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IT IS BAD LUCK TO TRY TO COUNT STARS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT TOWELS IN THE BATHROOM.
Where learned: DETROIT ; PASTEUR SCHOOL ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 01-29-1968
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
FISHING SUPERSTITION
IF YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF FISH YOU HAVE CAUGHT, YOU
WILL CATCH NO MORE THAT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance P880.530 |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
FOR GOOD LUCK, ONE SHOULD COUNT WHITE HORSES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A HIVE OF BEES WILL DIE IF THEY ARE COUNTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 10-30-1968
DON'T EVER COUNT THE CARS OF A FUNERAL PROCESSION FOR
THE NUMBER OF CARS YOU COUNT WILL BE HOW MANY YEARS
YOU HAVE LEFT TO LIVE.
Submitter comment: MY GIRLFRIEND ONCE TOLD ME THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A PLAYER WINNING IN CARDS
COUNTS HIS MONEY WINNINGS, HE WILL BEGIN TO LOSE
BEFORE THE GAME IS OVER.
Submitter comment: FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: FRATERNITY HOUSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
FOR EVERY FOG IN AUGUST, THERE WILL BE A BIG SNOW IN THE
WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 04-10-1972
IF THERE ISA RING AROUND THE MOON AND STARS IN IT, (THE RING)
COUNT THE STARS AND THERE WILL BE THAT MANY RAINY DAYS IN
THE MONTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 03-25-1972
COUNTING BETWEEN THUNDER AND LIGHNING TO JUDGE THE
DISTANCE OF THE STORM
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU FIND A BUTTON, COUNT THE HOLES IN IT AND YOU WILL
RECEIVE SOME MONEY IN THAT NUMBER OF DAYS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
THE NUMBER OF FOGS IN AUGUST EQUALS THE NUMBER OF SNOWS
THAT WILL FALL THAT WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
Date learned: 03-29-1969
COUNT 100 RED CONVERTIBLES AND THE NEXT BOY YOU MEET IS YOUR
FUTURE HUSBAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILES CARS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Number P686.1.100 BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 04-09-1969
THE NUMBER OF SNOWS IN THE WINTER CAN BE PREDICTED BY THE
NUMBER OF FOGGY MORNINGS DURING AUGUST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 05-08-1969