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AFTER SOMEONE MAKES A STATEMENT ABOUT HOW SUCH AND SUCH
HAS NOT HAPPENED TO HIM YET, HE "KNOCKS ON WOOD" TO
RETAIN THE LUCK OF NOT HAVING IT HAPPEN.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero
BELIEF -- Conversions Gestures

Date learned: 00001973 (ASSUMED)

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