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IF YOU HEAR DOGS HOWLING IN THE NIGHT, IT IS A
PREMONITION THAT YOU WILL HAVE A STREAK OF BAD
LUCK FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
Where learned: ON THE PHONE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.31 |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
CURE FOR JAUNDICE
GO TO A HINDU PRIEST
WHO WILL PERFORM A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY.
HE DANCES AROUND THE PATIENT,
TAKES THEIR HAND, AND WASHES IT
IN LIMEWATER TO CLEANSE IT.
THE DISEASE SHOULD THEN QUICKLY DISAPPEAR
Where learned: ON THE PHONE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
LUCK (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; BAD LUCK: INSECT (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
UNLUCKY TO KILL A SPIDER OR LADY BUG.
Submitter comment: CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE LEARNED
Where learned: ON THE PHONE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.33 |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
TO PLEDGE THE SIGMA RO FRATERNITY AT HENRY FORD HIGH SCHOOL,
THE YOUNG MAN MUST DRINK A QUART OF SAUERKRAUT JUICE.
Where learned: ON THE PHONE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |