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SEE A PENNY, PICK IT UP,
AND ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
SEE A PENNY, PICK IT UP,
ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Measure of quality BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, FRIDAY THE 13TH, LADDERS, BLACK CATS AND
WITCHES WERE FEARED OMENS OR BAD LUCK BY BLACK WASH WOMEN,
WHO DID LAUNDRY FOR PEOPLE. THEY THREW BRIGHT PENNIES IN THEIR
WASH TUBS ON WASH DAYS FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; HYBRID ACRES ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Word Letter BELIEF -- Good luck Money BELIEF -- Bad luck Friday the Thirteenth |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO FIND A PENNY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DID YOU KNOW THAT MOVIE STARS HID A PENNY IN THE DRESSING ROOMS
AND IF THE NEXT PERSON WHO USES THE DRESSING ROOM FINDS THE
PENNY, THEN HE WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK IN HIS NEXT PICTURE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- D000 BELIEF -- Measure of quality BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
TO HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL YEAR, SLEEP WITH A HORSESHOE UNDER YOUR
PILLOW AND PUT A PENNY UNDER YOUR DOORWAY ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Measure of quality BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO FIND A PENNY.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A COMMON SUPERSTITION. I CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE I
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of quality Medium of exchange BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
FIND A PENNY, PICK IT UP,
FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEW YEAR' BELIEF FOR GOOD LUCK: PLACE A DIME IN A BIG BOWL
OF BLACK-EYED PEAS AND AS EACH PERSON IS SERVED WHOEVER HAS THE DIME IN HIS OR HER BOWL
HAS BETTER LUCK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Black-Eyed Peas ; Dime ; FOOD ; fortune ; holiday ; LUCK ; MONEY ; New Years
James Callow Keyword(s): COIN
Date learned: 07-08-1973
FOR THE BRIDE TO PUT A SIX PENCE IN THE TOE OF HER SHOE
DURING THE CEREMONY WILL BRING GOOD LUCK TO HER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; SCOTTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Penny in shoe BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Good luck Money BELIEF -- Good luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 10-12-1973
IF YOU FIND A PENNY, PICK IT UP AND ALL THE DAY YOU'LL
HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.881 BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
FINDING A PENNY IN THE MORNING FORECASTS THAT THE REST OF
THE DAY WILL BE LUCKY FOR YOU.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU SHOULD VIEW A NEW MOON OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER AND TURN
A SILVER COIN IN YOUR POCKET FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): RIGHT LEFT
Date learned: 07-04-1973