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IF YOU SPAT ON EACH GRAIN OF CORN THAT WAS PLANTED, THE CORN
WOULD GROW TALL AND BEAR WELL.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 82
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IF I COVERED A MIRROR WHEN A STORM WAS RAGING, THE LIGHTNING
WOULD NOT STRIKE ME.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 82
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IF I USED THE NAME OF GOD IN VAIN, THEN GOD WOULD STRIKE
ME DEAD.
Where learned: NEW YORK CITY ; NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 82
James Callow Keyword(s): CURSING ; SWEARING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IF A MAN CONFESSED ANYTHING ON HIS DEATHBED, IT WAS THE
TRUTH; FOR NO MAN COULD STARE DEATH IN THE FACE AND LIE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IF I PLACED A SAFETY PIN ON A STEEL RAILROAD TRACK AND LET
A TRAIN RUN OVER IT, THE SAFETY PIN WOULD TURN INTO A
PAIR OF BRIGHT BRAND NEW SCISSORS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 81
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
WHENEVER I MADE URINE, I SHOULD SPIT INTO IT FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 81
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Good luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IF I WAS GOOD TO MY MOTHER, I WOULD GROW OLD AND RICH.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 82
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IF I WALKED UNDER A LEANING LADDER, I WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IF I STEPPED OVER A BROOM THAT WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR, I
WOULD HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 00-00-1945