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FRENCH CANADIAN
THE FIRST TIME ANYONE SEES A BABY, THEY SHOULD KISS
IT ON THE FOREHEAD TO BRING GOOD LUCK AND GOOD
HEALTH TO THE CHILD FOR THE REST OF ITS LIFE.
Submitter comment:
A FRENCH-CANADIAN LADY DID THIS TO MY BROTHER AND THEN
TOLD MY MOTHER WHY SHE HAD DONE THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Date learned: 10-10-1968
EATING THE FIRST SLICE OF YOUR BIRTHDAY CAKE WILL BRING
YOU GOOD LUCK AND MAKE YOUR WISH COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Good luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
IF YOU MOVE TO ANOTHER HOME, DO NOT MOVE THE BROOM
FROM THE OLD HOUSE, IT IS A SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 03-27-1967
WHEN YOU MOVE INTO A NEW HOME, DON'T TAKE A BROOM
FROM THE OLD HOME OR ONE THAT SOMEONE HAS GIVEN
YOU OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK. IT'S BEST TO BUY A
NEW ONE AFTER YOU GET IN THE NEW HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
PUTTING THE LEFT SHOE ON FIRST IN THE MORNING WILL
BRING BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID WHEN HIS HAPPENS TO HIS MOTHER,
SHE STAYS CLOSE TO HOME ALL DAY AND IS AFRAID
TO RECEIVE ANY PHONE CALLS. HE SAID THAT WHENEVER
HIS MOTHER DOES THIS, HE REALLY GETS ANGRY AND CANNOT
STAND TO BE AROUND ALL DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 12-01-1971
YOU MUST HAVE BREAD AND SALT WHEN YOU MOVE INTO A
NEW HOUSE, OR IT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO MAKE A NEW OPENING IN AN OLD
HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 01-03-1970
DON'T EVER MOVE INTO A HOME ON A FRIDAY BECAUSE
IT IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
DIANE LEARNED THIS FROM HER GIRLFRIEND, SANDY
DITTRICH.
Where learned: CAR
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
MOVING INTO A NEW HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY OR FRIDAY WILL
BRING BAD LUCK OR MUCH SICKNESS.
Submitter comment:
I WAS TOLD THIS WHEN MOVING TO DETROIT; THE TELLER
WAS ALSO CAUTIONED LIKE THIS BY HER GRANDMOTHER
WHO REALLY BELIEVED IT.
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
IT'S UNLUCKY TO START ON A NEW JOB OR A NEW PROJECT
ON A FRIDAY.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
WHENEVER A BASEBALL PLAYER GOES ON OR OFF THE FIELD, HE
MAKES SURE HE TOUCHES EITHER THE 1ST OR 3RD BASE
FOUL LINE. IF HIS CLUB'S DUGOUT IS ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF THE FIELD, HE TOUCHES THE 1ST BASE FOUL LINE,
IF THE DUGOUT IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FIELD,
HE TOUCHES THE 3RD BASE FOUL LINE. IT IS VERY BAD
LUCK FOR HIM TO RUN OVER THAT CHALK LINE WITHOUT
TOUCHING IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 11-07-1969
WILD BILL HICCOCK WON A CARD GAME BY AN ACE AND AN
EIGHT. BECAUSE HE WON BY THIS, HE WAS SHOT. TODAY
IT BRINGS BAD LUCK TO WIN A GAME BY AN ACE OR AN
EIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BILL HICKOK
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Eighths / Eight Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 10-08-1968
PUTTING NEW LUMBER IN AN OLD HOUSE IS BAD LUCK FOR
IT MEANS SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 01-00-1971
IF YOU SEE A NEW MOON THROUGH GLASS, IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
EACH NEW FAMILY WE VISITED, MY MOTHER INSISTED THAT
MY FATHER ENTER THE HOME FIRST. WHEN I ASKED HER
WHY, SHE SAID THAT IF A MAN (EXCLUDING ANY MALE
LIVING IN THE HOME) IS THE FIRST PERSON TO ENTER
THE HOUSE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, THE FAMILY WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK. BUT IF A WOMAN ENTERS THE HOUSE FIRST,
THERE WILL BE BAD LUCK FALL UPON THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION AS A CHILD
IN WINDLIER, PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
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
WHEN YOU MOVE, SWEEP OUT THE HOUSE OR ELSE YOU'LL
LEAVE YOUR LUCK IN THE HOUSE AND NOT HAVE ANY IN
THE NEW HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities BELIEF -- Conversions Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
WHEN YOU ARE MOVING, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO LEAVE
SOMETHING BEHIND SO THAT LUCK WILL COME TO THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT TO MOVE IN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S FAMILY DOES THIS WHENEVER THEY MOVE
AND HAVE TOLD THEIR FAMILY TO DO IT TOO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 03-22-1971
NEVER MOVE INTO A HOUSE YOU HAVE ONCE MOVED OUT OF--
IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Conversions Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 01-30-1970
IF YOU CRY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, YOU WILL CRY EVERY DAY FOR
THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. |
Date learned: 10-03-1969