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IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A WOMAN TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO COME INTO
YOUR HOUSE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. A MAN BRINGS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MONTGOMERY
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU FORGET SOMETHING AT HOME AND GO BACK TO GET IT, THEN
(YOU) MUST DRAW CIRCLE AND SPIT IN IT. ALSO CAN NOT GO
THROUGH THE SAME DOOR YOU CAME IN.
Data entry tech comment: INITIALS "KZ" APPEAR UNDER D. B. GONYER'S NAME ON 5X8 CARD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WALKING WITH ONE SHOE OFF AND ONE SHOE ON IS BAD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment: INITIALS "KZ" APPEAR UNDER D. B. GONYER'S NAME ON 5X8 CARD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WALK AROUND WITH ONE SHOE ON AND ONE SHOE OFF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
Date learned: 07-05-1970
IF A WOMAN COMES TO YOUR HOUSE FIRST INSTEAD OF A MAN ON NEW
YEAR'S DAY, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING CORRECTED
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 07-03-1970
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A WOMAN TO BE ON A SHIP.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Water craft or boat propelled by human, wind, mechanical or other force BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO THE PERSON YOU SAY IT TO, IF YOU SAY GOOD-BY
MORE THAN ONCE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR TWO PERSONS WALKING TOGETHER TO WALK
ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A POLE, TREE, ETC.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU TRIP ON THE FRONT STEPS WHEN YOU ARE GOING OUT IN THE
MORNING, YOU HAD BETTER GO RIGHT BACK IN AND STAY HOME,
BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK ALL DAY.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN ; BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES THE ROAD IN FRONT OF YOU WHEN YOU ARE
TRAVELING, IT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RICHMOND
Date learned: 07-01-1973
IT'S BAD LUCK TO COME IN THE FRONT DOOR AND GO OUT THE BACK...
OR VICE VERSA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RICHMOND
Date learned: 07-01-1973
IT'S BAD LUCK FOR YOU TO GO BACK FOR SOMETHING WHEN YOU'VE STARTED
ON A TRIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTWOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 07-05-1973
ALWAYS LEAVE A HOUSE BY THE DOOR YOU ENTERED. IT'S BAD LUCK
TO DO OTHERWISE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-29-1973
ALWAYS LEAVE A HOUSE BY DOOR YOU ENTERED THROUGH OR YOU WILL
BRING BAD LUCK TO YOURSELF AND YOUR HOSTESS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-15-1973
IT'S BAD LUCK TO START ON A TRIP AND HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND GO
BACK FOR SOMETHING.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-00-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK TO WATCH SOMEBODY UNTIL THEY GET OUT OF SIGHT.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-00-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK TO GO IN AT ONE DOOR AND GO OUT AT ANOTHER.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-19-1970
IF YOU SEE A PAIR OF WHITE HORSES ON YOUR WAY TO A FUNERAL,
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; MAYFIELD
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
ALWAYS GO OUT THE SAME DOOR AS YOU CAME IN. IT IS BAD LUCK IF
YOU DON'T.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DOYLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LEAVE A HOUSE THROUGH A WINDOW.
Submitter comment: I DO NOT REMEMBER WHERE I FIRST HEARD THIS SUPERSTITION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 07-29-1968