The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

THREE ON A LIGHT

YOU SHOULD NEVER LIGHT 3 CIGARS OR CIGARETTES ON ONE MATCH BECAUSE
YOU CAN GET KILLED. WITH THE FIRST LIGHT, THE ENEMY WILL SEE YOU,
WITH THE SECOND, HE WILL SIGHT YOU, AND WITH THE THIRD, HE WILL FIRE
AT YOU.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THE ARMY AS PART OF HIS
ADVANCED INDIVIDUAL
TRAINING AT FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 01-31-1980 ; 00-00-1968