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IF YOU STEP ON A RED ANT, YOU GET TWO YEARS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FRIEND, GARY PINKLEY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
IT WAS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK IF SPIDERS HAD STOPPED
SPINNING THEIR WEBS OR IF THE MICE STOPPED CHEWING
THE STORAGE DOORS. HAVING THE SPIDERS AND MICE
ABANDON THE HOUSE CERTAINLY MEANT THAT SOMETHING
TERRIBLE WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
Submitter comment: SOME PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE THIS TO BE TRUE TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-20-1967
KILLING A SPIDER IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-08-1967
DON'T STEP ON A SPIDER, IT BRINGS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
KILL A SPIDER ON FRIDAY AND YOU'LL HAVE ALL KINDS
OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 09-21-1969
IF YOU LET A CAT WALK ACROSS YOUR PATH, YOU'LL
HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A PERSON KILLS A CAT FOR ANY REASON, NINE GENERATIONS
OF HIS FAMILY WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HER SISTER-IN-LAW
WHO WAS BORN IN ITALY AND PROBABLY RECEIVING SUCH
A WARNING FROM HER MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNGSTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ITALY ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-11-1965
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH AT NIGHT, YOU WILL
HAVE BAD LUCK THE NEXT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
WHEN YOU SEE A BLACK CAT IN THE MORNING, AND HE
PASSES IN FRONT OF YOU, IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
IT'S BAD LUCK TO LET A BLACK CAT WALK IN FRONT OF YOU.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Jeffersonville
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-18-1971
BLACK CATS ARE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BAD LUCK IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
IF YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING AND THE FIRST THING
YOU SEE IN THE MORNING IS A BLACK CAT, YOU ARE
GOING TO GET BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A BLACK CAT CROSSING YOUR PATH IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
BAD LUCK WILL COME TO ONE WHO HAS A BLACK CAT
CROSS HIS PATH.
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, YOU WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-28-1967
BLACK CAT WALKS IN FRONT OF YOU, BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: NEIGHBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
IT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK IF A BLACK CAT WALKS
ACROSS YOUR PATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
IT'S BAD LUCK TO LET A BLACK CAT CROSS YOUR PATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-25-1969