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TEST CHARM
IF YOU WRITE "JMJ," FOR JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH, IN THE UPPER RIGHT
HAND CORNER OF A SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT, YOU WILL DO WELL ON IT.
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED THIS IN THIRD GRADE AT MY CATHOLIC GRADE SCHOOL. MOST OF
OUR CLASS FOLLOWED THIS CUSTOM, WE CONSIDERED IT EXTRA INSURANCE
THAT WE WOULD DO WELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BELIEV
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Word Letter |
Proverb
Seeing is believing.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BELIEF ; Believe ; Maxim ; Proof ; PROVERB ; See ; Sight ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |