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IF YOU LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES WITH ONE MATCH, THE THIRD
PERSON WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.

Submitter comment: I'VE ALSO HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT THIRD ONE ON A
MATCH WILL DIE IN A WHORE HOUSE.
I LEARNED THIS FROM A FRIEND WHEN I FIRST STARTED
SMOKING, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings:

686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers

Date learned: 00-00-1962

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