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TESTS
SMOKE ONLY BEFORE AND AFTER A TEST AND YOU WILL PASS IT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): MAGICAL CONTROL ; SMOKING TABU DURING EXAMINATIONS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
CORNCOB PIPES
SMOKING A CORNCOB PIPE WILL BRING GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
James Callow Keyword(s): SMOKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Good luck P881.1 BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
LUCK
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BE THE THIRD PERSON WHOSE CIGARETTE
HAS BEEN LIT OFF OF ONE MATCH.
Keyword(s): SMOKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
THAT'S AS FUNNY AS A CIGARETTE MACHINE IN A CANCER WARD
Submitter comment: IN BAD TASTE
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): SMOKING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
WILL POWER
THERE IS ONLY ONE THING WE KNOW OF THAT REQUIRES MORE
WILL POWER THAN OFFERING A FRIEND YOUR LAST CIGARETTE.
IT IS WATCHING HIM TAKE IT.
Submitter comment: RELATED TO ME IN THE PAST BY A SCHOOL TEACHER.
Keyword(s): SMOKING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1963