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BELIEF IN MAGIC RITUAL
UPON CATCHING A MILKWEED SEED,
ONE SHOULD CUP IT IN BOTH HANDS, CLOSE YOUR
EYES TURN AROUND THREE TIMES WHILE MAKING
A WISH, AND THEN RELEASE THE SEED.
IF THE SEED BLOWS AWAY IN A
A PARTICULAR DIRECTION, INFORMANT COULD NOT REMEMBER
WHAT DIRECTION, THE WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Submitter comment:
TOLD AS AN EXAMPLE OF CHILDHOOD BELIEF
IN A CONVERSATION ON FOLKLORE.
INFORMANT NO LONGER BELIEVES IT BUT ONCE DID.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1968