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IF YOU WEAR YOUR BELT BACKWARDS FOR THREE DAYS, GOOD LUCK
WILL FOLLOW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MURFREESBORO
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IF YOU SEE A RING AROUND THE MOON, IT WILL RAIN WITHIN THREE
DAYS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
IF SNOW STAYS ON THE GROUND THREE DAYS, IT'S WAITING FOR MORE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: FROM YOUTH
WHEN YOU SEE A FALLING STAR, YOU MUST SAY "MONEY" THREE TIMES
WHILE THE STAR IS STILL IN VIEW AND THEN YOU WILL GET SOME
MONEY.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Celestial body come to earth SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
WHEN OR BEFORE MY FATHER PASSED AWAY, THERE WERE THREE KNOCKS
ON THE DOOR, AND THE MALE NURSE OPENED THE DOOR. THERE WAS A
MAN WITH A DOVE ON HIS SHOULDER. THE DOVE FLEW TO MY FATHER
AND LIT ON HIS BED AND THEN FLEW BACK TO THE MAN. THE MAN
AND THE DOVE DISAPPEARED WHILE THE NURSE WAS LOOKING AT THEM.
MY FATHER DIED THE NEXT NIGHT.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
THIS WAS TOLD TO SISTER MARY ANTHONY BARR BY A NEGRO GRADUATE
STUDENT:
IF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, ONE OF THREE THINGS IS IN YOUR FUTURE--
A NEW PLACE, STRANGE GROUND, OR A CEMETERY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 00001965 SUMMER
A SCREECH OWL WHISTLING NEAR A HOUSE THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW
PREDICTS DEATH IN THAT HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 08-03-1968
IF A BLACK CROW MAKES THREE QUICK SUCCESSIVE CALLS, A MEMBER
OF THE FAMILY WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; SARAWAK ; BORNEO
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
IF A BLACK CAT RUNS ACROSS THE ROAD IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU MUST
STOP AND SPIT THREE TIMES, OR ELSE YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
BREAKING BAD LUCK CURSE OF BLACK CAT
DAD USED TO TURN HIS HAT AROUND THREE TIMES, WHEN A BLACK CAT
CROSSED THE ROAD. IF HE DIDN'T HAVE HIS HAT HE'D MAKE ONE OF US
KIDS TURN AROUND THREE TIMES. IT WAS MORE JOKINGLY THAN
SERIOUS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: 07-30-1968
CARL SAID THERE WAS A SUPERSTITION IN THE MARINES (4 YEARS AGO
HE WAS RELEASED) THAT "THREE ON A MATCH AND THE THIRD MAN
GETS KILLED."
Submitter comment: THIS WAS SAID, WHILE A THIRD PERSON CAME UP TO GET A CIGARETTE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; EVENING CLASS ; BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 |
Date learned: 02-12-1969
IF THREE PEOPLE LIGHT CIGARETTES FROM THE SAME MATCH, IT'S
BAD LUCK FOR THE THIRD.
Where learned: ATLANTA ; GEORGIA, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, YOU HAVE THREE CHANCES FOR
BAD LUCK AND THEN THE CURSE IS OFF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 05-01-1969
IF YOU LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES OFF OF ONE MATCH, IT MEANS BAD
LUCK IS IN THE FUTURE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU KILL A SPIDER, TURN AROUND THREE TIMES TO KEEP
OFF WITCHES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 04-02-1969
WHEN YOU STRIKE A MATCH, PERHAPS LIGHTING SOMEONE'S CIGARETTE,
YOU SHOULD ONLY LIGHT TWO THINGS AND THEN BLOW OUT THE MATCH.
THE THIRD PERSON TO USE THE MATCH WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 07-01-1970
ONE SHOULD HANG INDIAN CORN ON THEIR DOOR FOR A BOUNTIFUL
HARVEST. (3 EARS)
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATLANTA
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 07-04-1970
THREE ON A MATCH IS BAD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment: INITIALS "MM" APPEAR UNDER D. B. GONYER'S NAME ON 5X8 CARD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THREE PEOPLE LIGHT A CIGARETTE ON ONE MATCH, BAD LUCK
WILL FOLLOW THE YOUNGEST TO USE THE MATCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): YOUNGEST IS THE LAST BORN
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF YOU HICCUP THREE TIMES, YOU WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-05-1970