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BELIEF

IF TWO PEOPLE WALK AROUND A LIVING OBJECT SUCH AS A TREE, THEIR
FRIENDSHIP WILL BREAK UP.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: Prediction / Divination
BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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BELIEF

IF YOU WASH YOUR CAR IT WILL RAIN.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: Prediction / Divination
BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew

Date learned: 00-00-1967

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FOLK BELIEF

IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES YOU WILL GET COMPANY.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

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

Date learned: 00-00-1967

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FOLK BELIEF

DON'T LOOK AT A FULL CUP OF COFFEE WHILE YOU ARE CARRYING IT AND IT
WILL NOT SPILL.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal

Date learned: 00-00-1960

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FOLK BELIEF

IF YOU COME IN THE FRONT DOOR AND LEAVE BY THE BACK DOOR YOU ARE
APT TO BRING COMPANY.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: Prediction / Divination
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 00-00-1970

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FOLK BELIEF

IF YOU COME IN THE FRONT DOOR OF A HOUSE AND LEAVE BY THE BACK DOOR
THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE WILL GET COMPANY.

Submitter comment: THIS IS PRETTY MUCH PRACTICED IN THE INFORMANT'S HOUSE, EVEN NOW.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: Prediction / Divination
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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FOLK BELIEF

IF IT RAINS ON EASTER SUNDAY IT WILL RAIN FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control
BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew
BELIEF -- P663

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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PROVERB

CONFUCIUS SAY: HE WHO SITTETH ON A RED HOT STOVE SHALL RISE AGAIN.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00001960 CA

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PROVERB

DON'T DO ANYTHING I WOULDN'T DO AND IF YOU DO NAME IT AFTER ME.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00001960 CA

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PROVERB

IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00001960 CA

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PROVERBIAL SAYING

IN RESPONSE TO A BAD JOKE SAY EITHER "THAT'S ABOUT AS FUNNY
AS A SCREEN DOOR ON A SUBMARINE" OR "THAT'S ABOUT AS FUNNY
AS A FIRE IN A POLIO WARD."

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 00001960 CA

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PROVERB

DON'T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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PROVERB

DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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PROVERB

A COLD NOSE MEANS A WARM HEART.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00001960 CA

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PROVERB

COLD HANDS MEAN A WARM HEART.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00001960 CA

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YOU CAN HEAR CORN GROW AT NIGHT IN JULY.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July
BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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THUNDER IS THE DEVIL REARRANGING HIS FURNITURE

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Keyword(s): SATAN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Devil Demon
BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder

Date learned: 00001950'S

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THUNDER IS THE ANGELS BOWLING.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Angel
BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder

Date learned: 00001950'S

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SNOW IS FROM THE ANGELS FLUFFING THEIR FEATHER PILLOWS.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Angel
BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew

Date learned: 00001950'S

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IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR, IT IS BAD LUCK. IF YOU GATHER
UP THE GLASS AND THROW IT AWAY, THE BAD LUCK WON'T HAPPEN.

Where learned: INDIANA ; WABASH

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror
BELIEF -- Conversions

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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