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A FOUR LEAF CLOVER FOUND MEANS GOOD LUCK TO FINDER. A FIVE
LEAF CLOVER MEANS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters 686 Fifths BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Good luck Plants BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SOME OF THE MENFOLKS STILL CARRY HIGH JOHN DE CONQUER ROOTS
IN THEIR POCKETS FOR LUCK. OLD JOHN WAS THE PROTECTOR OF
THE OLD-TIME SLAVES.
Submitter comment: HIGH JOHN DE CONQUER ROOTS ARE THE MARSH ST. JOHN'S WORT,
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
KNOCK ON WOOD FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Plants SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
FOUR LEAF CLOVERS ARE LUCKY. I BELIEVE IN THAT, BUT I ALSO
BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO BE LUCKY TO FIND ONE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
ONE DAY I WAS FEELING VERY, VERY, EXTREMELY LUCKY INSIDE
WHEN I WAS AT CENTENNIAL PARK. I TOLD MY COMPANIONS THAT I
FELT LIKE JUMPING IN A CLOVER PATCH AND FINDING A FOUR-LEAF
CLOVER. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS COMPELLED TO JUMP STRAIGHT
UP AND PLOP TO THE GROUND AND LOOK DOWN. IMMEDIATELY, I
SAW A FOUR LEAF CLOVER, PICKED IT BEWILDEREDLY AND SHOWED
MY FRIENDS, WHO WERE ASTOUNDED. THAT'S LUCK!
Submitter comment: THE TRUTH, I SWEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CENTENNIAL PARK ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
KNOCK ON WOOD FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Plants SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
IF YOU FIND A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER, IT WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK. IF
YOU FIND A FIVE-LEAF CLOVER, IT WILL BRING BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters 686 Fifths BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Good luck Plants BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
CARRY A BUCKEYE FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
PEOPLE USED TO CARRY A BUCKEYE IN THEIR POCKET FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 08-11-1968
TO CARRY A BUCKEYE BRINGS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 11-24-1977
IF YOU FIND A FOUR LEAF CLOVER THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD
LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLIO
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 09-22-1977
IF YOU FIND A FOUR LEAF CLOVER IT WILL BRING YOU GOOD
LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 06-30-1973
ON YOUR WEDDING NIGHT PUT A FLOWER ON THE PILLOW FOR GOOD
LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Marriage First night, honeymoon, and day after wedding BELIEF -- Good luck Plants BELIEF -- Good luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
A BUCKEYE IS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PREDICTION: LUCK
IF YOU FIND A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |