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BELIEF
"IF AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR IS ROCKING, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER USED TO GET REAL UPSET IF SOMEONE MADE THE
CHAIR ROCK DELIBERATELY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): ROCKING CHAIR
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 00001965CA
IT IS BAD LUCK TO ROCK AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; LUCK ; Rock ; ROCKING CHAIR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 06-25-1973