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BAD LUCK BY A LADDER

NEVER WALK UNDER A LADDER.

Submitter comment: LONG AGO PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT GODS WENT UP TO THE SKY ON LADDERS,
AND WALKING UNDERNEATH WOULD CERTAINLY BRING PUNISHMENT.

Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Gods
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.13
BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.21

Date learned: 11-05-1973

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