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WHEN WE GO OUT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, WE ALWAYS LEAVE MONEY ON
THE WINDOW SILL. THIS MEANS THAT WE WON'T RUN INTO DEBT
DURING THE WHOLE YEAR.
Submitter comment: MRS. SHAW THINKS THAT THIS IS AN ITALIAN CUSTOM.
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: 06-29-1964
LEAVE MONEY ON OUTSIDE WINDOW SILL NEW YEAR'S EVE NIGHT.
SWEEP SILVER DOLLARS OVER DOOR SILLS FROM OUTSIDE INTO
HOUSE FOR WEALTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LEAVE CLOTHES ON THE CLOTHESLINE
FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT, SO REMOVE ALL ITEMS FROM
THE CLOTHESLINE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
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 |
IF YOU LEAVE IRONING UNDONE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, YOU WILL
NEVER GET CAUPGHT U ON THE IRONING ALL YEAR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT BELIEVES THAT A POLISH FRIEND OF HERS TOLD HER ABOUT THIS SUPERSTITION.
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: 06-29-1964
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MUST BE TAKEN DOWN AND PUT AWAY
BEFORE MIDNIGHT NEW YEAR'S EVE, OR YOUR HOUSE WILL BURN
DOWN DURING THE NEW YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S HOUSE CAUGHT A FIRE IN THE FURNACE ROOM
WHILE HER BROTHER WAS BURNING ALL OF THE XMAS
WRAPPINGS NEW YEAR'S DAY, BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT TAKEN
DOWN THEIR TREE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 12-07-1971
NEW YEAR'S EVE: TURN LIGHTS ON AND OFF TO BRING IN THE
NEW YEAR.
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: 03-03-1971
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF YOU KISS THE ONE YOU LOVE AT
MIDNIGHT OF NEW YEAR'S EVE, YOUR LOVE WILL LAST THE
WHOLE NEXT YEAR.
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: NOT GIVEN
NOISE MAKERS AND STREAMERS ARE ALWAYS AT NEW YEAR'S EVE
PARTIES TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR. THEY ARE USED WHEN
THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE.
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
IT IS AN AMERICAN CUSTOM TO STAND ON TIMES SQUARE (NEW YORK
CITY) ON NEW YEAR'S EVE WATCHING THE BALL DROP WHICH
SIGNIFIES THE ENTRANCE OF THE NEW YEAR.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS FROM EXPERIENCE.
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: 09-00-1967
ON THE STROKE OF TWELVE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, A MAN IN THE
HOUSE WILL OPEN THE FRONT DOOR TO LET THE NEW YEAR IN AND
OPEN THE BACK DOOR TO LET THE OLD YEAR OUT.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER'S FATHER USED TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR, IT WAS
AN OLD ENGLISH CUSTOM. THIS IS STILL CONTINUED IN OUR
FAMILY.
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: 11-02-1971
FIVE MINUTES BEFORE NEW YEAR'S DAY, THE WHOLE FAMILY
GATHERS AT THE OPEN BACK DOOR AND RUNS TO THE OPEN FRONT
DOOR, WHILE BANGING SPOONS AGAINST THE SIDE OF PANS
TO USHER OUT THE OLD YEAR AND HELP BRING IN THE NEW
YEAR.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD IN FAMILY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
IT IS AN OLD IRISH CUSTOM TO OPEN THE FRONT DOOR OF YOUR
HOUSE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE IN ORDER TO LET THE OLD YEAR OUT
AND THE NEW YEAR IN.
Submitter comment:
I COLLECTED THIS FROM MY AUNT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE OF
1960-1961.
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: 12-00-1960
WATCH MEETING
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN FLOCKING TO CHURCHES
TO USHER IN THE NEW YEAR. AT THE STROKE OF TWELVE,
EVERYONE ENGAGES IN SILENT PRAYER.
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: NOT GIVEN
PEOPLE MAKE NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS TO HAVE A GOOD AND
NOURISHING YEAR. THIS IS DONE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE,
JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 03-21-1971
JAPANESE CUSTOM
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, ONE SCATTERS ROUND BEANS (SYMBOLIC OF
THE STONE OF HEALTH) THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE. THE BEANS ARE
USED TO PELT AND CHASE AWAY THE DEMONS OF EVIL. AT THE
SAME TIME ONE SINGS: "GOOD LUCK WITHIN! EVIL, GO OUT!
OUT!"
Submitter comment:
WHEN IN JAPAN, INFORMANT USED TO JOIN HER FAMILY IN THE
ABOVE CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 08-01-1964
THE FLOATING CANDLE AND LUCK
ONE CUSTOM REQUIRES THAT YOU LIGHT A CANDLE AND STICK
IT INTO A PIECE OF WOOD AND THEN FLOAT IT IN THE RIVER.
IF IT REMAINS LIT, AND CONTINUES TO FLOAT UNTIL
IT IS COMPLETELY OUT OF YOUR SIGHT, YOUR WISH WILL
COME TRUE.
THIS IS DONE ON A CERTAIN FRIDAY AT THE BEGINNING OF
SPRING. YEARS AGO IN THE LATE AFTERNOON, ONE COULD SEE
TENS OF THESE CANDLES FLOATING AND RUNNING DOWN THE
RIVER, MAKING A BEAUTIFUL SPECTACLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BAGHDAD ; IRAQ
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.9 BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Superstition: Baseball
IT IS BAD LUCK TO MENTION THAT A PITCHER HAS A NO-
HITTER GOING WHILE THE GAME IS IN PROGRESS.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; BASEBALL ; BASEBALL STADIUM ; CHANCE ; CUSTOM ; Fan ; FATE ; jinx ; LUCK ; No-Hitter ; Shutout ; SPORTS ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 10-22-1969
WHEN PLAYING BASKETBALL, LACES ON TENNIS SHOES MUST BE
BLUE. IF THEY ARE ANY OTHER COLOR BUT BLUE, YOU
ARE SURE TO LOSE THE GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
JAPANESE SUPERSTITION
RED IS A GOOD OMEN. IT KEEPS BAD LUCK AND EVIL
AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
WEARING BLUE SNEAKER LACES WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK
IN A BASKETBALL GAME.
Data entry tech comment: SNEAKERS=TENNIS SHOES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 01-19-1972