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WHEN YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET WITH SOMEONE ELSE,
AND YOU MEET SOMETHING OR SOMEONE, DON'T SPLIT
UP TO GO AROUND IT, BECAUSE IT WILL BRING YOU
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 04-08-1967
IF WALKING IN A TRIO, ALL SHOULD WALK ON THE SAME
SIDE OF A TREE OR OTHER OBSTRUCTION, OR IT IS
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
Date learned: 00001920S
IF A GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE WALKING TOGETHER AND ONE OF
THEM WALKS AROUND THE TREE, THE ONE WHO WALKED
AROUND THE TREE WILL HAVE SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 10-30-1968
IT'S UNLUCKY TO START ON A NEW JOB OR A NEW PROJECT
ON A FRIDAY.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
STEPPING ON THE "M" ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
DIAG IS BAD LUCK; YOU'LL FLUNK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
STEPPING ON THE CRACKS ON THE SIDEWALKS BRINGS
BAD LUCK AND CAUSES FAILURE IN YOUR BUSINESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 03-18-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO STEP ON A CRACK, YOU MAY BREAK
YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-20-1969
IT IS BAD LUCK IF ONE STEPS ON A CRACK WHILE WALKING.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 00001920S
IF YOU STUMBLE WHILE WALKING, YOU HAVE TO STOP
AND RETRACE YOUR STEPS OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
OYSTER FISHERMEN SAY IT IS BAD LUCK, A SIGN OF
DEATH, TO SWALLOW OYSTERS WHOLE.
Submitter comment:
SOME OF THE MEN OF HIS FISHING CREW BELIEVED THIS
VERY STAUNCHLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; YPSILANTI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 03-01-1968
IT IS CONSIDERED VERY BAD LUCK TO TRIP ON A GANGPLANK
THIS ESPECIALLY HOLDS TRUE BEFORE GOING ON LIBERTY
AND SHOULD THIS OCCUR, IT IS BELIEVED THAT A VERY BAD
LIBERTY WILL RESULT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
James Callow Keyword(s): LIBERTY=LEAVE, VACATION, TIME OFF ; MARITIME
Date learned: 03-09-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK IF AN OLD LADY WALKS IN FRONT OF YOU,
ACROSS YOUR PATH. AND THE OLDER THE WOMAN, THE
WORSE THE LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A YOUNG GIRL.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; YONKERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 12-26-1963
WHEN SOMEONE IS WALKING WITH YOU, NEVER LET ANOTHER
PERSON, ANIMAL OR OBJECT PASS BETWEEN THE TWO OF
YOU. THIS IS VERY BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-05-1969
IT WOULD BE BAD LUCK TO PASS A PERSON GOING THE
OTHER DIRECTION ON A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.
Submitter comment: FAMILY SUPERSTITION--IRISH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): WALKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU WALK UP A STAIRWAY AND IT HAS THIRTEEN
STEPS, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK THAT DAY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Number P686.3.13 BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
IN MEXICO, WALKING UNDER A STAIRWAY--OR EVEN STANDING
UNDER ONE THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE WALL, IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
DON'T EVER WALK A HALF MILE WITH A STRANGER
WITHOUT FINDING OUT HIS NAME. IF YOU DO, BAD LUCK
WILL SET UPON YOU FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT, WHO IS THE AUNT OF THE COLLECTOR,
LEARNED THIS AS A GIRL IN JACKSON, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
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
IN THE THEATRE, IT IS COMMONLY BELIEVED THAT TO
WHISTLE BACKSTAGE ON OPENING NIGHT WILL BRING THE
PLAY OR COMPANY BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: MARY HEARD IT FROM HER MOTHER, JEAN DE VLEIG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Secular BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR ACTORS AND ACTRESSES TO WHISTLE
IN THEIR DRESSING ROOMS BEFORE GOING ON STAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Secular BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-27-1969