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CROOKED ANGEL

IF YOU ARE ACTING LIKE AN IDIOT, MAKING CROOKED FACES, WALKING
CRIPPLED, THE CROOKED ANGEL MIGHT PASS AND YOU WILL REMAIN THAT WAY
FOREVER.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT TOLD ME THIS EXACTLY AS IT IS DOWN HERE. SHE HEARD THIS
FROM HER MOTHER AS A CHILD.

James Callow comment: PARALLEL BELIEF: IF THE WIND CHANGES WHILE YOU'RE FROWNING,
YOUR FACE WILL STAY THAT WAY
LIKE THE GAME STATUES--PATRICIA A. CALLOW

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Angel
BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 02-02-1970

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