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BELIEF
BURNING TRASH ON SUNDAY BRINGS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WALK WITH ONE SHOE ON AND THE OTHER SHOE OFF.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
WHEN A PIN IS SEEN ON THE FLOOR, PICKING IT UP INSURES GOOD
LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. FAILING TO PICK IT UP WILL
BRING BAD LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK TO STEP FORWARD OVER A BROOM. STEPPING BACKWARDS
OVER IT DOES NOT BRING BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK TO START SOMETHING ON FRIDAY WHICH CANNOT BE
FINISHED ON THAT DAY.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF YOU PUT SOMETHING ON WRONG SIDE OUT, IT IS BAD LUCK TO
REMOVE IT UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
A RABBIT RUNNING IN FRONT OF SOMEONE BRINGS BAD LUCK FOR
THE PERSON.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
CORN THAT IS PLANTED DURING NEW MOON WIIL HAVE LONG STALKS
AND SMALL EARS. CORN PLANTED DURING A FULL MOON WILL HAVE
SHORT STALKS AND LARGE EARS.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
WHEN A PERSON LEAVES A PLACE AND FORGETS SOMETHING, IT IS BAD
LUCK TO GO BACK AND GET IT UNLESS THE PERSON MAKES A CROSS ON
THE GROUND WITH HIS FOOT BEFORE RETURNING.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT WILL BRING BAD LUCK TO HAVE SOMETHING SEWED ON A GARMENT
THAT IS BEING WORN. THIS BAD LUCK CAN BE COUNTERACTED BY THE
PERSON WEARING THE GARMEN PUTTING A MATCH IN HIS MOUTH, BITING
ON IT WITH HIS TEETH.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF TRASH IS SWEPT UNDER A PERSON'S FEET THIS PERSON WILL BE
SINGLE.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PASS SALT FROM HAND TO HAND. IT SHOULD BE
PLACED ON THE TABLE BEFORE IT IS PICKED UP AND USED BY THE
NEXT PERSON.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
KILLING A HOG DURING A NEW MOON IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE THE HOG
SWELL AND NOT CONTAIN MUCH FAT. A HOG KILLED DURING A FULL
MOON IS SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN MUCH LARD.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
TAKING A BROOM FROM SOMEONE'S HAND WILL BRING BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BRING A BROOM INTO A HOUSE AFTER DARK.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
SWEEPING TRASH OUT OF A HOUSE AFTER DARK BRINGS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
A TWIN DAY (22, 11, ETC.) IS A GOOD FISHING DAY.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BE VISITED BY SOMEONE ON A MONDAY.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR TWO PEOPLE WALKING TOGETHER TO GO ON
EITHER SIDE OF AN OBJECT, TO SEPARATE AND WALK ON BOTH SIDES
OF A TREE. SAYING "BREAD AND BUTTER" WILL AVOID THE SPELL OF
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LEAVE A BUILDING FROM A DIFFERENT DOOR THAN
WAS USED TO ENTER IT.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN