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WHILE PLAYING POOL, IF YOU LICK YOUR INDEX FINGER AND
DRAW AN IMAGINARY X OVER THE POCKET YOUR OPPONENT IS
TRYING TO SHOOT AT, THE BALL WILL NOT GO IN. THIS IS
CALLED A POOL HEX.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; DEXTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Gesture |
IT IS A TRADITION IN THE GRUBBS FAMILY TO MAKE A QUILT
FOR EVERY CHILD THAT GRADUATES FROM HIGH SCHOOL. ALL
THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUILT.
Submitter comment:
ONE DESIGN THE COLLECTOR KNOWS OF WAS MADE FOR A YOUNG
MAN WHO HAD ENLISTED IN THE AIR FORCE. THE QUILT WAS
A LARGE AMERICAN FLAG SURROUNDED BY NUMEROUS SMALLER
FLAGS.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; DEXTER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Art Craft |
Date learned: 00-00-1988