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IT IS BAD LUCK TO BURN BRUSH ON SUNDAY.

Submitter comment: BELIEVED IN KENTUCKY IN FARMING AREAS. THE IMPLICATION IS

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; FRANKFORT ; KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; LOUISVILLE ; PRESTONSBURG

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Fixed DateFor specific dates, use the following system:
BELIEF -- Home
BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour
BELIEF -- Measure of time Working

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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FOOD

IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WHEN THE PEOPLE WOULD WANT FRESH SHRIMP,
LOBSTER, OR FISH, THEY USED TO GO OUT TO THE STREETS AND CALL
OVER THE BLACK PEOPLE WITH BIG ROUND WOVEN BASKETS AND BOUGHT
THEIR FISH AND FRUIT THAT WAY.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT SAW THIS IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA IN 1898

Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; SAVANNAH ; 12600 FRANKFORT

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business

Date learned: 10-12-1970

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LEAVE_TAKING

IN THE SOUTH, THE PEOPLE WERE WARMER AND MORE DEMONSTRATIVE,
THAT WHEN PEOPLE WERE READY TO LEAVE FOR HOME, THEY WOULD
KISS EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE GOOD BYE.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 12600 FRANKFORT

Keyword(s): SOUTH KISS

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
SPEECH -- Gesture

Date learned: 10-12-1970

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CUSTOM SOCIAL RELATIONS

WHEN A NEW NEIGHBOR CAME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE PEOPLE IN
IN THE SOUTH WOULD COME TO THEIR HOUSE AND WELCOME THE NEW FAMILY
WITHIN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 12600 FRANKFORT

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Number

Date learned: 10-12-1970

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