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FULL MOON
WHEN THE FULL MOON APPEARS PEOPLE GET LOONEY.
James Callow comment:
LOONEY COMES FROM WORD FOR MOON IN LATIN=LUNA; MADNESS
Where learned: HIGH SCHOOL
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1965