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PEOPLE WHO ROCK EMPTY ROCKING CHAIRS ARE ASKING
FOR BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 02-01-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK TO ROCK A ROCKING CHAIR WITH NO ONE
IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 11-20-1968
ROCK AN EMPTY CHAIR
AND BAD LUCK WILL SOON APPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 03-28-1968
IF YOU ROCK A ROCKING CHAIR WITHOUT SOMEONE IN
IT, YOU WILL SURELY HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PONTIAC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO ROCK AN EMPTY CHAIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 04-05-1970
ALWAYS GET OUT OF BED THE SAME SIDE AS YOU GET IT (IN?); IF YOU
DON'T, IT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
IF YOU PUT A HAT ON THE TABLE, IT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SPIN A CHAIR ON ONE LEG.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO HANG A PAIR OF PANTS ON A BED POST.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
DON'T LEAVE A ROCKER ROCKING OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 06-28-1970
PUTTING A HAT ON A BED IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 05-04-1969
DURING MY CHILDHOOD, I REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER (MRS. M. C. BROWN
SR., GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA) GETTING VERY UPSET WHEN ANYONE WOULD
PUT A HAT ON ONE OF HER BEDS. SHE FELT THAT THIS WAS VERY
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; GAINESVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PUT SHOES ON A TABLE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED WHILE GROWING UP IN WALES.
Where learned: WALES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK IF YOU PUT YOUR SHOES ON THE BED.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-28-1969
MY MOTHER WOULD NEVER SLEEP WITH HER BED IN A POSITION OF EAST
TO WEST, FOR SHE THOUGHT THAT IT BROUGHT BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 06-25-1970
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PUT A MAN'S HAT ON YOUR BED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
AN UMBRELLA ON A BED IS BAD LUCK. TO INSURE GOOD LUCK
AFTER THE UMBRELLA, KISS THE BED.
Data entry tech comment: INITIALS "KZ" APPEAR UNDER D. B. GONYER'S NAME ON 5X8 CARD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella BELIEF -- Conversions Umbrella SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PUT A HAT ON THE BED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PUT A HAT ON A BED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SING IN BED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DOYLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-27-1968