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SUPERSTITION

ON HOLMES STREET IN HAMTRAMCK, MICHIGAN, IT IS BELIEVED BY A FAMILY
OF BAKERS THAT IF YOU FOUND A DEAD OVEN BIRD WHILE YOU WERE UNDER
THE AGE OF THIRTY, YOU WOULD DEFINITELY BECOME A BAKER IN LIFE.

Submitter comment: IT IS STRANGE FOR I FOUND AN OVEN BIRD AND I HAVE NO INTENTION OF
BECOMING A BAKER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Bird
PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: 00-00-1979

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