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TSSS A HORSESHOE OVER YOUR SHOULDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
IT BRINGS GOOD LUCK UPON A HOUSEHOLD TO HANG A HORSE-
SHOE ABOVE THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 11-05-1969
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO HAVE A HORSESHOE HUNG OVER YOUR
THRESHOLD. IT BRINGS GOOD LUCK TO THE PLACE WHERE
THE HORSESHOE IS HUNG.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT REMEMBERS IT FROM WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IF YOU FIND A HORSESHOE, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A HORSESHOE IS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 11-16-1968
IF YOU FIND A HORSESHOE AND THROW IT OVER YOUR
SHOULDER, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL DAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED ON THE FARM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
A HORSESHOE NAILED OPEN END UP OVER A DOOR IS
SUPPOSED TO BRING GOOD LUCK TO ALL WHO PASS UNDERNEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
MR. HANSEN BELIEVES THAT WHEN A PERSON FINDS A HORSE-
SHOE, THEN HE IS SUPPOSED TO GO HOME WITHOUT SPEAKING
TO ANYONE. THEN HE IS SUPPOSED TO NAIL THE SHOE ABOVE
THE DOOR WITH THE PRONGS UP. IF THE PRONGS ARE DOWN
THE LUCK WILL FALL OUT. MR. HANSEN OWNED A HORSE
STABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRASER
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 01-24-1967
HORSESHOES ARE PLACED OVER THE DOOR FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PUTTING A HORSESHOE ABOVE A DOOR WILL BRING GOOD
LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WILSON
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A HORSESHOE OVER YOUR DOOR WITH THE ENDS UPWARD
MEANS GOOD LUCK WILL NEVER RUN OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
A HORSESHOE IS GOOD LUCK IF, AND ONLY IF, IT IS FOUND.
THIS IS BELIEVED IN MEXICO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO FIND A HORSESHOE OR GOOD LUCK
WILL COME TO YOU IF YOU CARRY ONE.
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS AS A CHILD.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
IF YOU HANG A HORSESHOE OVER THE DOOR, IT WILL BRING
GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: HE HEARD IT FROM RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P845 BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 02-04-1967
THROW HORSHOE OVER LEFT SHOULDER (FOR GOOD LUCK).
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
A HORSESHOE ABOVE THE DOOR BRINGS GOOD LUCK TO A
FAMILY. YOU TURN THE ENDS UP, SO AS NOT TO SPILL
THE GOOD LUCK ON THE EARTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P845 BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 11-05-1968
MY GRANDFATHER ALWAYS HAD A HORSESHOE HANGING OVER THE
BACK DOOR WHEN I WAS A CHILD. WHEN I ASKED HIM WHAT IT
WAS FOR, HE SAID IT WOULD BRING GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NAIL A HORSESHOE OVER THE DOOR WITH THE CORKS POINTING
DOWN AND IT WILL BRING GOOD LUCK TO THE HOME.
Data entry tech comment: CORKS?
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 03-26-1972
HANG A HORSESHOE OVER THE DOOR FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN THIS MANY TIMES.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 03-06-1969
WHEN WALKING ALONG A ROAD, IF YOU FIND A HORSESHOE, PICK IT
UP AND THROW IT ACROSS YOUR LEFT SHOULDER AND DON'T LOOK
BACK AND YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 02-12-1972