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ON NEW YEAR'S DAY IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A WOMAN TO WISH YOU
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S FIRST, A MAN SHOULD ENTER YOUR HOUSE
FIRST, AND WISH YOU HAPPY NEW YEAR'S.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT ALWAYS HAS HER HUSBAND GO OUT THE DOOR AND COME
IN THE BACK DOOR AND WISH HER A HAPPY NEW YEAR'S BEFORE
A WOMAN HAS A CHANCE TO ENTER.
MRS. ABRAMS IS GRANDMOTHER OF COLLECTOR.

Where learned: HOME

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CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's
BELIEF -- Bad luck
BELIEF -- Bad luck

Date learned: 11-10-1970

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