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BELIEF

GREEN BRINGS MISFORTUNE.

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Sign Color

Date learned: 06-24-1973

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BELIEF

IT'S LUCKY TO WEAR RED WHEN YOU'RE MEETING A NEW LOVE.

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Sign Color

Date learned: 06-24-1973

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BELIEF

ON A CLEAR NIGHT, COUNT SEVEN STARS IN THE SKY AND MAKE A WISH,
IT WILL COME TRUE.

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms

Date learned: 06-24-1973

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THE PRESERVED TONGUE

ONE OF HIS (FATHER PLANCK'S) FORMER STUDENTS WAS MAKING OUT WITH
HIS GIRL FRIEND AND THEY STARTED FRENCHING. THERE WAS A SUDDEN
NOISE AND WHEN THE GIRL JUMPED, SHE BIT HER BOY FRIEND'S TONGUE
OFF. FATHERPLANCK THEN PRODUCED THE TONGUE, OR WHAT LOOKED LIKE
THE TONGUE, IN A JAR OF ALCOHOL. "LET THIS BE A LESSON TO YOU
BOYS," HE WOULD THEN PROCLAIM.

Submitter comment: FATHERPLANCK OF ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL IN LOUISVILLE USED TO TELL
THIS STORY TO HIS BIOLOGY CLASSES.

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue
BELIEF -- Marriage

Date learned: 10-00-1968

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