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WHEN YOUR FOOT ITCHES, YOU WILL SOON WALK ON STRANGE
GROUND.

Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-16-1973

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WHEN YOUR HAND ITCHES, YOU WILL SOON RECEIVE MONEY.

Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-16-1973

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AN OPEN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE WILL CAUSE BAD LUCK.

Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-16-1973

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WHEN YOU HEAR AN AMBULANCE, TOUCH A BUTTON OR YOU WILL BE THE
NEXT ONE TO RIDE IN IT.

Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-16-1973

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IT IS GOOOD LUCK TO FIND A FOUR LEAF CLOVER.

Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-16-1973

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IT IS GOOD LUCK FOR THE GROOM TO CARRY HIS BRIDE OVER THE
THRESHOLD.

Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-16-1973

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TO STOP AN OWL FROM HOLLOWERING, TAKE YOUR LEFT SHOE OFF AND
TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN.

Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Use of Object

Date learned: 06-16-1973

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KNOCK ON WOOD THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY NEW MONTH AND YOU WILL
NOT HAVE A BAD COLD THAT MONTH.

Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-16-1973

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IT IS BAD LUCK IF A BLACK CAT TO CROSS THE ROAD OR PATH IN
FRONT OF YOU.

Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-16-1973

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IT IS BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER.

Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-16-1973

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IT IS GOOD LUCK FOR THE BRIDE TO WEAR SOMETHING BORROWED
AND SOMETHING BLUE.

Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-16-1973

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IT IS BAD LUCK TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK FOR SOMETHING UNLESS
YOU MAKE A CROSS MARK AND SPIT IN IT.

Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-16-1973

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SEE A PIN, PICK IT UP, ALL THAT DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
SEE A PIN, LET IT LIE, YOU WILL NEED A PIN BEFORE YOU DIE.

Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-16-1973

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CROSS YOUR FINGERS WHEN YOU CROSS A LOG OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK.

Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-16-1973

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Proverb

Don't cross the bridge before you get there.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; TRENTON ; 2975 ANNA ST ; L' Heureux, Laurie

Keyword(s): Anticipate ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bridge ; Cross ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Trick

Game:

A guy will tell a girl that he is a handwriting expert and will ask her for a sample of her handwriting. He will say that all he needs is something short, like her name. This is a sneaky way for him to get her name.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Original BN [C500] crossed out. Replaced with current classification

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRENTON ; Toepp, William ; Ray Ridge Chevrolet

Keyword(s): ; COURTSHIP ; DATING ; GAME ; Graphology ; Handwriting ; Pick-up Line ; TRICK

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating Courtship

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KRAKOWIAK (POLISH DANCE)

LIKE THE AMERICAN SQUARE DANCE.

Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; NOT GIVEN ; HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; LETTER ; OHIO ; NEW JERSEY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; GROSSE POINTE ; HARPER WOODS ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; WARREN ; JAPAN ; RUSSIA ; GRAND RAPIDS ; SHIPLE HALL ; GARDEN CITY ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLEDO ; TRENTON ; FARMINGTON ; KALAMAZOO ; CANADA ; ONTARIO ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; MAIL ; INDIANA ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; TOLD AT HOME ; FERNDALE ; SOUTHFIELD ; TENNESSEE ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL ; HAMTRAMCK ; DEARBORN ; MINNESOTA ; ILLINOIS ; NEW YORK ; FLORIDA ; KOREA ; WISCONSIN ; NEW HAMPSHIRE ; STUDENT UNION ; READING ; AUSTRALIA ; Sylvania ; Sterling Heights ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; OAK PARK ; SOUTHGATE ; STURGEON LAKE ; REDFORD ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA ; ROSEVILLE ; LINCOLN PARK ; TRAVERSE CITY ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; PONTIAC ; TROY ; PORT CHESTER ; SOUTH AMERICA ; BROOKVILLE ; MONTREAL ; SEOUL ; NORTH OLMSTED ; EASTOWN THEATER ; ERIE ; University of Notre Dame ; FRANKLINVILLE ; TORONTO ; TOLD AT ; TOLD BY ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON ; MONROE ; GLENVIEW ; MOSCOW ; GULLEY ; FINLAND ; HARBOR BEACH ; HOUGHTON LAKE ; Hudson Lake ; 1962 ; INDIANAPOLIS ; JONESBORO ; KANSASVILLE ; LEXINGTON ; MASSILLON ; MAUCH CHUNK ; MELVINDALE ; MILFORD ; NEW ROCHELLE ; NIAGARA FALLS ; PANAMA CITY ; PATAGONIA ; ARGENTINA ; RESIDENCE HALL ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE ; AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS

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

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PROVERB

CHILDREN SHOULD BE SEEN AND NOT HEARD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRENTON

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; DISCIPLINE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: UNKNOWN

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PROVERB

THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND MEN OFTEN GO ASTRAY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRENTON

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

James Callow Keyword(s): COMMON MISQUOTATION ; OBSERVATION ; ROBERT BURNS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 12-25-1969

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PROVERB

DON'T TALK TOO MUCH -- THE MORE YOU SAY THE LESS PEOPLE REMEMBER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRENTON

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; CONVERSATION ; PARADOX

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 12-25-1969

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