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Your search for THREES returned 5 results.
ALWAYS IN THREES.
ALL MISFORTUNES OCCUR IN THREES.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): THREES
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
NUMBER 3
DEATH ALWAYS COMES IN THREES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
PROVERB
DEATH COMES IN THREE'S
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-16-1970
Death
Death comes in 3's.
Submitter comment:
Mother says this a lot especially if we hear of at least 2
deaths. She always says there is going to be a 3rd.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; LAFAYETTE
James Callow Keyword(s): THREES
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
THREE, SIX, NINE THE GOOSE DRANK WINE,
THE MONKEY CHEWED TOBACCO
ON THE STREETCAR LINE.
THE LINE BROKE,
THE MONKEY GOT CHOKE(ED)
AND THEY ALL WENT TO HEAVEN
IN A LITTLE ROWBOAT (CLAP, CLAP).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; HUMOR COUNTING BY THREES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 12-05-1973