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IF YOU PUT A BROOM BEHIND A DOOR, AN UNWELCOMED
GUEST WILL LEAVE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 10-19-1967