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KEEP A PENNY IN YOUR PURSE SO THE DEVIL WON'T GET IN
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT STATED THAT THIS SAYING WAS TOLD TO HER ONE DAY BY
HER GRANDMOTHER WHEN THEY WERE SHOPPING AND SHE WENT INTO HER PURSE
TO GET SOME CHANGE AND SHE SAID "LEAVE A PENNY IN YOUR PURSE SO THE
DEVIL WON'T GET IN"
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-01-1972