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BELIEF

"IF AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR IS ROCKING, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE."

Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER USED TO GET REAL UPSET IF SOMEONE MADE THE
CHAIR ROCK DELIBERATELY.

Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER

Keyword(s): ROCKING CHAIR

Subject headings: Observation
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BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero

Date learned: 00001965CA

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IT IS BAD LUCK TO ROCK AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Terry, Lee

Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; LUCK ; Rock ; ROCKING CHAIR

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance
BELIEF -- Bad luck

Date learned: 06-25-1973

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