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If you want to grow your hair long take the hair out of your
brush and set it afire; chant "More hair, more hair", and your hair
will grow long and beautiful.
Submitter comment: I learned this from my mother when I was about seven years old.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Body part Senses No hair, baldness |
Date learned: 00001970S
Two people were not allowed to comb on your head at the same
time; if they did the younger of the two would die.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVER ROUGE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
It was said if you wore two hats you were going to get a double
whooping.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVER ROUGE
James Callow Keyword(s): Punishment -- beating
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Good luck PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
If a horse has one white hoof, buy it. If the horse has two
white hooves, take a chance. If the horse has three white hooves,
think hard before you buy. If the horse has four white hooves,
don't buy it.
Submitter comment:
This saying is popular in horse circles. There is some truth
to the saying that white hooves frequently seem to be weaker than
darker hooves.
James Callow comment:
See Wayland Hand, North Carolina, no. 7633, for parallels from
Ontario, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Illinois, and in particular
Pennsylvania, where "a horse with one or more white feet is
considered more or less impaired in value." Hand seems to think
that such horses are called "white-stockinged"; but our
informant/collector notes that a stocking applies to the leg, not
to the hoof or foot. Also see the OED, s.v. "stocking."
"A horse with one white foot is always weak in it; and if he
goes lame, it will be that foot." -- Hyatt, Illinois (1965), no.
2530.
See Hyatt, Illinois (1
Date learned: 00-00-1956
Cure
To remove the pinkeye; one should take the milk from a woman
who is breast feeding and put a few drops into the eye for two
days.
Submitter comment:
The informant's mother told her to do this for her son and it
worked.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Animal |
If you skin your knee or elbow let a dog lick it for two days
and it will heal.
Submitter comment:
This is what her father told her to do when she was younger
and she said it worked and felt a lot better than alcohol.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 02-10-1992
THE AGE-OLD SAYING, "THRICE A BRIDESMAID, NEVER A
BRIDE," IS RELATED TO THE SUPERSTITIOUS IDEA OF
"NEVER TWO, WITHOUT THREE."
Submitter comment: FROM RELATIVES
Where learned: WORK
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-28-1967
IT IS BAD LUCK WHEN TWO PEOPLE MAKE THE SAME BED
AT THE SAME TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Good luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-14-1969
IF YOU STEP ON A RED ANT, YOU GET TWO YEARS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FRIEND, GARY PINKLEY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, BAD LUCK WILL
FOLLOW WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-21-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK IF MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE LIGHT A CIGARETTE
FROM THE SAME MATCH.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS AN OLD WORLD WAR II SUPERSTITION. ONLY TWO
MEN IN A TRENCH COULD LIGHT THEIR CIGARETTES FROM THE
SAME MATCH. THE MEN BELIEVED THAT WHEN THE ENEMY SAW
THE MATCH LIT, THEY WERE GETTING READY TO SHOOT; BY
THE TIME THE MATCH PASSED TO THE SECOND PARTY, THE
ENEMY WAS AIMING; THE NEXT STEP WAS THE FIRING, SO
THE MEN AVOIDED PASSING THE MATCH TO A THIRD PARTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 01-19-1970
IF YOU ARE HURT, WHATEVER AILMENT YOU HAVE WILL BE HEALED
BEFORE YOU ARE MARRIED TWICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
TO GET RID OF WARTS: YOU SNEAK INTO A GENERAL STORE AND STEAL A
SACK OF SALT AND THEN WALK DOWN THE STREET LOOKING FOR TWO
WHITE HORSES. UPON SEEING THE HORSES, YOU THROW THE SALT
UNDER THEIR HOOFS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
SUPERSTITION
NEVER USE A TEA BAG FOR TWO CUPS.
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED IT FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 03-03-1967
BAD LUCK WILL LAST TWO YEARS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
BAD LUCK AND DEATH COMES IN THREES. IF TWO BAD THINGS
HAPPEN OR TWO DEATHS OCCUR, BE ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR THE
THIRD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
A GIRL CAN ONLY BE A BRIDESMAID TWICE--THE THIRD TIME SHE WALKS
DOWN THE AISLE SHE MUST BE A BRIDE, OR SHE WON'T MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 04-22-1969
IT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK FOR A GIRL TO WALK DOWN THE AISLE,
AS A BRIDE, TWICE. FOR THIS REASON, THE BRIDE USUALLY HAS
A STAND-IN AT THE WEDDING REHEARSAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Marriage Wedding rehearsal |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
EVERY HOUR OF SLEEP BEFORE TWELVE MIDNIGHT IS WORTH TWO AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |