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IT IS BAD LUCK TO SWEEP AT NIGHT (SWEEP AWAY ALL YOU(R) GOOD LUCK.
IN THE OLD DAYS PEOPLE PLAYED FIREWORKS FOR THE MOSLEM HOLIDAYS,
AND THESE WERE PLAYED AT NIGHT. IF THEY SWEPT THEIR YARD IT
MEANT THAT THE PAPER FROM THE FIREWORKS WOULD DISAPPEAR, AND
THE PERSON COULD NOT BOAST TO HIS NEIGHBORS THAT HE HAD BOUGHT
SO MANY FIREWORKS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JAVA ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour
BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping
BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event

Date learned: 07-25-1968

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