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IT IS BAD LUCK NOT TO GO OUT THE SAME DOOR YOU CAME IN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT WHEN VISITING, IF THEY DON'T
GO OUT THE SAME DOOR THEY CAME IN, THEY WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
IF SOMEBODY GOES IN ONE DOOR AND OUT THE OTHER, (THEY)
HE WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS NOT SURE WHERE HE HEARD THIS, BUT HE
ADDED IT HAPPENED TO HIM ONCE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 04-18-1965
IF SOMEONE COMES IN OR OUT OF THE WINDOW, IT IS BAD
LUCK. ONLY DEAD PEOPLE USE WINDOWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
IT IS UNLUCKY TO LEAVE A HOUSE BY MEANS OF A WINDOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 03-31-1968
MY MOTHER THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH BAD LUCK TO CLIMB OUT
OF A WINDOW, THAT SHE REALLY USED TO GIT ME
WHENEVER SHE SAW ME DO IT.
Submitter comment:
MR. MURCHISON, WHO IS FROM ARKANSAS, TELLS THIS
IN SOUTHERN DRAWL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 07-01-1964
AFTER ENTERING A DOOR, GO OUT BY THE SAME DOOR, OR YOU
WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
IF SOMEONE ENTERS YOUR HOUSE BY ONE DOOR, HE HAS TO LEAVE BY
THE SAME DOOR, UNLESS HE HAS SAT DOWN WHILE INSIDE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
WHEN YOU GO ON A TRIP, NEVER RETURN TO THE HOUSE IF YOU FORGET
SOMETHING, OR YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK ON YOUR TRIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 05-01-1969
WHEN YOU ARE GOING ACROSS A BRIDGE, PICK UP YOUR FEET, OR YOU
WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IF A TRAIN GOES OVER YOU WHILE YOU'RE IN AN UNDERPASS, BAD
LUCK WILL COME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 05-13-1969
IT BRINGS BAD (LUCK) TO THE PERSON'S FAMILY WHO LEAVES A
FUNERAL SERVICE FIRST. SOMEONE IN THAT FAMILY WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 04-29-1969
A PERSON SHOULD ALWAYS LEAVE FROM THE DOOR THAT HE ENTERS INTO
IN HOUSE OR BAD LUCK WILL BEFALL HIM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WATCH AN AIRPLANE OUT OF SIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
ALWAYS ENTER AND LEAVE A HOUSE BY THE SAME DOOR, OR THERE
WILL BE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
THERE WAS A MAN BACK HOME THAT ALWAYS TOOK THE BACK ROADS TO
WORK SO HE WOULDN'T MEET ANYONE. IF HE DID MEET ANYONE, IT
WOULD BRING BAD LUCK FOR THE DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DICKSON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO ENTER A HOUSE THROUGH ONE DOOR AND GO OUT
ANOTHER DOOR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THE TRAVELER IF YOU WATCH HIM UNTIL HE IS
OUT OF SIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-22-1972
IF YOU START SOMEWHERE AND DECIDE TO TURN AROUND, YOU MUST
MAKE A CROSSMARK IN THE ROAD AND SPIT IN IT OR YOU'LL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: MRS. ROOKS DOES NOT REALLY BELIEVE THIS, BUT ADMITS TO
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-17-1972