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ITALIAN SUPERSTITION

IN ITALY IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A YOUNG GIRL GOES OUT ON
A DATE WITHOUT A CHAPERONE, SHE IS NO LONGER A VIRGIN,
AND IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO MARRY A MAN OF POSITION.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE LIVED IN ITALY WHILE
HER FATHER, AN ARMY OFFICER, WAS STATIONED THERE.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; ITALY

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Marriage Dating, courtship mechanics

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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