The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

NO ROOM FOR THE BROOM

MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IT IS BAD LUCK TO TAKE A BROOM
WITH YOU WHEN YOU MOVE FROM ONE HOUSE TO ANOTHER.
INSTEAD, THEY LEAVE IT AT THE OLD HOUSE.

Submitter comment: MR. MURCHISON, WHO WORKED FOR THE JOHN F. IVORY MOVING
CO. FOUND THIS SUPERSTITION WAS PUT INTO PRACTICE TIME
AND TIME AGAIN BY ALL KINDS OF INDIVIDUALS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 07-01-1964