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NEVER START ANYTHING NEW ON FRIDAY.
EXAMPLE--CHANGE OF JOBS, GETTING MARRIED, MOVING
TO A NEW HOUSE, ETC. IT IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER HEARD IT FROM HER MOTHER WHILE LIVING AT
HOME ON A FARM IN CLARE, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
IT IS VERY BAD LUCK IF A CLOCK THAT HAS STOPPED SUDDENLY
STRIKES. THIS HAPPENED TO HER ONE TIME AND SHE SAID
HER SISTER DIED; THIS IS WHY SHE THINKS IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE DOWN BY NEW YEAR'S DAY
BAD LUCK WILL COME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY CAFE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 03-02-1969
MANY PEOPLE TOLD MY SISTER, WHO HAD SET HER MARRIAGE DATE
FOR MARCH 15TH (THE IDES OF MARCH) THAT THIS WAS UNLUCKY,
BECAUSE OF THE CONNOTATIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE'S JULIUS
CAESAR.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 15 BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.545 BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 06-27-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A WOMAN TO ENTER A HOUSE FIRST ON NEW YEAR'S
DAY. FOR GOOD LUCK, A MAN MUST ENTER FIRST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLARKSVILLE
Date learned: 00-00-1970
IT IS THOUGHT UNLUCKY TO HANG UP A CALENDAR BEFORE JANUARY 1ST
OF THE NEW YEAR.
Submitter comment: LEARNED WHILE GROWING UP IN WALES.
Where learned: WALES
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CUT YOUR FINGERNAILS ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IT'S BAD LUCK TO SET SAIL ON FRIDAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
IT'S BAD LUCK TO WASH ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR. IF
YOU WASH, THAT IS A SIGN THAT YOU WILL WASH SOMEONE OUT
OF THE FAMILY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: 06-24-1972
DON'T START ANYTHING NEW ON FRIDAY, BECAUSE THAT'S A BAD LUCK DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 06-02-1970
IF YOU SEW OR IRON ON SUNDAY, GOD WILL PUNISH YOU BY ALLOWING
SOMETHING BAD TO HAPPEN TO YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT'S BAD LUCK TO START ANY JOB ON FRIDAY THAT YOU CAN'TFINISH
THAT WEEK.
Submitter comment: NOT SO MUCH BELIEVED AS PRACTICED FOR HOUSEKEEPING PURPOSES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 06-14-1972
A PROJECT BEGUN ON FRIDAY MUST BE FINISHED ON THE SAME DAY,
OR BAD LUCK WILL RESULT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 03-27-1969
IT IS BAD LUCK TO MOVE ON A FRIDAY.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATLANTA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 03-27-1969
ON THE FIRST MORNING OF EVERY MONTH, SAY "RABBIT, RABBIT,"
IMMEDIATELY AFTER WAKING UP (BEFORE SPEAKING ANY OTHER WORDS)
OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK ALL MONTH!
Date learned: 05-07-1972
YOU SHOULD GET MARRIED ON THE HALF HOUR, WHEN THE HANDS OF THE
CLOCK ARE GOING UP, THIS MEANS GOOD LUCK. IT IS BAD LUCK TO
GET MARRIED ON THE HOUR WHEN THE HANDS OF THE CLOCK ARE GOING
DOWN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 05-05-1969
IT IS BAD LUCK TO START A JOB ON SATURDAY AND NOT FINISH IT
BEFORE SUNDAY.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 03-23-1969
THEY SAY THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE BUT ONE CLOCK RUNNING
IN A ROOM, FOR IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 06-25-1970