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13 STITCHES

IF A CHILD CUTS HIMSELF AND RECEIVES 13 SURGICAL STITCHES:
IF HE IS 5 YEARS OLD, HE WILL BE MARRIED BY AGE 18.
IF HE IS 7 YEARS OLD, HE WILL HAVE A CHILD BY AGE 22.
IF HE IS 6 YEARS OLD, HE WILL DIE A DIRTY OLD MAN.

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Subject headings: 686 Specific number by specific number being described
BELIEF -- Number Inter related specific numbers in a belief: Two's a couple, / Three's a crowd; / Four on a sidewalk / Is never allowed. (Also see C700 and C800 for numbers in verse.) In computer entries our example

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