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SUPERSTITION
THE NUMBER THIRTEEN IS IT REALLY LUCKY OR UNLUCKY.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; DETROIT ; WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 10-09-1967
NUMBERS 13TH
IT IS BELIEVED THAT WHENEVER FRIDAY FALLS ON THE 13TH,
IT'S A SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
NUMBERS
FRIDAY THE 13TH IS A UNLUCKY DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 11-13-1970
LUCK WITH 13
TO VILLAGERS IN A PROVINCE NEAR ROME, ITALY
THE NUMBER 13 IS A GOOD LUCK SIGN.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SUCH AN OPPOSITE USE OF 13 FROM THE USUAL
THAT I THOUGHT THIS WORTH RECORDING.
THE INFORMANT, WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, RECEIVED A GOOD LUCK
MEDAL WITH THE NUMBER 13 ON IT FROM HER
ITALIAN GRANDMOTHER WHO SAID 13 WAS A LUCKY NUMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN ; CLASS
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 04-01-1970
NUMBER
THE NUMBER THIRTEEN IS UNLUCKY BECAUSE THERE WERE THIRTEEN
APOSTLES BEFORE JUDAS BETRAYED CHRIST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
THIRTEEN AT A TABLE
IF THIRTEEN PEOPLE EAT AT THE SAME TABLE, ONE OF THEM WILL DIE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY GRANDMOTHER, AND SHE CLAIMS THAT ONE TIME SHE
SAT AT A TABLE WITH THIRTEEN PEOPLE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MEAL,
ONE OF THE PEOPLE DIED.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; KANSASVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
NUMBER BELIEF
IN SOME PART OF LATIN AMERICA, NUMBER 13 IS CONSIDERED GOOD LUCK AND
IT IS USED ALL OVER.
Submitter comment:
THIS CONTROVERSIAL 13 NUMBER, WHETHER GOOD LUCK OR BAD, IS QUITE
PREVALENT IN LATIN AMERICA.
Where learned: WORK ; TOLD AT ; IRA WILSON AND SONS
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 10-13-1970
UNLUCKY DAY
IN MEXICO, IF THE 13TH HAPPENS TO FALL ON A THURSDAY, CARE IS
NEEDED. NEVER MARRY OR START A TRIP ON SUCH A DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
NUMBER BELIEF
NUMBER THIRTEEN IN SOME PLACES IS CONCIDERED BAD LUCK.
THERE WILL BE NO ROOM 13 OR FLOOR 13 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
Submitter comment: THIS SUPERSTITION ABOUT 13 IS VERY PREVALENT IN LATIN AMERICA.
Where learned: WORK ; TOLD AT ; IRA WILSON AND SONS
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
13 STITCHES
IF A CHILD CUTS HIMSELF AND RECEIVES 13 SURGICAL STITCHES:
IF HE IS 5 YEARS OLD, HE WILL BE MARRIED BY AGE 18.
IF HE IS 7 YEARS OLD, HE WILL HAVE A CHILD BY AGE 22.
IF HE IS 6 YEARS OLD, HE WILL DIE A DIRTY OLD MAN.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
LUCKY 13
MY FRIEND'S MOTHER MRS. HARRISON, WILL NEVER SIT AT A
TABLE SET FOR 13 PEOPLE, BECAUSE ONE OF THEM WILL DIE WITHIN A YEAR.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO HER BY HER DAUGHTER VALERIE HARRISON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 08-09-1964
FLIGHT SCHEDULES
THERE IS NEVER AN EVENT 13 WRITTEN IN THE FLIGHT SCHEDULED EVENTS
FOR ANY DAY ON ANY SHIP IN ANY SQUADRON. EVENTS GO FROM 12 TO 14,
AND 13 WOULD BE CONSIDERED VERY BAD LUCK, AND PILOTS WOULD REFUES TO
FLY THESE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; ALMA ; ROUTE 2 ; W JEFFERSON RD
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
BAD LUCK
NO HOTEL EVER HAS A THIRTEENTH FLOOR NOR A NUMBER THIRTEEN ROOM
BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
CABIN "13"
IN UPPER MICHIGAN THERE IS A CAMPING GROUNDS
THAT NOW HAS 13 COTTAGES. THEY ARE NUMBERED 1 - 12
AND 14. THE EVEN NUMBERS ARE ON ONE SIDE AND THE
ODD ON THE OTHER. THE PLACE WHERE #13 SHOULD BE
IS JUST AN EMPTY SPACE WITH A BURNT OUT FOUNDATION.
COTTAGE 13 HAD BEEN TO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 13 YEARS,
AND IN THAT TIME 13 PEOPLE HAD DIED THERE. THE
LAST PERSON WHO RENTED IT OUT WAS KILLED IN A FIRE
WHICH DESTROYED THE PLACE. TO THIS DAY, A NEW COTTAGE
HAS NEVER BEEN BUILT IN THIS PLACE.
Where learned: APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 11-12-1969
THE NO. 13
AT MICHIGAN DRILLING AND TESTING CO. THE WORKMEN'S TRUCKS
ARE NUMBERED 1 THROUGH 12 AND 14 ON. THE REASON FOR THE
ABSENCE OF A NUMBER 13 TRUCK IS THAT NO MAN WORKING
FOR THE COMPANY WILL DRIVE A TRUCK WITH THIS NUMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
UNLUCKY NUMBERS
THIRTEEN IS A UNLUCKY NUMBER BECAUSE IT STANDS FOR JUDAS, THE
APOSTLE WHO WAS REPLACED BECAUSE HE BETRAYED CHRIST.
Where learned: EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
UNLUCKY NUMBERS
THE NUMBER THIRTEEN IS CONSIDERED TO BE BAD LUCK. THE NUMBER
RECIEVED THIS DISTINCTION FROM THE TIME OF CHRIST, WHEN JUDAS
BETRAYED CHRIST.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): JUDAS
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 02-13-1968
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH IS A DAY WHEN EVERYTHING GOES WRONG.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
IRISH SUPERSTITION
NEVER SEAT THIRTEEN PEOPLE AT A TABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 04-08-1971
NUMBER THIRTEEN
MY AUNT, A VERY INTELLIGENT WOMAN, THINKS THAT IF THERE ARE 13 PEOPLE
AT ANY FUNCTION IT WILL BRING BAD LUCK ON THE HOST SO SHE WILL LEAVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 11-00-1970