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IT IS BAD LUCK TO OPEN AN UMBRELLA INSIDE A HOUSE
OR BUILDING. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS WAIT TILL YOU GET
OUTISDE THE DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 01-30-1971
IF, WHEN SHUFFLING A DECK OF CARDS AND THE ACE OF
SPADES POPS OUT, IT MEANS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
J.M.J.
A GIRLFRIEND OF MINE ALWAYS USED TO PUT J.M.J. ON THE
TOP OF HER TESTS AND PAPERS IN HIGH SCHOOL. THIS
STOOD FOR JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH AND WAS BELIEVED TO
GIVE THIS GIRL GOOD LUCK, OR SO SHE THOUGHT!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Word Letter BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 |
Date learned: 10-08-1971
DURING A THUNDERSTORM, TO AVOID BEING HIT BY LIGHTNING,
IT IS ADVISABLE TO BURN ONE OF THE BLESSED PALMS
WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTED ON PALM SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): FIRE SMOKE FUMIGATION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
IF A DEAD PERSON IS LAID OUT OVER A SUNDAY, THEN
ANOTHER DEATH WILL OCCUR SOON IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
A LOAF OF BREAD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN MEANS A DEATH OF A
LOVED ONE WILL OCCUR IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
IF IT RAINS ON THE DAY OF A FUNERAL, THE PERSON BURIED
WAS A GOOD PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
WHENEVER YOU GO TO A CEMETERY, DO NOT STEP ON A GRAVE,
IF YOU DO YOU WILL GIVE THAT PERSON AN UGLY ETERNITY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT CAN REMEMBER HER MOTHER TELLING HER THIS
WHENEVER THEY WENT TO A CEMETERY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
A HALO AROUND THE MOON AT NIGHT MEANS THAT IT WILL RAIN
THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT REMEMBERS HEARING THIS BELIEF SINCE HE
WAS A CHILD ALTHOUGH HE DOES NOT PLACE MUCH FAITH
IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 03-02-1971
BAD LUCK
NEVER WEAR TWO RINGS THAT ARE FROM DIFFERENT BOYS AT THE
SAME TIME; THE THREE OF YOU MAY MEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE BY THE SAME DOOR THAT YOU
CAME IN BY. THIS IS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
BASEBALL
WHEN A PLAYER IS DOING WELL, HE FEELS THAT IT WOULD BE
BAD LUCK FOR HIM TO WASH OR CHANGE ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT
OR CLOTHING THAT HE HAS BEEN WEARING SINCE THE STREAK
BEGAN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED THAT ONE YEAR, HE WAS DOING SO WELL, THAT
HE REFUSED TO BUY A NEW PAIR OF BASEBALL SHOES FOR FEAR
HE WOULD BREAK HIS WINNING STREAK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.2 |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
BASEBALL
A PITCHER DOESN'T STEP ON THE CHALK LINES WHEN GOING OUT
ONTO THE FIELD. THIS WOULD BE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT PLAYED PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL AND HE FOUND THIS
TRUE ON THE TEAMS HE PLAYED FOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.2 |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
REMEDY
IF YOUR HANDS ARE BADLY CHAPPED, RIGHT BEFORE YOU
GO TO BED, RUB SOME URINE ON THEM AND PUT ON A
PAIR OF WHITE GLOVES AND LEAVE THEM ON FOR THE
NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Measure BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-30-1971
IF YOU LAUGH ON A FRIDAY, YOU WILL CRY ON A SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
ELEVEN ROSES OF ONE COLOR AND ONE ROSE OF ANOTHER
COLOR MEANS I LOVE YOU WHEN SENT TO SOMEONE AS
A GIFT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Number P686.1.11 |
Date learned: 01-24-1971
TO GET RID OF WARTS THROW A POTATO OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER, AND
WHEN THAT POTATO ROTS, YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
TIE ONE KNOT IN A STRING FOR EACH WART WHICH YOU HAVE,
THEN BURY THE STRING. WHEN THE STRING ROTS, YOUR WARTS
WILL HAVE VANISHED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING ; PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
RAIN ON A WEDDING DAY MEANS BAD LUCK FOR THE COUPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage P545.056 BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
WHEN A PERSON WANTS TO REMEMBER SOMETHING IMPORTANT,
HE WILL TIE A STRING ON HIS FINGER, WHICH KEEPS
HIM THINKING OF THE MATTER OF IMPORTANCE. (A
RUBBER BAND IS FREQUENTLY USED, ALSO).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-10-1968