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IF YOU USE THE SAME MATCH THREE TIMES (AS IN
LIGHTING THREE PERSONS' CIGARETTES) YOU WILL
RECEIVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PONTIAC
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 00001950S
WHEN THREE MEN TAKE A LIGHT FROM A SINGLE MATCH,
BAD LUCK WILL COME TO THE THIRD.
Submitter comment:
BEGAN IN WORLD WAR I.
MARY HEARD IT FROM HER UNCLE, RUSS LLOYD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
LIGHTING THREE CIGARETTES ON THE ONE MATCH BRINGS
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
THREE ON A MATCH IS BAD LUCK BECAUSE WHILE THE FIRST
PERSON IS LIGHTING UP, AN ENEMY IS GETTING OUT A
GUN, WHILE THE SECOND PERSON IS LIGHTING UP, THE
ENEMY IS LINING UP HIS GUN SIGHTS, AND WHILE THE
THIRD PERSON IS LIGHTING UP THE ENEMY AIMS AND
SHOOTS THAT THIRD PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL
PROCESSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
IT'S BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF CARS IN A
PASSING TRAIN OR FUNERAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
IT'S BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL
PROCESSION.
Submitter comment: HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 07-29-1964
IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
IT'S BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL
PROCESSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 10-03-1968
NEVER COUNT THE CARS OF A PASSING TRAIN. THIS WILL
BRING YOU BAD LUCK IN ALL YOU ATTEMPT DURING THAT
DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
THIRTEEN AT DINNER TABLE MEANS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 02-12-1968
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
AT A RACE, IT'S BAD LUCK TO HAVE A NUMBER THAT LOOKS THE
SAME BOTH WAYS--69, 11, 2, 33.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTWOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 06-22-1972
MY DORM ROOM NO. IS 113. A LADY THAT LIVES UP THE HALL SAID
THEY HAD EARLIER IN THE YEAR OFFERED ROOM 113 TO HER, BUT SHE
REFUSED BECAUSE ANYTHING WITH 13 IN IT IS UNLUCKY.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; HYBRID ACRES ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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
LIGHTING THREE ON A MATCH IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 09-15-1973
THREE ON A MATCH IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN