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IF YOU STRIKE A MATCH, THE DIRECTION THAT THE FLAME
FIRST BLOWS IN IS THE DIRECTION THAT YOUR TRUE
LOVE LIVES IN.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT IS AN AMERICAN GIRL WHO WAS BROUGHT
UP IN A STRONGLY GERMAN COMMUNITY IN WHICH SHE
FIRST HEARD THIS PREDICTION ABOUT TWELVE YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OWOSSO
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of object for determining true love P861.3 |
Date learned: 11-02-1963