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SPILLING SALT IS BAD LUCK. IF YOU DO, YOU SHOULD
SHAKE SOME SALT OVER YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER TO REINSTATE
YOUR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WHITMORE LAKE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 11-24-1988
DEATH ALWAYS OCCURS IN THREES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WHITMORE LAKE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING WHILE IT RAINS, IT MEANS IT WILL
RAIN AGAIN TOMORROW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WHITMORE LAKE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 10-20-1988
MAY GOD BLESS ALL THOSE WHO LOVE ME
AND THOSE WHO DON'T LOVE ME, PLEASE TEACH ME TO
FIND THE GOODNESS TO LOVE THEM ANYWAY.
ALSO, PLEASE MARK THEM SO THAT I KNOW WHO TO AVOID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WHITMORE LAKE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-24-1988
ONLY THOSE BORN IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER SHOULD WEAR THE OPAL,
IT WILL BRING ALL OTHERS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WHITMORE LAKE
James Callow Keyword(s): JEWELRY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F100 BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- P647 BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-24-1988
IF YOU EAT PORK ON NEW YEAR'S DAY YOU WILL HAVE A PROSPEROUS
NEW YEAR; IF YOU EAT SOMETHING THAT SCRATCHES AT THE GROUND,
SUCH AS A CHICKEN, SO WILL YOU SCRATCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WHITMORE LAKE
A MAN COMMITS SUICIDE AND THEREFORE CAN'T BE BURIED IN CHURCH.
THE BODY IS LEFT OUTSIDE IN THE SUN ON A WARM JULY AFTERNOON,
WHILE THE FAMILY SEEKS BURIAL APPROVAL FROM THE BISHOP.
THE BODY SITS OUTSIDE FOR HOURS, YET NO DECOMPOSER TAKES PLACE.
WAS HE BURIED ALIVE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WHITMORE LAKE
James Callow Keyword(s): DECOMPOSITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |