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IF YOU SEE A FUNERAL PROCESSION,
YOU MUST HOLD ONTO A BUTTON BECAUSE IT IS BAD LUCK
NOT TO DO SO.

Where learned: COLLECTED BY MAIL ; COOKHAM RISE ; BERKSHIRE

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life
BELIEF -- Conversions Crucial moment of life

Date learned: 00-00-1980

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IF YOU SEE A FUNERAL PROCESSION, YOU MUST HOLD
ON TO A BUTTON BECAUSE IT IS BAD LUCK NOT TO DO SO.

Where learned: DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life
BELIEF -- Conversions Crucial moment of life

Date learned: 00-00-1975

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IT IS A POLISH SUPERSTITION NOT TO GIVE A
COUPLE ABOUT TO BE MARRIED ANY TOYS AS A GIFT.
IT IS BAD LUCK WITH REGARD TO HAVING CHILDREN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Bad luck Gifts
BELIEF -- Conversions Crucial moment of life

Date learned: 11-00-1968

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