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DIVINATION
WHEN A FUNERAL GOES BY, HOLD ON TIGHT TO A BUTTON AND YOU CAN
AVOID BAD LUCK. IF YOU CAN HOLD ON TO THAT BUTTON AND TURN
AROUND THREE TIMES. FOR EXTRA PROTECTION,YOU KNOW.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-17-1981
SUPERSTITIONS AND CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
A PACKET CONTAINING NAIL PARINGS, A LOCK OF HAIR AND
THREE DROPS OF BODY FLUID, USUALLY BLOOD, PLACED UNDER THE
BOTTOM STEP OF A LOVE OBJECT WILL ENSURE THAT THE LOVED (ONE)
WILL LOVE NO OTHER. MM
A MIXTURE OF ROOSTER BLOOD, CORN WHISKEY, AND A SMALL
AMOUNT OF DRIED BULL DUNG WILL ENSURE POTENNENCE AND MALE
OFFSPRING. CC POTENCY MM
A WOMAN WHO HANDLES ANY ANIMALS DURING HER PREGNANCY
"MARK" HER BABY WITH EITHER ANIMALISTIC FEATURES OR
BEHAVIOR. CC MARKS? MM
IF YOU ALLOW AN ALBINO PERSON TO TOUCH YOU YOU WILL BE
BLINDED OR ONE LEG WILL BECOME SHORTER THAN THE OTHER
BY THE NEXT FULL MOON FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; COLUMBUS
Date learned: 00-00-1918
MY MOTHER ALWAYS TELLS ME THAT TO BE TOO HAPPY
MEANS THAT SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN TO YOU TO
BALANCE THE MEASURE. SO IF THINGS ARE GOING RIGHT,
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS, BUT DON'T BE TOO VOCAL, OR
SOMETHING BAD IS SURE TO OCCUR!!!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPENSATION CYCLICAL THINKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 09-00-1985
IF SOMEONE IS SWEEPING THE FLOOR IN AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE
ARE SEATED, ONE SHOULD NEVER LIFT THEIR FEET AND ALLOW
THE GROUND TO BE SWEPT UNDERNEATH THEM. THIS WILL RESULT
IN BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 00001930ca
Good Luck
If you put a penny in a purse and give the purse as a gift, the person receiving the gift will become rich.
Data entry tech comment:
Input by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; GIFT ; GOOD LUCK ; LUCK ; MONEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AT MIDNIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE FUTURE IF
YOU WALK BACKWARDS AND LOOK INTO A MIRROR. YOU WILL SEE
YOUR BOYFRIEND IN THE MIRROR, AND YOU CAN SOMETIMES SEE
THE DEVIL IN IT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE ONCE HAD THE MIRROR READY TO LOOK AT
MIDNIGHT BUT SHE GOT SCARED AND PUT IT AWAY BECAUSE SHE
WAS AFRAID SHE WOULD SEE THE DEVIL.
GRANDMOTHER OF COLLECTOR=MRS. MARY ABRAMS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-10-1970
SWEDISH CUSTOM
MELT PIECES OF SILVER IN A PAN AND TELL FORTUNES BY THE
FORMS THE SILVER TAKES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
IF YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR AT MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE,
YOU WILL SEE THE FACE OF THE MAN YOU WILL MARRY.
Submitter comment: UNKNOWN SOURCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, BREAK AN EGG AND DROP THE EGG WHITE IN
A GLASS OF WATER. PUT THE GLASS IN A COLD PLACE OVERNIGHT.
IN THE MORNING THE SHAPE OF THE EGG WHITE IN THE GLASS
OF WATER WILL PREDICT YOUR FORTUNE FOR THE YEAR.
EXAMPLES: A SHIP MEANS TRAVEL; TALL BUILDINGS MEAN BUSINESS
IN THE CITY; LOTS OF LITTLE PEARLS MEAN EXTRA GOOD LUCK.
NO SHAPE AT ALL MEANS THERE COULD BE SICKNESS OR SOME
LITTLE PROBLEM OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 09-17-1968
IF YOU CRY ON NEW YEAR'S EVE YOU'LL CRY THE REST OF THE
DAYS OF THE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
AT MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, ONE GOES OUTSIDE TO GREET
THE NEW YEAR, AND THEN THE MAN MUST PROCEED INSIDE FIRST
FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
IF A MAN WITH A SUITCASE ENTERS YOUR HOME AT THE STROKE OF
MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL YEAR
LONG.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HER THIS WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL
AND SHE HAS ALWAYS BELIEVED IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 03-28-1971
SCOTCH CUSTOM AND SUPERSTITION FOR GOOD LUCK
AT 12 MIDNIGHT NEW YEAR'S EVE, A BLACK HAIRED MAN CARRYING
A PIECE OF COAL INTO A FRIENDS' HOME BRINGS GOOD LUCK
FOR THE COMING YEAR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
A WOMAN WALKING INTO THE HOUSE FIRST ON NEW YEAR'S EVE IS
CONSIDERED BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 01-19-1970
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, HAVE A DARK-HAIRED MAN RUN THROUGH THE
HOUSE WITH A LUMP OF COAL BEFORE THE CLOCK STOPS STRIKING.
Data entry tech comment:
AT MIDNIGHT, WE ASSUME.
CN[ DUNMIRE, MARYANNE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-07-1970
EVERY NEW YEAR'S EVE MY GRANDFATHER (MY MOTHER'S FATHER)
(NOW DECEASED) AT ONE MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT WOULD WALK OUT
THE BACK DOOR AND AT MIDNIGHT WOULD WALK IN THE FRONT
DOOR AND BLESS THE FAMILY TO BRING IN A GOOD YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-26-1971
CONDILNITZA
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE IN RURAL BULGARIA, THE OLDEST MEMBER OF
A HOUSEHOLD CARRIES LIVE CHARCOAL INCENSE FROM ROOM TO
ROOM IN THE HOUSE. THIS IS ANOTHER PRACTICE DONE TO
BRING GOOD HEALTH AND PROSPERITY TO THE HOUSEHOLD.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT BELIEVES THIS CUSTOM IS A REMNANT OF THE
PAGAN PRACTICE OF DRIVING OUT THE EVIL SPIRITS OF THE
HOUSE WITH FIRE THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 03-21-1970
IRISH NEW YEAR'S EVE
AT MIDNIGHT GUESTS WOULD FATHER, EACH HAVE A PENNY, TAKE
ONE FROM THE PERSON ON THE LEFT AND PASS YOURS TO THE
PERSON ON YOUR RIGHT. THIS MEANS YOU WILL NEVER BE
BROKE THROUGH THE YEAR.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
WASH YOUR HANDS IN MONEY AT MIDNIGHT, SO YOU'LL NEVER
BE BROKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-18-1970
PUTTING MONEY OUTSIDE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE WILL BRING THAT
PERSON PROSPERITY IN THE YEAR TO COME.
Submitter comment:
THIS TRADITION WAS COLLECTED FROM MY PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER,
WHO CLAIMED THAT IT WAS AN OLD IRISH SUPERSTITION.
THE CUSTOM HAS BEEN PRACTICED IN OUR FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 12-00-1955