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IT IS BAD LUCK TO EVER BRING A SHOVEL INTO
THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
TO BRING A HOE INTO THE HOUSE CAUSES BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 03-22-1969
TALKING ABOUT SUPERSTITION AND SNAKES, YOU KNOW IT'S BAD
LUCK TO BRING A HOE IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CARRY A HOE THROUGH THE HOUSE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IF YOU CARRY TOOLS THROUGH THE KITCHEN, IT IS A SIGN OF
BAD LUCK TO COME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
DON'T BRING AN AX IN THE HOUSE OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 06-28-1970
BAD LUCK IS BOUND TO HAPPEN IF A SHOVEL IS CARRIED THROUGH
A KITCHEN DOOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 04-01-1969
IT IS BAD LUCK TO DRAG A HOE THROUGH THE HOUSE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
BRINGING HOE INTO THE HOUSE MEANS SOMEONE WILL DIE BEFORE
THE YEAR IS OUT. MY MOTHER DIED SOON AFTER SOMEONE BROUGHT A HOE IN THE HOUSE.
NO ONE IS EVER ALLOWED TO BRING A HOE IN MY HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PETERSBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Manufactured objects, homemade, machined BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CARRY AN AXE INTO THE HOUSE ON YOUR SHOULDER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 06-29-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CARRY AN AX IN THE HOUSE OR IN THE HALL OF
THE HOUSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DOYLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IF YOU BRING A HOE IN THE HOUSE, YOU ARE DIGGING YOUR OWN GRAVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
TO CARRY A HOE INSIDE THE HOUSE IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Bad luck Tools |
Date learned: 03-28-1972