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SUPERSTITION

A BIRD IN THE HOUSE IS A SIGN OF BAD LUCK, MORE SPECIFICALLY,
A SIGN OF DEATH.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT STATES THAT SHE REMEMBERS HEARING THIS BELIEF FROM
HER GRANDMOTHER WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE, BUT OFFERS NO EXPLANATION
FOR THE BELIEF.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DEPARTMENT STORE

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Bad luck

Date learned: 02-13-1979

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