Luck chain letters (published). Lottery type (The flame of luck). Hungary, 1983.
English translations only.


[Text A]

The flame of luck

This flame has reached Hungary.  The flame must go over the whole world.  You must believe, even if you are not superstitious.  Take a note of the following:

Anne Kovacs received the flame in 1911 and won seven million on the lottery.
A young man living in West Germany forgot to pass it on and lost his payment.
A girl living in East Germany won forty thousand marks but put out the flame and died.
In 1982 a Hungarian student was accepted for college by appeal.

This letter has now reached you to bring you luck.  You must send ten copies of the letter on within nine days.  See what happens on the ninth day!


[Text B]

The chain of luck This chain has reached Hungary, but must go over the whole world. Even if you are not superstitious, you must believe.
In 1981 the flame reached Anne Kovacs and she won two million on the lottery.
It also reached a boy, but he forgot to pass it on and lost his payment.
A girl from East Germany won forty thousand marks but destroyed the writing and died. This flame has reached you to bring you luck and love. Within nine days you must copy it twenty times and pass it on. See what will happen on the ninth day!



[Text C]

The flame of luck This letter has reached Hungary from Yugoslavia. Serious problems have turned for the better. You must believe even if you are not superstitious. Take note of the following:

I. Anna Kovacs received the flame in 1971 and in a few days won two million on the lottery.
II. A boy also received the flame but forgot about it and lost his payment.
III. A girl living in East Germany won four thousand marks but destroyed the flame and died.

This letter has reached you to bring you luck. You must pass twenty copies of the letter on within nine days. See what happens on the ninth day!


From: Hoppal, Mihaly. 1986. Chain letters: Contemporary folklore and the chain of tradition. Contemporary Folklore and Culture Change. Ed. Irma-Riitta Jarvinen. Finnish Literature Society Editions 431. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuunden Seuran, pp. 62-80. Author received four luck chain letters (3 handwritten, 1 typed) in Hungarian town in Jan. 1983. Three complete texts in both Hungarian and English.

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