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U.S. SOLDIERS' SUPERSTITION
AMONG AMERICAN SOLDIERS STATIONED IN SOUTH VIETNAM, IT WAS CONSIDERED
GOOD LUCK TO BREAK A MIRROR.
Submitter comment:
THE RATIONALE WAS THAT SINCE BREAKING A MIRROR NORMALLY BRINGS
SEVEN YEAR'S BAD LUCK, AND SINCE A TOUR OF DUTY LASTS ONLY ONE
YEAR, THE SOLDIER WOULD HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH HIS TOUR OF DUTY IN
ORDER TO SUFFER THE REMAINING SIX YEARS OF BAD LUCK. IN VIETNAM
LIVING WAS CONSIDERED LUCKY.
Where learned: SOUTH VIETNAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
GRAFFITO
"SUPPOSE THEY HELD A WAR AND NOBODY CAME?"
Where learned: SOUTH VIETNAM ; Vietnam ; ARMY LATRINE ; AHN KHE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Many Vietnamese people believe that the spirit of dead
ancestors sit on the heads and shoulders of the living. It is
therefore considered inappropriate to touch the shoulder or pat
the head of a Vietnamese person. This is an insult to the
ancestors.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Body part Senses SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
Remedy (Cold Sores)
Place wax from the ears on the cold sore. It is a fact that
the herpes virus cannot live in the ear.
Submitter comment:
The informant was in the military when he learned about this
simple cure for herpes simplex.
Where learned: Vietnam
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Ears, noise in ear BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
GRAFFITO
"THE U.S. ARMY CONSISTS OF THE UNEDUCATED LEADING THE UNWILLING
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE UNNECESSARY."
Where learned: SOUTH VIETNAM ; Vietnam ; ARMY LATRINE ; AHN KHE
James Callow Keyword(s): PARAMOION: REPETITION AT THE BEGINNINGS OF WORDS ; SATIRE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: CA00001969
IT WAS AN OLD NORSE BELIEF THAT TO DIE IN BATTLE
WITHOUT ONE'S WEAPON CURSED HIS SOUL FOREVER TO
BEL HALLA (LIMBO).
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED OF THIS WHILE IN VIET NAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; Vietnam
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- War |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
During the Vietnam War, when a soldier was to go back to the
United States shortly, his time in Vietnam was considered "short."
There was a "short superstition" among the American soldiers
during the war. It was generally believed that as a soldier's time
became "short" he was more likely to be killed than at any other
time of his tour of duty.
Submitter comment:
The informant could name numerous time when a soldier had
survived most of his tour of duty only to be killed when he was
"short".
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
During the Vietnam War, it was felt to be unlucky for an
American soldier to carry a camera. The soldiers felt that there
was a high incidence of being killed shortly after buying a
camera, or receiving one from home.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
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Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE ALCOHOLIC SOLDIER IN
VIETNAM SUFFERING FROM BOTTLE FATIGUE?
Where learned: Vietnam
James Callow Keyword(s): BATTLE FATIGUE PUN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 10-30-1967
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE ALCOHOLIC WHOSE FAVORITE
DRINK IS THE NEXT ONE?
Where learned: Vietnam
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 10-30-1967
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE ALCOHOLIC WITH THE FINICKY
STOMACH? HE COULDN'T EAT OLIVES UNLESS THEY WERE
STERILIZED IN GIN.
Where learned: Vietnam
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 10-30-1967