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BELIEF

STEPPING ON A SPIDER WILL BRING RAIN.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE THIS STATEMENT.

Where learned: NEW YORK ; POUGHKEEPSIE

James Callow Keyword(s): DISBELIEF ; HARMING NATURE

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891 Animals, vertebrate and invertebrate)
891 Animals, (vertebrate and invertebrate)
891 Animals, (vertebrate and invertebrate)
891 Animals, (vertebrate and invertebrate)
891 Animals, (vertebrate and invertebrate)
BELIEF -- Insect
BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew
BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Animals (vertebrate and invertebrate)
BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through P891.3

Date learned: 02-19-1972

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OBSERVATION

IF A FORK IS DROPPED, THIS MEANS THAT COMPANY IS COMING FOR
DINNER.

Submitter comment: ON A FEW OCCASIONS THIS STATEMENT ACTUALLY DID COME TRUE, BUT I
STILL DO NOT ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS STATEMENT.

Where learned: NEW YORK ; POUGHKEEPSIE

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Date learned: 00-00-1972

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