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IT'S BAD LUCK TO KILL A LADY BUG.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
A BLACK CAT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
IN MAINE, I WAS ALWAYS TOLD IF WHEN YOU WERE CLEANING FISH AND
YOU FOUND SOMETHING WHOLE IN THE GULLET, IT WAS A SIGN OF
GOOD LUCK. IF YOU FOUND SOMETHING PARTLY DIGESTED, IT WAS
A SIGN OF BAD LUCK. IF YOU FOUND SOMETHING OF VALUE, IT WAS
A SURE SIGN YOU WOULD BE WEALTHY SOMEDAY. IF YOU DIDN'T
BOTHER TO INVESTIGATE THE GULLET, YOU WERE MORE WISE THAN
CURIOUS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MAINE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Good luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
HARM A CRICKET, BAD LUCK WILL FOLLOW.
A CRICKET IN THE HOUSE IS A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MAINE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BAD LUCK TO MOCK A DOVE. IF YOU DO,
YOUR BROTHER WILL DIE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
BAD LUCK TO SHOOT A BLUE BIRD
PEOPLE USED TO SAY THAT LIGHTENING WOULD STRIKE YOUR HOUSE IF
YOU SHOT A BLUE BIRD.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
IF YOU ARE DRIVING ALONG AND A RABBIT COMES IN FRONT OF YOU,
TURN YOUR HAT ALL THE WAY AROUND TO WARD OFF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
IF A BLACK CAT RUNS ACROSS THE ROAD IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU MUST
STOP AND SPIT THREE TIMES, OR ELSE YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
BREAKING BAD LUCK CURSE OF BLACK CAT
DAD USED TO TURN HIS HAT AROUND THREE TIMES, WHEN A BLACK CAT
CROSSED THE ROAD. IF HE DIDN'T HAVE HIS HAT HE'D MAKE ONE OF US
KIDS TURN AROUND THREE TIMES. IT WAS MORE JOKINGLY THAN
SERIOUS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: 07-30-1968
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK UNLESS
YOU TURN YOUR HAT AROUND AND YOUR POCKETS INSIDE OUT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, YOU HAVE THREE CHANCES FOR
BAD LUCK AND THEN THE CURSE IS OFF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 05-01-1969
WHEN THERE IS ILLNESS IN THE HOME, IT IS VERY BAD LUCK TO HEAR
AN OWL HOOT.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-24-1968
BAD LUCK IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES ONE'S PATH.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-24-1968
IF YOU SEE A GRAY MULE, KISS YOUR THUMB AND THEN TOUCH THE
MIDDLE OF YOUR HAND WITH YOUR THUMB, AND THEN HIT YOUR PALM
WITH YOUR FIST. THIS WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BLACK CAT RUNS IN FRONT OF YOU, MAKE AN "X" ON THE BOTTOM MMOF YUR SHOE AND IT WILL CROSS OUT THE BAD LUCK. IT WON'T BRING
YOU GOOD LUCK, IT JUST CROSSES OUT THE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: 07-04-1970
TO KILL A CRICKET IS TO "KILL THE LUCK OF THE HOUSE." BAD
LUCK TO THE PERSON WHO KILLS IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLD WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 07-08-1970
IF A BLACK CAT GOES IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU SHOULD SPIT ON THE
WINDSHIELD AND TIE A KNOT IN YOUR HANDKERCHIEF TO KEEP BAD
LUCK FROM STRIKING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: 07-06-1970
IF YOU SEE A WHIPPERWILL, IT'S BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: HEARING A WHIPPERWILL IS NOT BAD LUCK, JUST SEEING IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): WHIPPORWILL WHIPPOORWILL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 05-05-1972
WHEN A BLACKCAT CROSSES YOUR TRAIL, TURN YOUR HAT AROUND TO
AVOID BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 04-02-1969
IT IS BAD LUCK IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, BUT IF YOU TEAR
UP A PIECE OF PAPER, IT CANCELS OUT THIS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: 06-29-1970