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SUPERSTITION

IF A HORSE DRANK SLEEPING WATER HE WOULD DIE. THAT'S WHY A
HORSE BLOWS BEFORE DRINKING TO WAKE THE WATER.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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SUPERSTITION

IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN UNEXPECTED PRESENT.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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SAYING

IF A PIN STICKS IN YOUR CLOTHES, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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STIR A BATTER IN THE SAME DIRECTION ELSE THE CAKE WILL NOT RISE.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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AT A WEDDING SHOWER, SLIDE THE RIBBONS OFF THE GIFTS. EACH
BROKEN RIBBON MENS AN ADDITIONAL CHILD.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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DON'T TRUST A PERSON WITH BROWN EYES.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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RIGHT EYE ITCHES, YOU WILL CRY.
LEFT EYE ITCHES, YOU WILL BE PLEASED.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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OLD SAYING

WHEN SLEEPING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A STRANGE BED, NAME THE FOUR
CORNERS OF THE BED AND THE FIRST CORNER SEEN IN THE MORNING WILL
TELL WHOM YOU WILL MARRY.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF YOU SAY SOMEONE'S NAME INADVERTENTLY ONCE OR SEVERAL TIMES IN
A CONVERSATION WHEN YOU'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING OR THINKING
OF THEM THIS MEANS THEY ARE THINING OF YOU.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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THERE ARE TWELVE MEMBERS ON A JURY BECAUSE OF THE INFLUENCE OF
ASTROLOGY. COURT ASTROLOGERS SELECTED JURORS, EACH BORN UNDER
A DIFFERENT SIGN OF THE ZODIAC, WITH THE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD
BRING EVERY TYPE OF MIND TO BEAR ON THE DECISION.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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OLD SAYINGS

IF YOU LIFT UP YOUR FEET FOR SOMEONE TO SWEEP UNDER, YOU WON'T
MARRY.
YOU SHOULD GO OUT THE SAME DOOE YOU CAME IN TO KEEP BAD LUCK FROM
COMING IN.
DON'T LET AN OBSTACLE, TREE GO BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE WALKING.
LIFT UP YOUR FEET WHEN YOU CROSS A STATE LINE.
LIFT UP YOUR FEET WHEN YOU CROSS RAILROAD TRACKS OR YOU WON'T
MARRY.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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OMEN

IF A DOG HOWLS RIGHT OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOWS AT NIGHT, YOU ARE GOING
TO DIE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: 08-14-1973

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OMEN

IF A RAIN CROW, MOURNING DOVE, CROWS RIGHT OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE,
SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: 08-14-1973

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BELIEF

IF A MEASURING WORM GETS ON YOU IT IS MEASURING YOU FOR A NEW
OUTFIT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: 06-14-1973

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BELIEF

A KNOCKING IS HEARD BEFORE A DEATH OCCURS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: 06-14-1973

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BELIEF

WHEN SOMEONE DIES AND THERE IS A BIG RAIN THIS IS A SIGN THAT
THE DEAD PERSON HAS GONE TO HEAVEN.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: 06-13-1973

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OMEN

IF A LIGHTNING BUG GETS INTO THE HOUSE, THE NEXT NIGHT SOMEONE
WILL BE TAKEN OUT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: 07-06-1973

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OMEN

IF YOU'RE SLEEPING IN A STRANGE ROOM, NAME THE FOUR CORNERS OF
THE ROOM AND WHICHEVER CORNER YOU LOOK AT WILL TELL YOU THE
PERSON YOU'RE GOING TO MARRY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: 07-06-1973

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OMEN

IF YOU CUT A BABY'S HAIR OFF BEFORE HE'S A YEAR OLD, HE'LL DIE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: 07-06-1973

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OMEN

IF YOU CUT A BABY'S FINGERNAILS BEFORE HE'S A YEAR OLD, HE'LL
STEAL.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: 07-06-1973

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