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TO STOP AN ANNOYING PERSON FROM ENTERING YOUR HOUSE,
PLACE A BROOM UPSIDE DOWN BEHIND YOUR FRONT DOOR.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER AND THEY
STILL PRACTICE IT TODAY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware

Date learned: 10-02-1963

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