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IT IS BAD LUCK TO PUT TENNIS SHOES ON A TABLE.
Submitter comment:
LUCY PLAYS BASKETBALL SO SHE HAS A LOT OF CONTACT
WITH TENNIS SHOES!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
IF ONE PUTS SHOES ON A TABLE, IT IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE WHO REMEMBERS THIS
FROM HER CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN ; CHILDHOOD
IT IS VERY BAD LUCK FOR A SAILOR TO SIT WITH HIS
HAT ON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
IF A BLACK CAT WALKS ACROSS YOUR PATH, YOU CAN CONVERT
THE BAD LUCK BY ROLLING UP ONE PANTS' LEG AND TURNING
YOUR HAT AROUND BACKWARDS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.50 BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 07-03-1972
ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL IN JACKSON, TENNESSEE USED TO BE TAUGHT BY
THE DOMINICAN SISTERS OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. THIS NEGRO
SCHOOL HAS SINCE BEEN CLOSED.
THEY WERE HAVING A PLAY ONE DAY AND ONE OF THE BOYS NEEDED A
COAT SO THAT HE WOULD LOOK THE PART OF AN ADULT. IT WAS TIME
FOR THE PLAY AND THIS BOY HAD NOT SHOWN UP. THEY WAITED AND
WAITED, BUT HE DIDN'T COME. FINALLY, HE ARRIVED AND THE
SISTER ASKED HIM WHY HE HAD TAKEN SO LONG. HE SAID THAT
THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD A COAT WAS HIS BROTHER, AND HE HAD HAD
BAD LUCK AND AS SOON AS HE WOULD PUT ON THE COAT HE
WOULD HAVE BAD LUCK TOO, AND IT WOULD MAKE HIM MAKE A
MISTAKE WITH HIS LINES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; JACKSON
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- D000 BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
IF YOU PUT ANY CLOTHES ON BACKWARDS AND CHANGE IT; IT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
DON'T SEW YOUR CLOTHES WHILE YOU'RE WEARING THEM; IT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
IF YOU PUT A HAT ON THE TABLE, IT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK IF YOU DON'T PUT YOUR RIGHT SHOE ON FIRST.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO HANG A PAIR OF PANTS ON A BED POST.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PUT A HAT ON THE BED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
THIS WAS TOLD TO SISTER MARY ANTHONY BARR BY A NEGRO GRADUATE
STUDENT:
IT IS ALWAYS BAD LUCK TO PUT AN UMBRELLA OR A HAT ON THE BED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 00001965 SUMMER
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK UNLESS
YOU TURN YOUR HAT AROUND AND YOUR POCKETS INSIDE OUT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
IT'S BAD LUCK TO WALK WITH ONE SHOE OFF AND ONE SHOE ON.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATLANTA
Date learned: 03-27-1969
PUTTING A HAT ON A BED IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 05-04-1969
DURING MY CHILDHOOD, I REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER (MRS. M. C. BROWN
SR., GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA) GETTING VERY UPSET WHEN ANYONE WOULD
PUT A HAT ON ONE OF HER BEDS. SHE FELT THAT THIS WAS VERY
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; GAINESVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO TAKE A STEP WITH JUST ONE SHOE ON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): WALKING
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU GET A NEW DRESS AND LET SOMEONE WEAR IT BEFORE YOU HAVE
WORN IT, IT WILL BRING YOU BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
Date learned: 07-04-1970
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PUT SHOES ON A TABLE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED WHILE GROWING UP IN WALES.
Where learned: WALES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT'S BAD LUCK TO PUT A HAT ON A BABY BEFORE IT'S ONE YEAR OLD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLASS ASSIGNMENT ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 03-07-1969