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LUCK WITH 13
TO VILLAGERS IN A PROVINCE NEAR ROME, ITALY
THE NUMBER 13 IS A GOOD LUCK SIGN.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SUCH AN OPPOSITE USE OF 13 FROM THE USUAL
THAT I THOUGHT THIS WORTH RECORDING.
THE INFORMANT, WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, RECEIVED A GOOD LUCK
MEDAL WITH THE NUMBER 13 ON IT FROM HER
ITALIAN GRANDMOTHER WHO SAID 13 WAS A LUCKY NUMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN ; CLASS
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 04-01-1970
BABY CHRIST WHILE BEING HUNTED BY HEROD'S HORDES,
WAS HID IN THE LOW, SWEEPING BRANCHES OF A PINE
TREE. THE TREE SAVED HIM BY KEEPING HIM OUT OF
SIGHT. BABY JESUS BLESSED THE TREE. AND IF YOU
CUT A PINE CONE IN HALF THROUGH ITS CORE, IN THE
UPPER PART OF ONE OF THE HALVES YOU WILL SEE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; CLASS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious |
THE SHIRT IS CLOSER
THE SHIRT IS MUCH CLOSER TO THE BODY THAN THE COAT.
Where learned: CLASS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
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Belief: Animal
A hoop snake puts its tail in its mouth and rolls; Anything hit by it will die.
Submitter comment:
Perswon remembers as a child being afraid of this snake and always running in a zig-zag path to avoid being struck by it.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: CLASS
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; DEATH ; MYTH ; Serpent ; Snake ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
PROVERB
A GOOD DAY WILL ALWAYS START WITH A GOOD PERSON.
Where learned: TOLD IN ; CLASS ; POLITICAL SCIENCE 460
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-03-1971
EXCLAMATION
NUH HOT FE-UM- SO THERE!
Submitter comment: NO LANGUAGE GIVEN
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; CLASS ; POLITICAL SCIENCE 460
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-03-1971
IN HUNGARY AT BAPTISM PEOPLE FOLOW THE PARENTS TO THE
CHURCH AND THROW FLOWERS IN THEIR PATH.
Where learned: CLASS ; POLITICAL SCIENCE 460
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite |
Date learned: 11-03-1971