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IF YOU FIND A FOUR LEAF CLOVER IT WILL BRING YOU GOOD
LUCK.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: 686 Fourths / Quarters
BELIEF -- Good luck Plants

Date learned: 06-30-1973

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WHEN YOU SLEEP IN A STRANGE ROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME, NAME
THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE ROOMS FOR ONE OF FOUR BOYS. THE
FIRST CORNER WHICH YOU LOOK AT IN THE MORNING IS THE NAME
OF THE MAN YOU MARRY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
686 Fourths / Quarters
Observation
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Use of Object

Date learned: 07-07-1973

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THINK OF THE MAN YOU LOVE WHILE SWALLOWING A FOUR LEAF
CLOVER. YOU WILL MARRY HIM.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: 686 Fourths / Quarters
BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color
BELIEF -- Use of Object

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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WEAR A FOUR LEAF CLOVER IN THE LEFT HEEL OF YOUR SHOE AND
YOU WILL MARRY THE FIRST MAN YOU MEET.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
686 Fourths / Quarters
BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color
BELIEF -- Use of Object

Date learned: 06-21-1973

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HANG A FOUR LEAF CLOVER OVER YOUR DOOR. THE FIRST PERSON TO
ENTER WILL ONE DAY BE YOUR SPOUSE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: 686 Fourths / Quarters
Observation
BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color

Date learned: 07-08-1973

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PREDICTION: LUCK

IF YOU FIND A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GREENEVILLE

Subject headings: 686 Fourths / Quarters
BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Good luck Plants

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A BOW TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

IN BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCHES TODAY, SOME PEOPLE
STILL PRACTICE AN OLD CUSTOM OF GETTING DOWN ON ALL
FOURS AND TOUCHING THE FLOOR WITH THEIR BROWS,
THUS SIGNIFYING A BOW TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT.

Where learned: HAMTRAMCK ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: 602 Body Parts
686 Fourths / Quarters
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church
SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.3
SPEECH -- Religious

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF THERE IS A MINIMUM OF FOUR PEOPLE AND THEY ARE SAYING
GOODBYE TO EACH OTHER, THE GUYS WHO ARE SHAKING HANDS
CANNOT CROSS OVER ONE ANOTHER, BECAUSE THIS IS A
SIGN OF BAD LUCK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

Subject headings: 686 Fourths / Quarters
BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications
BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.22
SPEECH -- Magical Luck

Date learned: 02-27-1971

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