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IT IS BAD LUCK TO LET A BABY LOOK AT HIMSELF IN A MIRROR
BEFORE HE IS A YEAR OLD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MILAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-23-1973
"NATURE'S ODITY--H. L. POUNDS FOUND THIS MATURE COCKLEBUR ON A
FARM NEAR HIS HOME AT BRADFORD RECENTLY AND IT MAKES HIM
WONDER IF NATURE IS PULLING SOME STRANGE TRICKS ON US. MR.
POUNDS SAID THAT HE HAD ALWAYS (BEEN) TOLD IT WAS TIME FOR FROST
WHEN COCKLEBURS RIPENED."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NEWSPAPER ; MILAN MIRROR ; MILAN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 06-24-1970
IF YOU MOVE ON MONDAY, YOU WILL LOSE A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY THAT
YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MILAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
A BLACK CAT HAS NINE LIVES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MILAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-23-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BURN SASSAFRAS WOOD IN AN OPEN FIRE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MILAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-23-1973