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IF A BIRD BUILDS A NEST OUT OF YOUR HAIR, YOU WILL GET
HEADACHES AS LONG AS HE LIVES IN THAT NEST.

Submitter comment:

Loretta Jones: 20 years old. Student. Negro. Donora, Penn.

I was told this piece of information by Loretta at a picnic when I had my hair cut. She heard it from her mother.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; DONORA ; Jones, Loretta

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 08-00-1973

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