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WALKING UNDER A LADDER IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WALKING UNDER A LADDER IS BAD LUCK.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU WALK UNDER A LADDER, THE ENTIRE REST OF THE
DAY YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FIRST LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
IT'S BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure P682.6 BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 10-23-1967
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER LADDERS.. THE REASON
STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT PAINTERS DROP STUFF FROM
ABOVE.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
IF YOU WALK UNDER A LADDER, THAT MEANS THAT YOU
WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 01-26-1971
IF YOU WALK UNDER A LADDER YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK
THE REST OF THE DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
WHEN A PERSON WALKS UNDER A LADDER HE WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 10-12-1971
NEVER WALK UNDER A LADDER--BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT'S BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 02-14-1971
IF YOU UNFOLD A TABLECLOTH AND THERE IS A DIAMOND
SHAPE IN IT (FROM THE CREASES) THAT'S CONSIDERED
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANGULAR SHAPE: DIAMOND, TRIANGLE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
IT IS CONSIDERED VERY BAD LUCK TO TRIP ON A GANGPLANK
THIS ESPECIALLY HOLDS TRUE BEFORE GOING ON LIBERTY
AND SHOULD THIS OCCUR, IT IS BELIEVED THAT A VERY BAD
LIBERTY WILL RESULT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
James Callow Keyword(s): LIBERTY=LEAVE, VACATION, TIME OFF ; MARITIME
Date learned: 03-09-1970
IT WOULD BE BAD LUCK TO PASS A PERSON GOING THE
OTHER DIRECTION ON A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.
Submitter comment: FAMILY SUPERSTITION--IRISH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): WALKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN MEXICO, WALKING UNDER A STAIRWAY--OR EVEN STANDING
UNDER ONE THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE WALL, IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
AN ARROW IS A SIGN OF PROTECTION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
MISFORTUNE OR DEATH WILL FOLLOW IF THE GOOD LUCK OF
A TRIANGLE IS BROKEN BY WALKING THROUGH IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
HEX SIGNS
THE PENNSYLVANIA-DUTCH USE A HEXAGON-SHAPED AND BRIGHTLY
PAINTED SYMBOL ON THEIR HOUSES AND BARNS TO WARD OFF
EVIL.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BETHEL PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WEREWOLF'S MARK
A PENTAGRAM MARKS A WEREWOLF'S INTENDED VICTIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
BELIEF
WEREWOLVES SEE PENTAGONS IN THE HANDS OF THEIR VICTIMS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN