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THERE IS AN OLD MYTH IN MY FAMILY THAT GOES LIKE THIS:IF
YOU ROCK AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR YOU ARE INVITING BAD LUCK
TO COME YOUR WAY, SO IF YOU DO THIS BY ACCIDENT YOU MUST
IMMEDIATELY SAY "BREAD AN' BUTTER" TO BREAK THE EFFECT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.)
BELIEF -- Conversions Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.)
SPEECH -- Formula

Date learned: 00001970CA

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