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If a horse has one white hoof, buy it. If the horse has two
white hooves, take a chance. If the horse has three white hooves,
think hard before you buy. If the horse has four white hooves,
don't buy it.
Submitter comment:
This saying is popular in horse circles. There is some truth
to the saying that white hooves frequently seem to be weaker than
darker hooves.
James Callow comment:
See Wayland Hand, North Carolina, no. 7633, for parallels from
Ontario, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Illinois, and in particular
Pennsylvania, where "a horse with one or more white feet is
considered more or less impaired in value." Hand seems to think
that such horses are called "white-stockinged"; but our
informant/collector notes that a stocking applies to the leg, not
to the hoof or foot. Also see the OED, s.v. "stocking."
"A horse with one white foot is always weak in it; and if he
goes lame, it will be that foot." -- Hyatt, Illinois (1965), no.
2530.
See Hyatt, Illinois (1
Date learned: 00-00-1956
IF YOU FIND A FOUR LEAF CLOVER, IT IS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 03-30-1971
A FOUR LEAF CLOVER IS A SYMBOL OF GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
A FOUR LEAF CLOVER IS CONSIDERED GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: CAR
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
FOUR LEAF CLOVER MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM RELATIVES.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
FINDING A FOUR LEAFED BRANCH CLOVER BRINGS LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM PAST PEERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 10-27-1967
WHEN YOU FIND A FOUR LEAF CLOVER, IT IS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
FINDING A FOUR LEAF CLOVER IS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
IF YOU FIND A FOUR LEAF CLOVER, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD
LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
IN MEXICO, IT IS GOOD LUCK TO FIND A FOUR LEAF CLOVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
FOUR LEAF CLOVER BRINGS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 09-20-1965
ANYONE POSSESSING A FOUR LEAVED SHAMROCK WILL
HAVE LUCK IN GAMBLING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 02-09-1968
JAPANESE SUPERSTITION.
THE NUMBER FOUR IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters |
Date learned: 11-10-1969
THE FOURTH NUMBER IN JAPANESE MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
TO CURE WARTS: QUARTER A CARROT LONGWAYS, RUB IT ON THE WART
AND BURY EACH QUARTER CARROT AT EACH CORNER OF THE HOUSE AND
WHEN THE CARROT ROTS FROM THE WATER FROM THE EAVES, THE
WARTS WILL GO.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; LONDON
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
JACK IN THE PULPIT (INDIAN TURNIP)
IT WAS CALLED JUG WOMAN'S BABY BY THE PENOBSCOT INDIANS
AND REGARDED AS POISONOUS. THE INNER SEED, DROPPED INTO
A CUP OF WATER, WOULD FLOAT FOUR TIMES CLOCKWISE
AROUND THE CUP AS A SIGN THE PATIENT WOULD GET WELL;
IF IT SANK BEFORE THE FOURTH ROUND, HE WOULD DIE.
Submitter comment:
A LITTLE PIECE OF FORTUNE TELLING OR MISFORTUNE
TELLING OF MY GRANDMOTHER. I ALSO RECALL SEEING THIS
ONE IN AN OLD MOVIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CALUMET
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHAIN LETTER
THIS IS A PRAYER:
TRUST THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT AND ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGE
HIM AND HE WILL LIGHT YOUR WAY.
THIS PRAYER HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU FOR GOOD LUCK. THE
ORIGINAL COPY CAME FROM THE NETHERLANDS. IT HAS BEEN
AROUND THE WORLD NINE TIMES. THE LUCK HAS BEEN SENT
TO YOU. YOU ARE TO RECEIVE GOOD LUCK WITHIN FOUR
DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THIS LETTER. THIS IS NO JOKE.
YOU WILL RECEIVE IT IN THE MAIL. PLEASE DO NOT SEND
MONEY. DO NOT KEEP THIS LETTER. IT MUST LEAVE WITHIN
96 HOURS AFTER RECEIVING IT. A U.S. OFFICER RECEIVED
$7,000. VON ELLIOT $60,000, BUT BECAUSE HE BROKE THE
CHAIN, HE LOST IT. WHILE IN THE PHILLIPINES, GENERAL
NOPAK LOST HIS LIFE 6 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE COPY.
HE FAILED TO CIRCULATE THE PRAYER. HOWEVER, BEFORE HIS
DEATH HE RECEIVED $775 HE HAD WON. PLEASE SEND 20
COPIES AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU ON THE FOURTH DAY.
ELIMINATE THE FIRST NAME ON THE LIST AND ADD YOUR
NAME ON THE BOTTOM. (LIST OF NAMES FOLLOWED).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
IT IS SAID THAT IF YOU MAKE FOUR SMALL CROSSES OUT
OF BLESSED PALMS AND BURY THEM AT THE FOUR EXTREME
CORNERS OF YOUR PROPERTY THAT YOUR HOME AND
PROPERTY WILL BE PROTECTED FROM ALL STORMS AND
FORMS OF DESTRUCTION BY THE ELEMENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
ONE CROW SORROW, TWO CROWS JOY,
THREE CROWS A WEDDING, FOUR CROWS A BOY,
FIVE CROWS SILVER, SIX CROWS GOLD,
SEVEN CROWS A SECRET THAT NEVER CAN BE TOLD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
Date learned: 04-04-1969
NINE GRAINS OF WHEAT LAID ON A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER ENABLES ONE
TO SEE THE FAIRIES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters 686 Ninths / Nine Spirit / Mind / Body Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-00-1968