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PREDICTION SAYING
IF YOUR HAND IS ITCHY YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE SOME MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
HAND ITCHING IS FOR MONEY.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
ITCHY PALM
SUPERSTITION MY MOTHER HAS THAT AN ITCHY LEFT PALM MEANS
SHE WILL BE LUCKY IN GAMES AND ESPECIALLY THOSE
INVOLVING MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; GATHERED AT HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
BILLS
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A BILL SHORTLY.
Where learned: APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-29-1969
ITCHY NOSE
IF A PERSON HAS AN ITCHY NOSE, HE WILL EITHER KISS A FOOL OR
GET INTO A FIGHT.
Where learned: APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
ITCHY RIGHT HAND
IF A PERSON HAS AN ITCHY RIGHT HAND, HE CAN EXPECT TO MEET A
FRIEND.
Where learned: APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
ITCHY PALM
IF YOUR PALM ITCHES, IT IS SUPPOSED TO MEAN THAT
YOU WILL OBTAIN SOME MONEY.
Where learned: MADONNA COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
BELIEF
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES IT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO KISS A FOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
BELIEF
IF ONE'S NOSE ITCHES, IT IS BELIEVED THAT HE WILL EITHER
KISS A STRANGER OR MEET A FOOL.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 01-27-1970
AN ITCHY PALM
IF YOUR PALM ITCHES, IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE GOING
TO RECEIVE SOME MONEY VERY SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00001950'S
PREDICTION DIVINATION
IF YOU WHISTLE THROUGH A KEY HOLE, A DEVIL WILL COME.
IF YOU PEEK THROUGH A KEY HOLE, YOU WILL SEE A DEVIL.
IN ORDER TO WARD OFF NIGHTMARES, LEAVE A KEY IN THE KEYHOLE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS COLLECTED 04121967 FROM MY SISTER. SHE HEARD IT
FROM HER CLASSMATES; SHE IS IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 04-12-1967
IF YOU STEP ON A CRACK YOU'LL BREAK THE DEVIL'S DISHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
VISITORS
IF A PERSON COMES INTO THE HOUSE BY ONE DOOR AND LEAVES
BY ANOTHER IT IS A SURE SIGN OF A VISITOR.
Submitter comment:
FR. MALONY LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER AT HOME WHO IS OF
IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: RECTORY ; HOLY NAME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
COMPANY
IF YOU GO OUT YOUR BACK DOOR AND COME IN YOUR FRONT DOOR,
NOT ON PURPOSE BUT ACCIDENTALLY YOU WILL HAVE COMPANY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER FATHER, HUGH TORRANCE,
ABOUT 1895.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-12-1965
VISITORS
IF SOMEONE COMES IN THE FRONT DOOR AND GOES OUT THE
BACK, IT WILL BRING MORE COMPANY. SO YOU ALWAYS TELL
PEOPLE TO COME IN AND OUT THE SAME DOOR.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD AND STILL BIDES BY IT TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
BELIEF
WHEN YOU GO VISITING, ALWAYS LEAVE BY THE SAME DOOR
THROUGH WHICH YOU ENTERED.
Where learned: WORK
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
ILL OMEN
IF A GUEST ENTERED THE DOORWAY OF HIS HOST'S HOME WITH
HIS LEFT FOOT FORWARD, HE WOULD BE COMMITTING AN UNPARDONABLE
OFFENCE, THIS BEING AN ILL OMEN, THEREFORE, THE HOST WOULD PUT
A SERVANT AT THE DOORWAY TO AVOID BEING DONE.
Submitter comment: STILL DONE IN ITALY BY THE WEALTHY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-20-1967
SUPERSTITION
IF A MAN ENTERS AN IRISH HOME WITH A LIT PIPE, THE
WOMAN OF THE HOUSE WILL PUSH HIM OUT WITH A BROOM
FOR FEAR THAT HE WILL STEAL HER BUTTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
BELIEF PREDICTION
IF A FRIEND COMES VISITING, ENTERING BY THE
BACK DOOR AND LEAVING BY THE FRONT DOOR, YOU'LL
RECEIVE MORE COMPANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination Observation |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
BELIEF
IF YOU MOVE TO A NEW HOME AT
THE END OF THE WEEK, YOU WON'T
BE THERE LONG.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHILE LIVING IN
NORTH DAKOTA IN THE 1940'S
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-00-1965