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IF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES, YOU WILL GET SOME MONEY.
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, YOU WILL SPEND YOUR MONEY.

Submitter comment: MRS. D. LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD FROM HER MOTHER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 11-22-1963

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IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU ARE GOING TO KISS A FOOL.

Submitter comment: MRS. D. LEARNED THIS AS A YOUNG GIRL.

Where learned: HOME

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 11-22-1963

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IF YOUR PALM ITCHES, OR YOUR FINGERS ITCH, IT MEANS YOU
ARE GOING TO COME INTO SOME MONEY.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT IS AN AMERICAN GIRL WHO LEARNED THIS
BELIEF FROM HER IRISH GRANDMOTHER ABOUT TWENTY YEARS
AGO.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Body part Senses

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IF YOU POUT, YOUR LIP WILL REMAIN THAT WAY.

Submitter comment: MRS. D. LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER, AS A CHILD.

Where learned: HOME

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness
SPEECH -- Gesture

Date learned: 11-22-1963

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OMEN: IF THE SECOND TOE OF YOUR FOOT IS LONGER THAN
YOUR BIG TOE, YOU WILL BE THE DOMINANT ONE IN
YOUR FAMILY AFTER YOU'RE MARRIED.

Data entry tech comment: THIS TRAIT IS SAID TO BELONG TO ROYALTY..

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 02-02-1971

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IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO CATCH A FOOL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 10-17-1970

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IF YOU HAVE A HIGH FOREHEAD, YOU ARE AN INTELLIGENT
PERSON.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 02-18-1971

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IF YOU HAVE HAIR GOING COMPLETELY FROM ONE EYEBROW
TO ANOTHER OVER THE NOSE, YOU ARE A JEALOUS PERSON.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 02-18-1971

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TO CUT A BABY'S FINGERNAIL BEFORE HE REACHED HIS
FIRST BIRTHDAY WAS TO CUT OFF HIS INTELLIGENCE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 02-18-1971

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IF YOU PUT A LOT OF SALT ON YOUR FOOD, IT MEANS
YOU HAVE A GREAT CAPACITY TO LOVE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 02-18-1971

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IN ALGIERS, PEOPLE WITH BLUE EYES ARE CONSIDERED TO
HAVE THE EVIL EYE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Use of Object

Date learned: 02-13-1971

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THE HILLBILLIES IN KENTUCKY CONSIDER A RED-HEADED
WOMAN EVIL AND AVOID SUCH A PERSON FOR FEAR OF
BAD LUCK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Use of Object

Date learned: 02-13-1971

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IF A PERSON HAS WHITE MARKS ON HIS FINGERNAILS, IT IS
A SIGN THAT HE IS A GOOD HARD WORKER.

Data entry tech comment: TRUTH TO THAT; THESE MARKS ARE CAUSED BY INJURY.

Where learned: NEW YORK ; LE ROY

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 03-00-1971

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IF A PERSON HAS A LOT OF FRECKLES ON HIS FACE, THEN IT
IS A SIGN THAT THE PERSON IS HEALTHY.

Where learned: NEW YORK ; LE ROY

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 03-00-1971

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IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES YOU ARE GOING TO KISS A FOOL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 03-03-1971

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IF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES YOU ARE GOING TO SHAKE
HANDS WITH SOMEONE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 03-03-1971

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YOU WEAR AN ENGAGEMENT RING AND WEDDING RING ON YOUR
LEFT HAND, FOURTH FINGER, BECAUSE THERE IS A DIRECT
VEIN WHICH RUNS FROM THE HEART DIRECTLY TO THE
FINGER.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM SEVERAL RELATIVES AND
BELIEVES IT IS SCIENTIFIC TRUTH.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 02-15-1971

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EATING BREAD CRUSTS WILL GIVE A CHILD CURLY HAIR.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 11-23-1970

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IN AMERICA, CHILDREN PUT THEIR 'LOST' BABY TEETH
UNDERNEATH THEIR PILLOW FOR THE FAIRY TO COME AND
GET IT, PAYING FOR IT WITH MONEY.

Submitter comment: THIS HAPPENED TO MATTHEW WHO TOLD ME ABOUT IT
ON THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome
BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 11-00-1965

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IF YOUR NOSE RUNS AND YOUR FEET SMELL, YOU'RE
BUILT UPSIDE DOWN.

Data entry tech comment: I THINK THAT'S A JOKE!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): PUN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses

Date learned: 10-20-1968

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