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SEE A PIN AND PICK IT UP,
ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
SEE A PIN AND LET IT LAY,
BAD LUCK YOU WILL HAVE ALL DAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SUPERSTITION
INCLUDE SOME COINS (AT LEAST A PENNY) IN A KNIFE SET BOX WHEN
GIVING IT AS A GIFT OR ELSE IT WILL SEVER YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Gifts BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 00001970S
Giving knives is bad luck unless you include
some money, usually a small amount.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Bad luck Gifts BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 00001960S
Giving knives as a present is bad luck unless
the person who receives them pays the giver,
usually a penny.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Bad luck Gifts BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 00001960S
TO SEE A PIN AND LEAVE IT BE IS SURE TO BRING
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: UNKNOWN SOURCE
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SIT ON A PAIR OF SCISSORS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 02-14-1970
IT'S CONSIDERED UNLUCKY IF YOU USE A SCISSORS ON
SUNDAY. A RAZOR OR ANY OTHER CUTTING DEVICE IS
O.K., BUT A SCISSORS IS NOT TO BE USED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HIS PENNSYLVANIA
MOTHER IN HIS CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 01-12-1967
NEVER GIVE YOUR BOYFRIEND SCISSORS, A RAZOR, OR AN
ELECTRIC SHAVER. IT IS BAD LUCK AND YOU WILL
BREAK UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
IF ONE RECEIVED A PIN OR BROOCH FOR A GIFT, ONE
ALWAYS GAVE THE GIVER A COIN, SO AS TO WARD
OFF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WILSON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 03-12-1972
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMEONE'S POCKET KNIFE, ALWAYS HAND IT
BACK TO THEM LIKE YOU RECEIVED IT, OPEN OR CLOSED. IT'S
BAD LUCK NOT TO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 06-15-1970
SEE A PIN AND PICK IT UP,
ALL THAT DAY YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
SEE A PIN AND LET IT LAY,
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK ALL THE DAY.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Good luck Sharp objects BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 07-24-1968
NEVER GIVE A KNIFE OR ANYTHING SHARP TO A FRIEND OR IT
WILL CUT YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
THE OTHER DAY, I HEMMED SOME CURTAINS FOR VIRGINIA SMITH AND
I LEFT A STRAIGHT PIN IN THEM. SHE SAID THAT I'D HAVE TO
TAKE THAT PIN BACK HOME WITH ME, BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T, OUR
FRIENDSHIP WOULD BREAK UP. SHE REALLY BELIEVES THAT, TOO.
Where learned: BARRETT RD ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
SEE A PIN, PICK IT UP; ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
SEE A PIN, LET IT LAY, YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK ALL THE DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Good luck Sharp objects BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU SEE A PIN AND DO NOT PICK IT UP, IT WILL BRING BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
IF YOU FIND A PIN WITH POINT TOWARDS YOU, IT'S GOOD LUCK.
IF THE HEAD IS TURNED TOWARD YOU, IT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RICHMOND
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Sharp objects BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
SEE A PIN AND PICK IT UP, AND ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
SEE A PIN AND LET IT LAY, YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK ALL DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Good luck Sharp objects BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO TAKE A PEN FROM A PERSON AND SIGN SOMETHING
WITH IT. YOU SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THE PERSON PUTS THE PEN
DOWN, THEN PICK IT UP AND USE IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
IT'S BAD LUCK TO GIVE SCISSORS OR KNIVES AS GIFTS TO FRIENDS OR
KIN. IT WILL SEVER YOUR RELATIONSHIP.
IT (IF) KNIVES OR SCISSORS ARE GIVEN, THE RECEIVER SHOULD
PAY THE PERSON GIVING THE GIFT A PENNY SO THEIR FRIENDSHIP
WILL NOT BE SEVERED.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM HER MOTHER, MRS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; FLORENCE
Date learned: 06-21-1970
BAD LUCK WILL COME ABOUT IF YOU DON'T GIVE A PENNY WITH A KNIFE
OR OTHER ITEM WITH A SHARP EDGE WHEN THEY ARE GIFTS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Gifts BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN