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BELIEF ABOUT LITTLE PEOPLE

WHENEVER YOU MILK A COW, THE FIRST SQUIRT SHOULD ALWAYS GO ON THE
GROUND FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE. IF YOU DO NOT, EARLY IN THE MORNING THE
LITTLE PEOPLE WILL COME AND MILK THE COW DRY.

Submitter comment: THIS ITEM WAS GIVEN TO MRS. CHESNEY BY MATILDA MELLON, HER MOTHER,
WHO WAS AN IRISH IMMIGRANT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working
BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome

Date learned: 09-16-1975

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