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INDIAN
IF AN INDIAN SEES A COFFIN GOING IN THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION HE IS HEADED, THIS IS GOOD LUCK.
BAD LUCK FOLLOWS IF THE COFFIN IS FOLLOWING IN THE
SAME DIRECTION AS THE VIEWER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Good luck Crucial moment of life BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 02-29-1968
STEPPING ON SOMEONE'S TOMBSTONES IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE LEARNED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
MY MOTHER BELIEVES THAT IF YOU HAVE A DREAM ABOUT
A PRIEST, SOMEONE WILL DIE. SIMILARLY, IF YOU
MEET ONE ON A STREET, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: Child
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FUTURE HUSBANDS CANNOT SEE THEIR BRIDES BEFORE THE CEREMONY;
IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Bride and groom must not see each other BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEVER MARRY ON FRIDAY; IT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION.
Submitter comment: I HAVE HEARD THIS SUPERSTITION IN BOTH KENTUCKY AND
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 08-04-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A BRIDE TO SEW HER OWN WEDDING DRESS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dress of bride and groom BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.545 BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CROSS IN FRONT OF A FUNERAL.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THIS ON JULY 21, 1968.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PERSON YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY BEFORE THE
CEREMONY YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 10-02-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THE COUPLE, IF THE BRIDE SEES HER
HUSBAND-TO-BE BEFORE THE CEREMONY ON THE DAY OF THE
WEDDING.
Where learned: KANSAS ; WICHITA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Separation before wedding BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 09-28-1973
THE GROOM SHOULDN'T SEE THE BRIDE ON THE WEDDING DAY
(BEFORE THE WEDDING), IF HE DOES IT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Separation before wedding BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
UNLUCKY FOR GROOM TO SEE BRIDE IN WEDDING DRESS BEFORE
WEDDING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Separation before wedding BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEVER WEAR BLACK OR WHITE TO A WEDDING, IT IS BAD LUCK FOR
THE BRIDE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Ceremony BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 10-20-1977
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LET THE SHADOW OF THE CASKET FALL ON
THE MIRROR, IT WILL ALSO TURN THE MIRRORS BLACK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN