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BAD LUCK BY A LADDER
NEVER WALK UNDER A LADDER.
Submitter comment:
LONG AGO PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT GODS WENT UP TO THE SKY ON LADDERS,
AND WALKING UNDERNEATH WOULD CERTAINLY BRING PUNISHMENT.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.13 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.21 |
Date learned: 11-05-1973
TO WALK UNDER A LADDER IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.13 |
Date learned: 00001950S
SUPERSTITION (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; BAD LUCK: LADDER (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
THE GEEEKS BELIEVED THAT GODS WENT UP TO THE SKY ON LADDERS,
AND THAT WALKING UNDERNEATH WOULD BRING BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.13 |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
WE NEVER WALKED UNDER LADDERS.
Submitter comment: COMMON PRACTICE AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.13 |
Date learned: 04-15-1967