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NEVER LITE THREE CIGARETTES ON THE SAME MATCH. IT
IS A SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THAT HIS GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS BELIEVED
THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 02-15-1971
IT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK TO LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES
WITH THE SAME MATCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
IT IS BAD LUCK TO HAVE YOUR CIGARETTE BE THE THIRD
ONE LIGHTED WITH A SINGLE MATCH.
Submitter comment:
HE DOESN'T REMEMBER WHERE HE HEARD IT, PROBABLY
FROM A BOYFRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
GOD BLESS THE MOON AND GOD BLESS ME.
GOD BLESS THE SOMEBODY I WANT TO SEE.
GOD BLESS THE MOON AND GOD BLESS ME.
AND GOD BLESS THE SOMEBODY I WANT TO SEE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; PRAYER ; RHYME: AAAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK TO ROCK A ROCKING CHAIR WITH NO ONE
IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 11-20-1968
IF A DEAD LIZARD FALLS IN FRONT OF YOU, THEN YOU WILL
HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-11-1971
EVERY TIME HIS SISTER'S BOYFRIEND CAME OVER, HE
WOULD CRINGE WITH FEAR WHENEVER THE DOG CAME
NEAR HIM. HIS BELIEF WAS THAT DOGS BROUGHT
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
NEVER CROSS THE PATH OF A BLACK CAT.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A SUPERSTITION THAT'S KNOWN TO EVERYONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-15-1971
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
IF YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING AND THE FIRST THING
YOU SEE IN THE MORNING IS A BLACK CAT, YOU ARE
GOING TO GET BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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 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
SAILORS NEVER KILL AN ALBATROSS BECAUSE THIS WILL
BRING BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM ONE OF HER FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BIRD ; MARITIME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-11-1971
WHEN RECEIVING KNIVES FOR A GIFT, YOU SHOULD GIVE THE
GIVER OF THE GIFT A PENNY FOR EVERY KNIFE, SO THAT
YOU MAY HAVE GOOD LUCK, INSTEAD OF BAD. THIS IS
ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN GIVING A GIFT TO A BRIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAZEL PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bridal shower BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
KILLING AN ALBATROSS IN OPEN SEASON IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BIRD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
TO LEAD WITH THE LEFT FOOT OUT OF A DOOR IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
IF YOU WHISTLE OR SING AT THE TABLE, YOU WISH BAD
LUCK ON SOMEONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-03-1969
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR ACTORS AND ACTRESSES TO WHISTLE
IN THEIR DRESSING ROOMS BEFORE GOING ON STAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Secular BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
IF A GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE WALKING TOGETHER AND ONE OF
THEM WALKS AROUND THE TREE, THE ONE WHO WALKED
AROUND THE TREE WILL HAVE SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 10-30-1968