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TO MAKE YOUR HAIR GROW, YOU SHOULD WASH YOUR HAIR IN THE FIRST
RAIN IN MAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
GOOD LUCK NUMBERS
THE NUMBERS 7 AND 11 ARE CONSIDERED GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Number Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually |
DEATH IN THREES
FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, MY MOTHER, HER MOTHER
AND VARIOUS RELATIVES BELIEVED THAT (IF) SOMEONE DIED,
THERE WOULD BE TWO MORE DEATHS IN THE IMMEDIATE
FAMILY WITHIN THE SAME YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
THE INFORMANT HEARD FROM FRIENDS AT SCHOOL THAT A GIRL
COULD NOT BECOME PREGNANT THE FIRST TIME SHE HAD
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; INTERCOURSE ; PREGNANCY ; Sexuality
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle BELIEF -- Number Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually |
Date learned: 00001980CA
AT A BABY SHOWER, IF THE BRIDE-TO-BE BREAKS A BOW ON A
GIFT, SHE WILL HAVE ONE BABY. IF SHE BREAKS TWO BOWS,
SHE WILL HAVE TWO BABIES; ETC.
Keyword(s): WEDDING OR BRIDAL SHOWER, I RATHER THINK.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THE NUMBERS 3, 7, AND 9 ARE LUCKY OR MAGICAL NUMBERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually BELIEF -- Good luck Numbers |
A CHILD CONCEIVED ON THE QUARTER MOON WILL BE A BOY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Boy ; Conceived ; gender ; PREDICTION ; PREGNANCY
James Callow Keyword(s): FRACTION ; SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
IN ELMORE, OHIO THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HEADLESS
MOTORCYCLE DRIVER WHO COMES AT YOU WHEN YOU BLINK
YOUR LIGHTS AND BLOW YOUR HORN THREE TIMES ON A CERTAIN
BRIDGE IN ELMORE.
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM FRIENDS WHO WENT OUT THERE.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Number Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN ELMORE, OHIO THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HEADLESS
MOTORCYCLE DRIVER WHO COMES AT YOU WHEN YOU BLINK
YOUR LIGHTS AND BLOW YOUR HORN THREE TIMES ON A CERTAIN
BRIDGE IN ELMORE.
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM FRIENDS WHO WENT OUT THERE.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Number Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN