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GOING BACK
IF YOU HAVE TO GO RIGHT BACK AFTER YOU'VE LEFT A PLACE,
I.E., IF YOU'VE FORGOTTEN SOMETHING, BE SURE TO COUNT
TO THIRTEEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Number To specific numbers |
Date learned: 10-20-1968
SOME LARGE DEPARTMENT STORES AND HOTELS DON'T
HAVE THIRTEENTH FLOORS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: YEARS AGO
IF YOU COUNT THIRTEEN STEPS IN A BUILDING AS YOU
WALK UPSTAIRS OR DOWNSTAIRS, YOU WILL MAKE AN ENEMY
THAT DAY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Number To specific numbers |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
THIRTEEN IS AN UNLUCKY NUMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BABY IS BORN ON FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH, THEN THAT
BABY WILL BE A GOOD ONE.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; SKOKIE
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 11-27-1970
TO GET RID OF WARTS, ONE SWINGS A DEAD CAT AROUND HIS HEAD
THIRTEEN TIMES, PUTS IT IN A GUNNY SACK, HANGS IT FROM A TREE
IN A GRAVEYARD, AND SITS UNDER IT ON A NIGHT WITH A FULL
MOON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE WHO LEARNED THIS FROM HER
ROOMMATE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN CHAMPAIGN,
ILLINOIS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
MALOCCHIO CURE (EVIL EYE)
A CUP OF WATER IS SET ON A TABLE IN FRONT OF THE
AFFLICTED PERSON AND 13 GRAINS OF WHEAT ARE
PREPARED. EACH GRAIN OF WHEAT IS INDIVIDUALLY
DROPPED INTO THE WATER. IF THE GRAINS OF WHEAT
FLOAT AT THE TOP STANDING ON END, THIS MEANS THAT
YOU HAVE THE MALOCCHIO; BUT IF THEY JUST LAY FLAT,
THIS MEANS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE IT. AS EACH GRAIN OF
WHEAT IS INDIVIDUALLY DROPPED INTO THE WATER, A
PRAYER IS CHANTED AUDIBLY BUT NOT SO THAT (IT) IS
ABLE TO BE UNDERSTOOD.
Submitter comment:
NOTE: THE CURE AND ITS PRAYERS ARE INHERITED ON
CHRISTMAS EVE AT MIDNIGHT. IT IS AT THIS TIME
AND THIS TIME ONLY THAT THEY CAN BE DISCLOSED.
THE PERSON WHO RECEIVES THE CURE TAKES AN OATH OF
SECRECY CONCERNING THE PRAYER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 09-29-1969
FRIDAY THE 13TH--IF YOU FEAR THIS DAY YOU SUFFER FROM A
CASE OF TRISCADECLOPHOBIA. AS TO THE ORIGIN OF THE
13TH SUPERSTITION, RELIGIOUS CIRCLES ASCRIBE IT TO THE
LAST SUPPER, AT WHICH WERE CHRIST AND THE TWELVE
DESCIPLES, THIRTEEN IN ALL.
Submitter comment: MRS. PATTERSON TOOK THIS EXCERPT FROM THE "ASHEVILLE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 05-09-1969
THEY SAY 13 IS A BAD LUCK NUMBER BECAUSE THERE WERE THIRTEEN
PEOPLE SITTING AT THE LAST SUPPER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
THERE WAS A LADY IN FORTH SMITH WHO LIVED AT 1313 13TH STREET,
AND HER HUSBAND STABBED HER WITH A BUTCHER KNIFE ON THE 13H
DAY OF THE MONTH. STRUCK HER SO HARD HE BROKE THE KNIFE OFF
IN HER RIB CAGE.
THIRTEEN WAS REALLY UNLUCKY FOR HER.
Where learned: Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
FRIDAY THE THIRTEEN(TH) IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
THE NUMBER THIRTEEN IS CONSIDERED UNLUCKY BECAUSE LONG AGO
WHEN THERE WERE GALLOWS, THEY ALWAYS BUILT THIRTEEN STEPS
LEADING UP TO THEM.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described Favorites BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
IF YOU HOP EXACTLY THIRTEEN TIMES ON THE FLOOR, THE
THIRTEENTH TIME YOU'LL GO THROUGH IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
MY DORM ROOM NO. IS 113. A LADY THAT LIVES UP THE HALL SAID
THEY HAD EARLIER IN THE YEAR OFFERED ROOM 113 TO HER, BUT SHE
REFUSED BECAUSE ANYTHING WITH 13 IN IT IS UNLUCKY.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; HYBRID ACRES ; NORTH GARDEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FRIDAY 13TH IS A DAY OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: SALEM ; WEST VIRGINIA, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Bad luck Friday the Thirteenth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EVERYTIME IT'S FRIDAY THE 13TH MY MOTHER ALWAYS HAS GOOD LUCK,
NEVER BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Good luck Friday the Thirteenth |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
GOOD LUCK NUMBER-3 & 7
BAD LUCK NUMBER-13
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several |
Date learned: 11-10-1973
DON'T SEAT THIRTEEN PEOPLE AT THE TABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MOUNT MORRIS
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 10-16-1977
FOLK BELIEF
NEVER SIT AT A TABLE WITH THIRTEEN PEOPLE, ONE OF THEM WILL SOON
DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 00-00-1972