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WHENEVER YOU ARE SITTING NEAR SOMEONE WHO IS TASTING
A NEW AND DIFFERENT FOOD, THAT THEY HAVE NEVER
TASTED BEFORE, HIT HIM ON THE HEAD WITH A FORK.
THIS WILL BRING THE PERSON THAT IS HIT GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Eating utensils BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
ANYONE WHO BREAKS A GLASS WILL BE IN FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Eating utensils |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
WHEN MOVING, THE BREAKING OF GLASSWARE, EVEN JUST A
SINGLE PIECE, IS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
ALSO TOLD BY THIS PERSON'S GRANDMOTHER, WHO WAS OF
POLISH-GERMAN DESCENT, THE SAYING WAS BELIEVED.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Eating utensils |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
UKRAINIAN WEDDING RECEPTION EVENT
FOLLOWING THE MEAL AT THE RECEPTION, A RELATIVE OF THE
BRIDE, USUALLY AN AUNT OR HER GODMOTHER, SITS WITH A PLATE
ON HER LAP. THE GUESTS WISHING TO DANCE WITH THE BRIDE, TRY
TO BREAK THE PLATE BY THROWING A COIN AT IT. IF THEY BREAK
THE PLATE THEY CAN DANCE WITH THE BRIDE. IF THE PLATE DOES
NOT BREAK, THEY CAN TRY AGAIN. EACH BROKEN PLATE MEANS
GOOD LUCK FOR THE BRIDE.
Submitter comment:
THIS CEREMONY TOOK PLACE WHEN MY MOTHER WAS MARRIED IN
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK IN 1939.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Good luck Eating utensils BELIEF -- Good luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 00001950S
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SET UP HOUSEKEEPING WITH A NEW BROOM AND A
NEW COFFEEPOT.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Good luck Eating utensils BELIEF -- Good luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 07-22-1968