The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

BAD LUCK OMEN FROM YUGOSLAVIA

IF YOU ARE GOING INTO A EXAM AND HAPPEN TO MEET A PRIEST
BEFORE YOU HAVE THE EXAM HE WILL BRING YOU BAD LUCK. THIS IS
BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE IS DRESSED, BEING THAT HE IS WEARING
BLACK CLOTHERS. YOU CROSS YOUR FINGERS IN THREE FOR THE FATHER,
SON, AND HOLY GHOST, THEN THE FIRST PERSON YOU MEET YOU TOUCH
THEM TO GET RID OF THE EVIL SPELL.

Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED THIS IN HER COUNTRY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 09-17-1967