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BAD LUCK
BAD LUCK RUNS IN THREES.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 08-08-1964
THREE ON A MATCH WILL BRING BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS FROM HER COUSIN AS A CHILD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck |
BELIEF NUMBER
THREE ON A MATCH IS BAD LUCK - DEATH TO ONE OF THE THREE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
NEVER LIGHT THREE THINGS ON THE SAME MATCH.
Submitter comment: BAD LUCK.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
Keyword(s): MATCH
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
THREE
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES ON ONE MATCH.
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
LUCK
TO LIGHT THREE PEOPLE'S CIGARETTES OFF OF ONE MATCH IS BAD LUCK
FOR THE PERSON HOLDING THE MATCH.
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-28-1970
LIGHTS
IT IS VERY BAD LUCK IN THE NAVY AIRBORNE FOR THREE FRIENDS TO LIGHT
THEIR CIGARETTES FROM THE SAME MATCH.
Where learned: ROUTE 2 ; W JEFFERSON RD
Keyword(s): MILITARY
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
UNLUCKY THREE
NEVER LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES WITH THE SAME MATCH - IT'S BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: HEARD SEVERAL TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
BAD LUCK IN THREES
BAD LUCK, ESPECIALLY DEATHS, COMES IN THREES.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; Grandmother ; TOLD BY
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
NEW YEAR'S CUSTOM
DON'T HAVE WOMEN COMING TO YOUR HOUSE EARLY
IN THE MORNING OF NEW YEAR'S OR YOU WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM ; SEXISM
Date learned: 01-31-1971
BELIEF
IF YOU DREAM OF BABIES OR WEDDINGS IT MEANS BAD LUCK, OR YOU WILL
HEAR OF A DEATH (USUALLY A RELATIVE OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW).
Submitter comment:
THE BELIEF OF BAD LUCK OR A DEATH HAS COME TRUE A FEW TIMES WHEN
MY INFORMANT AS WELL AS MYSELF HAVE DREAMT OF BABIES OR WEDDINGS.
THIS ITEM WAS TOLD TO MY MOTHER BY HER MOTHER ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about babies BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about weddings, funerals, and other crucial moments of life BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1970 ; 00-00-1927
SUPERSTITION
IT IS BAD LUCK TO TURN A LOAF OF BREAD UPSIDE DOWN ON A TABLE.
Submitter comment:
JULIE LEARNED THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER WHO BELIEVED IT AND PRACTICED
IT. SHE DOES NOT BELIEVE IT HERSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: CA00001968
SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOU'RE RIDING IN A CAR HOLD YOUR FEET UP WHEN YOU GO OVER
RAILROAD TRACKS OR YOU WILL LOSE YOUR BOYFRIEND.
Submitter comment:
THIS REFERS TO GIRLS OF COURSE. JULIE LEARNED THIS FROM HER FRIENDS
IN MIDLAND, MICHIGAN. IT WAS PRACTICED NOT SERIOUSLY BUT IN FUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: CA00001970
BAD LUCK
A PERSON WHO HAS A BIRTHMARK ON HER REAR END IS BRINGING A BAD LUCK
WITH HER. TRIPS ARE NOT CONTINUED OR ELSE THEY MEET WITH
ACCIDENTS.
Submitter comment: BUTTOCKS
Where learned: PHILIPPINES ; MAKATI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
BAD LUCK
WHEN WANTING TO LOOK AT ANOTHER PERSON'S RING, LET THEM PULL IT OFF,
BECAUSE IF YOU DO IT YOURSELF, YOU AND THAT PERSON WILL BECOME
ENEMIES.
Where learned: PHILIPPINES ; MAKATI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00001960S
BAD LUCK
NEVER SPEAK TO ANYONE WHEN YOU ARE DISPENSING IN THE TOILET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 09-00-1977
LUCK
OPENING AN UMBRELLA IN A HOUSE IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 12-03-1977
"THREE ON A MATCH". A SUPERSTITION.
DURING WORLD WAR II IN THE TRENCHES IN FRANCE IT WAS BELIEVED
THAT IF YOU WERE SMOKING THE ENEMY (GERMANS) COULD SEE WHERE YOU
WERE. BY THE TIME THE THIRD PERSON LIT A CIGARETTE THE GERMANS HAD
THEIR PERFECT TARGET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
DO NOT PAY ANY DEBTS ON SUNDAY BECAUSE IT IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A CHINESE BELIEF.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-21-1977
LUCK AND GOOD FORTUNE
CLIPPING NAILS AT NIGHT WILL BRING BAD LUCK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1977