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LUCK ( COLLECTOR'S TITLE ) ; GOOD LUGK : OBJECTS ( CLASSIFIER'S TITLE )
CARRY CHESTNUTS IN YOUR POCKET FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck P881.1 |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
CUSTOM, DAILY LIFE.
THE ELDEST MAN AT A TABLE IS ASKED TO CUT THE MEAT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HOME.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
CUSTOM-DIVERSION
GIVE A PENNY WITH ANY GIFT THAT IS SHARP OR YOU
WILL CUT YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM SCHOOL FRIENDS.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
ACTIVITY-ASTRONOMY
PLANT POTATOES IN THE FULL OF THE MOON.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
EAT CABBAGE OR SAUERKRAUT ON NEW YEAR'S FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
TO TAKE A SECOND HELPING BEFORE YOU ARE THROUGH
WITH THE FIRST, MEANS THAT SOMEONE IS COMING WHO
IS HUNGRY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Observation |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
PICTURES SHOULD BE TURNED TO THE WALL IN THE HOME
WHERE A PERSON DIES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE NUMBERS OF CARS IN A
FUNERAL PROCESSION.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
KNOCK ON WOOD FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
THE ROSE IS RED, BUT THE THORN IS SHARP.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
BLASON POPULAIRE
A LOAFER PREFERS TO BREAK HIS WITH A HEAVY LOAD TO
MAKING A SECOND TRIP.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A SHEEP WHO BLEATS LOSES MANY A MOUTHFUL.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
Keyword(s): ANIMAL GOSSIP
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
SHORT HAIR IS QUICKLY BRUSHED.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
WE GROW OLD TOO SOON AND SMART TOO LATE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
BLASON POPULAIRE
WHAT ONE HASN'T GOT IN HIS HEAD, HE HAS TO HAVE IN HIS FEET.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
WHAT ONE PERSON DOESN'T WANT; THE OTHER ONE DOES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
I HEARD SOMEWHERE THAT IT IS BAD LUCK TO WASH YOUR
HAIR ON SUNDAY, BUT GOOD LUCK TO WASH IT ON
MONDAY.
Where learned: INDIANA ; INDIANAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FROG CITY
THERE'S A HOUSE ABOUT 2 MILEES OUTSIDE THE COUNTY, NEAR
ZIONSVILLE, THAT HAS ALL SORTS OF STRANGE THINGS. IT IS
SURROUNDED BY ROLLED BARBED-WIRE. THERE IS AN ARMED GUARD ON ONE
SIDE OF A DRAWBRIDGE WHICH CROSSES A SMALL CREEK. THERE IS A SIGN
WHICH READS, "CAUTION, MINEFIELD--SURVIVORS WILL BE PROSECUTED."
THERE ARE STREETLIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CORNFIELD BELONGING
TO THE HOUSE. I BELIEVE THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE AND HAVE
SEEN THEM. NO ONE KNOWS WHO LIVES THERE.
Where learned: INDIANA ; INDIANAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Permanent and Temporary Dwelling ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Bridge |
Date learned: 05-00-1970
SCREAMING BRIDGE
THERE IS A RAILROAD TRESTLE CROSSING A CREEK ON THE EAST
SIDE OF TOWN. ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, A GIRL IS SAID TO
HAVE BEEN RUN OVER BY A TRAIN WHILE WALKING ACROSS THIS
BRIDGE. SOME NIGHTS, USUALLY BETWEEN 11 P.M. AND 3 A.M.
THE SCREAMING OF THE GIRL CAN BE HEARD WHEN A TRAIN
CROSSES OVER THAT BRIDGE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID SHE WAS THERE ONE NIGHT AND HEARD THE
SCREAMING. SHE SEEMED SCARED JUST TALKING ABOUT IT.
SCREAMING OF GIRL KILLED ON RAILROAD TRESTLE CAN BE HEARD WHEN TRAIN
CROSSES THAT BRIDGE.
Data entry tech comment: PRESUME THIS HAPPENED IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.
Where learned: INDIANA ; INDIANAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
FROG CITY
THERE'S A HOUSE ABOUT 2 MILEES OUTSIDE THE COUNTY, NEAR
ZIONSVILLE, THAT HAS ALL SORTS OF STRANGE THINGS. IT IS
SURROUNDED BY ROLLED BARBED-WIRE. THERE IS AN ARMED GUARD ON ONE
SIDE OF A DRAWBRIDGE WHICH CROSSES A SMALL CREEK. THERE IS A SIGN
WHICH READS, "CAUTION, MINEFIELD--SURVIVORS WILL BE PROSECUTED."
THERE ARE STREETLIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CORNFIELD BELONGING
TO THE HOUSE. I BELIEVE THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE AND HAVE
SEEN THEM. NO ONE KNOWS WHO LIVES THERE.
Where learned: INDIANA ; INDIANAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Permanent and Temporary Dwelling ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Bridge |
Date learned: 05-00-1970