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IF YOU OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE, YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DONELSON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-30-1973
IF YOU EAT BLACK-EYED PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, YOU WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK ALL YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
IF YOU GIVE SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO SOMEONE WHO NEEDS IT, YOU
WILL RECEIVE SOMETHING MUCH BETTER SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-08-1973
IT IS BAD WHEN A CAT IS LOOKING IN A MIRROR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
A RABBIT'S FOOT WILL BRING GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
GOOD LUCK SIGN
SEEING A WHITE MULE IS A SIGN THAT GOOD LUCK WILL COME YOUR
WAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
TO SEE YOUR HUSBAND
AT MIDNIGHT, BACK DOWN THE CELLAR STEPS HOLDING A CANDLE
IN ONE HAND AND A MIRROR IN THE OTHER. AS YOU ARE WALKING,
LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND THE FACE OF THE MAN YOU ARE TO MARRY
WILL APPEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-08-1973
METHOD OF SEEING HUSBAND'S FACE
AT MIDNIGHT, PLACE A CANDLE BETWEEN TWO MIRRORS SO THAT ONE
MIRROR IS FACING YOU. LOOK THROUGH THE GLOE OF THE CANDLE
INTO THE MIRROR AND YOU WILL SEE THE FACE OF THE MAN YOU
ARE TO MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
METHOD FOR DISCOVERING HUSBAND
TWIST AN APPLE STEM WITH EACH STEM SAYING THE ALPHABET. WHEN
THE STEM BREAKS, THAT LETTER WILL THE LAST METAL OF INITIAL
OF YOUR HUSBAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
BAD LUCK
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, THEN YOU WILL HAVE BLACK
LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
BAD LUCK
IF ONE BREAKS A MIRROR, THEN THAT PERSON WILL HAVE BAD LUCK
FOR SEVEN YEARS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH
BAD LUCK FOR FRIDAY TO FALL ON THIRTEENTH OF MONTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
BAD LUCK AT THE TABLE
IT'S BAD LUCK TO SEAT THIRTEEN AT A TABLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PIN BRINGS GOOD LUCK
IF A PIN IS POINTED TOWARD YOU, PICK IT UP FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
BLACK CAT MEANS BAD LUCK
BAD LUCK FOR A CAT TO CROSS YOUR PATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
BROKEN MIRROR
TO BREAK A MIRROR MEANS SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
LADDER TO BAD LUCK
BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
BAD LUCK
IT'S BAD LUCK TO START A NEW PROJECT ON FRIDAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
BAD LUCK SIGNS
IT'S BAD LUCK TO LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES WITH ONE MATCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
BAD LUCK
IT'S BAD LUCK TO BREAK THROUGH A FUNERAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-00-1972