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IT'S BAD LUCK TO LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES FROM ONE MATCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-03-1972
TROUBLE COMES IN TRIPLE DOSES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
IF THERE'S ONE DEATH IN THE FAMILY, THERE'LL BE THREE
BEFORE IT'S OVER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
IF YOU HAVE PNEUMONIA THREE TIMES, IT'LL KILL YOU.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
KAY SAID THAT WHEN HER GRANDFATHER, H. R. SWIFT, OF
ABILENE, TEXAS, WAS IN WORLD WAR I, IN PARIS, FRANCE,
IT WAS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK TO LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES
OFF ONE LIGHTED MATCH. (ENEMY WOULD SEE THE LIGHT).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
BAD LUCK AND DEATH COMES IN THREES. IF TWO BAD THINGS
HAPPEN OR TWO DEATHS OCCUR, BE ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR THE
THIRD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK IF YOU LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES FROM ONE MATCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-07-1973
I HAVE HEARD MANY PEOPLE SAY THIS: DEATH SEEMS TO OCCUR IN
THREES. IF ONE PERSON WITH WHOM YOU ARE ACQUAINTED DIES--
TWO MORE DEATHS WILL OCCUR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THIS WILL
HAPPEN TO THOSE YOU HAVE HAD CONTCT WITH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
IF YOU SEE THREE WHITE HORSES ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE RODE
(ROAD) MAKE A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 07-08-1970
BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN THREES.
Submitter comment: SOURCE UNKNOWN
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BETHESDA
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DEATHS AND TRAGIC EVENTS COME IN THREES.
Submitter comment: THE ONLY TORNADO THAT EVER STRUCK IN MARSHALL COUNTY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
AIRLINES PEOPLE SAY THAT ACCIDENTS ALWAYS HAPPEN IN THREES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-06-1970
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BAD LUCK FOR THREE PEOPLE TO ALL LIGHT
THEIR CIGARETTES ON THE SAME MATCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 07-30-1968
A GIRL CAN ONLY BE A BRIDESMAID TWICE--THE THIRD TIME SHE WALKS
DOWN THE AISLE SHE MUST BE A BRIDE, OR SHE WON'T MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 04-22-1969
IF YOU ARE THE THIRD ONE TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE OFF A
MATCH, YOU WILL DIE IN A WHORE HOUSE.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; ORLANDO
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-24-1969
ONE CROW SORROW, TWO CROWS JOY,
THREE CROWS A WEDDING, FOUR CROWS A BOY,
FIVE CROWS SILVER, SIX CROWS GOLD,
SEVEN CROWS A SECRET THAT NEVER CAN BE TOLD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
Date learned: 04-04-1969
ON MAY FIRST A SINGLE GIRL SHOULD WALK AROUND THE HOUSE
THREE TIMES VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING. (IF?) THE FIRST
PERSON OR ANIMAL SHE SEES IS A MALE, SHE WILL MARYY THAT
YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 07-08-1970
IF YOU HEAR AN OWL HOOTING IN A TREE NEAR YOUR HOUSE FOR
THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW, SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY IS GOING
TO DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
"IF GOD, IN ANCIENT TIMES, HAD SPOKEN TO MEN IN VISIONS OF THE
NIGHT, WHAT EASIER WAY COULD THERE BE FOR HIM TO CONVEY HIS
MEANING TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES? SCIENCE, WHICH HAS SHATTERED
MANY AN IDOL AND DESTROYED MANY A DELUSION, HAS MADE BUT SLIGHT
INROADS UPON THE SHADOWY REALM OF DREAMS. FOR MIS' MOLLY, TO
WHOM SCIENCE WOULD HAVE MEANT NOTHING AND PSYCHOLOGY WOULD
HAVE BEEN A MEANINGLESS TERM, THE LAND OF DREAMS WAS CAREFULLY
MAPPED AND BOUNDED. EACH DREAM HAD SOME SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE,
OR WAS AT LEAST SUSCEPTIBLE OF CLASSIFICATION UNDER SOME
SIGNIFICANT HEAD. DREAMS, AS A GENERAL RULE, WENT BY
CONTRARIES; BUT A DREAM THREE TIMES REPEATED WAS A CERTAIN
PORTENT OF THE THING DEFINED."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; COLLIER BOOKS ; PAGE 84
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
IF YOU DREAM A DREAM THREE NIGHTS IN SUCCESSION, IT WILL COME
TRUE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 04-03-1972