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IF YOUWERE WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND SAW A BLACK
CAT, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO TURN AROUND AND WALK THE
OPPOSITE WAY.
Submitter comment:
IF YOU DIDN'T TURN AROUND AND GO THE OPPOSITE WAY,
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK IF YOU DON'T HOLD A WHITE BUTTON
WHEN DRIVING THROUGH A CEMETERY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Conversions Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH AND YOU CONTINUE,
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE COLOR GREEN MEANS HOPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
BEWARE OF THOSE WHO GIVE GIRLS YELLOW ROSES. YELLOW
ROSES SYMBOLIZE A JEALOUS PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 10-01-1969
ON A NEW BORN CHILD OR ON A YOUNGSTER, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS
TRY TO HAVE A PIECE OF RED RIBBON ON THE CHILD'S
UNDERSHIRT. THIS WILL LEAD TO FORTUNE AND SUCCESS
FOR THE YOUNGSTER IN HIS LATTER YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
ANYTHING GREEN, LEAVES, FLOWERS, GRASS=HOPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE COLOR GREEN ON A RACING
CAR IS THE CAUSE OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS BELIEF WAS VERY WELL
OBEYED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 09-30-1971
BRIDES MARRIED IN GREEN, ASHAMED TO BE SEEN.
BRIDES MARRIED IN RED, WISH YOU WERE DEAD.
BRIDES MARRIED IN BROWN, TALK OF THE TOWN.
BRIDES MARRIED IN YELLOW, ASHAMED OF THE FELLOW.
BRIDES MARRIED IN BLUE, HE'LL ALWAYS BE TRUE.
BRIDES MARRIED IN WHITE, YOU'LL ALWAYS BE RIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
BLUE REPRESENTS UNHAPPINESS.
GREEN REPRESENTS YOUTH AND FRESHNESS.
YELLOW REPRESENTS SICKNESS OR JEALOUSY.
WHITE REPRESENTS PURITY.
BLACK REPRESENTS DEATH OR SADNESS.
RED REPRESENTS LOVE AND PASSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 03-04-1971
IF YOU WEAR BLUE SOCKS ON A RAINY DAY, YOUR DAY
WILL TURN OUT BADLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WEARING A BLUE SHIRT TO A TEST,
MAKES YOU ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 10-20-1969
ARMENIAN CUSTOM
IT IS AN ARMENIAN CUSTOM THAT WHEN A CHILD IS BORN, NO
MATTER WHAT THE SEX OF THE CHILD IS, IT IS NECESSARY
TO PLACE ANY KIND OF BLUE OBJECT ON THE BABY OR NEAR
THE BABY. THIS OBJECT, FOR AN EXAMPLE, COULD BE A
BEAD OR A BUTTON. IT IS THEN BELIEVED THAT THIS OBJECT
WILL KEEP ALL EVIL, SUCH AS SICKNESS, AWAY FROM THE BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
MEXICAN BELIEF
IF A WOMAN WEARS RED SHOES IN MEXICO, SHE IS CONSIDERED
TO BE A PROSTITUTE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S FRIEND MARRIED A MEXICAN MAN WHO MADE HER
THROW AWAY ALL OF HER RED SHOES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 04-04-1970
PLACE A RED RIBBON IN A CHILD'S HAIR SO HE WILL NOT
BE OVERLY PRAISED BY PEOPLE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00001920S
POLISH SUPERSTITION
ALWAYS WEAR SOMETHING RED SO NOTHING EVIL WILL HAPPEN
TO YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM A FRIEND, WHO IS A POLISH
MOUNTAINEER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 08-12-1964
POLISH
IF YOU WEAR SOMETHING RED, LIKE A RIBBON, NOBODY CAN
BEWEITCH YOU.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
IT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK IN AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE RACING
FOR A CAR TO BE PAINTED GREEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 09-24-1968
NUNS SAY THAT GIRLS SHOULDN'T WEAR WHITE BECAUSE IT
REMINDS BOYS OF SHEETS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 09-25-1968