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A WOMAN SHOULD NEVER ACCEPT AS A GIFT, A PEARL FROM
HER HUSBAND OR LOVER BECAUSE IT IS BAD LUCK.
SHE SHOULD BUY IT FROM HIM FOR A PENNY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEVER GIVE AWAY A PENNY THAT YOU FIND OR ELSE
YOU'LL LOSE YOUR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Conversions Money |
Date learned: 09-29-1968
WHENEVER YOU BUY A TYPE OF SHOE CALLED "PENNY"
LOAFERS, YOU MUST PUT A PENNY IN THEM FOR GOOD
LUCK.
Submitter comment:
DURING THE LATE 1960S EVERYONE WAS WEARING PENNY
LOAFERS. YOU HAD TO PUT A COIN IN THE SLOT AT THE
TONGUE OF THE SHOE FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Conversions Money BELIEF -- Conversions Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 00001960S
YOU BUY SOMEONE A PURSE, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PUT SOME
MONEY IN IT. THIS WILL BRING GOOD LUCK TO THE
PERSON WHO RECEIVES THIS GIFT.
Submitter comment: FROM RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Conversions Money BELIEF -- Conversions Gifts |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
IT WAS TOLD TO ME BY A BLACK MAN THAT IT WAS UNLUCKY TO
RECEIVE A KNIFE WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT. THEREFORE, HE SAID
I SHOULD NEVER RECEIVE A KNIFE AS A GIFT, BUT MUST AT
LEAST GIVE THE PERSON WHO WAS OFFERING ME THE KNIFE A
PENNY. THE MAN COULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT BY PAYING FOR
THE KNIFE IT WAS MORE PERSONALLY HIS AND THEREBY THE
KNIFE WOULD PROTECT HIM MORE WHEN HE USED IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU GIVE SOMETHING SHARP LIKE A KNIFE AS A PRESENT,
YOU SHOULD GIVE A COIN WITH IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 06-30-1973