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IF A PERSON KILLS A CAT FOR ANY REASON, NINE GENERATIONS
OF HIS FAMILY WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.

Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HER SISTER-IN-LAW
WHO WAS BORN IN ITALY AND PROBABLY RECEIVING SUCH
A WARNING FROM HER MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNGSTER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ITALY ; DETROIT

Subject headings:

686 Ninths / Nine
BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals

Date learned: 04-11-1965

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