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LUCK OF THE IRISHMAN.
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING I HAVE OFTEN HEARD, BECAUSE IT IS BELIEVED
THAT IRISHMEN ARE VERY LUCKY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
BURNING INCENSE IN YOUR HOUSE WILL BRING GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Religious (relic, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-31-1968
A HORSESHOE OVER YOUR DOOR WITH THE ENDS UPWARD
MEANS GOOD LUCK WILL NEVER RUN OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
KNOCK-KNOCK STREET
ON A DARK, FOGGY NIGHT SOME YEARS AGO ON A STREET NEAR MY HOME
(I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME ANYMORE), A BOY WAS RUN OVER BY A CAR
AND KILLED. THE HIT AND RUN DRIVER WAS NEVER FOUND. FROM THAT
TIME ON, ANYTIME MY FRIENDS AND I WERE RIDING DOWN THE STREET,
STRANGE NOISES CAME FROM BENEATH THE CAR. WE BELIEVED THAT THIS
BOY WHO WAS KILLED WAS BOTHERING PEOPLE BECAUSE THE KILLER WAS
NEVER FOUND. THE NOISE WAS NOT THE FAULT OF A DEFECTIVE CAR,
SINCE THIS NOISE WOULD ONLY OCCUR ON THIS PARTICULAR STREET.
THE NICKNAME FOR THIS STREET WAS KNOCK-KNOCK STREET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
IF YOU FIND A HORSESHOE, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
KNOCK-KNOCK STREET
ON A DARK, FOGGY NIGHT SOME YEARS AGO ON A STREET NEAR MY HOME
(I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME ANYMORE), A BOY WAS RUN OVER BY A CAR
AND KILLED. THE HIT AND RUN DRIVER WAS NEVER FOUND. FROM THAT
TIME ON, ANYTIME MY FRIENDS AND I WERE RIDING DOWN THE STREET,
STRANGE NOISES CAME FROM BENEATH THE CAR. WE BELIEVED THAT THIS
BOY WHO WAS KILLED WAS BOTHERING PEOPLE BECAUSE THE KILLER WAS
NEVER FOUND. THE NOISE WAS NOT THE FAULT OF A DEFECTIVE CAR,
SINCE THIS NOISE WOULD ONLY OCCUR ON THIS PARTICULAR STREET.
THE NICKNAME FOR THIS STREET WAS KNOCK-KNOCK STREET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
IF YOU PICK UP A PENNY FROM OFF THE GROUND, THEN
YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL DAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER CHILDHOOD YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
IT IS TRADITIONAL TO THROW IN COINS AT THE BRINK
OF NIAGARA FALLS, FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ALWAYS PUT A PENNY IN A NEW PURSE; IT MEANS
GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO PUT THE FIRST COIN IN A BANK OR A
WALLET THAT IS A GIFT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Good luck Money BELIEF -- Good luck Gifts |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
IF YOU FIND A PENNY ON THE GROUND IT MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
IF SOMEONE GIVES YOU A NEW PURSE, THEY USUALLY
PUT A PENNY IN IT FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Money BELIEF -- Good luck Gifts |
Date learned: 02-05-1968
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PUT YOUR
RIGHT SOCK ON FIRST WHEN DRESSING. THIS IS FOR LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS HE ALWAYS FOLLOWS THIS BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 8P88 8P88.165 BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-15-1972
IF YOU UNCONSCIOUSLY PUT SOMETHING ON THE WRONG
WAY, THIS IS A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: HE FORGOT WHERE HE LEARNED THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN CRAVES A FOOD, BUT REFUSES IT AND
TOUCHES HER BODY, THE BABY WILL BE MARKED IN THE SAME
PLACE AS THE MOTHER TOUCHED HERSELF. THIS IS A
LEBANESE BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DETROIT BOARD OF EDUCATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
TURN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL RING OVER ONCE FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: TRADITION IN HIGH SCHOOLS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Jewelry (gems, rings, etc.) |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
PUT A HAIR FROM A HORSE'S TAIL INTO THE CISTERN AND
IT WILL TURN INTO A SNAKE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECALLS THIS FROM HER YOUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SHELBY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
NEVER WEAR AN OPAL RING UNLESS IT IS YOUR BIRTHSTONE.
IF YOU WEAR IT, YOU WILL HAVE SEVEN YEARS BAD
LUCK; BUT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE YOU WILL HAVE GOOD
LUCK. ONLY THOSE WHOSE BIRTHSTONE IT IS CAN
WEAR IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 02-14-1972
TRADITIONAL FOOD
AT EASTERTIME THE SLOVAK PEOPLE MAKE "HRUTKA". IT IS A COMBINATION
OF EGGS (USUALLY AT LEAST TWENTY), MILK, SUGAR AND SALT. IT IS
COOKED IN A BIG POT UNTIL IT IS AS THICK AS SCRAMBLED EGGS. THEN IT
IS BOUND IN A VERY DENSELY WOVEN CLOTH TO FORM A BALL AND HUNG FROM
A ROPE TO DRIP AND DRY FOR AT LEAST A DAY. IT IS BLESSED AT EASTER
TIME AND RESEMBLES A CHEESE. IT SHOULD BE MOIST. IT IS SLICED
AND EATEN LIKE CHEESE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER USED A TRADITIONAL COARSE CLOTH TO BIND THE
HRUTKA. IT WAS BROUGHT FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA, AND WOVEN BY HER
FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 03-22-1970
IF YOU MAKE A WISH ON A NEW RING, IT'S GOOD LUCK.
AND TURN IT AROUND ONCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Precious stone Gem BELIEF -- Good luck Jewelry (gems, rings, etc.) |
Date learned: 11-30-1967