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IF A BOY IS THE FIRST TO ENTER YOUR HOME ON NEW YEAR'S
DAY, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL YEAR LONG. IF A
GIRL ENTERS FIRST, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
MRS. SULLIVAN HEARD THIS IN COUNTY CLAIR, IRELAND
FORTY YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 12-29-1963
IF YOU DRINK CHAMPAGNE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AT THE STROKE
OF TWELVE AND BEGIN TO BURP ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, BAD
LUCK IS LEAVING YOUR BODY FOREVER.
Submitter comment: MISS ZITZEWITZ LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 10-02-1963
IF AN IRISHMAN IS COMING TO AMERICA ON THE 17TH
OF ANY MONTH AND IS ON THE SEA, HE IS SUPPOSED TO
HAVE FORTUNE AND FAME IN AMERICA.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.
Data entry tech comment: RELATED TO ST. PATRICKS'S DAY--MARCH 17?
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; TOP HAT SUPPER CLUB ; WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 17 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 17 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 12101963 ASSUMED
CHINESE CUSTOM-BELIEF
THE CHINESE NAME EACH YEAR AFTER AN ANIMAL IN A CYCLE OF
TWELVE ANIMALS. SOME ANIMALS ARE LUCKY, SOME NOT; HENCE CERTAIN
YEARS WILL BRING GOOD FORTUNE, OTHERS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT TRAVELLED
Where learned: OFFICE
Keyword(s): CALENDARS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 10-03-1967
LUCK
A SEA SHELL (SEASHELL) PLACED AT THE FRONT DOOR INVITES LUCK
TO ENTER THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN OR WHERE HE LEARNED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HOME, DOMESTIC PURSUITS ; SALTWATER MOLLUSKS
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
ON NEW YEARHS DAY, THE FIRST PERSON IN YOUR HOUSE SHOULD HAVE DARK
HAIR AND BE CARRYING WINE AND AN ORANGE.
Submitter comment:
THE WINE SIGNIFIES THAT THE HOUSEHOLD WILL BE MERRY AND THAT
EVERYONE IN THAT HOUSEHOLD WILL HAVE A GOOD, HEALTHY YEAR.
THE ORANGE IS FOR PROSPERITY AND FERTILITY AND THE DARK HAIR FOR
GOOD LUCK THROUGHOUT THE NEW YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00-00-1948
DIVINATION
YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
IF YOU GO OUTSIDE OR WASH YOUR FACE IN THE FIRST MAY RAIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck |
GOOD LUCK
OLD SCOTTISH WOMEN WOULD APPROACH A U.S. NAVY SAILOR WHO WAS WEARING
THE "CRACKER JACK" UNIFORM, WHICH IS THE UNIFORM WITH THE BELL-BOTTOM
TROUSERS, AND RUB THE STARS ON THE BACK FLAP OF THE UNIFORM SHIRT
FOR GOOD LUCK. THIS TOOK PLACE IN 1976 IN HOLY LOCH SCOTLAND.
Submitter comment:
THE GOOD LUCK FEELING ATTACHED TO THIS PRACTICE SEEMS TO HAVE COME
FROM WORLD WAR TWO WHEN THE AMERICANS ENTERED THE WAR TO HELP THE
BRITISH ISLES IN FIGHTING GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
GOOD LUCK
IF YOU ARE WORKING AND YOU STUMBLE ON A ROCK WITH YOUR RIGHT FOOT,
GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE. IF IT IS THE LEFT FOOT THEN THE FUTURE
HOLDS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN NIGERIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
PLANTING CUSTOM
DURING HARVEST, THE FARMER WITH THE BEST HARVEST, GIVES A PARTY
TO WHICH ALL THE OTHER FARMERS ARE INVITED AND THEY CELEBRATE HIS
GOOD FORTUNES, GIVING HIM A TITLE FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENT.
Submitter comment: THIS IS DONE IN NIGERIA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
LUCK
IT IS AN IRISH PIPE SMOKING CUSTOM THAT WHEN A CLAY PIPE IS
BURNED OUT BY ITS OWNER, IT SHOULD BE BURIED AND THE SMOKER WILL
HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: IRISH PIPE SMOKER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00001970S
TOAST-PROSE
A POPULAR IRISH TOAST DURING DRINKING GOES LIKE THIS-
"MAY ALL YOUR LUCK BE GOOD LUCK, AND MAY THE
WIND ALWAYS BE AT YOUR BACK."
Submitter comment: FAMOUS IRISH SAYING
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 01-00-1976
LUCK
A WAY OF RECEIVING GOOD LUCK IN THE FORM OF MONEY IS DONE BY
SPITTING ON THE SIDEWALK. AFTER SOMEONE DOES THIS, THEY CAN
EXPECT TO FIND MONEY ON THE GROUND SOON AFTERWARD.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-10-1981
NEW YEAR'S DAY
IN ALABAMA, BLACK-EYED PEAS ARE SERVED AS THE LUCKY FOOD FOR
NEW YEAR'S DAY
Where learned: DETROIT
Date learned: 00001930S
FOOD BELIEF
IF YOUR DRINK A STALK OF CORN LIKE TEA, LUCK WILL COME YOUR WAY.
(IN COLLECTOR'S OWN WORDS).
Submitter comment: FROM FORMER RESIDENT OF SABINAS IN MEXICO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 12-00-1981
IF YOUR RIGHT EYE JUMPS YOU WILL RECEIVE GOOD NEWS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Eye twitch BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
IF YOUR LEFT EYE BEGINS TO TWITCH, IT MEANS YOU WILL RECEIVE
GOOD NEWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
AS A GOOD LUCK CHARM WHEN TAKING AN EXAM OR TURNING IN A PAPER,
WRITE JMJ IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE PAGE. IT STANDS FOR
JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIALS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Word Letter BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
IF A SOLDIER ENTERS YOUR HOME, YOU MUST BE HOSPITABLE
AND GRANT EVERY WISH THEY DESIRE IN ORDER TO RETAIN GOOD LUCK
IN THE HOME. THIS BROUGHT GOOD LUCK IF DONE CORRECTLY.
IF NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH, MISFORTUNE MAY OCCUR TO MALE MEMBERS
OF THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment:
THIS BELIEF WAS HELD BY INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER
DURING 1940-1941 WHEN ENGLAND WAS IN WWII ALONE WITHOUT
THE AID OF THE UNITED STATES.
Where learned: COLLECTED BY MAIL ; COOKHAM RISE ; BERKSHIRE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 BELIEF -- Legend BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
IT IS NECESSARY TO BOIL A POTATOE ON THE FIRST
DAY OF SCHOOL TO GUARANTEE GOOD LUCK FOR THE
STUDENT FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
Where learned: COLLECTED BY MAIL ; COOKHAM RISE ; BERKSHIRE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1970