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IF YOU LOSE A BASEBALL OR ANYTHING OUTDOORS, SPIT
ON YOUR HAND AND THEN SLAP DOWN ON THAT HAND WITH
THE OTHER. YOU WILL FIND THE LOST ARTICLE IN THE
DIRECTION OF THE LARGEST SPLASH OF THE SPITTLE.
Submitter comment: FROM CHILDHOOD PEERS, PORTAGE, PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; PORTAGE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
A CHILD THAT PERSISTS IN SUCKING HIS THUMB WILL ONE
DAY FIND IT CUT OFF BY A LITTLE MAN THAT OWNS THE
LARGEST PAIR OF SCISSORS EVER SEEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): SADISM
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
IF YOU GET LOST, SPIT IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND AND
PUNCH YOUR FIST INTO YOUR PALM. THE DIRECTION THE
SPIT FLIES IS THE DIRECTION YOU SHOULD TRAVEL IN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE, AND HE REMEMBERS THIS
FROM HIS CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
IF YOU CUT A BABY'S FINGERNAILS, HE IS GOING TO BE A
THIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 09-15-1967
"ITCHY PALM" MEANS YOU WILL SOON COME INTO SOME MONEY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
IF YOUR LEFT PALM ITCHES, THAT MEANS YOU ARE GOING
TO GET MONEY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER MOTHER, WHO ACTUALLY
BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
PEOPLE WITH COLD HANDS HAVE WARM FEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LITTLE, WHITE BRUISES UNDER YOUR FINGERNAILS, SYMBOLIZE
LITTLE WHITE LIES.
Submitter comment:
THIS BELIEF WAS PROBABLY PASSED DOWN FROM FRIENDS OF MY
GRANDPARENTS OR MY GRANDPARENTS, WHICH I CANNOT PIN
DOWN. I JUST KNOW THAT I HAVE KNOWN THIS (SINCE)
CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
PEOPLE WITH COLD HANDS HAVE A WARM HEART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE WEDDING RING IS WORN ON
THE FOURTH FINGER BECAUSE THERE IS A VEIN WHICH
RUNS FROM THAT FINGER TO YOUR HEART.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 10-20-1968
IF ONE'S LEFT HAND ITCHES, SOMEONE WILL GIVE YOU
MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 02-10-1970
IF YOUR PALM ITCHES, YOU ARE COMING INTO MONEY.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
IF YOUR LEFT PALM ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE
SOME MONEY. IF YOUR RIGHT PALM ITCHES, YOU'RE
GOING TO MEET SOMEONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
IF WHITE SPOTS APPEAR ON YOUR FINGERNAILS, YOU'VE
TOLD A LIE.
Where learned: SCHOOL APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
IF YOUR LEFT PALM ITCHES, YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE
SOME MONEY.
IF YOUR RIGHT PALM ITCHES, YOU ARE GOING TO MEET
SOMEONE WHO WILL BE OF HELP TO YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 10-10-1969
FOR EVERY LIE THAT A PERSON TELLS, HE GET A
WHITE SPOT UNDER HIS FINGERNAIL.
Where learned: APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 10-09-1969
IF THE PALM OF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, IT IS AN
OMEN THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE MOENY IN THE
NEAR FUTURE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, YOU WILL RECEIVE
MONEY, IF RIGHT HANDS, YOU WILL BE SHAKING
HANDS.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
IF YOUR PALM ITCHES, IT MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO
GET SOME MONEY.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IF THE PALM OF YOUR HAND ITCH(ES), YOU'LL GET
SOME MONEY.
Submitter comment:
SHE DIDN'T REALLY BELIEVE THIS, BUT IT HAD
BEEN HANDED DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 01-17-1972