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A GIRL OR A WOMAN SHOULD NOT TAKE A BATH DURING HER MENSES,
ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER TIME.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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PROVERB
LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM ; BUS TO MONTGOMERY ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
PROVERB
SHOEMAKER'S CHILDREN NEVER HAVE SHOES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM ; BUS TO MONTGOMERY ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LEAVE AN UMBRELLA OPEN IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A PERSON IS MEAN IF HIS EYEBROWS MEET.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN