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IT'S UNLUCKY TO PASS THE SALT-SHAKER WITHOUT PUTTING IT
DOWN FIRST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 06-18-1970
SHE SAID THAT IT IS BAD LUCK TO TAKE ANYTHING OUT OF A
GRAVEYARD THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU; FLOWERS OR ANY OTHER
ITEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
Keyword(s): STEALING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
NEVER PASS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF A POST; IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD SAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH IS,
"RABBIT, RABBIT." SHOULD YOU FORGET, THEN THE LAST THING
BEFORE YOU GO TO BED (IT MUST BE BEFORE MIDNIGHT) YOU SHOULD
SAY IT BACKWARD, "TIBBAR, TIBBAR." YOUR LUCK WOULD NOT BE
AS GOOD BY SAYING IT AT NIGHT, BUT NOT AS BAD AS IF YOU
DIDN'T SAY IT AT ALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 06-22-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BURN CEDAR WOOD IN THE FIREPLACE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IT'S BAD LUCK FOR A GROOM TO SEE THE BRIDE BEFORE THE WEDDING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Separation before wedding BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
FOR A PICTURE TO FALL FROM THE WALL IS BAD LUCK, UNLESS A
A PRAYER IS SAID QUIETLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU THROW A BOTTLE CAP AWAY, BUT MISS THE WASTEBASKET,
YOU WILL HAVE A BAD DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00001964 CA.
MARY ANN COMES FROM THE HILLS OF WEST VIRGINIA. SHE SAYS,
"ONE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO TWIRL A CHAIR AROUND ON ONE LEG
INSIDE OF THE HOUSE. THIS WILL BRING BAD LUCK."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
THIS WAS TOLD TO SISTER MARY ANTHONY BY A YOUNG NEGRO STUDENT:
DON'T TURN COOKING MEAT WITH A KNIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00001965 SUMMER
IF YOU FORGET SOMETHING WHEN YOU'RE GOING SOMEWHERE AND HAVE TO
TURN AROUND AND GO BACK TO IT, IT IS A VERY BAD OMEN.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; CHILTON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
WHEN THEY ARE ABOUT TO GO TO WORK IN THE FIELD OR TO VISIT A
FRIEND, THEY WILL NOT DO SO IF THEY HEAR, AS SOON AS THEY
STEP OUT THE DOOR, THE BIRD CHIRPING. (THIS MEANS BAD LUCK.)
THEY WILL STAY AT HOME FOR THE DAY.
Submitter comment: SUPERSTITION OF DAYAK PEOPLE IN SARAWAK, BORNEO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; SARAWAK ; BORNEO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A WOMAN ENTERS THE HOUSE FIRST IN THE
MORNING, SHE BRINGS BAD LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 06-29-1970
WORK ON SABBATH
IT IS BAD LUCK TO DO ANY TYPE OF HOUSEWORK ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS UNLUCKY TO CHANGE THE POSITION (SIDE) OF THE WAY YOU
GET OUT OF BED EVERYDAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, EVERYBODY WAS GETTING AND THEN
SENDING THESE CHAIN LETTERS, WHICH OFFERED A GOOD LUCK PRAYER
IF YOU SENT THE LETTER TO FIVE OF YOUR FRIENDS. IF YOU
DIDN'T SEND IT OUT, THEN YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BAD LUCK.
I REMEMBER ONE IN PARTICULAR--IT SAID THAT COL. JOHNSON
RECEIVED $7000, BUT HE LOST IT LOST IT (SIC) LATER BECAUSE
HE BROKE THE CHAIN OF GOOD LUCK OFFERED IN THE PRAYER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Word Letter BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU SEE THE NEW MOON THROUGH THE TREES, YOU'LL HAVE BAD
LUCK ALL MONTH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK IF A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IF YOU HEAR A VOICE WHEN NO ONE IS THERE, IT IS A SIGN OF
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SEE A NEW MOON THROUGH THE BRANCHES OF A TREE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 06-18-1973