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IT IS BAD LUCK TO SEW A BUTTON, HEM, OR ANYTHING,
WHILE A PERSON IS STILL WEARING THE ARTICLE.
IT SEWS THE BAD LUCK IN AND KEEPS THE GOOD LUCK OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
IF YOU SING A TUNE WHILE YOU EAT, IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
IF YOU SING BEFORE BREAKFAST, YOU WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK BEFORE LUNCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
NEVER SING AT THE TABLE; IT BRINGS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 03-16-1971
DO NOT SING OR TELL YOUR DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST OR
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK. SOMETIMES, IF YOU TELL YOUR
DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Submitter comment: ABOUT 1915.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 00-00-1915
SPILLING WINE IS A SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
IT'S BAD LUCK TO WHISTLE ON A SAILING VESSEL EXCEPT
IN THE MOST DIRE STRAITS, LIKE WHEN THEY'RE BECALMED.
THEN THE CAPTAIN TRIES TO WHISTLE UP A WIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MARITIME
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 01-00-1972
IF YOU WHISTLE IN THE HOUSE, IT BRINGS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: ROMANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-07-1969
IF YOU WHISTLE OR SING AT THE TABLE, YOU WISH BAD
LUCK ON SOMEONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-03-1969
IT IS VERY BAD LUCK TO WHISTLE OR SING AT THE DINNER
TABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
LIFT FOR STRENGTH
WHEN MY BROTHERS AND SISTER WERE CHILDREN, WE WOULD RUN
TO LIFT SOME HEAVY OBJECT--TABLE, CHAIR, BUCKET OF COAL--
WHENEVER WE HEARD THE FIRST THUNDER OF THE YEAR. WE
WERE INITIATED INTO THIS PRACTICE BY MY MOTHER AND
DAD WHO BELIEVED THAT IF YOU LIFTED SOMETHING HEAVY AT
THE SOUND OF THUNDER FOR THE FIRST TIME, DURING THE
YEAR, WE WOULD ALL BE HEALTHY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
STRONG, DURING THE COMING YEAR.
Submitter comment:
DURING A RECENT CONVERSATION WITH MY MOTHER, SHE
REMINDED ME OF THIS PRACTICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-15-1965
GOOD LUCK OMEN AFTER RAIN
THE OIL IN THE STREET AFTER IT RAINS--ALL KINDS OF
DIFFERENT COLORS--WELL, IF YOU STEP IN IT, IT MEANS
GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: POPULAR TRADITION IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; DETROIT ; GLOUCESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
IF YOU SNEEZE THREE TIMES IN A ROW, YOU'RE A GOOD
CATHOLIC.
Submitter comment:
PROBABLY CAME FROM MRS. DRAMBERGER'S PARENTS, WHO WERE
FROM GERMANY.
Where learned: GERMANY ; TEXAS ; SAN ANTONIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
YAWN AND YOUR SHOES ARE UNTIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
SNEEZING
WHEN A PERSON SNEEZES TWO TIMES IN A ROW IT MEANS GOOD LUCK
WILL COME TO HIM. BUT IF A PERSON SNEEZES THREE TIMES IN
A ROW, HE SOON WILL BE KISSED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S FAMILY TOLD HIM THIS QUITE OFTEN WHEN HE WAS
YOUNGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 03-22-1971
A GREAT LAKES LEGEND
THERE IS A BELL ON THE CANADIAN SIDE OF LAKE HURON
THAT RINGS EVERY TIME A SHIP GOES DOWN ON THE
GREAT LAKES.
Submitter comment: HEARD AT HOME IN ROGERS CITY, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ROGERS CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Still water Small body. |
Date learned: 02-04-1967
IF YOU CALL SOMEONE BY THE WRONG NAME, IT MEANS THAT
THE PERSON WHOSE NAME YOU USED IS THINKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
BAD LUCK
NEVER WEAR TWO RINGS THAT ARE FROM DIFFERENT BOYS AT THE
SAME TIME; THE THREE OF YOU MAY MEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
SUPERSTITION-BELIEF ABOUT FORGETTING
WHENEVER SOMEONE ADMITS THAT THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN
WHAT IT WAS THEY WANTED TO SAY, THE INFORMANT ALWAYS
SAYS, "IT MUST HAVE BEEN A LIE!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 01-28-1971
IN BELGIUM, IT IS BELIEVED THAT YOU CAN DETERMINE THE
TYPE OF PERSON SOMEONE IS BY THEIR HANDSHAKE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-01-1970