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IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, SOMEONE IS COMING TO VISIT.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Terry, Lee

Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Itches ; NOSE ; Visit

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose

Date learned: 06-25-1973

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WHEN TWO PEOPLE PULL A PULLEY BONE, THE ONE GETTING THE
SHORTER END GETS HIS OR HER WISH.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Terry, Lee

Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Pulley ; Pulley Bone ; WISH ; WISHBONE

James Callow Keyword(s): WISHBONE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth
BELIEF -- Prayer

Date learned: 07-06-1973

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IT IS BAD LUCK TO ROCK AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Terry, Lee

Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; LUCK ; Rock ; ROCKING CHAIR

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance
BELIEF -- Bad luck

Date learned: 06-25-1973

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NEW YEAR' BELIEF FOR GOOD LUCK: PLACE A DIME IN A BIG BOWL
OF BLACK-EYED PEAS AND AS EACH PERSON IS SERVED WHOEVER HAS THE DIME IN HIS OR HER BOWL
HAS BETTER LUCK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Terry, Lee

Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Black-Eyed Peas ; Dime ; FOOD ; fortune ; holiday ; LUCK ; MONEY ; New Years

James Callow Keyword(s): COIN

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's
Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals
Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth
BELIEF -- Good luck Money
BELIEF -- Good luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event

Date learned: 07-08-1973

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