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WALKING UNDER A LADDER IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 11-02-1970
WALKING UNDER A LADDER IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
IF YOU WALK UNDER A LADDER, YOU WILL HAVE SEVEN YEARS
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 10-30-1968
BREAKING A MIRROR IS SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS BELIEVED BY MANY OLDER ERSONS.
INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HIM THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 02-25-1971
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR YOU WILL HAVE SEVEN YEARS
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR, YOU WILL HAVE SEVEN YEARS
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 10-30-1968
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR IT'S BAD LUCK IN CHINA AND
ESPECIALLY WHEN A COUPLE WHO ARE IN LOVE BREAK
A MIRROR, THEY WILL SEPARATE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION IN TAIWAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TAIWAN
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
IF YOU WERE BORN ON A FRIDAY, YOU WILL HAVE A LIFE
OF GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BIRTH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- NOT SURE BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Good luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
CARRYING MUSTARD SEEDS WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 03-26-1968
IT IS GOOD LUCK WHEN THERE ARE PORPOISES SWIMMING
AROUND THE BOW OF A SHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
IT IS GOOD LUCK FOR SWALLOWS TO BUILD THEIR NEST ON
THE ROOF.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
TEN IN THE BED
THERE WERE TEN IN THE BED AND THE LITTLE ONE SAID
" ROLL OVER, ROLL OVER ".
THERE WERE NINE IN THE BED
EIGHT
SEVEN
SIX
FIVE
FOUR
THREE
TWO
THERE WAS ONE IN THE BED AND THE LITTLE ONE SAID " GOOD NIGHT "
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
" YANKEE YANK "
REMEMBER WAY DOWN YONDER BY YANKEE,
YANK, A FROG JUMPED FROM BANK TO BANK.
Submitter comment: SOMETIMES HE SINGS THIS
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
NURSEY RHYME-SONG
HERE, HERE, HERE ( INDEX FINGER OF ONE HAND TAPPING PALM
OF OTHER HAND ) WAS A CROW COOKING BARLEY, BUT
SHE BURNT HER TAIL. ( TAPPING ONE FINGER AT A TIME
STARTING WITH LITTLE FINGER SAY ONE PHRASE FOR EACH
FINGER ) TO THIS ONE ( LITTLE CROWS ) SHE GAVE IT
ONE A TEASPOON, TO THIS ONE ON A WOODEN SPOON,
TO THIS ONE ON A DISH, TO THIS ONE ON A LEAF,
AND ( PINCHING THUMB AND RAISING HAND AS IF FLYING AWAY )
THEN SHE HERSELF FLEW AWAY. ( MAKE SOUND LIKE FLLLLLLLLL WHEN RAISING
HAND UP.)
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM POLISH.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 03-11-1970
MONEY COUNTING
IT'S A SURE SIGN OF A QUICK DOWNFALL TO COME IF
YOU COUNT YOUR WINNINGS (MONEY) WHILE A GAME OF CARDS IS
STILL IN PROGRESS.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): GAMBLING ; MONEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 11-17-1969
WHY POPCORN AND PEANUTS ARE SOLD AT GAMES
IN ROMAN DAYS, RED HOT PEAS WERE SOLD AT GLADIATOR GAMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Plant food Nut Food Drink -- Flavoring Spice BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
BROOM SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOU MOVE FROM ONE RESIDENCE TO ANOTHER, NEVER TAKE YOUR BROOM.
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS LEARNED IN WEST VIRGINIA ALTHOUGH COLLECTED IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
BASEBALL BELIEF
NEVER TAKE THE GLOVES OF THE PLAYERS INTO THE DUGOUT. IT IS
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.1 |
Date learned: 03-04-1971
WHEN YOU ARE FISHING, YOU MUST ALWAYS SPIT ON THE
BAIT BEFORE YOU PUT IT IN THE WATER. THIS WAS FOR
GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS GRANDFATHER WHO
LIVES IN DETROIT, (MICHIGAN). HOWEVER, THEY ALWAYS
FISHED IN THE GEORGIAN BAY IN ONTARIO, CANADA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 09-22-1969