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YOU SHOULD VIEW THE NEW MOON ONLY OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LEAVE A HOUSE THROUGH A WINDOW.
Submitter comment: I DO NOT REMEMBER WHERE I FIRST HEARD THIS SUPERSTITION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
IT IS UNLUCKY TO TURN BACK FROM A JOURNEY.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS SUPERSTITION WHEN I WAS A GIRL. SHE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO FIND A PENNY.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A COMMON SUPERSTITION. I CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE I
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of quality Medium of exchange BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO PICK UP A PIN.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A COMMON SUPERSTITION. I CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE I
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
WHEN YOU FIND A HORSESHOE, YOU NAIL IT OVER YOUR DOOR FOR GOOD
LUCK.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS WHEN I WAS A SMALL GIRL. THIS WAS A
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CROSS IN FRONT OF A FUNERAL.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THIS ON JULY 21, 1968.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LAY A MAN'S HAT ON THE BED, UNLESS YOU
TURN THE CROWN DOWN.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THIS SUPERSTITION ON JULY 21, 1968. IT IS
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) BELIEF -- Conversions Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
IF A WOMAN COMES TO YOUR HOUSE BEFORE A MAN ON NEW YEAR'S DAY,
YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK WITH YOUR CHICKENS THAT YEAR.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THIS AT OUR HOME JULY 19, 1968. WHEN
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IT'S BAD LUCK TO SIT ON A BED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
IT'S BAD LUCK TO STEP OVER A BROOM.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM HER GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BE HIT WITH A BROOM.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM HER GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO STUB YOUR TOE.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THIS SUPERSTITION AUGUST 8, 1968. I DO
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IF YOU START ON A JOURNEY AND SOMEONE CALLS YOU BACK, YOU ARE TO
MAKE A CROSS WHERE YOU STOP, SPIT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, AND WALK
BACKWARDS TO THE PERSON WHO CALLED YOU. TO TURN BACK WOULD BE
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES HEARD THIS SUPERSTITION WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: 07-19-1968
NEVER COUNT YOUR TEETH OR THEY'LL ALL DROP OUT.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES HEARD THIS SUPERSTITION AS A GIRL IN FORT SMITH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO TAKE A PEN FROM A PERSON AND SIGN SOMETHING
WITH IT. YOU SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THE PERSON PUTS THE PEN
DOWN, THEN PICK IT UP AND USE IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT IS RAINING, IT IS A SIGN THAT IT
WILL RAIN TOMORROW.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON SUPERSTITION IN
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
Date learned: 08-08-1968
AN ACHING CORN ON THE FOOT IS AN INDICATION OF RAIN.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A COMMON SUPERSTITION. I CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE I
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IF YOU FORGET SOMETHING IN THE HOUSE, DON'T COME BACK AND LEAVE
AGAIN BEFORE SITTING DOWN IN A CHAIR OR YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 06-29-1970
YOU CRY A TEAR FOR EVERY STITCH YOU SEW ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 06-29-1970