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SUPERSTITION ABOUT NUNS

WHEN A CHILD WALKS PAST A NUN, HE COULD NOT SHOW
HIS TEETH BECAUSE THEY WOULD FALL OUT.

Submitter comment: SHE COULD NOT RECALL WHO TAUGHT HER THIS, BUT SAID
THAT SHE WAS A LITTLE ASHAMED OF IT. SHE SAID, "I
THINK THE WORLD OF THEM NOW."

Data entry tech comment: SEE OTHER ITEMS FROM JEAN FRIEDMAN--I BELIEVE SHE IS

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- P439
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 04-00-1965

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