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AFTER SOMEONE MAKES A STATEMENT ABOUT HOW SUCH AND SUCH
HAS NOT HAPPENED TO HIM YET, HE "KNOCKS ON WOOD" TO
RETAIN THE LUCK OF NOT HAVING IT HAPPEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Conversions Gestures |
Date learned: 00001973 (ASSUMED)