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LUCKY PENNY

SEE A PENNY, PICK IT UP,
ALL THAT DAY YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
SEE A PENNY, LET IT LAY,
BAD LUCK WILL FOLLOW YOU ALL THAT DAY.

Submitter comment: MY MOTHER REMEMBERS THIS GOOD LUCK OMEN FROM HER CHILDHOOD;
IT WAS TOLD TO ME ONE DAY WHEN I SPOTTED AN UNSEEN PENNY ON
THE SIDEWALK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief

Date learned: 04-04-1970

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