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ANCIENT ORIENTAL BELIEF
WHEN ARRANGING FLOWERS, YOU MUST ALWAYS INCLUDE A STEM OF WHEAT
FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU HOLD A FROG AND IT WETS ON YOU, YOU WILL GET A WART.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TAKE AN APPLE AND TWIST THE STEM. WITH EACH STEM SAY, "HE
LOVES ME, THEN HE LOVES ME NOT." WHEN THE STEM BREAKS OFF,
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS TRUE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
OF A MARRIED COUPLE, THE PERSON WHOSE SECOND TOE IS LONGER
THAN THE BIG TOE IS THE BOSS OF THE FAMILY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE SAILORS NEEDED A BREEZE, THE (SIC) PULLED A SHARK OUT
OF THE WATER AND NAILED HIM BY THE TAIL TO THE MAST. THE
BIGGER THE SHARK, THE BETTER THE BREEZE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU WANT YOUR LIFE TO PROSPER AND THRIVE
LET A SPIDER GO ALIVE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU HAVE A BUMP ON YOUR HEAD AND YOU PRESS IT WITH A
SILVER KNIFE, IT WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF WHILE YOUR LOVE IS AWAY YOU ARE SEWING AND PRICK YOUR FINGER,
CAUSING THREE DROPS OF BLOOD TO FALL ON THE MATERIAL, YOUR
LOVE NO LONGER LOVES YOU.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU FIND A PINK SHELL SHAPED LIKE A DIAMOND, IT IS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU SEE A REDBIRD, MAKE A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, IT IS A SIGN THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO
VISIT YOU.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOUR PALM ITCHES IT MEANS YOU ARE GREEDY FOR MONEY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU WALK UNDER A LADDER, IT WILL BRING YOU BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
STEP ON A CRACK,
BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
STEP ON A LINE,
BREAK YOUR FATHER'S SPINE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR, YOU WILL HAVE SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A TREE FALLS IN YOUR FRONT YARD DURING A STORM, IT IS A SIGN
THAT YOUR HOUSE WILL BE RUINED. IF YOU RUN OUT WHILE IT IS
STILL RAINING AND SAY, "PICK, PLANK, PICK, PLANK," IT WILL
TAKE AWAY THE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF OF ANAMANO INDIANS
THE LORD'S PRAYER SAID BACKWARDS IS A BLACK MAGIC CHARM.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU CUT THE DECK TO THE QUEEN OF SPADES, YOU WILL DIE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE GROOM SEES HIS BRIDE-TO-BE ON THE DAY OF HER WEDDING IN
HER WEDDING GOWN, THE COUPLE WILL HAVE SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE, IT WILL BRING YOU BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN