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SUPERSTITION
EVERY TIME YOU GO OVER A RAILROAD TRACK YOU MUST LIFT UP YOUR FEET
OR YOU WILL LOSE YOUR BOY FRIEND.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ONE OF A LARGE VARIETY OF SAYINGS THAT YOUNGER KIDS HAVE IN
WHICH A CERTAIN ACTION DONE BY A PERSON MAKES THEM EITHER GET OR
LOSE A BOY OR GIRL FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1973