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PRODUCT OR ACTIVITY OF MAN

AT A GREEK MEAL IT IS AN INSULT IF YOU TURN YOUR GLASS UPSIDEDOWN,
THIS MEANS THAT YOU DO NOT LIKE THE MEAL.

Submitter comment: I FIND THIS VERY STRANGE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT IS TRUE. WHY WOULD
ANYONE WANT TO TURN THEIR GLASS UPSIDEDOWN ANYWAY ?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHGATE

James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION, DIRECTION

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222.
SPEECH -- Gesture

Date learned: 01-00-1979

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It is believed in much of Greece that if one sleeps in a bed
which faces east-west with the head of the bed on the west side, that
person is to die an early death. It is not specified, however, when
that person is to die. It could take from one night to ten nights to
one year (and so forth) for that person to die after he or she has
slept in the bed. This superstition is based on the fact that all
dead are placed on their "death bed" lying east-west with their head
on the west side.

Where learned: GREECE

James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION, DIRECTION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Measure of time

Date learned: 00001943CA

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PREDICTION: SEX OF UNBORN CHILD

WHEN PREGNANT WOMAN CARRIES CHILD HIGH, THE CHILD WILL BE A GIRL.
IF CHILD IS CARRIED LOW, THEN IT WILL BE A BOY.
IF CHILD IN WOMB KICKS ON RIGHT SIDE, IT WILL BE A BOY. ON LEFT
SIDE, IT WILL BE A GIRL.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION, DIRECTION ; RIGHT, LEFT

Subject headings: Prediction / Divination
BELIEF -- Birth

Date learned: 03-00-1969

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