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THREE TIMES A BRIDESMAID, NEVER A BRIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
THREE TIMES A BRIDESMAID, NEVER A BRIDE.
Submitter comment:
SHE HAS HEARD MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT THIS ACTUALLY
WORKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
YOU ARE ENGAGED. THE THIRD PERSON WHO TRIES ON YOUR
ENGAGEMENT RING IS A LOSER. THEY WON'T GET A HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Marriage P545.015 |
Date learned: 01-25-1968
TAKE A STRING AND TIE IT AROUND A PERSON'S FINGER,
MAKING THREE KNOTS...MAKE A WISH AS EACH KNOT IS TIED.
YOU MUST NOW DO THE SAME TO SEVEN OTHER PERSONS. (IF
YOU ARE A BOY--TO GIRLS; IF A GIRL TO SEVEN BOYS).
NOW SOMEONE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX MUST TAKE THE STRING
OFF YOUR FINGER, UNTYING EACH KNOT SEPARATELY. THEN
YOUR WISHES WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 01-26-1967
YOUR BUSINESS WILL PROSPER IF YOU SEE THREE BIRDS FLY
IN SINGLE FILE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
DEATH ALWAYS HAPPENS IN THREE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-14-1967
MISFORTUNES COMES IN THREES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.5 |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
THROW THREE KISSES AT THE FIRST ROBIN YOU SEE IN THE
SPRING; YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Measure of time Spring BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals SPEECH -- Gesture |
DON'T USE ONE MATCH FOR THREE CIGARETTES.
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED IT FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 03-03-1967
WHEN YOU SNEEZE THREE TIMES IN A ROW, IMMEDIATELY
THINK OF A NUMBER BETWEEN ONE AND 26 AND RELATE IT
TO THE CORRESPONDING LETTER OF THE ALPHABET AND THAT
WILL BE THE INITIAL OF THE PERSON YOU WILL MARRY.
Where learned: RATHSKELLER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 09-20-1968
THRICE A BRIDESMAID, NEVER A BRIDE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ON A BABY'S FIRST BIRTHDAY, PLACE A ROSARY, WHISKEY
GLASS AND SOME MONEY BEFORE HIM. WHICHEVER HE
PICKS WILL BE WHAT HE BECOMES: A PRIEST, A DRUNK,
OR A WEALTHY PERSON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THIS WAS A PRACTICED CUSTOM AMONG
HER FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of object for determining future of young |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
IF THERE ARE BUBBLES IN A POND, IT WILL RAIN FOR
THREE DAYS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
THREE KNOCKS AT THE DOOR MEANS DEATH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD HER MOTHER SAY THIS ONE TIME WHEN
SHE WAS TELLING GHOST STORIES WHICH WERE SUPPOSED
TO BE TRUE. SHE HAD ALSO HEARD HER MOTHER SAY
IT AT DIFFERENT TIMES AFTERWARDS.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001960S EARLY
THE CARMELITES CUT THEIR FRUIT OR PIECES OF CAKE
INTO THREES BEFORE EATING THEM, TO COMMEMORATE
THE BLESSED TRINITY.
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED OF THIS CUSTOM FROM THE SISTERS OF THAT
COMMUNITY WHEN I ENTERED IN OCTOBER, 1961.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LATHRUP VILLAGE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- P439 BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
MALOCCHIO CURE (EVIL EYE)
A CUP OF WATER IS PLACED IN FRONT OF THE AFFLICTED
PERSON. A SPOON IS LAID NEAR THE CUP WITH ITS
HANDLE ON THE EDGE OF THE CUP AND THERE IS OIL IN
THE SPOON. THEN YOU TAKE TABLE KNIFE AND A SIGN OF
THE CROSS IS MADE ON THE FOREHEAD AND THEN THE KNIFE
IS DROPPED ON THE FLOOR HANDLE DOWN. THIS IS DONE
THREE TIMES. DURING THE WHOLE CEREMONY THE PRAYERS
ARE CHANTED AUDIBLY BUT NOT UNDERSTANDABLY. THEN
THE KNIFE IS SET DOWN. THE THUMB IS DIPPED IN THE
OIL AND THE PERSON'S FOREHEAD IS ANOINTED BY
MAKING THE SIGN OF THE CROSS ON IT THREE TIMES.
THEN THE THUMB IS ONCE AGAIN DIPPED IN THE OIL AND
THEN HELD OVER THE DISH. ACCORDING TO WHETHER THE OIL
SINKS OR FLOATS AND HOW IT DISPERSES, ONE CAN TELL
WHETHER THE MALOCCHIO WAS PLACED ON THE PERSON BY A
MAN OR WOMAN; HOW BAD IT IS; AND WHETHER IT CAN BE
CURED.
Submitter comment:
IF THE MALOCCHIO ON A PERSON IS ESPECIALLY BAD,
THEN THE CURE IS REPEATED FOR THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-03-1969
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES WITH THE
SAME MATCH.
THIS BELIEF IS LEFT OVER FROM W. W. I WHEN, IN THE
TRENCHES, SOLDIERS WOULD LEAVE A MATCH LIT LONG
ENOUGH TO LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES AND ITS LIGHT
WOULD ALLOW THE ENEMY TO GET A BEARING ON THEIR
POSITION AND OPEN FIRE ON THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 09-24-1969
THERE IS A CHURCH ON THE MOUNT PLEASANT HIGHWAY WITH AN
ADJACENT GRAVEYARD. IF YOU CAN DRIVE AROUND THE CHURCH
THREE TIMES WITHOUT SEEING A GHOST, YOU'LL HAVE A
HEALTHY LIFE. IF YOU SEE A GHOST, YOU DON'T HAVE LONG
TO LIVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
NO MATTER HOW MUCH WATERMELON A CHILD EATS HE CAN ALWAYS
EAT SOME MORE IF HE RUNS AROUND THE HOUSE THREE TIMES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WILLIAMSON COUNTY
James Callow Keyword(s): APPETITE ; CAPACITY
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 00-00-1918
WALK OUT INTO AN OPEN PLACE WHERE YOU WON'T (WILL?) SEE
THE NEW MOON THROUGH THE TREES. BE SURE THAT YOUR
POCKETBOOK HAS SOME MONEY IN IT. WAVE YOUR POCKETBOOK
AT THE MOON, TURN AROUND THREE TIMES, AND COME BACK O
THE HOUSE WITHOUT SAYING A WORD, AND YOU WILL HAVE
MONEY UNTIL THE NEXT NEW MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |