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IF YOU HAVE GOLD FISH IN THE HOUSE, YOU WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-25-1967
IF A DEAD LIZARD FALLS IN FRONT OF YOU, THEN YOU WILL
HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-11-1971
FOR A PERSON TO KILL A SNAKE, IS TO BRING THAT
PERSON VERY BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
YOU SHOULDN'T SEW UP A HOLE IN CLOTHES THAT A RAT
MAKES, BECAUSE IT IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RODENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 01-26-1971
IN LEBANON, WHEN THEY HEAR A DOG HOWLING, THEY
FEEL IT IS A SYMBOL OF BAD LUCK. THEY THROW IT
BREAD, BUT IF IT DOESN'T STOP, IT IS THE FORE-
SHADOWING OF VERY BAD LUCK OR DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
IT IS CONSIDERED GOOD LUCK IF YOU KILL A SPIDER
GOING UP A WALL, BUT IF IT IS GOING DOWN A WALL
AND YOU KILL IT, THEN BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
IF YOU SEE A SPIDER COME DOWN ON HIS WEB AND HE
DOESN'T TOUCH THE FLOOR, YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
IF HE TOUCHES THE FLOOR, YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: 11-13-1970
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, TAKE TEN STEPS BACK
TO COUNTER THE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: INDIANA ; NEW ALBANY
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions |
CATCH A BLACK CAT AFTER HE CROSSES YOUR PATH AND THROW
HIM IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THIS WILL BREAK THE BAD
LUCK SPELL HE PUT ON YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DON'T ALLOW A CRICKET IN YOUR HOUSE, FOR IT WILL BRING
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATLANTA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-04-1970
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH IT'S THE SIGN OF BAD
LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BLACK CAT WALKS IN FRONT OF YOU, IT WILL CAUSE YOU
TO HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A BUTTERFLY TO ACCIDENTALLY FLY INTO THE
HOUSE OF A PERSON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-22-1969
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A FAMILY IF A BIRD ACCIDENTALLY FLIES INTO
THEIR HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-22-1969
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES IN FRONT OF A PERSON, IT IS AN
INDICATION OF BAD LUCK TO FOLLOW. TO BREAK THE BAD LUCK, THE
PERSON IS TO TURN THEIR HATS AROUND IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 04-29-1969
IF ONLY ONE ROOSTER GOES TO ROOST BEFORE NIGHT, BAD LUCK IS TO
HAPPEN TO THE FAMILY THAT OWNS HIM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
IT'S BAD LUCK FOR A ROOSTER TO CROW AT THE BACK DOOR,
SOMEONE WILL GET SICK AND DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-10-1972
DREAMING OF MUDDY WATER OR SNAKES MEANS BAD LUCK. IF THE
SNAKE WAS KILLED IN THE DREAM THE LUCK WOULDN'T BE TOO
BAD, BUT IF THE SNAKE GOT AWAY, IT WOULD BRING VERY
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Water BELIEF -- Legend BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO HAVE A BLACK CAT CROSS YOUR PATH (ANYWHERE,
NOT JUST IN FRONT). IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THE CAT IS THERE
AND YOU TURN AND SEE IT BEHIND YOU AND IT CROSSES, YOU
MUST GO BACK AND WALK OVER WHERE YOU WERE. IF YOU DON'T SEE
IT, YOU ARE O.K.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT SAID HIS FAMILY AND EVERYONE HE KNEW BELIEVED
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; PRESTONSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |