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BAD EYES
IF A PERSON LOOKS AT YOU ANGRILY,
THIS WILL IN SOME WAY CAUSE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
MR. MARCHETT WAS TOLD THIS WHILE HE LIVED AND TRAVELLED
IN LATIN AMERICA.
Where learned: DETROIT ; IRA WILSON AND SONS CREAMERY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
CURSE
TO PUT A CURSE ON SOMEONE, YOU GET SOME
PERSONAL ITEMS OF THEIRS, SAY SOME
MAGIC WORDS AND THEN BURN IT.
Submitter comment:
WHILE TRAVELLING AND LIVING IN LATIN AMERICA,
MR. MARCHETT HEARD THESE AND HE IN TURN
TOLD MY FRIEND WHILE THEY WERE WORKING TOGETHER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; IRA WILSON AND SONS CREAMERY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
GOOD LUCK CHARM
AN EYE TOOTH IS A GOOD LUCK CHARM AND PEOPLE
WEAR IT AROUND THEIR NECK FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
WHILE TRAVELING AND LIVING IN LATIN AMERICA,
MR. MARCHETT HEARD THIS AND HE IN TURN TOLD
MY FREIND WHILE THEY WERE WORKING TOGETHER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; IRA WILSON AND SONS CREAMERY
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
NUMBER BELIEF
NUMBER THIRTEEN IN SOME PLACES IS CONCIDERED BAD LUCK.
THERE WILL BE NO ROOM 13 OR FLOOR 13 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
Submitter comment: THIS SUPERSTITION ABOUT 13 IS VERY PREVALENT IN LATIN AMERICA.
Where learned: WORK ; TOLD AT ; IRA WILSON AND SONS
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
NUMBER BELIEF
IN SOME PART OF LATIN AMERICA, NUMBER 13 IS CONSIDERED GOOD LUCK AND
IT IS USED ALL OVER.
Submitter comment:
THIS CONTROVERSIAL 13 NUMBER, WHETHER GOOD LUCK OR BAD, IS QUITE
PREVALENT IN LATIN AMERICA.
Where learned: WORK ; TOLD AT ; IRA WILSON AND SONS
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 10-13-1970
GOOD LUCK CHARM
A PIECE OF LION'S HAIR IS GOOD LUCK
AND IT STANDS FOR A BRAVE PERSON. THEREFORE
PEOPLE GET LION'S HAIR AND USE IT FOR GOOD LUCK
AND TO SHOW OTHER PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE BRAVE.
Submitter comment: MR. MARCHETT WAS TOLD THIS WHILE HE LIVED IN LATIN AMERICA.
Where learned: DETROIT ; IRA WILSON AND SONS CREAMERY
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 02-28-1970