Title: Lucky Number 16 – Family Number
General Information about Item:
- Sign Superstition
- Language: English
- Country of Origin: United States
- Informant: Henry Goodwyn
- Date Collected: 03-01-2018
Informant Data:
- Henry Goodwyn was born and raised in Rumson, New Jersey. He comes from an Ice Hockey family, as his dad and all his brothers played it as their main sport. He started playing in his elementary Pewee league and played throughout middle school, high school, and on his club team at Dartmouth College. He is currently pursuing a Government major there and hopes to work in congress one day.
Contextual Data:
- Henry’s father was a rather superstitious hockey player. Throughout his entire youth, he always wore the same number, when playing and even when it was taken by another player, he would do anything it took to get for himself. As soon as he had his own kids, which were old enough to play hockey, he made them all wear the same number.
Item Data:
- The number 16 is lucky in Henry’s family because it is his dad’s lucky number. He declared to the family that it would be their lucky number as well because it’s very important to them.
Collector’s Name: Juergen Wei Buchsteiner
Tags/Keywords:
- Superstition
- Lucky Number
- 16
- Hockey
- Family Folklore