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AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: DOESN'T REMEMBER (SOURCE).
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
TO SEE A PIN AND LEAVE IT BE IS SURE TO BRING
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: UNKNOWN SOURCE
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO TRY TO COUNT STARS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
IF YOU EAT YOUR MEAT BEFORE YOUR POTATOES AT
SUPPPERTIME, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Meat BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
IF YOU ARE SEWING AND USING A THIMBLE, AND LOSE THE
THIMBLE THROW THE GARMENT OUT, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS
FOR IT CAN ONLY BRING BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
IF SOMEBODY GOES IN ONE DOOR AND OUT THE OTHER, (THEY)
HE WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS NOT SURE WHERE HE HEARD THIS, BUT HE
ADDED IT HAPPENED TO HIM ONCE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 04-18-1965
IF THREE PEOPLE LIGHT THEIR CIGARETTE, IT IS BAD
LUCK--THAT IS, IF IT IS OFF THE SAME MATCH.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THIS
TRADITION STARTED DURING WORLD WAR I. HE SAID
THAT IF THREE SOLDIERS GOT A LIGHT ON THE SAME
MATCH, THE ENEMY WOULD HAVE TIME TO SPOT THEM
BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT FLICKERING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 05-01-1965
MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT FRIDAY THE 13TH IS BAD LUCK.
BUT DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT. THE REAL DAY OF BAD LUCK
IS TUESDAY THE 17TH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT TUESDAY THE 17TH HAS ALWAYS
BEEN UNLUCKY FOR HIM.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FRIDAY 13TH IS A DAY OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Friday the Thirteenth |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THE GROOM TO SEE THE BRIDE ON
THE DAY OF THEIR WEDDING, BEFORE THE CEREMONY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Superstition about good weather BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
IF YOU SPILL SOME SALT, YOU HAVE TO THROW SOME
OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER IN ORDER TO WARD OFF
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
HOLD YOUR BREATH WHILE GOING BY A CEMETERY TO
SUCURE AGAINST BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: DOES NOT REMEMBER (SOURCE).
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Conversions Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
A NOTABLE DISPLAY OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS MEANS A
SEASON OF COLD WEATHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN MUSKRATS BUILD THEIR HOUSES HIGHER THAN USUAL, IT IS
A SIGN OF A COLD WINTER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A YELLOW HAZE AROUND THE SUN FORETELLS CALM WEATHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Weather sign or control |
IF YOU ARE TELLING SOME ONE SOMETHING AND FORGET IT, IT
MUST HAVE BEEN A LIE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
IF SOMEONE IS TELLING YOU SOMETHING, AND THEN SNEEZES, IT
IS THE TRUTH, NO MATTER WHAT HE JUST TOLD YOU.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY'S TOWER (LANSING, MICHIGAN)
WILL FALL DOWN THE DAY A VIRGIN GRADUATES FROM THE
SCHOOL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.12 |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
BECAUSE GOD IS THREE BEINGS IN ONE, MAN LOOKS FOR ALL
GOOD THINGS TO COME IN THREES.,
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE BEINGS IN GOD, MAN BELIEVES
ALL GOOD THINGS COME IN THREES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 00-00-1967