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IF IT RAINS ON EASTER SUNDAY, IT WILL RAIN FOR SEVEN
CONSECUTIVE SUNDAYS. AND THAT'S TRUE OF GOOD FRIDAY,
TOO.
IT'S TRUE THIS YEAR--IT'S RAINED AT LEAST A LITTLE
BIT EVERY SUNDAY SINCE IT RAINED ON EASTER.
Submitter comment: BELIEF HELD TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
RUSSIAN PROVERB
MEASURE SEVEN TIMES TO CUT ONCE.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CAUTION ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001898-1905