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Superstition

Always cross your fingers when passing a black crow.

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Original BN [P880] crossed out and replaced with current classifications.

The question For Good Luck? is written underneath the submission.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Faignant, Morris ; 20981 OUTER DRIVE

Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; BIRD ; COLOR ; Crow ; OMEN ; SUPERSTITION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Color
SPEECH -- Gesture

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Proverb

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Faignant, Morris ; 20981 OUTER DRIVE ;

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; Moss ; Movement ; PROVERB ; Rolling ; Sedentary ; Stagnant ; STONE ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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