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WHEN YOU ARE FISHING, YOU MUST ALWAYS SPIT ON THE
BAIT BEFORE YOU PUT IT IN THE WATER. THIS WAS FOR
GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS GRANDFATHER WHO
LIVES IN DETROIT, (MICHIGAN). HOWEVER, THEY ALWAYS
FISHED IN THE GEORGIAN BAY IN ONTARIO, CANADA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
WHEN FISHING, SPIT ON THE BAIT FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS FISHED WITH FELLOWS WHO PRACTICED
THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
A SYMBOL OF GOOD LUCK ON CHILDREN'S DAY IN JAPAN
IS TO SEE A DRAGON. FOR THIS REASON, THEY HAVE
NUMEROUS DRAGON FACES AND FIGURES IN THEIR
PARADES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports BELIEF -- Good luck Activities BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
IF SOMEONE GIVES YOU AN ELEPHANT ORNAMENTATION AND
THE TRUNK IS UP, IT MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Gifts BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
IF A LADY BUG LANDS ON YOU,
YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS TOLD TO ALL OF JEAN'S
GRANDCHILDREN, AS WELL AS ALL
HER CHILDREN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 00001960S
NEVER KILL WHITE SPIDERS BECAUSE
THEY BRING MONEY AND LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS SHE BELIEVES THIS TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
A person should always carry with them a rabbit's
foot for good luck.
Submitter comment:
Informant says that she believes this but does not
practice it.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 00001950S
IF YOU FIND A LADY BUG IN YOUR HOUSE, THIS IS A
GOOD LUCK SIGN. A CRICKET IN YOUR HOUSE MEANS
GOOD LUCK TOO.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS INFORMATION FROM HER MOTHER
ABOUT 1910 IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 05-12-1965 ; 00-00-1910
IF A LADYBUG LANDS ON YOU, THEN LEAVES, YOU WILL
HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-01-1971
HAVING A LADYBUG LAND ON YOU IS A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A SPIDER LANDS ON YOUR CLOTHES, YOU'LL HAVE
GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-13-1970
IF YOU SEE A SPIDER, IT IS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
WALKING THROUGH HORSE MANURE BAREFOOT WILL BRING
GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 09-22-1970
WHENEVER SIGHTING A (PURE) WHITE HORSE IN OUR MANY
TRAVELS AS CHILDREN, GOOD LUCK WOULD VISIT US IF
WE:: LICKED OUR THUMB OF THE RIGHT HAND, THEN WIPED
THE PALM OF OUR LEFT HAND WITH IT, FINALLY SMACKING
THE STILL-OPEN LEFT HAND PALM WITH THE RIGHT-HAND
CLINCHED FIST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Good luck Animals SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
SEE A WHITE HORSE, SPIT, AND YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
MRS. MENZIES COULD NOT REMEMBER WHERE SHE HEARD
THIS BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Good luck Body parts and functions BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-14-1964
IT IS CONSIDERED VERY GOOD LUCK FOR PORPOISES TO
FOLLOW A SHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
IT IS GOOD LUCK WHEN THERE ARE PORPOISES SWIMMING
AROUND THE BOW OF A SHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO SEE A WHITE RAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAILORS WILL NEVER SHOOT A SEAGULL OR A PORPOISE
BECAUSE THEY ARE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
TO SLAY A SHEEP AND THEN TO DONOTE ITS MEAT TO THE
POOR BRINGS GOOD LUCK (1) WHEN YOU BUILD OR BUY A
HOUSE, (2) WHEN A BRIDE AND GROOM ENTER THEIR FIRST
HOME, (3) WHEN YOU HAVE A SERIOUSLY SICK PERSON IN
THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment: SUCH A CUSTOM HAS ITS ORIGIN IN BIBLICAL TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BAGHDAD ; IRAQ
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN