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TO STOP AN OWL FROM HOLLOWERING, TAKE YOUR LEFT SHOE OFF AND
TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
KNOCK ON WOOD THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY NEW MONTH AND YOU WILL
NOT HAVE A BAD COLD THAT MONTH.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK IF A BLACK CAT TO CROSS THE ROAD OR PATH IN
FRONT OF YOU.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IT IS GOOD LUCK FOR THE BRIDE TO WEAR SOMETHING BORROWED
AND SOMETHING BLUE.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK FOR SOMETHING UNLESS
YOU MAKE A CROSS MARK AND SPIT IN IT.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
SEE A PIN, PICK IT UP, ALL THAT DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
SEE A PIN, LET IT LIE, YOU WILL NEED A PIN BEFORE YOU DIE.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
CROSS YOUR FINGERS WHEN YOU CROSS A LOG OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IF YOU TICKLE A BABY'S FEET, HE/SHE WILL STUTTER WHEN HE/SHE
LEARNS TO TALK.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE BOX CARS ON A TRAIN.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
THE NUMBER OF BIRTHMARKS ONE HAS ON HIS/HER BODY IS EQUAL TO
THE NUMBER OF LOVERS HE/SHE WILL HAVE.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IF YOU WISH UPON THE FIRST STAR YOU SEE AT NIGHTS, YOUR WISH
WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IF THE FIRST THREE WORDS YOU SAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY
NEW MONTH, ARE RABBIT, RABBIT, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD FORTUNE
THAT MONTH.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IF YOU HAVE A DREAM WHICH YOU WISH TO COME TRUE, DO NOT TELL
ANYONE UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE EATEN BREAKFAST.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IF YOU DROP YOUR HAIRBRUSH, DO NOT PICK IT UP YOURSELF OR YOU
WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
WHEN YOU TRAVEL PASS A GRAVEYARD, POINT YOUR RIGHT INDEX
FINGER UPWARD OR YOU WILL SOON REST IN THAT PLOT.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IF YOU FIND A PENNY WHILE WALKING, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK
THAT DAY.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IF A FROG WETS ON YOU, THEN A WART WILL GROW ON THAT SPOT.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IF YOU TRAVEL UNDER A RAILROAD TRACK WHILE A TRAIN IS PASSING
OVERHEAD, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
NEVER LET ANYONE SWEEP UNDER YOUR FEET OR YOU WILL NEVER
MARRY.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973