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DEVIL-ON-A-WHITE HORSE (COLLECTOR,S TITLE) ; CONVERSION: DRAWING AND SPEAKING (CLASSIFIER,S TITLE)

ONE CAN CHANGE HIS LUCK IN A GAME INVOLVING DICE, BY DRAWING AN
IMAGINARY "X" ON THE PLAYING SURFACE AND SIMULANTEOUSLY SAYING
"DEVIL-ON A WHITE HORSE", IF HE WISHES THE LUCK TO BE CHANGED TO
GOOD. CONVERSELY, IF HE WISHES IT TO BE CHANGED TO BAD LUCK, SAY FOR
AN OPPONET, HE MAKES THE SAME "X" AND SAYS "DEVUL-ON-A-BLACK HORSE"

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Subject headings: BELIEF -- P833 P833.6

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