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MORE LEAVES ON TREES, MORE SNOWS THE WINTER WILL HAVE.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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WHEN WASPS BUILD NEST HIGH, IT WILL BE BAD WINTER.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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HOLD A CAT UP AND DROP HIM, HE WILL LAND ON HIS FEET.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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STEP ON A CRACK, BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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IF SWALLOW WATERMELON SEEDS, WATERMELONS WILL GROW IN YOU.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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DON'T DRINK WHISKY THEN BEER, BUT YOU CAN DRINK BEER THEN WHISKY.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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THE PERSON WHO CATCHES THE BRIDE'S BOUQUET WILL BE THE NEXT ONE TO MARRY.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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AT MIDNIGHT ALL THE GHOST IN THE GRAVEYARD COME OUT OF THEIR  GRAVES.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

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PUT SALT ON A BIRD'S TAIL AND IT WILL FOLLOW YOU AROUND.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-9173

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IF A TOAD WETS ON YOU, IT WILL CAUSE A WART.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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IN LEAP YEAR WOMEN CAN ASK MEN TO MARRY THEM.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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IF YOU KILL A SNAKE IN THE MORNING, IT'LL MOVE YET UNTIL
SUNSET.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

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IF YOU MARRY SOMEONE WITH THE LAST INITIAL THE SAME AS YOURS, THE MARRIAGE WILL NOT LAST.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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IF A PERSON SWEEPS UNDER YOUR FEET YOU WILL NOT GET MARRIED.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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PLANT POTATOES ON GOOD FRIDAY.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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A HIGH FOREHEAD MEANS A PERSON IS MORE INTELLIGENT.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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IN A WEDDING, THE BRIDE MUST WEAR SOMETHING OLE, SOMETHING BORROW, AND SOMETHING BLUE (SIC).

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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MARRY ON THE HALF HOUR SO EVERYTHING WILL BE GOING UP.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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BLOOD HEMORRHAGE

AN AXE EMBEDDED NEAR A SICK PERSON WILL STOP HEMORRHAGING.

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SPELLING CORRECTED BY STUDENT EDITOR.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

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