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IT'S BAD LUCK TO START ON A TRIP AND HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND GO
BACK FOR SOMETHING.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-00-1970
IF YOU THROW AWAY A TOOTH AND A DOG STEPS ON IT, WHEN YOUR
TOOTH GROWS IN IT WILL BE A DOG'S TOOTH.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-00-1970
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A BROTHER AND SISTER TO MARRY IN THE SAME YEAR.
Submitter comment: HIS MOTHER BELIEVES THIS TO BE TRUE.
Data entry tech comment: EVEN IF NOT TO EACH OTHER
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.545 BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
TO SEE A CHIMNEY SWEEP MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, IT MEANS
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH FROM RIGHT TO LEFT, IT MEANS
GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A BRIDE TO SEW HER OWN WEDDING DRESS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dress of bride and groom BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.545 BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SWEEP AT NIGHT (SWEEP AWAY ALL YOU(R) GOOD LUCK.
IN THE OLD DAYS PEOPLE PLAYED FIREWORKS FOR THE MOSLEM HOLIDAYS,
AND THESE WERE PLAYED AT NIGHT. IF THEY SWEPT THEIR YARD IT
MEANT THAT THE PAPER FROM THE FIREWORKS WOULD DISAPPEAR, AND
THE PERSON COULD NOT BOAST TO HIS NEIGHBORS THAT HE HAD BOUGHT
SO MANY FIREWORKS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JAVA ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO GIVE HANDKERCHIEF TO YOUR SWEETHEART.
IN JAVANESE, THE WORD FOR HANDKERCHIEF IS "KATQU," A WORK
THAT ALWAYS OCCURS WITH "TEL," AND TOGETHER THEY MEAN
"BROKE UP."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JAVA ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.545 |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
IT MEANS BAD LUCK IF YOUR LEFT EYE IS SHAKING (BLINKING).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JAVA ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): TWITCHING?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Eye twitch BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
IF YOU PASS UNDER THE LINE FOR HANGING LAUNDRY, YOU WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.532 |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
IF A BLACK CROW WITH A STRIPE MAKES THREE QUICK SUCCESSIVE CALLS,
THERE WILL BE A LETTER FROM A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY FAR AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 07-23-1968
ONE MUST KEEP A CAT AWAY FROM A DEAD BODY. THE BELIEF IS THAT
IF THE CAT JUMPS OVER THE DEAD, THE BODY WILL RISE UP AND WALK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
THE MOON INFLUENCES THE GROWTH OF CROPS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A WOMAN TO WHISTLE.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS WHEN I WAS A SMALL GIRL; HER
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A MAN TO DIE WITH HIS BOOTS ON.
Submitter comment: I FIRST HEARD THIS WHEN I WAS A VERY SMALL GIRL. IT WAS USED
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER BELIEVED THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. HE TOLD ME THIS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WEAR ANY ARTICLE OF CLOTHING INSIDE OUT.
Submitter comment: I CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE I HEARD THIS ONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-29-1968