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FRIDAY 13TH IS A DAY OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Friday the Thirteenth |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THE GROOM TO SEE THE BRIDE ON
THE DAY OF THEIR WEDDING, BEFORE THE CEREMONY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Superstition about good weather BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
IF YOU SPILL SOME SALT, YOU HAVE TO THROW SOME
OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER IN ORDER TO WARD OFF
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
HOLD YOUR BREATH WHILE GOING BY A CEMETERY TO
SUCURE AGAINST BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: DOES NOT REMEMBER (SOURCE).
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Conversions Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
A NOTABLE DISPLAY OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS MEANS A
SEASON OF COLD WEATHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN MUSKRATS BUILD THEIR HOUSES HIGHER THAN USUAL, IT IS
A SIGN OF A COLD WINTER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A YELLOW HAZE AROUND THE SUN FORETELLS CALM WEATHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Weather sign or control |
IF YOU ARE TELLING SOME ONE SOMETHING AND FORGET IT, IT
MUST HAVE BEEN A LIE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
IF SOMEONE IS TELLING YOU SOMETHING, AND THEN SNEEZES, IT
IS THE TRUTH, NO MATTER WHAT HE JUST TOLD YOU.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY'S TOWER (LANSING, MICHIGAN)
WILL FALL DOWN THE DAY A VIRGIN GRADUATES FROM THE
SCHOOL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.12 |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
BECAUSE GOD IS THREE BEINGS IN ONE, MAN LOOKS FOR ALL
GOOD THINGS TO COME IN THREES.,
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE BEINGS IN GOD, MAN BELIEVES
ALL GOOD THINGS COME IN THREES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
FOR GOOD LUCK, ONE SHOULD COUNT WHITE HORSES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HAWAIIAN
WHEN YOU SEE DIAMOND HEAD (HAWAII) IF YOU THROW YOUR
LEI OVER THE BOATRAIL, AND IF IT FLOATS BACK TO SHORE,
YOU'LL RETURN TO HAWAII.
Data entry tech comment: LEI=WREATH OR NECKLACE OF FLOWERS
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Emblem |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
DO NOT COUNT FUNERAL CARS OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: TOLD AT GRANDPARENT'S HOUSE
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.44 |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
IF YOU LAUGH ON FRIDAY, YOU WILL CRY ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
IF YOU RUB A BEAN OVER A WART, THEN THROW IT AWAY, WHEN THE BEAN
SPROUTS UP, THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WASH THE WART IN OLD, ROTTEN STUMP WATER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WARTS CAN BE REMOVED BY TYING A STRING AROUND IT AND THEN
THROWING THE STRING AWAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN