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SUPERSTITION: RAILROAD TRACKS

WHEN PASSING OVER TRAIN TRACKS, YOU SHOULD LIFT YOUR
FEET AND PLACE YOUR HANDS ON THE CEILING OF THE VEHICLE
YOU ARE TRAVELING IN OR YOU WILL LOSE YOUR BOYFRIEND.

Submitter comment: SUE OBSERVES THIS PRECAUTION SO RELIGIOUSLY THAT I HAVE
EVEN BEEN IN THE CAR WITH HER WHEN SHE HAS BEEN DRIVING,
AND HAVE SEEN HER DO THIS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings:

BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Marriage Dating, courtship mechanics
SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.3
SPEECH -- Travel S694.21

Date learned: 10-30-1971

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