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SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK WHEN YOU BREAK A MIRROR.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 10-25-1967
BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 10-23-1967
LIGHTING THREE CIGARETTES ON A MATCH (IS BAD LUCK.)
THIRD GUY DIES IN AN HOUR.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
CROW ON THE FENCE,
RAIN WILL GO HENCE.
CROW ON THE GROUND,
RAIN WILL COME DOWN.
Submitter comment: FROM RELATIVES
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
Date learned: 11-24-1967
A PIGEON IS SUPPOSED TO BE GREEDY, SO PIGEON-
TOED PERSONS ARE BRANDED AS STINGY.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIEND.
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Lower body, legs BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-16-1967