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BAD LUCK COMES IN THREES.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 00001950S
FOR GOOD LUCK THE GROOM MUST CARRY THE BRIDE OVER THE
THRESHOLD.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Carrying bride over threshold |
Date learned: 00001950S
FIRST STAR
YOU SHOULD WISH ON THE FIRST STAR.
Submitter comment:
Learned in the 1950s.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001950S
IF YOUR PALM ITCHES, IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET
SOME MONEY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 00001950S
A BURNING IN YOUR EAR MEANS SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | 842 Ringing ears / buzzing / hot, burning Observation |
Date learned: 00001950S
IF YOU DROP A FORK YOU WILL HAVE COMPANY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00001950S
PUT A PENNY IN YOUR LOAFER (SHOE) FOR GOOD LUCK
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Money BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 00001950S
BLUE, BLUE, GOD LOVES YOU.
YELLOW, YELLOW, KISS A FELLOW.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001950S
WHEN TWO KIDS SAY THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME,
WHOEVER SLAPS THE OTHER FIRST GETS A FREE COKE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001950S
RINGING IN THE EAR
A RINGING IN YOUR RIGHT EAR MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR SOMETHING
GOOD. A RINGING IN YOUR LEFT EAR MEANS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR
SOMETHING BAD.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
Belief: Weather
Sailor's Weather:
Red sky in the morning, sailor's atake warning.
Red sky at night sailor's delight.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; Predicting ; Predicting ; RHYME ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |