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IF YOU BITE YOUR FINGERNAILS IT IS A SIGN OF INNER
FRUSTRATION--YOU ARE TRYING TO HURT YOURSELF.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal

Date learned: 03-29-1968

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WHEN SWEEPING THE HOUSE, DON'T LET THE BROOM SWEEP
OVER YOUR HOUSE (FEET?), OR YOU WILL NEVER GET
MARRIED.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware

Date learned: 03-31-1968

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OPEN AN UMBRELLA INSIDE THE HOUSE AND IT WILL RAIN
THREE EXTRA DAYS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple
Observation
BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew
BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Human condition and activities

Date learned: 11-29-1967

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A KNIFE AS A GIFT WILL "CUT" THE FRIENDSHIP.

Submitter comment: THIS IS A COMMON SUPERSTITION IN THE UNDY HOUSEHOLD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 09-23-1967

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PROVERBIAL MAXIM

THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME MUST BE SEIZED WITHIN THE LIFE-
TIME OF THE OPPORTUNITY

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Keyword(s): CHIASMUS

James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; INTERNAL ITERATION ; OBSERVATION ; PROMPTNESS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 03-05-1968

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IF YOUR EYE FLUTTERS INVOLUNTARILY, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE
SOMEONE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IN A LONG TIME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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ARE YOU LYING?

IF YOUR NOSE IS SOFT, YOU ARE TELLING A LIE.

Submitter comment: TOLD BY MOTHER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose

Date learned: 10-00-1967

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IF YOU HAVE TWO CALLICAS (BALD SPOTS ON TOP OF HEAD),
YOU WILL HAVE TWO WIVES.

Submitter comment: JAMES LEARNED THIS AT HOME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Marriage

Date learned: 12-05-1967

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IF YOU ITCH IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND, YOU ARE GOING
TO GET MONEY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF YOUR PALM ITCHES, YOU WILL GET MONEY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet

Date learned: 11-30-1967

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IF THE PALM OF YOUR HAND ITCHES AND YOU SCRATCH IT,
YOU WILL COME INTO MONEY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet

Date learned: 03-31-1968

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IF ONE HAND ITCHES YOU'LL GET MONEY; IF THE OTHER HAND
ITCHES, YOU'LL LOSE MONEY.

Submitter comment: BARBARA LEARNED THIS FROM HER GRANDFATHER, BUT HE FAILS
TO RECALL WHICH HAND GOES WITH THE GETTING AND WHICH
HAND WITH THE LOSING.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet

Date learned: 09-23-1967

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IF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO SHAKE HANDS.
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME
MONEY.

Submitter comment: SHE DIDN'T REMEMBER WHERE SHE FIRST HEARD THIS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet

Date learned: 07-23-1964

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IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, YOU WILL LOSE SOME MONEY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet

Date learned: 09-22-1968

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WHEN THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO
TRAVEL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU WILL KISS A FOOL.

Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS FROM A GIRL ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, WHEN
HER NOSE STARTED ITCHING.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose

Date learned: 00-00-1964

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IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES YOU'LL KISS A FOOL.

Submitter comment: THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN BOTH THE OSWALD AND THE
SIKORSKI FAMILY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose

Date learned: 09-20-1967

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IF YOU(R) NOSE ITCHES, YOU ARE GOING TO KISS A FOOL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose

Date learned: 01-26-1968

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IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES IT MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO KISS
A FOOL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose

Date learned: 03-04-1968

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