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PICTURE

NEVER GIVE YOUR PICTURE TO AN OLD MAN, BECAUSE HE MIGHT TAKE
IT TO A TOMB, AND TURN IT FACE UP, WHICH CAN CAUSE YOU A
SUDDEN DEATH OR BAD LUCK.

Submitter comment: THIS ITEM WAS LEARNED DURING MY STAY IN DETROIT WITH PEOPLE WHO
LIVED THERE A LONG TIME.
THIS SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEF IS CONTAGIOUS MAGIC BECAUSE THE OBJECTS
ARE IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER CAUSING BAD LUCK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Favorites
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.1
BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.44

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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