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WISDOM TEETH
WHEN YOUR WISDOM TEETH COME IN HALF YOUR LIFE IS OVER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Maturity |
Date learned: 10-20-1968
ITCHING PALMS BELIEF
IF YOUR PALMS START TO ITCH, IT MEANS THAT
YOU ARE GOING TO COME INTO SOME MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
BELIEF
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, RUB IT ON WOOD
AND YOU WILL RECEIVE MONEY SOON;
IF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES,
YOU ARE TO SHAKE HANDS WITH A STRANGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
SUPERSTITION
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES IT MEANS THAT MONEY IS CLOSE.
THIS DOES NOT MEAN MONEY IN A PAY CHECK
OR SOME OTHER SOURCE OF REGULAR INCOME.
BUT UNEXPECTED MONEY, WHICH COULD BE INHERETED OR DONATED.
Submitter comment:
THESE ARE MEMORIES OF HOMELAND GERMANY
THE INFORMANT KNOWS OF SUPERSTITIOUS CUSTOMS BUT DOES NOT SHAPE
HER LIFE AROUND THEIR PREDICTIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BEAUTY SHOP ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
INDICATOR OF INCREASED WEALTH
IF YOU HAVE AN ITCHY PALM
YOU WILL COME IN CONTACT WITH INCREASED FINANCES
WITHIN THE NEXT TWENTY FOUR HOURS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
ITCHING HANDS
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES YOU WILL SHAKE HANDS WITH A FOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
BELIEF
IF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES YOU WILL SPEND SOME MONEY.
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES YOU WILL SAVE SOME MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES YOU WILL PAY OUT MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
BELIEF- BODY PART
IF YOUR RIGHT PALM IS DRY IT MEANS YOU WILL GET MONEY SOON.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
BELIEF- BODY PART
IF YOUR LEFT PALM IS DRY IT MEANS YOU WILL LOSE MONEY.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 01-15-1972
WEDDING TRADITION
ORIGINALLY, THE WEDDING RING WAS PLACED
ON THE THIRD FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND BECAUSE IT WAS THOUGHT
TO BE CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO THE HEART BY THE
"VENA AMORIS", THE VEIN OF LOVE.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK ; WEDDING SHOWER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
PROVERB
COLD HANDS WARM HEART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
BELIEF
IF YOU HAVE A LARGE "V" SHAPED LINE IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND,
IT IS CALLED YPUR LIFE LINE
AND YOU WILL LIVE TO AN OLD AGE.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER IS ALWAYS LOOKING AT OUR PALMS
THIS IS SOMETHING SHE HAS HEARD OF
AND BELIEVED IN SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD IN ENGLAND.
Where learned: HOME ; Grandmother ; TOLD BY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-24-1970
LUCK AND GOOD FORTUNE
THE NAILS OF A NEWBORN ARE CUT AND PUT INTO A POUCH AND THEN IF
KEPT IN THE POCKET OF THE FATHER'S WILL BRING GOOD LUCK
THE INFORMANT BELIEVED THIS BUT HER HUSBAND DIDN'T SO SHE HAD TO SLIP
IT IN TO HIS BACK POCKET AT NIGHT. SHE DIDN'T SAY IF IT WORKED.
FINGERNAILS
Submitter comment:
GIFTGIVING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
CLIPPING NAILS
IF YOU CLIP YOUR NAILS AND THROW THEM IN THE STREET WHO-EVER WALKS
ON THEM WILL BE YOUR ENEMY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
GOOD LUCK
TOUCH THE CEILING IN THE CAR WHILE GOING UNDER RAILROAD TRACKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00001970S
WHEN YOU SEE THE FIRST ROBIN OF SPRING, LICK YOUR THUMB, RUB IT ON
THE OPPOSITE FIST AND BANG THEM TOGETHER. THEN MAKE A WISH.
Submitter comment: 1 HE LEARNED THIS IN GERMANY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
Date learned: 00-00-1950
PARING THE FINGER-NAILS AT NIGHT (IN THE DARK) BRINGS POVERTY. (IF
YOU CUT YOUR FINGER-NAILS AT NIGHT YOU WILL RUN THE RISK OF CUTTING
YOUR FINGER TIPS AND THUS STOPPING YOURSELF FROM ATTENDING TO YOUR
WORK.)
Where learned: TANZANIA ; EAST AFRICA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
ITCH IN THE PALM OF THE HAND
IF THE PALM OF THE HAND ITCHES IT MEANS THAT YOUR GOING TO GET SOME
UNEXPECTED/SURPRISING MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 12-00-1982
SUPERSTITION
IF YOUR PALM ITCHES, YOU ARE GOING TO GET MONEY FROM
SOMEONE.
Where learned: SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 00001970S