRIER
Date learned: 03-00-1968
A HOUSEWIFE CANNOT CUT DRESS MATERIAL ON A FRIDAY.
THIS WILL BRING BAD LUCK WHEN THE DRESS IS WORN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): SEWING
Date learned: 09-22-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO MEET AN OLD WOMAN OR A LONG
HAIRED DOG WHEN YOU START ON A JOURNEY. IT IS
GOOD LUCK TO MEET A MAN WHO HAS A WOODEN LEG, OR
WHO SMOKES A PIPE.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER HEARD THIS IN BOSTON WHEN HE
WORKED AT THE NABIS
COMPANY IN THE 1920S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 00001920S
IF THE FIRST PERSON YOU MEET IN THE MORNING IS A MAN
THEN THIS IS CONSIDERED GOOD LUCK; WHEREAS, IF THE
FIRST PERSON YOU MEET IS A WOMAN, THEN THIS IS
CONSIDERED TO FORECAST BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RELATED A STORY CONCERNING HER COUSIN
WHO WAS QUITE UPSET UPON MEETING A WOMAN ONE MORNING
AS HER FIRST PERSON--AND LATER FELL AND BRUISED
HER LEG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 BELIEF -- Good luck Sex BELIEF -- Bad luck Sex BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
FLIERS COMMONLY BELIEVE THAT HAVING THEIR PICTURE
TAKEN PRIOR TO A MISSION WILL BRING THEM BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER UNCLE, RUSS FLOYD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): Photography
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- War BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IT'S BAD LUCK TO HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN WITH YOUR
BOYFRIEND.
James Callow Keyword(s): Photography
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 04-15-1971
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A COUPLE TO HAVE THEIR PICTURE
TAKEN TOGETHER. IT WILL LEAD TO A BREAK-UP IN
THE ROMANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): Photography
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
IN UKRAINE, IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A PERSON GETS
OUT OF BED ON HIS LEFT FOOT, HE WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION PASSED ON
BY GRANDPARENTS IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Bad luck Bodily characteristics BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-01-1967