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WALKING UNDER A LADDER IS BAD LUCK.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU WALK UNDER A LADDER, THE ENTIRE REST OF THE
DAY YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FIRST LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
IT'S BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure P682.6 BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 10-23-1967
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER LADDERS.. THE REASON
STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT PAINTERS DROP STUFF FROM
ABOVE.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
IF YOU WALK UNDER A LADDER, THAT MEANS THAT YOU
WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 01-26-1971
IF YOU WALK UNDER A LADDER YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK
THE REST OF THE DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
WHEN A PERSON WALKS UNDER A LADDER HE WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 10-12-1971
NEVER WALK UNDER A LADDER--BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT'S BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 02-14-1971
IF I WALKED UNDER A LEANING LADDER, I WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
WALK UNDER A LADDER, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
WALKING UNDER A LADDER WILL BRING YOU BAD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; PADUCAH
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-04-1972
THE RIDDLE OF THE LADDER
IT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER.
Submitter comment: I'VE ASKED MANY, MANY TIMES WHY IT IS BAD LUCK. THE ONLY
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): God
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEVER PASS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF A POST; IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
IT'S BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER.
Submitter comment: IN MY HOME TOWN, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, MANY PEOPLE
Where learned: NORTH CAROLINA ; CHARLOTTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO WALK UNDER A LADDER IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATLANTA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-27-1969
BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-24-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT SAID HE WOULD NEVER WALK UNDER A LADDER. HE
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; PRESTONSBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 00001928-1946