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BELIEF
IF YOU MET A CROSS-EYED PERSON, CROSS YOUR FINGERS TO WARD OFF
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SWEEP UNDER THE BED OF A WOMAN WITH A NEWBORN
BABY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU TELL A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PLANT A CEDAR TREE; YOU WILL DIE WHEN IT'S BIG
ENOUGH TO SHADE YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF YOU SING BEFORE BREAKFAST, YOU'LL CRY BEFORE SUPPER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU START A PIECE OF WORK ON FRIDAY, IT WILL NEVEE BE FINISHED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU HAPPEN TO PUT ON ANY GARMENT WRONG SIDE OUT, WEAR IT THAT
WAY ALL DAY, OTHERWISE YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK TO GO OUT OF A HOUSE BY ANY OTHER DOOR THAN THE ONE
YOU GO IN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HOHENWALD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
GOOD LUCK SUPERSTITION
IF ONE CARRIES A BUCKEYE IN ONE'S POCKET IT WILL BRING GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 04-02-1972
PREDICTION-DESTINY
AMOMG ACTORS THERE IS THE SUPERSTITION THAT A BAD DRESS REHEARSAL
MEANS A GOOD OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P526 BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
WHEN YOU SEE A GREY MULE, LICK THE TIP OF YOUR RIGHT INDEX
FINGER, TOUCH THE PALM OF YOUR LEFT HAND, AND THEN STAMP THE
SPOT WITH YOUR RIGHT FIST FOR GOOD LUCK. MY MOTHER, SHE'S
ALWAYS SAID THIS.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
PUT A SILVER DOLLAR IN A BOWL
OF BLACK-EYED PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S
DAY. WHOEVER GETS THE SILVER PIECE WITH HIS PEAS WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK ALL YEAR.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
WHEN AN AMBULANCE GOES BY, HOLD YOUR BUTTON OR YOU'LL BE THE
NEXT ONE TO GO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-11-1973
IF THE LINES IN THE PALM OF EITHER HAND FORM A DISTINCT "M" SHAPE,
IT'S A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT'S BAD LUCK TO EAT THE LAST PIECE OF ANYTHING, SUCH AS THE
LAST PIECE OF CANDY IN A BOX.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT'S BAD LUCK FOR A FAIR PERSON TO BE THE FIRST TO ENTER A HOUSE
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY AND GOOD LUCK FOR A SWARTHY PERSON TO BE FIRST.
THE BEST LUCK OF ALL WOULD BE FOR A BLACK PERSON TO ENTER FIRST.
THIS IS ODD BECAUSE BLACK USUALLY SYMBOLIZES BAD LUCK OR EVIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO STAND BETWEEN TWO MIRROS THAT ARE DIRECTLY
OPPOSITE EACH OTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU CAN BLOW ALL THE WHITE FUZZ OFF A DANDELION HED WITH ONE
BLOW, YOU CAN MAKE A WISH AND HAVE IT COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHITE SPOTS IN FINGERNAILS ARE A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU CAN CATCH A PIECE OF FUZZ (THISTLEDOWN, DANDELION SEED,
ETC.) WHILE IT'S STILL IN THE AIR, YOU CAN BLOW IT AWAY AGAIN
AND MAKE A WISH WHICH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN