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IF YOU STEP OVER A BROOM INSTEAD OF PICKING IT UP, IT
MEANS BAD LUCK.

Submitter comment: MY MOTHER COLLECTED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM A WOMAN
WITH WHOM SHE WORKED. MRS. HAIRSTON LEARNED IT FROM
HER MOTHER AND HER GRANDMOTHER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping

Date learned: 02-00-1967

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