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IT IS BAD LUCK IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-02-1968
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, YOU'LL HAVE
BAD LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOESN'T REMEMBER (SOURCE).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 00001967 AUTUMN
IT'S BAD LUCK TO LET A BLACK CAT CROSS YOUR PATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
IT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK IF A BLACK CAT WALKS
ACROSS YOUR PATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
BLACK CAT WALKS IN FRONT OF YOU, BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: NEIGHBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, YOU WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-28-1967
BAD LUCK WILL COME TO ONE WHO HAS A BLACK CAT
CROSS HIS PATH.
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
A BLACK CAT CROSSING YOUR PATH IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT'S BAD LUCK TO LET A BLACK CAT WALK IN FRONT OF YOU.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Jeffersonville
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-18-1971
WHEN YOU SEE A BLACK CAT IN THE MORNING, AND HE
PASSES IN FRONT OF YOU, IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
KILL A SPIDER ON FRIDAY AND YOU'LL HAVE ALL KINDS
OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 09-21-1969
KILLING A SPIDER IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-08-1967
BUTTERFLIES DENOTE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
IT IS BAD LUCK TO KILL A LADYBUG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
IT'S BAD LUCK TO KILL A LADYBUG.
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
ON THE GREAT LAKES, IT WAS BAD LUCK TO KILL A SEA GULL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BIRD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
IT IS BELIEVED THAT KILLING AN ALBATROSS WILL BRING
BAD LUCK TO THE PEOPLE ON THE SHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BIRD ; MARITIME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
IT IS BAD LUCK TO KILL AN ALBATROSS WHILE ON BOARD
SHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BIRD ; MARITIME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-15-1968