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Religious Superstitions

When driving or walking by a graveyard or church you should
never point your finger or stick out your tongue. If you do you
should bite it ten times (finger or tongue). If you don't you will
have seven years of bad luck.

Submitter comment: I learned this as a child and it never failed; every time we
drove by either of these two sites I had to be either pointing or
licking my lips.

Where learned: DETROIT

Subject headings: 686 First / Once / One / Newness
686 Seven / Sevenths / Several
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BELIEF -- Weather sign or control
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Bad luck
SPEECH -- Gesture

Date learned: 00001970S

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