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BRIDAL SHOWER SUPERSTITION

AS THE BRIDE TO BE IS OPENING HER SHOWER GIFTS, ANY RIBBONS
THAT SHE BREAKS ACCOUNT FOR HOW MANY CHILDREN SHE WILL HAVE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS ; 21421 BOURNEMOUTH

Subject headings: Observation

Date learned: 04-00-1971

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CHILDREN'S RHYME

OOOY GOOY WAS A WORM/ A NOBLE WORM WAS HE=
HE CRAWLED UPON THE RAILROAD TRACKS/ THE TRAIN HE DID NOT SEE,/
OOOY GOOY}

Where learned: 21421 BOURNEMOUTH

Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; MOCK EPIC ; RHYME:ABCB

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse

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FAMILY CHRISTMAS CUSTOM

EVERY CHRISTMAS WE HAVE PLUM PUDDING.

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Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; 21421 BOURNEMOUTH ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; PLUM ; Pudding ; tradition

Subject headings: 122 Christmas

Date learned: NOT RECORDED

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SHAMROCK BELIEF

THE SHAMROCK HAS BECOME ONE OF THE NATIONAL EMBLEMS OF IRELAND. THE FOUR-LEAFED VARIETY IS MUCH RARER AND IS SAID TO BE FOUND ONLY WHERE A MARE DROPS HER FIRST FOAL. IT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE SPECIAL POWERS.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS ; 21421 BOURNEMOUTH

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; PLANT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Sign Color

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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