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OMEN
IF YOU FIND A HANDKERCHIEF AND PICK IT UP, YOU'LL NEED
IF BECAUSE YOU'LL SOON CRY.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS COLLECTED 04121967 FROM MY SISTER. SHE HEARD IT
FROM HER CLASSMATES; SHE IS IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-12-1967
THIS WAS COLLECTED APRIL 11, 1967 FROM MY SISTER. SHE
HEARD IT FROM HER CLASSMATES; SHE IS IN JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL.
WHEN TWO PEOPLE TALK AT THE SAME TIME, ONE MUST SAY
"NEEDLES AND PINS" IN ORDER TO PREVENT BAD LUCK.
Where learned: JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; WYANDOTTE
James Callow Keyword(s): FORMULA SPEECH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Conversions Activities SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-11-1967
SUPERSTITION
ON AN ENGLISH PAPER THE INFORMANT STATED THAT IN HER
NEIGHBORHOOD IT IS AN ESTABLISHED BELIEF THAT "A GIRL
CANNOT GET PREGNANT UNTIL SHE HAS HAD SEXUAL
INTERCOURSE AT LEAST NINE TIMES."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1961