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BELIEF
IF YOU GIVE ANYTHING SHARP, SUCH AS A KNIFE, AS A GIFT, GIVE A
PENNY ALSO, SO YOU WON'T CUT YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: VERMONT ; VERGENNES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
PREDICTION
A BIRD SITTING ON THE WINDOW SILL MEANS YOU WILL HEAR OF A DEATH.
Where learned: VERMONT ; VERGENNES
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
FOOD
A FOOD COMMONLY EATEN IN VERMONT IS FRIED CABBAGE MADE BY FRYING
RAW CABBAGE IN VEGETABLE OIL UNTIL IT IS BROWNED.
Where learned: VERMONT ; VERGENNES
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Kind of Food and Its Preparation |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
PREDICTION
FIND A PENNY, PICK IT UP,
ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: VERMONT ; VERGENNES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
TO PREDICT THE SEX OF AN UNBORN CHILD TIE AN EGG TO A
STRING AND HOLD IT OVER THE PREGNANT WOMAN'S STOMACH--
IF EGG MOVES TO THE LEFT, BABY WILL BE A BOY--IF EGG
MOVES TO THE RIGHT, IT WILL BE A GIRL.
Where learned: VERMONT ; VERGENNES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-00-1971