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THE DEVIL BEATS HIS WIFE
IF ONE STICKS A PIN IN THE GROUND AND THEN PUTS HIS EAR TO THE
GROUND AND IT IS RAINING WHILE THE SUN SHINES. YOU CAN HEAR
THE DEVIL BEATING HIS WIFE. THIS IS BECAUSE THE EARTH IS CRYING.
Submitter comment: I USED TO DO THIS AS A CHILD.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game, Pastime, Sport BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00001960S