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THERE IS AN OLD MYTH IN MY FAMILY THAT GOES LIKE THIS:IF
YOU ROCK AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR YOU ARE INVITING BAD LUCK
TO COME YOUR WAY, SO IF YOU DO THIS BY ACCIDENT YOU MUST
IMMEDIATELY SAY "BREAD AN' BUTTER" TO BREAK THE EFFECT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Conversions Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001970CA